{"id":498602,"date":"2019-04-25T16:40:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T23:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=498602"},"modified":"2019-04-25T16:29:04","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T23:29:04","slug":"prep-your-cartography-project","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/prep-your-cartography-project","title":{"rendered":"Ice Road to Diamonds Part 1: Prep Your Cartography Project"},"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":[381342,26451,86442,381332,27911],"industry":[],"product":[36561],"class_list":["post-498602","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-canada","tag-cartography","tag-data-management","tag-project-planning","tag-tutorial","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"short_description":"Download lots of data. Explore it. Thin it. Prepare to map.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Why do you make maps? There are lots of good reasons. One of them is to explore and discover. We often read maps as a form of armchair travel. Making maps can be an even deeper version of this pursuit.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes we set out on a map-making project that looks like it will be a lot of fun, only to find ourselves, several days later, still wading through massive amounts of seemingly irrelevant data. Then we give up. This blog is here to tell you not to give up!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most of cartography is deciding what <em>not<\/em> to map.<\/strong> So don\u2019t be surprised when this particular decision takes a lot of time. This is where the real exploration and discovery happens, not when you\u2019re choosing symbology. This the part of the process where you learn about the place or topic you are mapping.<\/p>\n<h3>Why read this blog?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>You want a more efficient strategy for thinning all of that data you just downloaded.<\/li>\n<li>You\u2019re about to begin a cartography project and want to start off on the right foot.<\/li>\n<li>You think ice roads and arctic diamond mines are cool. This post is the first in a series I am writing about the making of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heathergabrielsmith.ca\/maps\/html\/iceroad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this map<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What do you need?<\/h3>\n<p>I use ArcGIS Pro. This workflow is relevant for ArcMap too, only the details differ.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 1: Where do you want to map?<\/h3>\n<p>Pick a place you love, a place you want to know more about, a place with a weird name. If you just want to follow along with my map for now, you can download and unzip <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=27b26d8f151d434da5a03b9c85e4b2dd\">this project<\/a>, and double click <strong>IceRoad.aprx<\/strong> to open it in ArcGIS Pro.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to make a map of Great Slave Lake in Canada. It has such a nice shape.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":498712,"id":498712,"title":"greatSlaveLake","filename":"greatSlaveLake.png","filesize":65912,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/greatSlaveLake.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/prep-your-cartography-project\/greatslavelake","alt":"Great Slave Lake","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"greatslavelake","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":498602,"date":"2019-04-23 23:16:25","modified":"2019-04-23 23:16:34","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":600,"height":383,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/greatSlaveLake-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/greatSlaveLake.png","medium-width":409,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/greatSlaveLake.png","medium_large-width":600,"medium_large-height":383,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/greatSlaveLake.png","large-width":600,"large-height":383,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/greatSlaveLake.png","1536x1536-width":600,"1536x1536-height":383,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/greatSlaveLake.png","2048x2048-width":600,"2048x2048-height":383,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/greatSlaveLake.png","card_image-width":600,"card_image-height":383,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/greatSlaveLake.png","wide_image-width":600,"wide_image-height":383}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>Step 2: Get some data<\/h3>\n<p>If you also happen to be mapping somewhere in Canada, you&#8217;re in luck, because the government (Natural Resources Canada, Earth Sciences Sector) provides <a href=\"http:\/\/ftp.geogratis.gc.ca\/pub\/nrcan_rncan\/vector\/index\/html\/geospatial_product_index_en.html\">this fantastic resource<\/a> for finding and downloading data.<\/p>\n<p>From the <strong>Themes <\/strong>tab, click <strong>Vector<\/strong>, then click one of the listed datasets, for example <strong>CanVec Series \u2013 Hydrographic features<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Then click a province or territory on the interactive map to find data in shapefile or file geodatabase format.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":498722,"id":498722,"title":"canvec","filename":"canvec.png","filesize":49519,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/canvec.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/prep-your-cartography-project\/canvec","alt":"The Geogratis website","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"canvec","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":498602,"date":"2019-04-23 23:17:05","modified":"2019-04-23 23:17:12","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":547,"height":329,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/canvec-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/canvec.png","medium-width":434,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/canvec.png","medium_large-width":547,"medium_large-height":329,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/canvec.png","large-width":547,"large-height":329,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/canvec.png","1536x1536-width":547,"1536x1536-height":329,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/canvec.png","2048x2048-width":547,"2048x2048-height":329,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/canvec.png","card_image-width":547,"card_image-height":329,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/canvec.png","wide_image-width":547,"wide_image-height":329}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>You\u2019re still in exploratory mode, so download lots. I grabbed pretty much everything for the Northwest Territories. If you&#8217;re following along with the project I provided above you can find all of this data in the <strong>CanVecData <\/strong>folder in the <strong>Catalog <\/strong>pane.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":498732,"id":498732,"title":"canvecData","filename":"canvecData.png","filesize":5269,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/canvecData.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/prep-your-cartography-project\/canvecdata","alt":"CanVecData folder","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"canvecdata","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":498602,"date":"2019-04-23 23:17:38","modified":"2019-04-23 23:17:45","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":290,"height":414,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/canvecData-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/canvecData.png","medium-width":183,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/canvecData.png","medium_large-width":290,"medium_large-height":414,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/canvecData.png","large-width":290,"large-height":414,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/canvecData.png","1536x1536-width":290,"1536x1536-height":414,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/canvecData.png","2048x2048-width":290,"2048x2048-height":414,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/canvecData.png","card_image-width":290,"card_image-height":414,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/canvecData.png","wide_image-width":290,"wide_image-height":414}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>Step 3: Explore<\/h3>\n<p>Add your newfound data to the map. Unfortunately, looking at so much data at once, even for such a sparsely populated area, can be completely overwhelming.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":498752,"id":498752,"title":"tooMuchData","filename":"tooMuchData.png","filesize":142507,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tooMuchData.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/prep-your-cartography-project\/toomuchdata","alt":"This is just too much data to even begin to understand","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"toomuchdata","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":498602,"date":"2019-04-23 23:20:09","modified":"2019-04-23 23:20:24","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":602,"height":424,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tooMuchData-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tooMuchData.png","medium-width":371,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tooMuchData.png","medium_large-width":602,"medium_large-height":424,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tooMuchData.png","large-width":602,"large-height":424,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tooMuchData.png","1536x1536-width":602,"1536x1536-height":424,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tooMuchData.png","2048x2048-width":602,"2048x2048-height":424,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tooMuchData.png","card_image-width":602,"card_image-height":424,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tooMuchData.png","wide_image-width":602,"wide_image-height":424}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>You\u2019re going to have to spend some time sorting through these layers before you can figure out which ones are interesting, relevant, or useful.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Only look at a few layers at a time.<\/li>\n<li>Check out the metadata that was included in the download.<\/li>\n<li>Begin discarding layers that you don\u2019t want.<\/li>\n<li>Compare the data to various basemaps.<\/li>\n<li>Explore the numeric attributes by <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/analysis\/geoprocessing\/charts\/make-a-chart.htm\">creating charts<\/a> or by symbolizing layers with <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/layer-properties\/graduated-colors.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">graduated colors<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All the while, keep your eyes open for interesting patterns, unusual absences, and unexpected clusters or outliers. Ask questions and search for answers.<\/p>\n<p>The most interesting thing I found was a road going straight through a lake!<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":498762,"id":498762,"title":"roadThroughLake","filename":"roadThroughLake.png","filesize":32874,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/roadThroughLake.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/prep-your-cartography-project\/roadthroughlake","alt":"Road data passing through some lake data","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"You can find this by navigating to the 'Road through Lake' bookmark and turning on the road_segment_1 and waterbody_1 layers.","name":"roadthroughlake","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":498602,"date":"2019-04-23 23:20:42","modified":"2019-04-23 23:38:52","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":333,"height":248,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/roadThroughLake-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/roadThroughLake.png","medium-width":333,"medium-height":248,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/roadThroughLake.png","medium_large-width":333,"medium_large-height":248,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/roadThroughLake.png","large-width":333,"large-height":248,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/roadThroughLake.png","1536x1536-width":333,"1536x1536-height":248,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/roadThroughLake.png","2048x2048-width":333,"2048x2048-height":248,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/roadThroughLake.png","card_image-width":333,"card_image-height":248,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/roadThroughLake.png","wide_image-width":333,"wide_image-height":248}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>Step 4: Choose a theme<\/h3>\n<p>I immediately abandoned the plan to map Great Slave Lake, and decided to instead map the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jvtcwinterroad.ca\/\">Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road<\/a>. I didn&#8217;t know anything about it yet, but that&#8217;s part of the fun of mapping.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 5: Choose a projection<\/h3>\n<p>You can\u2019t pick an extent until you\u2019ve first picked a projection. You can set this in <strong>Map Properties<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Coordinate Systems<\/strong>. If you&#8217;re following along with my provided project, the map is already set with a custom projection. Switch to the <strong>Step 5<\/strong> map to see it. You can learn how to make your own custom projection with the next blog in this series.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 6: Choose an extent<\/h3>\n<p>If you don\u2019t have a good reason to rotate a map, don\u2019t rotate it, it will only confuse people. But this time I felt like I had a good reason. Even though this is a static map, most people will view it on a computer or phone. That means they will start at the top and scroll down. I wanted them to experience the road in the same order as its truck drivers: starting in the south.<\/p>\n<p>In Pro you can use the keyboard shortcuts <strong>A<\/strong> and <strong>D<\/strong> to rotate the map. You can also set rotation on the <strong>Map Properties<\/strong> &gt; <strong>General<\/strong> window. I settled on -155.35\u00b0.<\/p>\n<p>Next, draw a rectangle around the area you want to map. You can add a rectangle quickly by using the <strong>Polygon Map Notes<\/strong> option on the <strong>Insert<\/strong> tab on the ribbon.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":498772,"id":498772,"title":"mapNotes","filename":"mapNotes.png","filesize":17070,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mapNotes.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/prep-your-cartography-project\/mapnotes","alt":"Polygon map notes on the ribbon","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"mapnotes","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":498602,"date":"2019-04-23 23:22:35","modified":"2019-04-23 23:22:48","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":599,"height":150,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mapNotes-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mapNotes.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":116,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mapNotes.png","medium_large-width":599,"medium_large-height":150,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mapNotes.png","large-width":599,"large-height":150,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mapNotes.png","1536x1536-width":599,"1536x1536-height":150,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mapNotes.png","2048x2048-width":599,"2048x2048-height":150,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mapNotes.png","card_image-width":599,"card_image-height":150,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mapNotes.png","wide_image-width":599,"wide_image-height":150}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>On the ribbon, on the <strong>Edit<\/strong> tab, click the <strong>Create<\/strong> button to launch the <strong>Create Features<\/strong> pane. Choose <strong>Polygon Notes <\/strong>and draw a new rectangle on the map.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":498782,"id":498782,"title":"extent","filename":"extent-1.png","filesize":67803,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/extent-1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/prep-your-cartography-project\/extent-3","alt":"Use the Create Features pane to make a rectangle","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"extent-3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":498602,"date":"2019-04-23 23:23:10","modified":"2019-04-23 23:23:17","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":485,"height":344,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/extent-1-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/extent-1.png","medium-width":368,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/extent-1.png","medium_large-width":485,"medium_large-height":344,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/extent-1.png","large-width":485,"large-height":344,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/extent-1.png","1536x1536-width":485,"1536x1536-height":344,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/extent-1.png","2048x2048-width":485,"2048x2048-height":344,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/extent-1.png","card_image-width":485,"card_image-height":344,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/extent-1.png","wide_image-width":485,"wide_image-height":344}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>You can also turn on the <strong>mapExtent<\/strong> layer in the <strong>Contents<\/strong> pane to see the rectangle I made.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 7: Remove data<\/h3>\n<p>You&#8217;ve already removed some data, but you still have too much.<\/p>\n<p>In the <strong>Contents<\/strong> pane, click the <strong>List by Selection<\/strong> tab. On the map, draw a selection rectangle that is just a bit larger than your map extent rectangle. The Contents pane will show you a count of selected features for each layer. Some layers don&#8217;t have a single feature in that area. These can be removed without any further investigation.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":498802,"id":498802,"title":"selection","filename":"selection.png","filesize":71315,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/selection.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/prep-your-cartography-project\/selection","alt":"Selected feature count in the Selection view of the Contents pane","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"selection","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":498602,"date":"2019-04-23 23:24:19","modified":"2019-04-23 23:24:42","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":452,"height":343,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/selection-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/selection.png","medium-width":344,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/selection.png","medium_large-width":452,"medium_large-height":343,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/selection.png","large-width":452,"large-height":343,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/selection.png","1536x1536-width":452,"1536x1536-height":343,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/selection.png","2048x2048-width":452,"2048x2048-height":343,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/selection.png","card_image-width":452,"card_image-height":343,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/selection.png","wide_image-width":452,"wide_image-height":343}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>For all the others, ask yourself these two important questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Does it make sense to show this layer at this scale?<\/li>\n<li>Is this layer absolutely necessary for your theme?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The answer is probably no. Research your theme. Then remove almost all of the layers. In the end, I only kept waterbodies, toponyms (place names), road segments, and ore. Why ore? It turns out that the main purpose of the Tibbitt to Contwoyto road is to service diamond and gold mines, and this layer corresponded with some of those sites. The locations of mines not included in the dataset were researched and located on the imagery basemap.<\/p>\n<p>You can find my chosen layers in the <strong>chosenData<\/strong> feature dataset in the provided <strong>IceRoad.gdb<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 8: Do you need more data?<\/h3>\n<p>Did you notice the white space at the bottom of my map? That\u2019s because I only downloaded data for the Northwest Territories, and the winter road extends into Nunavut as well. I had to go and download even more data. If this happens to you, use the <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/tool-reference\/data-management\/merge.htm\"><strong>Merge<\/strong><\/a> tool to combine like datasets.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":498812,"id":498812,"title":"merge","filename":"merge.png","filesize":4012,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/merge.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/prep-your-cartography-project\/merge","alt":"Combining waterbody_2_NT and waterbody_2_NU with the Merge tool","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"If you're following along, merge the NT and NU datasets together on the Step 8 map.","name":"merge","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":498602,"date":"2019-04-23 23:25:12","modified":"2019-04-23 23:45:01","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":314,"height":249,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/merge-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/merge.png","medium-width":314,"medium-height":249,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/merge.png","medium_large-width":314,"medium_large-height":249,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/merge.png","large-width":314,"large-height":249,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/merge.png","1536x1536-width":314,"1536x1536-height":249,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/merge.png","2048x2048-width":314,"2048x2048-height":249,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/merge.png","card_image-width":314,"card_image-height":249,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/merge.png","wide_image-width":314,"wide_image-height":249}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>Step 9: Clip data to the map extent<\/h3>\n<p>You still have too much data.<\/p>\n<p>Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/tool-reference\/analysis\/buffer.htm\">Buffer<\/a> tool to make a copy of your map extent rectangle that is a bit bigger.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":498822,"id":498822,"title":"buffer","filename":"buffer.png","filesize":5654,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/buffer.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/prep-your-cartography-project\/buffer-2","alt":"Buffer tool set to 20 kilometers on the mapExtent input feature","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"buffer-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":498602,"date":"2019-04-23 23:26:09","modified":"2019-04-23 23:26:29","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":314,"height":374,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/buffer-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/buffer.png","medium-width":219,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/buffer.png","medium_large-width":314,"medium_large-height":374,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/buffer.png","large-width":314,"large-height":374,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/buffer.png","1536x1536-width":314,"1536x1536-height":374,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/buffer.png","2048x2048-width":314,"2048x2048-height":374,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/buffer.png","card_image-width":314,"card_image-height":374,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/buffer.png","wide_image-width":314,"wide_image-height":374}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Then use the <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/tool-reference\/analysis\/clip.htm\">Clip<\/a> tool to trim all of your remaining datasets to the new buffered rectangle. You could clip to the original rectangle instead if you want, but the buffer provides you with some wiggle room that you might want later on.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":498832,"id":498832,"title":"clip","filename":"clip.png","filesize":6467,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/clip.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/prep-your-cartography-project\/clip","alt":"Batch clip tool","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"To run a tool on multiple datasets at once, right click on it in the Geoprocessing pane and choose Batch.","name":"clip","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":498602,"date":"2019-04-23 23:27:08","modified":"2019-04-23 23:46:00","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":314,"height":404,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/clip-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/clip.png","medium-width":203,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/clip.png","medium_large-width":314,"medium_large-height":404,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/clip.png","large-width":314,"large-height":404,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/clip.png","1536x1536-width":314,"1536x1536-height":404,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/clip.png","2048x2048-width":314,"2048x2048-height":404,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/clip.png","card_image-width":314,"card_image-height":404,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/clip.png","wide_image-width":314,"wide_image-height":404}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Save all of your final outputs to your project\u2019s geodatabase and rename them so they are easy to find later. You can find mine in the <strong>finalMapData<\/strong> feature dataset inside <strong>IceRoad.gdb<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":498842,"id":498842,"title":"finalMapData","filename":"finalMapData.png","filesize":2516,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/finalMapData.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/prep-your-cartography-project\/finalmapdata","alt":"finalMapData feature dataset in the Catalog pane","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"finalmapdata","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":498602,"date":"2019-04-23 23:27:44","modified":"2019-04-23 23:28:02","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":197,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/finalMapData-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/finalMapData.png","medium-width":187,"medium-height":197,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/finalMapData.png","medium_large-width":187,"medium_large-height":197,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/finalMapData.png","large-width":187,"large-height":197,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/finalMapData.png","1536x1536-width":187,"1536x1536-height":197,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/finalMapData.png","2048x2048-width":187,"2048x2048-height":197,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/finalMapData.png","card_image-width":187,"card_image-height":197,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/finalMapData.png","wide_image-width":187,"wide_image-height":197}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>Step 10: Add metadata<\/h3>\n<p>This is an eat-your-vegetables\/brush-your-teeth kind of step. It\u2019s good for you. You\u2019ll thank me when you\u2019re older. Like two months from now when you need to share or reuse your map in some way and you realize you have no recollection of where the data came from or what it represents. It will also help you find final or authoritative datasets amongst a crowd of intermediate or exploratory ones that you may have neglected to delete.<\/p>\n<p>Open the geodatabase on the <strong>Catalog<\/strong> pane. Right-click on each feature class and choose <strong>Edit Metadata<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":498852,"id":498852,"title":"editMetadata","filename":"editMetadata.png","filesize":8289,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/editMetadata.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/prep-your-cartography-project\/editmetadata","alt":"Edit metadata on the context menu in the Catalog pane","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"editmetadata","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":498602,"date":"2019-04-23 23:28:30","modified":"2019-04-23 23:28:51","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":342,"height":449,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/editMetadata-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/editMetadata.png","medium-width":199,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/editMetadata.png","medium_large-width":342,"medium_large-height":449,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/editMetadata.png","large-width":342,"large-height":449,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/editMetadata.png","1536x1536-width":342,"1536x1536-height":449,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/editMetadata.png","2048x2048-width":342,"2048x2048-height":449,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/editMetadata.png","card_image-width":342,"card_image-height":449,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/editMetadata.png","wide_image-width":342,"wide_image-height":449}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>You must do this through the <strong>Catalog <\/strong>pane. If you right-click on the layer in the <strong>Contents<\/strong> pane and try to change the metadata there, it won\u2019t stick. That metadata is for the <em>layer<\/em>, which is not the same as the <em>data<\/em>. The layer is just a view, or instance, of the data.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":498862,"id":498862,"title":"metadata","filename":"metadata.png","filesize":26051,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/metadata.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/prep-your-cartography-project\/metadata-2","alt":"Metadata for the roads layer","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"metadata-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":498602,"date":"2019-04-23 23:29:19","modified":"2019-04-23 23:29:33","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":560,"height":563,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/metadata-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/metadata.png","medium-width":260,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/metadata.png","medium_large-width":560,"medium_large-height":563,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/metadata.png","large-width":560,"large-height":563,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/metadata.png","1536x1536-width":560,"1536x1536-height":563,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/metadata.png","2048x2048-width":560,"2048x2048-height":563,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/metadata-463x465.png","card_image-width":463,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/metadata.png","wide_image-width":560,"wide_image-height":563}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Fill out everything you know about your data.<\/p>\n<h3>Summary<\/h3>\n<p>And that\u2019s it. Your project is prepped. You downloaded a ton of data and explored it. Along the way you discovered some interesting things, did some research, and learned about diamond mining (or whatever your topic may be.) You shaved off more and more of your data until you were left with only the stuff you really needed. You added some more data to fill gaps, and put it all in a nice safe place with neat and tidy labels. <strong>The rest of your cartography project is going to be a breeze.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Attributions: <\/em><em>Data provided by the Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Earth Sciences Sector.\u00a0<\/em><em>Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence \u2013 Canada<\/em><\/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":123331,"post_author":"7411","post_date":"2018-03-12 13:16:57","post_date_gmt":"2018-03-12 13:16:57","post_content":"Recently I made a map of my favorite park: the Mojave National Preserve, a huge desert park in California. It's a fantastic place that you should all visit.\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/volcanoes.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-102039\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/volcanoes-1024x366.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of cinder cones\" width=\"640\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a>\nIt struck me that every time I make a map, I make the same time-consuming mistakes. These generally have to do with not preparing the project properly before I begin, resulting in messy duplicate geodatabases everywhere, annotation that was created at different scales and a general indecision about where the edge of the map should be. I thought it might be nice to have a suggested order of operations to prevent future pitfalls. And then I thought it would be nice to share it with all of you.\n\nThis tutorial uses the example of my map of the Mojave to outline a process for making one of your own, from data hunting all the way down to printing. It uses ArcGIS Pro, and does not go into detail about how to accomplish every single step, but instead gives an overview of the steps you might take. The screenshots provide hints, but <a title=\"Pro tips from Pro Help\" href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/main\/welcome-to-the-arcgis-pro-app-help.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ArcGIS Pro Help<\/a> provides true help.\n\n<strong>STEP ONE: PREPARE<\/strong>\n<em>Do not neglect this step. Trust me. Making decisions up front about scale and extent will make the rest of your map-making so much easier.<\/em>\n<ul>\n\t<li>Hunt for data. If you are mapping somewhere in the United states, <a title=\"USGS data\" href=\"https:\/\/viewer.nationalmap.gov\/basic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">you can start here<\/a>, but just look, don't download yet.<\/li>\n\t<li>You can also search for data on ArcGIS Online using the Catalog pane:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture2.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-102040\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture2.png\" alt=\"picture of the Catalog pane\" width=\"282\" height=\"316\" \/><\/a>\n<ul>\n\t<li>Decide where you are mapping. Think about what kind of extent and scale you want. Then make a new map in ArcGIS Pro.<\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/properties\/specify-a-coordinate-system.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Map math magic\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Set an appropriate coordinate system.<\/a> If you're unsure of which one to use, <a href=\"http:\/\/authoring.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=b294795270aa4fb3bd25286bf09edc51\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Most useful feature layer ever?\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">refer to the UTM grid<\/a> and choose the zone that applies to your area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture3.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-102042\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture3.png\" alt=\"picture of the coordinate system picker dialog\" width=\"724\" height=\"609\" \/><\/a>\n<ul>\n        <li><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/layouts\/add-a-layout-to-your-project.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Layout help\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Make a new layout<\/a> with your desired dimensions. If you want to print your map consider what paper sizes you have access to.<\/li>\n        <li>Add the empty map to the layout and set its size and position.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture4.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-102043\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture4.png\" alt=\"picture of the map frame controls\" width=\"795\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a>\n<ul>\n\t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/layouts\/work-with-a-map-on-a-layout.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More layout help\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Activate the map<\/a> and zoom and pan until you've found the perfect scale and extent. You can rotate too if you want.<\/li>\n\t<li>If you want a round number for a scale, adjust it in the scale control at the bottom of the window.<\/li>\n\t<li>Once you've settled on a scale, open Map Properties and apply it as the <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/properties\/map-reference-scales.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Keep your symbols the same size relative to the earth\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reference Scale.<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/navigation\/bookmarks.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"How to make a bookmark\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Make a bookmark<\/a> so you can return to this exact position later.<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/layer-properties\/map-notes.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Also known as Map Notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Insert a layer template.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture6.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-102091\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture6.png\" alt=\"picture of the insert tab of the ribbon\" width=\"848\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a>\n<ul>\n        <li><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/editing\/create-polygon-features.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Editing help\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Create features<\/a> using one of the polygon templates, and trace the outline of your map frame. This is so you can reference where the edge of your map is later when you're not in layout view.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture7.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-102092\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture7.png\" alt=\"map with map frame rectangle\" width=\"569\" height=\"558\" \/><\/a>\n<ul>\n        <li>Save your edits and close activation of the map.<\/li>\n        <li><em>Now<\/em> download the data. The reason you waited to do this part is because many topographic data repositories (like the USGS) require you to decide which map sheets you want to download. Now that you know your extent you can download only the ones you need instead of just guessing.<\/li>\n        <li>Write down the source credit information for your data, and links to where you can find it again later.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<strong>STEP TWO: MAP<\/strong>\n<em>Now that you've got all the pieces in place, you are ready to actually make a map.<\/em>\n\n<ul>\n        <li>Add the data.<\/li>\n        <li>If you have multiple map sheets, <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/tool-reference\/data-management\/merge.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The good ol' merge tool\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">merge <\/a>like datasets together into a single layer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture8.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-102093\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture8.png\" alt=\"picture of the merge process\" width=\"997\" height=\"603\" \/><\/a>\n<ul>\n        <li>Decide which layers you want to keep and which are just cluttering up your map.<\/li>\n        <li>Need more layers? Go out and hunt for them. Can't find them? Try out some of the basemaps. Chances are either <a href=\"http:\/\/authoring.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=931d892ac7a843d7ba29d085e0433465\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Great reference data\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>USA Topo Maps<\/em><\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/authoring.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=86de95d4e0244cba80f0fa2c9403a7b2\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Available in the basemap gallery\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Imagery<\/em><\/a> will have the feature you're looking for, and you can <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/editing\/introduction-to-creating-2d-and-3d-features.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Trace new data.\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">digitize<\/a> it from there.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture9.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-102094\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture9.png\" alt=\"picture of tracing feature from the USA Topo Maps basemap\" width=\"803\" height=\"457\" \/><\/a>\n<ul>\n        <li>Use <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/layer-properties\/definition-query.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Whatever you query out will not be copied out.\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">definition queries<\/a> to filter out whatever data you know you don't want to show on your map.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture10.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-102095\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture10.png\" alt=\"setting a definition query\" width=\"638\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a>\n<ul>\n        <li><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/data\/geodatabases\/overview\/create-a-file-geodatabase.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"It's super easy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Make a new file geodatabase<\/a> and export each of your layers into it. Give them new, simple names, like <em>Rivers<\/em> and <em>Roads.<\/em><\/li>\n        <li>Remove the old layers from your map, leaving only the new ones. The old ones are your raw, back-up data. The new ones you are free to edit.<\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/layer-properties\/symbolize-feature-layers.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The best part\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Symbolize <\/a>your data! This is the fun part, so make sure to have some fun.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture11.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-102096\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture11.png\" alt=\"symbolizing the map\" width=\"1001\" height=\"878\" \/><\/a>\n<ul>\n        <li>While you're at it, you'll probably want to edit some layers. Delete, reclassify, add and modify features. Try out some of the cartographic tools like <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/tool-reference\/cartography\/simplify-line.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"One of many useful tools for beautifying your map\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Simplify line.<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<strong>STEP THREE: LABEL<\/strong>\n<em>Good labels make a good map.<\/em>\n\n<ul>\n        <li><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/text\/labeling-basics.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Use the first button on the labeling tab\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Turn on labeling<\/a> for the appropriate layers.<\/li>\n        <li>Create a different <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/text\/label-classes.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Use different styles of text for different kinds of labels\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">label class<\/a> for each style of text.<\/li>\n        <li>Experiment with the labeling properties until they are as close as possible to your desired end result.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture13.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-102098\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture13.png\" alt=\"label properties\" width=\"706\" height=\"642\" \/><\/a>\n<ul>\n        <li>Some features that you want to label (like mountain ranges) may not have a layer to label off of. For these, you can create point data and symbolize it with a transparent marker so only the label is visible.<\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/text\/converting-labels-to-annotation.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Take full control over your text\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Convert labels to annotation.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture14.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-102099\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture14-1024x114.png\" alt=\"convert to annotation on the ribbon\" width=\"640\" height=\"71\" \/><\/a>\n<ul>\n        <li><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/editing\/change-annotation-baseline-geometry.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Stack, spline, spread, scale, etc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Edit the annotation<\/a> until it is perfect enough for your taste and\/or patience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture15.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-102100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture15.png\" alt=\"editing annotation\" width=\"814\" height=\"878\" \/><\/a>\n<ul>\n        <li>If you've got the time, and you're fairly certain that you're not going to continue editing your annotation, <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/tool-reference\/cartography\/feature-outline-masks.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pro's best-kept secret\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">make feature outline masks <\/a>for some of the labels and use them to <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/layer-properties\/use-a-masking-layer.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Layer masking\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mask out other features<\/a> that interfere with the text.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture16.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-102101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture16.png\" alt=\"annotation masks\" width=\"367\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a>\n\n<strong>STEP FOUR: FINISH<\/strong>\n<em>It's time to make a layout.<\/em>\n\n<ul>\n        <li>Insert a new map. This will be your small key map.<\/li>\n        <li>Choose an appropriate coordinate system. Don't assume that UTM will suffice here.<\/li>\n        <li>Add the key map to your layout.<\/li>\n        <li>Size and scale it in the same way you did above for the main map. Apply the reference scale and bookmark too.<\/li>\n        <li>Add the minimal possible data needed to explain to the map reader where in the world they are looking at.<\/li>\n        <li>Symbolize and label as needed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture17.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-102102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture17.png\" alt=\"keymap of california\" width=\"342\" height=\"429\" \/><\/a>\n<ul>\n        <li>Insert various items to your layout and style them. Some items you might consider include title, legend, scale bar, north arrow, grid or graticule, border, source credits, descriptive text, pictures, charts and graphs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture18.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-102103\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Untitled-picture18.png\" alt=\"adding layout elements to a map\" width=\"964\" height=\"939\" \/><\/a>\n\n<strong>\nSTEP FIVE: PROOF<\/strong>\n<em>You may think your map is finished, but a good proofreading will probably prove you wrong.<\/em>\n\n<ul>\n        <li>Make sure all of the necessary layers are turned on.<\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/sharing\/overview\/export-a-map-or-layout.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Exporting help\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share the layout<\/a> by exporting it as a PDF at 300 dpi.<\/li>\n        <li>Search for errors in the PDF. Fix the map. Export again. Repeat until you are satisfied.<\/li>\n        <li>Print the PDF on paper.<\/li>\n        <li>Find more errors on the paper. Fix the map. Export and print again. 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