Dynamic Map Frame in a Thematic Map Series

IsaMacIntyre

Good Afternoon,

I have been experimenting with using radio groups in a thematic map series, and I have a question about the 'centre' of each map. The dataset I am using is of land parcels, and I would like to create each page in the layout to be a specific series of parcels for use in a legal document. All the plans should have the same fixed scale, but the map center changes for each plan. 

Right now, I manually re-centre each page over the desired parcels (they are all definition queries of the same dataset), but I am wondering if it is possible to have the map frame auto-centre over just the layers visible for each page? That would save me having to export each page individually, as the map frame centre seems to be static for a given map.

Is there an option to have dynamic map frame settings for pages in a map series? If not, I can post this in the ideas section.

LizAbbey

Hi Isa,

I wonder if the spatial map series would work better for you. For this you would create a polygon feature class with PageName (text) and PageNumber (numerical) fields, and then draw a polygon around each of your parcel groups. Populate the PageNumber field with your page order and give each page a unique name if you want. This is now the index layer input to the spatial map series. Then set the extent/scale of the series to 'center and maintain' for each figure and the map will natively center over the polygon you've drawn (turned this layer off once you've created it, but leave it in the map). 

If you want only the parcels that are part of the map in focus to be visible and all others to disappear, then you can use a Page Query on the parcels layer. Tell the map series that you're using the PageName field of your index features as the Page Name. Then add a PageName (text) field in your parcels layer to contain the page names where you want those particular parcels to appear. Note that only text fields work with Page Query.