Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Technical Workshop 2013 Esri International User Conference July 8–12, 2013 | San Diego, California Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine Craig Williams Wendy Harrison Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Presentation Overview 2 Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine What are the types of text in ArcGIS? - Labeling vs. Annotation - role of the Maplex Label Engine Position properties Demo - Street labeling Demo - Street labeling Fitting strategies Label density control Conflict resolution properties Demo - Maximizing text placement Demo - Maximizing text placement Annotation Summary and Questions

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. What Are The Types Of Text in ArcGIS? What are Labels? - Dynamically placed text by a label engine - Map refresh generates new text locations - Placed text can be “locked” after placement What is Annotation? - Stored - Geodatabase - Map document - Editable 3 Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Geodatabase annotation editing tools A Labels to Annotation Cycle 4 Convert to annotation Maplex Label Engine Standard Label Engine ESRI Label Engines Dynamic, tiled, or printed maps Label maps Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Labeling In ArcMap Unified user experience for both label engines - Labeling toolbar - Label Manager - Feature weights - Label priorities - Lock labels, view unplaced labels Integration of the Maplex Label Engine - Plugs in to standard tools - Uses ArcGIS text symbol - Uses standard label expression and label class organization 5 Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Maplex Label Engine Advanced high-quality cartographic text placement engine Fully integrated with ArcGIS - Shared tools - Full annotation support Numerous placement options - End goal of reducing map production time and costs Licensing - ArcGIS 9.0 – 10.0, an extension (Maplex for ArcGIS) - Starting with 10.1, all functionality is included with all license levels of ArcGIS 6 Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Labeling Toolbar Central location for labeling needs Extra commands enabled with Maplex 7 Quality placement for Maplex for ArcGIS Maplex Specific Commands Common tools for both label engines Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Label Manager Central location for label classes Easy access to common parameters 8 Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Label Summary Highlights potential problems in labeling properties 9 Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Label Weights 10 Maplex weighting is based on values from 0 – 1000 A value of 1000 is always treated as a barrier Define weights to control behavior when labels and features overlap Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Label Priority 11 Order of label placement priority Label class level property Also serves as the deletion priority for conflict resolution Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Line Label Position 12 Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Line Label Offset 13 Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Street Placement 14 Street placement mode End of street clearance Strategies optimized for placing street labels Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Contour Placement 15 Contour placement mode Page or Uphill alignment Label laddering Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Street placement Overrun features Abbreviation dictionary Font reduction Strategy order Street Labeling Demonstration Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Point Label Positioning 17 Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Point Label Rotation 18 Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Polygon Label Positioning 19 Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Fixed Position Within A Polygon 20 Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Positioning Outside Of A Polygon 21 Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Polygon Border Labeling 22 Opposing labels are placed together Option to repeat labels at a distance Single sided boundaries optionally labeled Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Polygon Leader Anchor Points 23 Multiple options for placement of leader line anchor point when labeling polygons Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Label orientation 24 Align to the graticule Available to any label placed horizontally Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine East Asian vertical text placement Font must have vertical text metrics

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Label Fitting Strategies 25 Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Strategy Order 26 Select the order which fitting strategies are tried Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Label Stacking 27 Dynamic stacking Automatic stacking Space, comma Automatic alignment Left, right, center Controlled stacking User-defined characters Forced stacking Control justification Add new character Control the line break Control the horizontal alignment Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Label Reduction 28 Font size reduction Stepped decreases in font size to fit a label Font width reduction Stepped decreases in width of characters to fit a label Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Label Abbreviations 29 Imported and exported to / from files or database tables Multiple dictionaries per map Translation, Keyword, and Ending types Truncation option not tied to a dictionary See KB for US streets exampleKB Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Key Numbering 30 Labels that don’t fit are replaced with a number Label text then placed in a list Key numbering groups can span multiple label classes Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Label Density 31 Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Conflict Resolution 32 Additional access to label weights Specify background labeling Last resort Never remove (place overlapping) option Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Labeling Process Labeling occurs after features draw 1. Properties are gathered from layers 2. Properties are sorted by priority 3. Barriers are gathered from the map 4. Properties and barriers are then passed to the label engine 5. Result is placed text drawn to screen 33 Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Boundary labels Contour labels River labels Internal/External zones Street adresses Callouts Key Numbering Maximizing text placement Demonstration Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Converting Labels to Annotation Convert Labels to Annotation dialog WYSIWYG conversion Grid showing all target annotation feature classes Unplaced labels written as annotation to the database Unplaced Annotation Window Geoprocessing Tools Tiled Labels to Annotation tool Batch conversion Contour Annotation tool 35 Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Feature Linked Annotation ArcEditor license to edit Annotation created with Maplex No additional restrictions Graceful downgrade to the Standard Label Engine for feature-linked updates without a Maplex license Newly created features Updates to geometry Annotation Licensing 36 Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Annotation Feature Class Graphic text stored in the Geodatabase Each feature class has a symbol collection Improves productivity Promotes standardization Created when converting from labels Control over feature-linked annotation behavior Creation of new features Modification of feature geometry 37 Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Managing Annotation: Annotation Classes Feature class can have multiple annotation classes Reduces the number of feature classes Big performance gain in drawing and relationship logic Created from label classes when converting to annotation Each annotation class has: An expression A symbol A scale range 38 Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Managing Annotation: Features Annotation properties are exposed as individual feature attributes Supports queries against text symbol information Allows for bulk updates to symbol properties 39 Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Editing Annotation - Overview 40 Edit Annotation tool on the main Editor toolbar Enter text for next construction Feature templates for efficient feature creation San Diego Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine Tightly integrated with feature editing environment Efficient experience when working with unplaced annotation Supports editing of multi-word annotation and leader lines

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Constructing New Annotation WYSIWYG construction tools - Provide visual feedback - Place annotation where you want it the first time Productivity shortcuts - Hotkeys - Templates allow for predefined symbol / attribute choices - Use of expression to derive text (Cntrl-W) 41 Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Maplex help and resources See Esri templates for examples of Maplex in use Examples Detailed explanations of options Help now integrated with the rest of labeling help Common labeling tasks 42 ArcGIS Maplex Web Help ArcGIS Maplex Web Help Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Summary Maplex is an advanced high-quality cartographic text placement engine Integrates with the existing labeling and annotation experience Provides numerous placement properties and strategies to define the location of labels Efficient tools to edit annotation 43 Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Related Presentations Converting Labels to Annotation: Getting Started - Hall G: 2 Wednesday 9:30AM-10:00AM Efficient and Effective Labeling with ArcGIS - Hall F: 1 Wednesday 3:00PM-3:30PM Managing and Editing Annotation - Hall G: 2 Thursday 11:30AM-12:00PM 44 See us at the Mapping and Visualization island in the Esri Showcase Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. Please fill out the session evaluation Tuesday Offering ID: 1214 Thursday Offering ID: 1405 Online – Paper – pick up and put in drop box Thank you… Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine

Esri UC2013. Technical Workshop. What’s new in ArcGIS 10.1 Python label expressions Global Maplex properties now at the label class level New label placement options and improvements Key numberingBorders and JunctionsStraddle lines Maplex label engine included at all license levels A Getting the most from the Maplex Label Engine