Layered PDF to have legend item in same PDF layer as map layer it is linked to

GraemeBrowning

When a layer in a PDF has its visibility toggled off, it would be great if the legend item associated with it could also be turned off.

The use case for this is that if a Layered PDF is provided to show property owners whether their land parcel is affected by one of several pieces of legislation, and they turn off a legislative layer to get a better look at what is there, then they could print from the PDF a map showing the legislative layer in the legend and no features from it affecting their property.  I would hope such a map would not find its way into court.  

I think that if a layer is turned off in a PDF then all legend items linked to it in the map from which it is exported should also be turned off.

BerritBredemeier

I strongly agree with this suggestion! I'm working at the moment mainly with Cadcorp SIS, and in that GIS software, it is possible to arrange your legend in a way so that it disappears when the layer is diabled in the layered PDF. As I haven't found out yet how to do this in ESRI, I can not switch to do the maps completely in ESRI, as the customer really likes these sophisticated PDFs. If it is possible, and I just haven't found out, please let me know. Otherwise ESRI should work on this!