{"id":121691,"date":"2007-10-25T22:50:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-25T22:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/omit-specific-features-from-display-using-cartographic-representations\/"},"modified":"2007-10-25T22:50:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-25T22:50:00","slug":"omit-specific-features-from-display-using-cartographic-representations","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/mapping\/omit-specific-features-from-display-using-cartographic-representations","title":{"rendered":"Omit specific features from display using cartographic representations"},"author":4331,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[38451],"industry":[],"product":[],"class_list":["post-121691","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-cartographic-representations"],"acf":{"short_description":"By Aileen Buckley, Mapping Center Lead\n\n\n\nIf you want to remove selected features from display with standard ArcMap symbol management too...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>By Aileen Buckley, Mapping Center Lead<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/downloads.esri.com\/MappingCenter2007\/blog\/Oct07Images\/OmitFeaturesDisplay_Thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"5\" width=\"200\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you want to remove selected features from display with standard ArcMap symbol management tools, you need to use the Layer Properties to do so.\u00a0 Typically this might mean using a Definition Query based on a feature attribute value, or a classification scheme which excludes a range of attribute values.\u00a0 Cartographic representations provide you with a method for removing features from display, this method is based on graphic selection.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/downloads.esri.com\/MappingCenter2007\/blog\/Oct07Images\/OmitFeaturesDisplay_Thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"5\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You could use this functionality in the case where you want to create a map for a time or scenario that is not reflected in your current data.\u00a0 For example, the Crater Lake National Park data which we use in Mapping Center is recently captured National Park Service data.\u00a0 If I want to re-create a Crater Lake National Park map from the 1950s, when the road and trail network was much less developed, I would need to omit the recently added trails. I don&#8217;t have data from the 1950s, or an attribute which stores the date when each road or trail was built, but by using representations to manage which features are displayed, I can still use the modern data without having to save a whole new feature class for the historic map.\u00a0 Here is how it works:<\/p>\n<p>1. Once your layer is symbolized, right click on it and choose to convert your layer&#8217;s symbology to representations.<\/p>\n<p>2. <a title=\"ArcGIS Web Help: Starting and stopping an edit session\" href=\"http:\/\/webhelp.esri.com\/arcgisdesktop\/9.2\/index.cfm?id=478&amp;pid=473&amp;topicname=Starting_and_stopping_an_edit_session\" target=\"_blank\">Start Editing<\/a> and use the <a title=\"ArcGIS Web Help: Representation toolbar\" href=\"http:\/\/webhelp.esri.com\/arcgisdesktop\/9.2\/index.cfm?topicname=representation_toolbar\" target=\"_blank\">Representation Toolbar&#8217;s<\/a> Direct Select Tool to select the features that you don&#8217;t want to display.<\/p>\n<p>3. From the Representation menu, choose Make Invisible (shown below).<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/downloads.esri.com\/MappingCenter2007\/blog\/Oct07Images\/OmitFeaturesDisplay_Fig1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Omit Features Display - Figure 1\" hspace=\"5\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If, at a later date, you need to identify which features are invisible, or discover which features may not have a representation rule assigned, you can use the representation Display Options on the Layer Properties dialog&#8217;s Symbology tab (shown below).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/downloads.esri.com\/MappingCenter2007\/blog\/Oct07Images\/OmitFeaturesDisplay_Fig2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Omit Features Display - Figure 2\" hspace=\"5\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This display option has the benefit of storing your choice of which features to display in the geodatabase, rather than a map document or layer file; allowing anyone who uses your data to reap the benefits of your work.<\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":4331,"user_firstname":"Aileen","user_lastname":"Buckley","nickname":"Aileen Buckley","user_nicename":"abuckley","display_name":"Aileen Buckley","user_email":"abuckley@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:15:57","user_description":"Dr. Aileen Buckley is a cartographer researcher and Senior Principal GIS Engineer at Esri. 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