{"id":81851,"date":"2026-03-17T21:16:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T04:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/creating-dials-and-gauges-using-layered-symbols-and-rotation\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T21:18:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T04:18:45","slug":"creating-dials-and-gauges","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/creating-dials-and-gauges","title":{"rendered":"Create gauges using stacked symbols and rotation"},"author":7641,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[326882,35441,35241,325542],"industry":[],"product":[36571,36551],"class_list":["post-81851","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-dial","tag-gauge","tag-rotation","tag-symbols","product-arcgis-enterprise","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"Using a combination of stacked symbols and rotation, you can make your own gauges to show current values, capacity, and more.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

This post was originally published on January 8, 2014, and has been updated. The last previous update was January 6, 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Symbols can be rotated to display compass direction, such as the direction a vehicle is traveling, a camera is pointing, or the wind is blowing. In addition to rotating symbols to show compass direction, you can also use symbol rotation to display values.<\/p>\n

This blog article will detail a technique that can be used to display values in gauges on your map using layered symbols for the dial and needle and rotating one of them.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

 <\/p>\n

An example<\/h2>\n

The map below uses stacked symbols to show locations. The needle symbol is rotated using a value associated with the location. The value shown on the dial ranges from zero to 100. Note that each dial is displaying a unique value.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2960670,"id":2960670,"title":"stack-1","filename":"stack-1.png","filesize":193792,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/stack-1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/creating-dials-and-gauges\/stack-1","alt":"Stacked symbols and rotation map","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"Open web map","name":"stack-1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81851,"date":"2026-03-18 04:01:58","modified":"2026-03-18 04:02:23","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":1041,"height":737,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/stack-1-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/stack-1.png","medium-width":369,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/stack-1.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":544,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/stack-1.png","large-width":1041,"large-height":737,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/stack-1.png","1536x1536-width":1041,"1536x1536-height":737,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/stack-1.png","2048x2048-width":1041,"2048x2048-height":737,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/stack-1-657x465.png","card_image-width":657,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/stack-1.png","wide_image-width":1041,"wide_image-height":737}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/mapviewer\/index.html?webmap=57b29daf7630410cb4ae776b9cba6b7a"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

To create the dial symbols, the layer was duplicated and uses two overlapping symbols; one symbol is the dial and the other symbol is the needle on the dial. The needle is rotated using an attribute field to rotate the needle to display a value on the gauge.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":437602,"id":437602,"title":"dial-2","filename":"dial-2.jpg","filesize":9633,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/dial-2.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/creating-dials-and-gauges\/dial-2","alt":"","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"dial-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81851,"date":"2019-02-13 23:32:50","modified":"2019-02-13 23:32:50","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":565,"height":149,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/dial-2-150x149.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":149,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/dial-2-300x79.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":79,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/dial-2.jpg","medium_large-width":565,"medium_large-height":149,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/dial-2.jpg","large-width":565,"large-height":149,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/dial-2.jpg","1536x1536-width":565,"1536x1536-height":149,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/dial-2.jpg","2048x2048-width":565,"2048x2048-height":149,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/dial-2.jpg","card_image-width":565,"card_image-height":149,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/dial-2.jpg","wide_image-width":565,"wide_image-height":149}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

In the sample map, these have been placed into a gauge group layer.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1880232,"id":1880232,"title":"gauge-5","filename":"gauge-5.png","filesize":11112,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-5.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/creating-dials-and-gauges\/gauge-5","alt":"Gauge group layer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"gauge-5","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81851,"date":"2023-03-20 22:01:16","modified":"2023-03-20 22:01:29","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":567,"height":226,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-5-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-5.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":185,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-5.png","medium_large-width":567,"medium_large-height":226,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-5.png","large-width":567,"large-height":226,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-5.png","1536x1536-width":567,"1536x1536-height":226,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-5.png","2048x2048-width":567,"2048x2048-height":226,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-5.png","card_image-width":567,"card_image-height":226,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-5.png","wide_image-width":567,"wide_image-height":226}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Depending on your implementation, there may be some changes that need to be made to your gauges or to the data that enables the rotation of gauge elements. With the default geographic rotation of symbols, rotation values rotate the symbol clockwise.<\/p>\n

The rotation values for the dial were calculated based on the default orientation of the needle (directly to the left) and the value to be displayed. For example, to move the needle to point to a value of 50 on the gauge, the needle should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise. To move the needle to point to a value of 75 on the gauge, the needle should be rotated 135 degrees clockwise, and so on.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

 <\/p>\n

Try it yourself<\/h2>\n

To make your own gauge and dial map, sign in to your organization, and follow these steps.<\/p>\n

Step 1<\/strong> \u2014 Open the sample map<\/a>. You can sign in to your account to save the map, or following along without signing in.<\/p>\n

Step 2<\/strong> \u2014 In the Contents (dark) toolbar, open the layers pane. The map has two group layers; one group layer is fully configured, the other is unconfigured. Hide the Gauge<\/strong> group layer and show the Gauge (unconfigured)<\/strong> group layer.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1881072,"id":1881072,"title":"gauge-10","filename":"gauge-10.png","filesize":16183,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-10.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/creating-dials-and-gauges\/gauge-10","alt":"Layers pane","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"gauge-10","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81851,"date":"2023-03-21 17:21:26","modified":"2023-03-21 17:21:38","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":571,"height":244,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-10-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-10.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":198,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-10.png","medium_large-width":571,"medium_large-height":244,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-10.png","large-width":571,"large-height":244,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-10.png","1536x1536-width":571,"1536x1536-height":244,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-10.png","2048x2048-width":571,"2048x2048-height":244,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-10.png","card_image-width":571,"card_image-height":244,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-10.png","wide_image-width":571,"wide_image-height":244}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step 3<\/strong> \u2014 View and save the dial and needle symbols shown below. These will be used to create the gauge.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1881132,"id":1881132,"title":"dial1","filename":"dial1.png","filesize":98084,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dial1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/creating-dials-and-gauges\/dial1","alt":"Dial","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View image and save","name":"dial1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81851,"date":"2023-03-21 17:50:08","modified":"2023-03-21 17:50:37","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":150,"height":150,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dial1.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dial1.png","medium-width":150,"medium-height":150,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dial1.png","medium_large-width":150,"medium_large-height":150,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dial1.png","large-width":150,"large-height":150,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dial1.png","1536x1536-width":150,"1536x1536-height":150,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dial1.png","2048x2048-width":150,"2048x2048-height":150,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dial1.png","card_image-width":150,"card_image-height":150,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dial1.png","wide_image-width":150,"wide_image-height":150}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dial1.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1881142,"id":1881142,"title":"needle1","filename":"needle1.png","filesize":58654,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/needle1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/creating-dials-and-gauges\/needle1","alt":"Needle","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View image and save","name":"needle1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81851,"date":"2023-03-21 17:51:04","modified":"2023-03-21 17:51:32","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":150,"height":150,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/needle1.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/needle1.png","medium-width":150,"medium-height":150,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/needle1.png","medium_large-width":150,"medium_large-height":150,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/needle1.png","large-width":150,"large-height":150,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/needle1.png","1536x1536-width":150,"1536x1536-height":150,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/needle1.png","2048x2048-width":150,"2048x2048-height":150,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/needle1.png","card_image-width":150,"card_image-height":150,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/needle1.png","wide_image-width":150,"wide_image-height":150}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/needle1.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step 4<\/strong> \u2014 Open the Gauges (unconfigured)<\/strong> group layer and select the Needle<\/strong> layer.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1881182,"id":1881182,"title":"gauge-11","filename":"gauge-11.png","filesize":10351,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-11.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/creating-dials-and-gauges\/gauge-11-2","alt":"Select layer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"gauge-11-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81851,"date":"2023-03-21 18:01:55","modified":"2023-03-21 18:02:04","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":378,"height":281,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-11-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-11.png","medium-width":351,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-11.png","medium_large-width":378,"medium_large-height":281,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-11.png","large-width":378,"large-height":281,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-11.png","1536x1536-width":378,"1536x1536-height":281,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-11.png","2048x2048-width":378,"2048x2048-height":281,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-11.png","card_image-width":378,"card_image-height":281,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-11.png","wide_image-width":378,"wide_image-height":281}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step 5<\/strong> \u2014 View the layer pop-up. CW_Rotation<\/strong> is the field containing the rotation value that will be used for the symbol.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1881192,"id":1881192,"title":"gauge-12","filename":"gauge-12.png","filesize":14806,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-12.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/creating-dials-and-gauges\/gauge-12-2","alt":"Pop-up","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"gauge-12-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81851,"date":"2023-03-21 18:04:55","modified":"2023-03-21 18:05:06","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":514,"height":288,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-12-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-12.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-12.png","medium_large-width":514,"medium_large-height":288,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-12.png","large-width":514,"large-height":288,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-12.png","1536x1536-width":514,"1536x1536-height":288,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-12.png","2048x2048-width":514,"2048x2048-height":288,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-12.png","card_image-width":514,"card_image-height":288,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-12.png","wide_image-width":514,"wide_image-height":288}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step 6<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 In the Settings (light) toolbar, open the\u00a0Properties<\/strong>\u00a0pane and click\u00a0Edit layer style<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1881222,"id":1881222,"title":"gauge-13","filename":"gauge-13.png","filesize":23415,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-13.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/creating-dials-and-gauges\/gauge-13","alt":"Edit layer style","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"gauge-13","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81851,"date":"2023-03-21 18:08:23","modified":"2023-03-21 18:08:33","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":562,"height":396,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-13-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-13.png","medium-width":370,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-13.png","medium_large-width":562,"medium_large-height":396,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-13.png","large-width":562,"large-height":396,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-13.png","1536x1536-width":562,"1536x1536-height":396,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-13.png","2048x2048-width":562,"2048x2048-height":396,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-13.png","card_image-width":562,"card_image-height":396,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-13.png","wide_image-width":562,"wide_image-height":396}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

You can also open the\u00a0Styles<\/strong>\u00a0pane from the Settings toolbar to advance to Step 5.<\/p>\n

Step 7<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 The layer is symbolized using a single symbol. Click\u00a0Style options<\/strong> in the second section.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1876222,"id":1876222,"title":"imgsym3","filename":"imgsym3.png","filesize":23609,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym3.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/using-images-as-custom-point-symbols\/imgsym3","alt":"Pick a style","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"imgsym3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81321,"date":"2023-03-15 21:06:49","modified":"2023-03-15 21:07:05","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":328,"height":271,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym3-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym3.png","medium-width":316,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym3.png","medium_large-width":328,"medium_large-height":271,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym3.png","large-width":328,"large-height":271,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym3.png","1536x1536-width":328,"1536x1536-height":271,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym3.png","2048x2048-width":328,"2048x2048-height":271,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym3.png","card_image-width":328,"card_image-height":271,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym3.png","wide_image-width":328,"wide_image-height":271}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step 8<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Click to edit the current symbol style.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1881332,"id":1881332,"title":"gauge-14","filename":"gauge-14.png","filesize":10132,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-14.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/creating-dials-and-gauges\/gauge-14","alt":"Change symbol style","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"gauge-14","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81851,"date":"2023-03-21 18:59:52","modified":"2023-03-21 19:00:20","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":379,"height":238,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-14-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-14.png","medium-width":379,"medium-height":238,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-14.png","medium_large-width":379,"medium_large-height":238,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-14.png","large-width":379,"large-height":238,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-14.png","1536x1536-width":379,"1536x1536-height":238,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-14.png","2048x2048-width":379,"2048x2048-height":238,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-14.png","card_image-width":379,"card_image-height":238,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-14.png","wide_image-width":379,"wide_image-height":238}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step 9<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 The current symbol is of type\u00a0Basic point<\/strong>. Click to change it.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1881342,"id":1881342,"title":"gauge-15","filename":"gauge-15.png","filesize":7406,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-15.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/creating-dials-and-gauges\/gauge-15","alt":"Basic point","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"gauge-15","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81851,"date":"2023-03-21 19:02:31","modified":"2023-03-21 19:02:40","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":368,"height":183,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-15-213x183.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":183,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-15.png","medium-width":368,"medium-height":183,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-15.png","medium_large-width":368,"medium_large-height":183,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-15.png","large-width":368,"large-height":183,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-15.png","1536x1536-width":368,"1536x1536-height":183,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-15.png","2048x2048-width":368,"2048x2048-height":183,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-15.png","card_image-width":368,"card_image-height":183,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-15.png","wide_image-width":368,"wide_image-height":183}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step 10<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Click\u00a0Symbols<\/strong>\u00a0in the\u00a0Uploaded Symbols<\/strong>\u00a0category.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1876282,"id":1876282,"title":"imgsym7","filename":"imgsym7.png","filesize":23333,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym7.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/using-images-as-custom-point-symbols\/imgsym7","alt":"Uploaded symbols","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"imgsym7","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81321,"date":"2023-03-15 21:35:36","modified":"2023-03-15 21:35:47","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":362,"height":441,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym7-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym7.png","medium-width":214,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym7.png","medium_large-width":362,"medium_large-height":441,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym7.png","large-width":362,"large-height":441,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym7.png","1536x1536-width":362,"1536x1536-height":441,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym7.png","2048x2048-width":362,"2048x2048-height":441,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym7.png","card_image-width":362,"card_image-height":441,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym7.png","wide_image-width":362,"wide_image-height":441}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step 11<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Click\u00a0Browse<\/strong> to navigate to the needle image you saved on your local drives in Step 3 above, and select it to use it as your point style. Click Done<\/strong> after you select it.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1876382,"id":1876382,"title":"imgsym8","filename":"imgsym8.png","filesize":18578,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym8.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/using-images-as-custom-point-symbols\/imgsym8","alt":"Uploaded symbols","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"imgsym8","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81321,"date":"2023-03-15 22:03:58","modified":"2023-03-15 22:04:08","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":370,"height":369,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym8-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym8.png","medium-width":262,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym8.png","medium_large-width":370,"medium_large-height":369,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym8.png","large-width":370,"large-height":369,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym8.png","1536x1536-width":370,"1536x1536-height":369,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym8.png","2048x2048-width":370,"2048x2048-height":369,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym8.png","card_image-width":370,"card_image-height":369,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/imgsym8.png","wide_image-width":370,"wide_image-height":369}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Note<\/strong>: Uploaded symbols will persist until you clear browser cache, so you can go back and reuse them. Once added, uploaded symbols can be sized, rotated, and have effects applied like any other symbol.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step 12<\/strong> \u2014 Adjust the symbol size to 100 px.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1881352,"id":1881352,"title":"gauge-16","filename":"gauge-16.png","filesize":9189,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-16.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/creating-dials-and-gauges\/gauge-16","alt":"Symbol size","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"gauge-16","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81851,"date":"2023-03-21 19:14:21","modified":"2023-03-21 19:14:33","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":371,"height":248,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-16-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-16.png","medium-width":371,"medium-height":248,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-16.png","medium_large-width":371,"medium_large-height":248,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-16.png","large-width":371,"large-height":248,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-16.png","1536x1536-width":371,"1536x1536-height":248,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-16.png","2048x2048-width":371,"2048x2048-height":248,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-16.png","card_image-width":371,"card_image-height":248,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-16.png","wide_image-width":371,"wide_image-height":248}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step 13<\/strong> \u2014 Make the following changes in the\u00a0Rotation by attribute<\/strong> section.<\/p>\n

a<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Toggle\u00a0Rotate symbols based on attribute values<\/strong>\u00a0on.<\/p>\n

b<\/strong> \u2013 From the field drop-down, choose CW_Rotation<\/strong>. As noted in Step 5, this is the field containing the rotation to be applied.<\/p>\n

c<\/strong> \u2013 Ensure that Geographic rotation is toggled on. The CW_Rotation rotation values are expressed in compass direction.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1881442,"id":1881442,"title":"gauge-17","filename":"gauge-17.png","filesize":31597,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-17.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/creating-dials-and-gauges\/gauge-17","alt":"Rotation by attribute","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"gauge-17","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81851,"date":"2023-03-21 19:26:31","modified":"2023-03-21 19:26:42","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":380,"height":670,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-17-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-17.png","medium-width":148,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-17.png","medium_large-width":380,"medium_large-height":670,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-17.png","large-width":380,"large-height":670,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-17.png","1536x1536-width":380,"1536x1536-height":670,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-17.png","2048x2048-width":380,"2048x2048-height":670,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-17-264x465.png","card_image-width":264,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gauge-17.png","wide_image-width":380,"wide_image-height":670}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step 14<\/strong> \u2014 Repeat steps 4 through 10 for the Dial<\/strong> layer using the dial image downloaded and saved in Step 3. Note that the dial is static and does not need to be rotated.<\/p>\n

When finished, your map should look similar to what is shown below.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2960673,"id":2960673,"title":"stack-2","filename":"stack-2.png","filesize":99096,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/stack-2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/creating-dials-and-gauges\/stack-2","alt":"Stacked symbols and rotation","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View larger image","name":"stack-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81851,"date":"2026-03-18 04:07:31","modified":"2026-03-18 04:07:54","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":473,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/stack-2-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/stack-2.png","medium-width":428,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/stack-2.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":468,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/stack-2.png","large-width":776,"large-height":473,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/stack-2.png","1536x1536-width":776,"1536x1536-height":473,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/stack-2.png","2048x2048-width":776,"2048x2048-height":473,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/stack-2-763x465.png","card_image-width":763,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/stack-2.png","wide_image-width":776,"wide_image-height":473}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/stack-2.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step 15<\/strong> \u2014 Finalize your map by configuring layer pop-ups, omitting the layers from the legend, and renaming the group layer. When finished, Save the map.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

 <\/p>\n

More information<\/h2>\n

With a little bit of creative thinking, you can do some very interesting and clever things with layering and rotating symbols. For more information see:<\/p>\n