A Complicated Labeling Challenge - Multiple Values Combined, Stacked and Non-Stacked.
Hello Everyone,
I have an established map label that I am trying to replicate:
Notice how some polygon labels have only one number followed by a single modifier, while others have up to 3 numbers with up to three stacked modifiers.
It is a complicated label, but an established one from the Government. How would I replicate this in ArcMap Pro? My attribute table has all the values in separate columns.
Is anyone interested in the challenge? Keep in mind that I am not that 'programming' savvy and would prefer using the existing ESRI labeling tools. Any thoughts?
JDP
Accepted Solutions
I can get some way to replicating what you see without any coding but labels may not be the final thing you want as labels are dynamic and move around as you zoom in/out. I suspect if you truly want what you see then you need to convert the labels to annotations and tweak as needed.
So this is my test data:
For first set the label to be field firstval and set its font size to be big. Then set its positional properties
Now select your stacked label class and ensure the expression are the 3 fields SPACED separated as shown below.
Set your stacked position to fixed and offset.
Now set fitting strategy to be stacked splitting at space.
This gets you this:
It's close to what you desire but I believe you need to convert this to an annotation layer which you can then tweak.
Converted to annotations and played around with I now have this. Don't under estimate how much effort that is going to take if you have thousands of polygons to adjust!
I can get some way to replicating what you see without any coding but labels may not be the final thing you want as labels are dynamic and move around as you zoom in/out. I suspect if you truly want what you see then you need to convert the labels to annotations and tweak as needed.
So this is my test data:
For first set the label to be field firstval and set its font size to be big. Then set its positional properties
Now select your stacked label class and ensure the expression are the 3 fields SPACED separated as shown below.
Set your stacked position to fixed and offset.
Now set fitting strategy to be stacked splitting at space.
This gets you this:
It's close to what you desire but I believe you need to convert this to an annotation layer which you can then tweak.
Converted to annotations and played around with I now have this. Don't under estimate how much effort that is going to take if you have thousands of polygons to adjust!
