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About ffrogers

I'm a career firefighter with a degree in Cartography (map making). I have a passion for GIS and what it can do for the fire service.

This is the way to create a map

Posted on November 9, 2008 by ffrogers
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How to Symbolize Preplan Information on Map

Posted on October 30, 2008 by ffrogers

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

Posted on October 29, 2008 by ffrogers

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?

Posted on October 26, 2008 by ffrogers

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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