{"id":356852,"date":"2018-11-10T20:40:53","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T04:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=356852"},"modified":"2019-02-14T13:26:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T21:26:11","slug":"take-your-map-to-the-next-level","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level","title":{"rendered":"Take your map to the next cartographic level, Part 1"},"author":7411,"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":[25591,23201,26451,31301,27911],"industry":[],"product":[36561],"class_list":["post-356852","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-arcgis-desktop","tag-cartographic-design","tag-cartography","tag-symbology","tag-tutorial","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"short_description":"Some easy tips, tricks and ideas to take your map to the next cartographic level.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Scenario:<\/strong> You have some data. You mapped it. It looks all right you guess. But you wanted to make something more&#8230; impressive. You want people to <em>want<\/em> to read your map.<br \/>\n<strong>Solution:<\/strong> This tutorial shares some easy tips for improving the cartography of your map using ArcGIS Pro.\u00a0It comes with a project package that you can follow along with, but the skills and ideas shared here are transferable to most mapping projects.<\/p>\n<p>Download the project package here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=a8d4b020efee423f87597f555cf940e8#overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waterfalls of Cape Breton Island<\/a><br \/>\nAnd open Map 1 and Layout 1.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":356902,"id":356902,"title":"Starting map of Waterfalls of Cape Breton Island","filename":"Layout-1.jpg","filesize":387595,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/layout-1","alt":"Starting map of Waterfalls of Cape Breton Island","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"layout-1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 19:33:17","modified":"2018-11-10 21:41:32","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1275,"height":1650,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout-1.jpg","thumbnail-width":155,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout-1.jpg","medium-width":202,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout-1.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":994,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout-1.jpg","large-width":835,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":1187,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1275,"2048x2048-height":1650,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout-1.jpg","card_image-width":359,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout-1.jpg","wide_image-width":835,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout-1.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>This is an acceptable map, showing the height of waterfalls on Cape Breton Island, in Nova Scotia, Canada. Some good design decisions have already been made: The map has a deliberately limited color palette, a consistent font, and is not overloaded with extraneous data. It&#8217;s a good-enough map. But let&#8217;s make it better.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY???<\/strong> If the map is already <em>good enough<\/em>, why do more?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Because you want to add more information without reducing the map&#8217;s clarity.<\/li>\n<li>Because people are more likely to look at an eye-catching map. They will spend more time reading it. They will take it more seriously. They will share it with their friends. You did all that work to collect, analyze, and display your data. Don&#8217;t you want people to pay attention to what you have to say?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>HOW???<\/strong> Don&#8217;t worry. There&#8217;s some simple things you can do:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Tone down the basemap so it doesn&#8217;t compete with the message.<\/li>\n<li>Symbolize the data with extra variables to add more information.<\/li>\n<li>Customize the legend to suit your particular visualization.<\/li>\n<li>Create label expressions and adjust text properties.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Note: You can refer to Map 2 and Layout 2 (found on the Catalog pane &gt; Project tab) for the tutorial&#8217;s finished product.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>1. BASEMAP<\/h3>\n<p>The current basemap choice &#8211; Esri Imagery &#8211; is a good one for the subject matter. But it&#8217;s kind of bright.<\/p>\n<p>Find the Waterfalls geodatabase in the Catalog pane. Drag and drop the Background layer onto the Contents pane, just above the Roads layer.<\/p>\n<p>This is just a simple rectangle that covers the entire extent of the map. You can easily make one yourself using <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/layer-properties\/map-notes.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Map Notes<\/a>. Change the color to black and adjust the <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/layer-properties\/change-the-appearance-of-a-feature-layer.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">layer transparency<\/a> to your liking. Result: the waterfall data pops into the foreground while the basemap recedes into the background. You can take this effect even further by adding the WaterBodies layer and symbolizing it in a similar manner. Subtle changes like this will not be noticed by your map readers, but they help all the same.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357092,"id":357092,"title":"Waterfall map with darker basemap","filename":"Layout_bg.jpg","filesize":235424,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout_bg.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/layout_bg","alt":"Waterfall map with darker basemap","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"layout_bg","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 20:32:38","modified":"2018-11-10 20:54:08","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1275,"height":1650,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout_bg.jpg","thumbnail-width":155,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout_bg.jpg","medium-width":202,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout_bg.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":994,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout_bg.jpg","large-width":835,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout_bg.jpg","1536x1536-width":1187,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout_bg.jpg","2048x2048-width":1275,"2048x2048-height":1650,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout_bg.jpg","card_image-width":359,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout_bg.jpg","wide_image-width":835,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout_bg.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>2. VISUALIZATION<\/h3>\n<p>Right now the symbols are communicating one attribute: waterfall height. But they could do more. You could also tell your map readers which waterfalls are the most impressive, and how difficult it is to reach them.<\/p>\n<p>If you open the attribute table, you&#8217;ll see a field called <em>Rating (Numeric)<\/em>. This is a simplified version of the field <em>Rating<\/em>. Generally speaking, 1 = average, 2 = excellent, and 3 = outstanding. But those words needed to be converted into numbers in order to symbolize them quantitatively.<\/p>\n<p>Open the Symbology pane for the Waterfalls layer. It is using <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/layer-properties\/proportional-symbology.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proportional Symbols<\/a> to depict waterfall height.<\/p>\n<p>Click the green icon at the top of the Symbology pane to open the <em>Vary symbology by attribute page<\/em>. Expand the Transparency section and Choose <em>Rating (numeric)<\/em> for the field. Adjust the transparency values so the outstanding waterfalls are completely opaque, and the lesser ones are transparent.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":356942,"id":356942,"title":"Vary transparency by attribute","filename":"Untitled-picture-2.png","filesize":72527,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture-2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/untitled-picture-61","alt":"Vary transparency by attribute","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"untitled-picture-61","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 19:47:57","modified":"2018-11-10 19:48:19","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":759,"height":565,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture-2.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":159,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture-2.png","medium-width":351,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture-2.png","medium_large-width":759,"medium_large-height":565,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture-2.png","large-width":759,"large-height":565,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture-2.png","1536x1536-width":759,"1536x1536-height":565,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture-2.png","2048x2048-width":759,"2048x2048-height":565,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture-2.png","card_image-width":625,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture-2.png","wide_image-width":759,"wide_image-height":565}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture-2.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Now you not only get to show two attributes at once, but you no longer need the black outlines on the circles, since you can see where they overlap. Back on the <em>Primary symbology<\/em> page, click on the template symbol and set the outline to 0 points:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357142,"id":357142,"title":"Remove the outline from the template symbol","filename":"outline.png","filesize":66747,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/outline.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/outline","alt":"Remove the outline from the template symbol","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"outline","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 20:56:51","modified":"2018-11-10 20:57:09","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":944,"height":530,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/outline.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":120,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/outline.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/outline.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":431,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/outline.png","large-width":944,"large-height":530,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/outline.png","1536x1536-width":944,"1536x1536-height":530,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/outline.png","2048x2048-width":944,"2048x2048-height":530,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/outline.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/outline.png","wide_image-width":944,"wide_image-height":530}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/outline.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>I recommend using outlines (on symbols, text, layout elements &#8211; everything) <em>only<\/em> when you need to.<\/p>\n<p>You can continue to add attributes on the <em>Vary symbology by attribute<\/em> page, but for the next variable you&#8217;re going to duplicate the layer instead.<\/p>\n<p>Copy and paste the waterfall layer in the Contents pane. Change the symbology of the new layer to <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/layer-properties\/unique-value.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unique Values<\/a>. Set the field to <em>Trail Condition<\/em> .<\/p>\n<p>Now each of the white circles on the map has a smaller circle at its center. Don&#8217;t keep these default symbols. (They&#8217;ve got outlines for one thing.) Click on the <em>More<\/em> button and choose <em>Format all symbols<\/em>. From the gallery, choose &#8220;Circle 1&#8221;. On the <em>Properties<\/em> tab, change the size to 5 pt.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357052,"id":357052,"title":"Update unique value symbols all at once","filename":"Untitled-picture-3.png","filesize":70536,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture-3.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/untitled-picture-59","alt":"Update unique value symbols all at once","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"untitled-picture-59","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 20:25:11","modified":"2018-11-10 20:50:40","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":768,"height":678,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture-3.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":188,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture-3.png","medium-width":296,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture-3.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":678,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture-3.png","large-width":768,"large-height":678,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture-3.png","1536x1536-width":768,"1536x1536-height":678,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture-3.png","2048x2048-width":768,"2048x2048-height":678,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture-3.png","card_image-width":527,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture-3.png","wide_image-width":768,"wide_image-height":678}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture-3.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Return to the <em>Primary symbology<\/em> page. Right click on each of the symbols to change their colors. I chose <em>Medium Lime<\/em>, <em>Lotus Pond Green<\/em>, and <em>Deep Forest<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Now you are showing three attributes of one dataset on one map: waterfall height, rating, and trail difficulty:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357102,"id":357102,"title":"Waterfall map showing 3 variables","filename":"Untitled-picture2.png","filesize":91646,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/untitled-picture2","alt":"Waterfall map showing 3 variables","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"untitled-picture2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 20:36:02","modified":"2018-11-10 20:36:16","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":839,"height":549,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture2.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":139,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture2.png","medium-width":399,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture2.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":503,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture2.png","large-width":839,"large-height":549,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture2.png","1536x1536-width":839,"1536x1536-height":549,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture2.png","2048x2048-width":839,"2048x2048-height":549,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture2.png","card_image-width":711,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture2.png","wide_image-width":839,"wide_image-height":549}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-picture2.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>3. LEGEND<\/h3>\n<p>It is not normally recommended to show so many variables at once. Anything after two attributes gets risky, and can result in a map that is difficult to read. So be careful! One way to help your map readers handle all of that extra info is with a quality legend.<\/p>\n<p>Not all maps need legends. Not all layers on the map need to be on the legend. If you think a feature is obvious without a legend don&#8217;t give it one! In this map it is fairly obvious (from the map&#8217;s title and also the labels) that the circles represent waterfalls, but we still need a legend to explain their variation in size, transparency and color.<\/p>\n<p>Open Layout 1 and expand the Legend item from the Contents pane. Remove everything except for the two Waterfall items.<br \/>\nSelect the &#8220;Legend&#8221; header:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357112,"id":357112,"title":"Legend in the Layout Contents pane","filename":"legend.png","filesize":4106,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/legend.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/legend-4","alt":"Legend in the Layout Contents pane","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"legend-4","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 20:40:19","modified":"2018-11-10 20:40:46","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":187,"height":147,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/legend.png","thumbnail-width":187,"thumbnail-height":147,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/legend.png","medium-width":187,"medium-height":147,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/legend.png","medium_large-width":187,"medium_large-height":147,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/legend.png","large-width":187,"large-height":147,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/legend.png","1536x1536-width":187,"1536x1536-height":147,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/legend.png","2048x2048-width":187,"2048x2048-height":147,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/legend.png","card_image-width":187,"card_image-height":147,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/legend.png","wide_image-width":187,"wide_image-height":147}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/legend.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>And then open the <em>Legend Format<\/em> tab on the ribbon. Here you can set the font properties of all the legend text items at once.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357122,"id":357122,"title":"Format legend text properties on the ribbon","filename":"format.png","filesize":4972,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/format.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/format","alt":"Format legend text properties on the ribbon","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"format","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 20:41:20","modified":"2018-11-10 20:53:31","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":282,"height":122,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/format.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":92,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/format.png","medium-width":282,"medium-height":122,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/format.png","medium_large-width":282,"medium_large-height":122,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/format.png","large-width":282,"large-height":122,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/format.png","1536x1536-width":282,"1536x1536-height":122,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/format.png","2048x2048-width":282,"2048x2048-height":122,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/format.png","card_image-width":282,"card_image-height":122,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/format.png","wide_image-width":282,"wide_image-height":122}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/format.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Double click on the legend header in the Contents pane to open the <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/layouts\/work-with-a-legend.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Format Legend<\/a> pane. Here you have lots of options to play with. I&#8217;ll direct your attention to a few key ones:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357152,"id":357152,"title":"Set fitting strategy to Adjust Frame. Set Items Spacing to 13 points","filename":"fitting.png","filesize":22170,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fitting.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/fitting","alt":"Set fitting strategy to Adjust Frame. Set Items Spacing to 13 points","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"fitting","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 20:58:14","modified":"2018-11-10 20:58:53","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":312,"height":611,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fitting.png","thumbnail-width":102,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fitting.png","medium-width":133,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fitting.png","medium_large-width":312,"medium_large-height":611,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fitting.png","large-width":312,"large-height":611,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fitting.png","1536x1536-width":312,"1536x1536-height":611,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fitting.png","2048x2048-width":312,"2048x2048-height":611,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fitting.png","card_image-width":237,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fitting.png","wide_image-width":312,"wide_image-height":611}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fitting.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357162,"id":357162,"title":"Legend items: show headings and labels only","filename":"heading.png","filesize":81067,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/heading.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/heading","alt":"Legend items: show headings and labels only","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"heading","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 20:59:15","modified":"2018-11-10 22:24:42","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":776,"height":602,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/heading.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":165,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/heading.png","medium-width":336,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/heading.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":596,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/heading.png","large-width":776,"large-height":602,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/heading.png","1536x1536-width":776,"1536x1536-height":602,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/heading.png","2048x2048-width":776,"2048x2048-height":602,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/heading.png","card_image-width":599,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/heading.png","wide_image-width":776,"wide_image-height":602}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/heading.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>If you want to control the properties for individual legend items you can change the drop down menu from <em>Legend Item<\/em> to something else:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357182,"id":357182,"title":"Change legend item selection","filename":"item.png","filesize":7443,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/item.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/item","alt":"Change legend item selection","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"item","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 21:01:44","modified":"2018-11-10 21:01:59","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":270,"height":163,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/item.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":129,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/item.png","medium-width":270,"medium-height":163,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/item.png","medium_large-width":270,"medium_large-height":163,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/item.png","large-width":270,"large-height":163,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/item.png","1536x1536-width":270,"1536x1536-height":163,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/item.png","2048x2048-width":270,"2048x2048-height":163,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/item.png","card_image-width":270,"card_image-height":163,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/item.png","wide_image-width":270,"wide_image-height":163}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/item.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>For example you might change the color of the legend headings to green in order to distinguish them from the labels.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357192,"id":357192,"title":"Legend with green headings","filename":"legend1.png","filesize":9028,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/legend1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/legend1","alt":"Legend with green headings","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"legend1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 21:02:45","modified":"2018-11-10 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aspects of the legend are controlled from the map, not the layout. Switch back to Map 1 and open the Symbology pane for the green waterfall layer.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a symbol class for <em>all other values<\/em>. This is useful when you&#8217;re adding data with new <em>Trail Condition<\/em> values. But you are done adding data, so you can remove this row. Click on the <em>More<\/em> button and turn off <em>Show all other values<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The values you do have aren&#8217;t in the best order. Use the arrow buttons to rearrange them. You can also edit the <em>Trail Condition<\/em> text, to update your legend heading. I made the decision to use all lower case text on my map, so I changed it to &#8220;trail condition.&#8221;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357472,"id":357472,"title":"Improve the legend from the symbology pane","filename":"down.png","filesize":6206,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/down.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/down","alt":"Improve the legend from the symbology pane","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"down","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 22:37:12","modified":"2018-11-10 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the white waterfall layer, you can edit the heading text directly on the Contents pane:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357212,"id":357212,"title":"Rename the legend heading on the Contents pane","filename":"rename.png","filesize":5060,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/rename.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/rename-2","alt":"Rename the legend heading on the Contents pane","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"rename-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 21:08:28","modified":"2018-11-11 02:42:58","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":165,"height":204,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/rename.png","thumbnail-width":162,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/rename.png","medium-width":165,"medium-height":204,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/rename.png","medium_large-width":165,"medium_large-height":204,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/rename.png","large-width":165,"large-height":204,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/rename.png","1536x1536-width":165,"1536x1536-height":204,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/rename.png","2048x2048-width":165,"2048x2048-height":204,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/rename.png","card_image-width":165,"card_image-height":204,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/rename.png","wide_image-width":165,"wide_image-height":204}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/rename.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>If you open the Symbology pane for the white layer, and switch to the <em>Classes <\/em>view, you can also control how many legend items are shown:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357232,"id":357232,"title":"Change how many proportional symbols are shown in the legend","filename":"3.png","filesize":2606,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/3-7","alt":"Change how many proportional symbols are shown in the legend","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"3-7","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 21:11:11","modified":"2018-11-10 21:11:29","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":309,"height":93,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":64,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3.png","medium-width":309,"medium-height":93,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3.png","medium_large-width":309,"medium_large-height":93,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3.png","large-width":309,"large-height":93,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3.png","1536x1536-width":309,"1536x1536-height":93,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3.png","2048x2048-width":309,"2048x2048-height":93,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3.png","card_image-width":309,"card_image-height":93,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3.png","wide_image-width":309,"wide_image-height":93}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Check out your changes on the layout:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357242,"id":357242,"title":"Legend in progress","filename":"legendnew.png","filesize":11233,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/legendnew.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/legendnew","alt":"Legend in progress","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"legendnew","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 21:11:52","modified":"2018-11-10 21:12:08","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":271,"height":420,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/legendnew.png","thumbnail-width":129,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/legendnew.png","medium-width":168,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/legendnew.png","medium_large-width":271,"medium_large-height":420,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/legendnew.png","large-width":271,"large-height":420,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/legendnew.png","1536x1536-width":271,"1536x1536-height":420,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/legendnew.png","2048x2048-width":271,"2048x2048-height":420,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/legendnew.png","card_image-width":271,"card_image-height":420,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/legendnew.png","wide_image-width":271,"wide_image-height":420}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/legendnew.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>You still need to explain transparency to your map readers. There is a <em>Show legend<\/em> option on the <em>Vary symbology by attribute<\/em> page, but that kind of legend is more useful for continuous data. In your case, you only have three transparency values &#8211; corresponding to average, excellent, and outstanding waterfalls. A custom legend would be better. And it&#8217;s easier to do than you might think.<\/p>\n<p>Return to your map, select the green waterfalls layer and make a copy of it. Open the Symbology pane, select all of the classes and remove them. now this layer will not draw on the map. It&#8217;s a dummy layer for your custom legend.<\/p>\n<p>Press the <em>Add unlisted values<\/em> button:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357252,"id":357252,"title":"Add unlisted values button on the Classes view","filename":"unlisted.png","filesize":3580,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/unlisted.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/unlisted","alt":"Add unlisted values button on the Classes view","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"unlisted","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 21:14:20","modified":"2018-11-10 21:14:44","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":361,"height":153,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/unlisted.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":90,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/unlisted.png","medium-width":361,"medium-height":153,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/unlisted.png","medium_large-width":361,"medium_large-height":153,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/unlisted.png","large-width":361,"large-height":153,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/unlisted.png","1536x1536-width":361,"1536x1536-height":153,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/unlisted.png","2048x2048-width":361,"2048x2048-height":153,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/unlisted.png","card_image-width":361,"card_image-height":153,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/unlisted.png","wide_image-width":361,"wide_image-height":153}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/unlisted.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>And from there select <em>Options<\/em> &gt; <em>Add new value<\/em>.<br \/>\nAdd three new values and name them &#8220;average&#8221;, &#8220;excellent&#8221;, and &#8220;outstanding&#8221;:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357262,"id":357262,"title":"Add new unlisted values","filename":"options.png","filesize":13562,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/options.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/options","alt":"Add new unlisted values","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"options","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 21:15:51","modified":"2018-11-10 21:16:09","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":365,"height":284,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/options.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":166,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/options.png","medium-width":335,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/options.png","medium_large-width":365,"medium_large-height":284,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/options.png","large-width":365,"large-height":284,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/options.png","1536x1536-width":365,"1536x1536-height":284,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/options.png","2048x2048-width":365,"2048x2048-height":284,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/options.png","card_image-width":365,"card_image-height":284,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/options.png","wide_image-width":365,"wide_image-height":284}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/options.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Since these values don&#8217;t actually exist in the Trail Condition field, nothing will draw on the map. Change the symbols and heading to match how you want them to appear in the legend:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357272,"id":357272,"title":"Creating a legend using a dummy layer with unique values","filename":"fake.png","filesize":7938,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fake.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/fake","alt":"Creating a legend using a dummy layer with unique values","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"fake","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 21:17:44","modified":"2018-11-10 22:43:11","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":357,"height":220,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fake.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":131,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fake.png","medium-width":357,"medium-height":220,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fake.png","medium_large-width":357,"medium_large-height":220,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fake.png","large-width":357,"large-height":220,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fake.png","1536x1536-width":357,"1536x1536-height":220,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fake.png","2048x2048-width":357,"2048x2048-height":220,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fake.png","card_image-width":357,"card_image-height":220,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fake.png","wide_image-width":357,"wide_image-height":220}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fake.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>You&#8217;ll have to repeat some of the legend properties from above on your new layer. When you&#8217;re done you&#8217;ll have a clean looking legend that clearly explains your complex waterfall symbols:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357282,"id":357282,"title":"Legend showing three variables","filename":"finishedLegend.png","filesize":16099,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/finishedLegend.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/finishedlegend","alt":"Legend showing three variables","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"finishedlegend","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 21:19:09","modified":"2018-11-10 21:19:22","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":282,"height":607,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/finishedLegend.png","thumbnail-width":93,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/finishedLegend.png","medium-width":121,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/finishedLegend.png","medium_large-width":282,"medium_large-height":607,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/finishedLegend.png","large-width":282,"large-height":607,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/finishedLegend.png","1536x1536-width":282,"1536x1536-height":607,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/finishedLegend.png","2048x2048-width":282,"2048x2048-height":607,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/finishedLegend.png","card_image-width":216,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/finishedLegend.png","wide_image-width":282,"wide_image-height":607}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/finishedLegend.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>You can control the order of the legend items in the Layout&#8217;s contents pane.<\/p>\n<h3>4. 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There&#8217;s a button to turn labeling on or off on the far left of the Labeling ribbon.<br \/>\nNext to it is the option to <em>Create label class\u2026<\/em> Click it.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357302,"id":357302,"title":"Create label class from the ribbon","filename":"label.png","filesize":7364,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/label.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/label-2","alt":"Create label class from the ribbon","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"label-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 21:22:36","modified":"2018-11-10 21:22:51","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":255,"height":125,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/label.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":104,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/label.png","medium-width":255,"medium-height":125,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/label.png","medium_large-width":255,"medium_large-height":125,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/label.png","large-width":255,"large-height":125,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/label.png","1536x1536-width":255,"1536x1536-height":125,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/label.png","2048x2048-width":255,"2048x2048-height":125,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/label.png","card_image-width":255,"card_image-height":125,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/label.png","wide_image-width":255,"wide_image-height":125}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/label.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Make three new classes called &#8220;easy&#8221;, &#8220;moderate&#8221;, and difficult&#8221; to match the green symbol classes. If you switch to the Labeling view on the Contents pane you&#8217;ll see them all listed. You can get rid of <em>Class 1<\/em>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357312,"id":357312,"title":"Remove Class 1 from the Contents pane","filename":"remove.png","filesize":14111,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/remove.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/remove","alt":"Remove Class 1 from the Contents pane","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"remove","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 21:24:36","modified":"2018-11-10 21:24:55","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":252,"height":428,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/remove.png","thumbnail-width":118,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/remove.png","medium-width":154,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/remove.png","medium_large-width":252,"medium_large-height":428,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/remove.png","large-width":252,"large-height":428,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/remove.png","1536x1536-width":252,"1536x1536-height":428,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/remove.png","2048x2048-width":252,"2048x2048-height":428,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/remove.png","card_image-width":252,"card_image-height":428,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/remove.png","wide_image-width":252,"wide_image-height":428}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/remove.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Select all three classes and set their basic font properties on the Labeling ribbon:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357322,"id":357322,"title":"Courier New \/ 8 \/ Bold \/ White","filename":"text.png","filesize":2775,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/text.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/text","alt":"Courier New \/ 8 \/ Bold \/ White","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"text","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 21:25:42","modified":"2018-11-10 21:26:00","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":235,"height":92,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/text.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":83,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/text.png","medium-width":235,"medium-height":92,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/text.png","medium_large-width":235,"medium_large-height":92,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/text.png","large-width":235,"large-height":92,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/text.png","1536x1536-width":235,"1536x1536-height":92,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/text.png","2048x2048-width":235,"2048x2048-height":92,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/text.png","card_image-width":235,"card_image-height":92,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/text.png","wide_image-width":235,"wide_image-height":92}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/text.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Then right-click each label class and choose Labeling Properties to open the <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/text\/label-classes.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Label Class<\/a> pane and set up the properties that make them different from one another. They should each have a different <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/navigation\/sql-reference-for-elements-used-in-query-expressions.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">query<\/a>:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357332,"id":357332,"title":"Add SQL query \"Trail Condition is equal to easy\"","filename":"query.png","filesize":8713,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/query.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/query","alt":"Add SQL query \"Trail Condition is equal to easy\"","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"query","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 21:26:49","modified":"2018-11-10 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a different color, to match the colors of the Trail Condition symbols.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357342,"id":357342,"title":"Map labels have colors to match their symbols","filename":"north.png","filesize":26814,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/north.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/north","alt":"Map labels have colors to match their symbols","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"north","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 21:28:04","modified":"2018-11-10 21:28:23","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":414,"height":308,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/north.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":158,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/north.png","medium-width":351,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/north.png","medium_large-width":414,"medium_large-height":308,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/north.png","large-width":414,"large-height":308,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/north.png","1536x1536-width":414,"1536x1536-height":308,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/north.png","2048x2048-width":414,"2048x2048-height":308,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/north.png","card_image-width":414,"card_image-height":308,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/north.png","wide_image-width":414,"wide_image-height":308}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/north.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>If you find that the lighter labels are hard to read on top of the white symbols, you can give them a 1 pt black halo:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357372,"id":357372,"title":"Labels with black halos","filename":"halos2.png","filesize":30762,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/halos2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/halos2","alt":"Labels with black halos","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"halos2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 21:30:58","modified":"2018-11-10 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before going any further, I have a very important question: Are you using <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/text\/label-with-the-maplex-label-engine.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maplex<\/a>???? You probably are, since it&#8217;s turned on by default. But if your map is from an old mxd that someone in your organization set up years ago, this might not be the case. Most of your label wishes will be be answered by Maplex. You can find it on the Labeling tab of the ribbon:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357392,"id":357392,"title":"Use Maplex label engine","filename":"maplex.png","filesize":34883,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/maplex.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/maplex","alt":"Use Maplex label engine","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"maplex","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 21:33:46","modified":"2018-11-10 21:34:39","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":493,"height":261,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/maplex.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":113,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/maplex.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":246,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/maplex.png","medium_large-width":493,"medium_large-height":261,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/maplex.png","large-width":493,"large-height":261,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/maplex.png","1536x1536-width":493,"1536x1536-height":261,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/maplex.png","2048x2048-width":493,"2048x2048-height":261,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/maplex.png","card_image-width":493,"card_image-height":261,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/maplex.png","wide_image-width":493,"wide_image-height":261}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/maplex.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Now you have access to a wealth of <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/text\/label-with-the-maplex-label-engine.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">text properties<\/a>, in particular options for positioning labels so they don&#8217;t overlap. But I&#8217;ll only point out a couple of these options here: I almost always recommend lowering <em>Line spacing<\/em> (aka leading), and in this map I also chose to change the text case to the ironically named <em>Lower case<\/em>:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357402,"id":357402,"title":"Change line spacing and text case","filename":"textp.png","filesize":55652,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/textp.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/textp","alt":"Change line spacing and text case","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"textp","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 21:36:38","modified":"2018-11-10 21:37:06","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":769,"height":432,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/textp.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":120,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/textp.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/textp.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":431,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/textp.png","large-width":769,"large-height":432,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/textp.png","1536x1536-width":769,"1536x1536-height":432,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/textp.png","2048x2048-width":769,"2048x2048-height":432,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/textp.png","card_image-width":769,"card_image-height":432,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/textp.png","wide_image-width":769,"wide_image-height":432}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/textp.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>By decreasing the line spacing and coloring labels to match symbols, you&#8217;ve made the map easier to read. There&#8217;s still a lot of labels, but now it is clearer which label is associated with which symbol.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget that you have more text on the layout besides the labels. You can set the text case of the map title to lower case, to match the rest of the map. And you can change the color of the credits to green so they recede a bit into the background:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":357422,"id":357422,"title":"Finished map of Waterfalls of Cape Breton Island","filename":"Layout-2.jpg","filesize":706806,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout-2.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-level\/layout-2","alt":"Finished map of Waterfalls of Cape Breton Island","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"layout-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":356852,"date":"2018-11-10 21:40:48","modified":"2018-11-10 21:41:20","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2550,"height":3300,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout-2.jpg","thumbnail-width":155,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout-2.jpg","medium-width":202,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout-2.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":994,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout-2.jpg","large-width":835,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout-2.jpg","1536x1536-width":1187,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout-2.jpg","2048x2048-width":1583,"2048x2048-height":2048,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout-2.jpg","card_image-width":359,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout-2.jpg","wide_image-width":835,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Layout-2.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Let&#8217;s review the tricks we used to go from a good map to a great map:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tone down the basemap with a transparent blanket layer.<\/li>\n<li>Visualize a second attribute using <em>Vary symbology by attribute<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Visualize a third attribute by duplicating the layer.<\/li>\n<li>Improve the legend by adjusting fitting, spacing and font properties.<\/li>\n<li>Simplify the legend by removing extra items and information.<\/li>\n<li>Create a custom legend by adding a dummy layer to the map with Unique Values symbology.<\/li>\n<li>Set up label classes that match your existing symbol classes.<\/li>\n<li>Make use of Maplex for better spacing, positioning, and font properties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There wasn&#8217;t really anything wrong with the map you started with. But with not very much effort you were able to turn it into something a lot nicer. Can it be taken even further? Of course. Take a peek at Layout 3 in the project package, and check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/take-your-map-to-the-next-cartographic-level-part-2\/\">the next tutorial<\/a> to learn how to go from great to awesome with some more advanced techniques.<\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":7411,"user_firstname":"Heather","user_lastname":"Smith","nickname":"Heather Smith","user_nicename":"heather-smith","display_name":"Heather Smith","user_email":"Heather_Smith@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-21 18:21:18","user_description":"Heather is a cartographer and artist. She creates resources for the tutorial gallery.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/heather900-465x465.png' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"}],"related_articles":[{"ID":71591,"post_author":"6461","post_date":"2016-04-12 11:00:11","post_date_gmt":"2016-04-12 11:00:11","post_content":"","post_title":"6 Easy Ways to Improve Your Maps","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"6-easy-ways-to-improve-your-maps","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-09-08 17:09:01","post_modified_gmt":"2020-09-09 00:09:01","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/6-easy-ways-to-improve-your-maps\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"blog","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":80091,"post_author":"6971","post_date":"2017-10-19 07:34:25","post_date_gmt":"2017-10-19 07:34:25","post_content":"","post_title":"Hand Crafted Artisanal Legends","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"hand-crafted-artisanal-legends","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-03-26 21:15:08","post_modified_gmt":"2018-03-26 21:15:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/hand-crafted-artisanal-legends\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"blog","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":123211,"post_author":"7411","post_date":"2018-03-04 18:27:44","post_date_gmt":"2018-03-04 18:27:44","post_content":"The night sky mostly looks like a million tiny white pinpricks in the dark. But there is in fact a lot of variation there. Some stars are brighter than others. And if you look closer (try binoculars!) you can see that the stars have different colors. You can use ArcGIS Pro to depict these subtle stellar differences.\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/starChart34.png\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/starChart34.png\" alt=\"stars of the southern hemisphere - finished map\" width=\"662\" height=\"661\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-101706\" \/><\/a>\n\nThis tutorial delves into the <strong>Vary symbology by attribute<\/strong> option in ArcGIS Pro. You can <a title=\"ArcGIS Pro project package with data, style file and finished maps\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=cc170dc69d784644b9f2c16be1dba6b6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">download my project<\/a> with the data needed to follow along.\n\n\nBegin by preparing a map.\nYou're mapping the night sky, so make the background black. You can do this via <strong>Map Properties<\/strong>:\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/backgroundColor1.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-101612\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/backgroundColor1.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of map properties dialog in ArcGIS Pro\" width=\"721\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a>\nAlso on <strong>Map Properties<\/strong>, you can set a <strong>Coordinate System<\/strong>. Do you live in the northern hemisphere? If so I recommend <em>North Pole Stereographic<\/em> as a projection for this map. Otherwise, you can use its twin <em>South Pole Stereographic<\/em>. Better yet, you could make two maps and thus cover the entire celestial sphere.\n\nIf you want to know more about using earth's coordinate systems to map the night sky, check out <a title=\"Learn how to map the night sky in ArcGIS Pro\" href=\"http:\/\/authoring.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/Cascade\/index.html?appid=cd2b6b8659f44771ba6e199493d59fb1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my other tutorial.<\/a>\n\nNext, add data to your map. Find it in p20starcolors.gdb in the project package you downloaded above.\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/projectionDistortion2.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-101615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/projectionDistortion2-300x298.png\" alt=\"map of the world using the polar stereographic projection\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a>\nThat's what the hemisphere layers are for in the provided data. Pick whichever one you need and symbolize it with a black fill color and no outline. Now your map only shows the reasonably undistorted half:\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/projectionHalf1.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-101589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/projectionHalf1-300x267.png\" alt=\"map of the northern hemisphere using the polar stereographic projection\" width=\"300\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a>\nOf course, you are not mapping the earth! But the celestial sphere behaves similarly to the terrestrial one, and grossly distorted constellations are just as annoying and useless as grossly distorted continents.\n\nPlace the mask layer above the other ones. You can ignore the asterisms layer for now.\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/drawingOrder.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-101590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/drawingOrder.png\" alt=\"picture of contents pane in ArcGIS Pro\" width=\"173\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a>\n\n<strong>SYMBOLIZE BY SIZE<\/strong>\nStars are typically symbolized based on their <em>magnitude <\/em>value. This is a measure of how bright or faint they appear from earth. A low magnitude value means a brighter star. We can easily accomplish this in ArcGIS Pro using <strong>Graduated Symbols<\/strong>.\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/graduatedSymbols2.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-101614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/graduatedSymbols2.png\" alt=\"picture of the symbology pane in ArcGIS Pro\" width=\"295\" height=\"637\" \/><\/a>\nNote that you have to make the minimum size larger than the maximum.\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/starChart11.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-101616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/starChart11.png\" alt=\"map of the stars using graduated symbols\" width=\"706\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a>\nThat looks pretty good. You could stop here. But then you would be missing the entire point of this tutorial.\n\n<strong>SYMBOLIZE BY TRANSPARENCY<\/strong>\nOn the <strong>Symbology Pane<\/strong>, click this funny little button:\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/burgerButton1.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-101617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/burgerButton1.png\" alt=\"picture showing the location of the &quot;burger button&quot; in the top right of the symbology pane\" width=\"336\" height=\"73\" \/><\/a>\nAnd choose <strong>Vary symbology by attribute<\/strong>.\n\nWhat is this all about?\nWhenever you symbolize your data with anything more than a single symbol, you are using what cartographers call Visual Variables. Check out <a title=\"Learn about visual variables in cartography\" href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/layer-properties\/symbolization.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this nice chart that explains them all<\/a>.\n\nYou're already using the <em>size <\/em>visual variable to map the stars based on their magnitude. On the <strong>Vary symbology by attribute<\/strong> page you can add more visual variables to your layer. Usually you would do this because your data contains two different attributes and you want to represent both of them at once using different means. But in this situation, you're going to do something a little different, and use the same attribute (magnitude) for two visual variables, in order to emphasize it.\n\nThe variables are size (already applied using graduated colors) and transparency. By adding transparency you can create a more naturalistic image of the night sky. It's a trick to add some depth, so that the faint stars recede even more into the background.\nHere's how you can set it up:\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/transparency2.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-101618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/transparency2.png\" alt=\"picture of transparency by attribute settings in ArcGIS Pro\" width=\"340\" height=\"681\" \/><\/a>\nAnd here's what it looks like:\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/starChart21.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-101619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/starChart21.png\" alt=\"map of the stars using both graduated symbols and transparency by attribute\" width=\"696\" height=\"692\" \/><\/a>\n\n<strong>SYMBOLIZE BY COLOR<\/strong>\nBut you can go farther than this.\nNormally I do not recommend using more than two visual variables at a time. It can make for some very confusing maps! But since you are using size and transparency to depict the same attribute, I think that you are ok to add color to the mix.\n\nThe star layer has a field called <em>Color Index<\/em>. More specifically, this is the <em>B-V Color Index<\/em>, which I do not understand well enough to describe to you here, but the gist of it is that hotter stars appear more blue in the sky, while cooler stars appear more orange. It's actually much more complicated than that, but despite this, a number of people have valiantly attempted to assign specific colors to the stars. I borrowed some hex values from the work done by Mitchell Charity:\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/colorChart2.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-101600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/colorChart2.png\" alt=\"chart relating astronomy color index values to hex values\" width=\"579\" height=\"342\" \/><\/a>\nSource: <a title=\"Star Color designations by Mitchell Charity\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vendian.org\/mncharity\/dir3\/starcolor\/details.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What color are the stars?<\/a>\n\nAnd then I built a color scheme in Pro using those values:\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/colorRamp1.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-101602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/colorRamp1.png\" alt=\"picture of the color scheme editor in ArcGIS Pro\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>\nDon't bother making this color scheme yourself, not unless you enjoy tedious tasks. You can find the color scheme ready to go included with <a href=\"http:\/\/authoring.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=cc170dc69d784644b9f2c16be1dba6b6\" title=\"ArcGIS Pro project package with data, style file and finished maps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the download listed above<\/a>.\n\nBut if you ever do find yourself making a color scheme with 49 color stops, I recommend using the <strong>Evenly distrubute color stops<\/strong> option. If you look at the table above, you can see that the B-V values are evenly distributed, with a change of 0.05 between each row. Their corresponding color stops need to be just as evenly distributed if they are to match properly.\n\nBack to <strong>Vary symbology by attribute<\/strong>. Expand the <strong>Color<\/strong> section and apply the field and color scheme.\nThe numbers shown on the histogram are based on the min and max Color Index values found in the data. But the stops in the color scheme are meant to be associated with very specific B-V values, and they won't line up if the min and max are off. You need to edit these values on the histogram before the color ramp will align correctly with the data.\nJust double click on the numbers to change them:\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/histogram.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-101603\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/histogram.png\" alt=\"picture of the color histogram in ArcGIS Pro\" width=\"323\" height=\"431\" \/><\/a>\nNote that these values aren't allowed to overlap one another, so they are picky about which order you edit them in. Any stars that fall outside of the -0.4 to 2 range will either draw with the first blue color or the last orange one.\n\nThere's also a few Null values in the data. Three stars have no color index value at all, so they will be ignored by the color scheme, and draw with the fallback color. This is the white color defined in <strong>Graduated Symbols<\/strong>. You might be fine with this, but if you're not, you can exclude them from the map.\nNavigate to the <strong>Advanced <\/strong>page:\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/backButton.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-101604\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/backButton.png\" alt=\"picture of the back button on the symbology pane\" width=\"333\" height=\"103\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/advanced1.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-101606\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/advanced1.png\" alt=\"picture of the advanced option on the symbology pane\" width=\"333\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a>\nAnd add a<strong> Data exclusion<\/strong>:\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/dataExclusion.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-101607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/dataExclusion.png\" alt=\"picture of the data exclusion UI in ArcGIS Pro\" width=\"345\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a>\nPress the <strong>Back<\/strong> arrow button again to return to the main <strong>Symbology<\/strong> page, and press the <strong>More<\/strong> button. Uncheck the <strong>Show excluded values<\/strong> option.\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/showExcluded1.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-101609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/showExcluded1.png\" alt=\"picture of the show excluded values option on the symbology pane\" width=\"354\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a>\nNow those three ambiguous stars will not draw on the map at all.\n\nLet's take a look at the final result:\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/starChart3.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-101610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/starChart3.png\" alt=\"map of the stars with size, transparency and color\" width=\"725\" height=\"701\" \/><\/a>\nTo finish things up, turn on the Asterism layer and give it some faint symbology that doesn't distract too much from the stars:\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/asterisms.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-101611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/asterisms.png\" alt=\"stars with asterisms\" width=\"730\" height=\"247\" \/><\/a>\nAdding extra visual variables via the options in <strong>Vary symbology by attribute<\/strong> can make for some powerful storytelling with your data. If you use them wisely you can add more information to your map without needing to use any text. In this example, the changes are relatively subtle, but the result is a map that is easier to read - the brighter stars stand out more distinctly than before, helping you to find your bearings in the sky more quickly.\n\nTry it yourself! Do you have some data that is just crying to be symbolized in two ways at once? 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