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| Subject: | Re: [gislist] Novice questions - squarebuffer.avx |
| Date: |
09/04/2007 10:45:00 AM |
| From: |
Mark de Blois |
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To be able to load an avx you need ArcView 3.x. If you place it in the
extension folder it should appear when you load extensions.
Louise Oyen wrote:
> Since I need to use points as my basis for each page, I found a script
> called squarebuffer.avx, but I don't know how to use it after
> downloading/unzipping it. There is no install or instruction text file. Any
> help?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lawrence Hartpence [mailto:hartpence_gis@co.jasper.ia.us]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 10:17 AM
> To: 'Louise Oyen'
> Subject: RE: [gislist] Novice returns with more questions...
>
> Louise,
>
> That script you found to make mapbooks would do what you want. It is called
> DS Mapbook and it really is pretty slick. To do what you want, you would
> need to create some buffer around the points you want to include in the
> mapbook because the mapbook only creates pages based on polygons not points.
> You can set a scale and set an attribute to determine the title for the
> page. Go ahead and download it and play with it. It is worth your time.
>
> Lawrence
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Louise Oyen [mailto:loyen@geographicsolutions.biz]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 9:45 AM
> To: gislist@lists.geocomm.com
> Subject: [gislist] Novice returns with more questions...
>
>
> Hello All!
>
>
>
> I am so excited to have found this forum!! I have received great feedback
> that was easy to follow and most importantly, it worked just as I hoped it
> would.
>
>
>
> So, I have more questions.
>
>
>
> By the way, I am running ArcMap 9.2.
>
>
>
> I have set the scale on the data frame properties to be fixed at 4800, but
> when I zoom to a selected attribute within a table, the scale always goes to
> 28,058. So I have to reset the scale every time. This part of the project
> requires me to produce on map for 100 data points. I considered using a
> script that I found to do all the printing as a Map Series, but there seemed
> to be too many conflicts that I am not able to address. For the sake of
> learning, let me present these apparent conflicts and see if there is a
> simple solution to address some or all of them.
>
>
>
> Desired Output:
>
> Hard copy and .pdf of 100 maps.
>
> Maps will have consistent scale, and most text will be consistent. However,
> there is a title bar with text that is the same as one of the labels on the
> map. At this point, I am changing it manually. I would love to be able to
> make that automatic!
>
> For each point, there will be at least one true color aerial brought in. For
> some points, there are up to 6 photos. The scale for the photos depends on
> whether the site is rural or urban. (Which is funny because there is nothing
> about Baldwin County AL that is anything but rural!!)
>
>
>
> If I could somehow set the title on the layout to reference the point on the
> map, be sure that the scale really will be fixed at 4,800, and create .pdfs
> with a script, that would pretty much make my day!
>
>
>
> I realize that I am spending a lot of time trying to take shortcuts, but if
> I can figure out some of the shortcuts to use on this project, the next one
> will run much smoother!
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
>
>
> Louise Oyen
>
>
>
>
>
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