Monthly Archives: October 2008
How to Symbolize Preplan Information on Map
I receive several questions about how to symbolize preplan data. Fortunately ArcMap comes with a symbolset that includes many preplan symbols in the Hazmat symbolset. This symbolset includes most of the NFPA 170 symbols as well as NFPA 704 and … Continue reading
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Creating a Whole Page Legend in ArcMap
You might want to create a full page legend if you have a map (or preplan) that has a lot of layers. To create a full page legend do the following Open an existing map that has the layers you … Continue reading
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What are Layers?
What are Layers? Layers is a general term used to describe separate features on a map. If you take any map and break it down into parts you may notice that features “lay” in a certain order on top of … Continue reading
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Fire Service Data Model
I realize that this is a late post but I wanted to share about the Fire Service Data Model group with a data model committee meeting last March. First of all it is exciting to get together with fellow fire … Continue reading
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