{"id":164341,"date":"2009-11-11T22:39:49","date_gmt":"2009-11-12T06:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=164341"},"modified":"2023-01-31T10:52:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T18:52:56","slug":"adding-logos-to-your-maps","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/obsolete\/mapping\/adding-logos-to-your-maps","title":{"rendered":"Adding logos to your maps"},"author":7641,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[42281,28481],"industry":[],"product":[756692],"class_list":["post-164341","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-explorer","tag-overlay","product-obsolete"],"acf":{"short_description":"We\u2019ve covered image overlays a bit in a couple of earlier posts, one on adding some spiffy titles and another on adding legends to your maps.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

We\u2019ve covered image overlays a bit in a couple of earlier posts, one on adding some spiffy titles and another on adding legends to your printed maps. And here\u2019s yet another use for\u00a0image overlays<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 adding your company or organization logo to your maps.<\/p>\n

First, create a PNG file of your logo. Note that we\u2019ve left a bit of a transparent border around the logo in this Photoshop example. This will keep it positioned slightly out of the corners of our map.<\/p>\n

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Next, add the PNG file as an image overlay and position it. We\u2019ve chosen the upper right corner.<\/p>\n

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And here\u2019s what the logo looks like. We can also set its transparency if we like.<\/p>\n

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To always open a map with the logo set this map as your default. Choose Save As, then My Default Map.<\/p>\n

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An alternative method is to use the PNG logo in an application configuration. This is done using the Application Configuration Manager. We\u2019ll cover more about application configurations in an upcoming post, or you can read more about\u00a0using them\u00a0and the\u00a0Application Configuration Manager<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0Explorer Help.<\/p>\n

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