When I am creating a map in ArcGIS Pro, many times the default legend labels are not intuitive. In the picture below, you can see the labels default to <= 5 and <=10, which can cause confusion, because technically 3 would fit in the <= 10 category when in reality it would always be in the <=5 category.
A more intuitive approach would be like I've shown, having the default set to the range of values included. And in the last slot it could say "or greater" or "or higher," although I understand if that's not a common enough need.
It seems to me like there's no reason to have the default set to what it currently is, since I've always learned that good map making should always consider the reader first. I hope this change will be implemented in a future release.
Yes, thank you. I came here to make a similar post to this.
I spend a considerable amount of time manually making this change to my maps. As you say, the default method of showing <= x, is not intuitive at all. I want my readers to focus on the nuances of the map, and not trying to figure out the legend.
Policy makers generally do not want to spend a ton of time analyzing a map, and every second they are trying to figure out the legend, that is a couple of seconds they could have been critically thinking about the content.