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Label Polygons Beyond the Centroid in New Map Viewer

MariaGiarrusso — Mon, 23 May 2022 13:57:13 GMT

In Map Viewer Classic, polygon labels will redraw in the best location as you pan and zoom around the map. However, in the new Map Viewer, polygon labels only draw at the polygon centroid. If you pan away from the centroid, the label is out of view and not visible.

It is critical for many applications to be able to see the map label for all visible features in the map extent. It is requested that ESRI , at a minimum, provide the same polygon labelling functionality that existed in Map Viewer Classic. Thanks!

Re: Label Polygons Beyond the Centroid in New Map Viewer

TanGnar — Mon, 23 May 2022 14:06:10 GMT

Second this request.

Re: Label Polygons Beyond the Centroid in New Map Viewer

KaraUtter — Mon, 23 May 2022 14:07:17 GMT

Agreed 100%. A lot of creators have issues with this, as it is causing labels to be unusable in the new map viewer and therefore in applications that use the map viewer:

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Re: Label Polygons Beyond the Centroid in New Map Viewer

RussRoberts — Mon, 23 May 2022 16:15:05 GMT

This is on our roadmap to expand our polygon labeling support.

Re: Label Polygons Beyond the Centroid in New Map Viewer

KaraUtter — Mon, 23 May 2022 16:22:25 GMT

@RussRoberts can you share the road map with us for labeling so that we understand the timeline and how long we won't be able to use labeling in our maps and apps?

Re: Label Polygons Beyond the Centroid in New Map Viewer

RussRoberts — Tue, 24 May 2022 12:05:41 GMT

I dont have an exact date for this bc its handled under the the JSAPI team but it is captured in the labeling improvements along with more line labeling options.

Re: Label Polygons Beyond the Centroid in New Map Viewer

RichardBarad1 — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 21:31:02 GMT

I agree, this is a major problem and is causing a lot of confusion around labels in one of my web maps. Would appreciate having a fix as soon as possible.

Re: Label Polygons Beyond the Centroid in New Map Viewer

RichardBarad1 — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 21:42:18 GMT

Just to add to this, I am experiencing this issue in ArcGIS Dashboards in addition to the new map viewer.

Re: Label Polygons Beyond the Centroid in New Map Viewer

theinzer — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 23:23:54 GMT

I also was surprise to see this 'oversight' this late in the game. Big vote for getting in ASAP.

Re: Label Polygons Beyond the Centroid in New Map Viewer

NataliyaLys — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 16:23:40 GMT

@RussRoberts any updates on this issue? Thank you.

Re: Label Polygons Beyond the Centroid in New Map Viewer

RussRoberts — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 17:44:52 GMT

No updates right now. This is an issue with the JS API and in their que to address it but not sure if its going to make the next release this fall.

Re: Label Polygons Beyond the Centroid in New Map Viewer

NormBetland — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 16:31:47 GMT

I didn't see this topic, so I started another thread. This is causing headaches for me and make several of my maps unusable for public consumption because it makes me look like my maps are inaccurate or that features are something that they aren't.

Re: Label Polygons Beyond the Centroid in New Map Viewer

KaraUtter — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 19:58:00 GMT

@RussRoberts we haven't heard anything in about 6 months on this topic - can we get an update? Agreed with @NormBetland in that the labels make our maps looks inaccurate which is why sometimes we have to leave labels off completely and that makes for a very poor map that isn't tell the story it is supposed to tell.

Re: Label Polygons Beyond the Centroid in New Map Viewer

RussRoberts — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 20:30:33 GMT

Still waiting on API support at this time. When Norms post came through earlier in the week we attached it to our dev ticket. Currently some underlying changes are taking place that blocks getting this in so I cant say for sure it will roll out with the UC release.

Re: Label Polygons Beyond the Centroid in New Map Viewer

ThomasHoman — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 03:22:54 GMT

@RussRoberts Since it's been 5 months since the last update are there any status updates you can share?

I just started a zoning map for the County this weekend and this oversight is a complete show stopper. We cannot have our constituents looking at data that suggests something different because the label cannot be put in the proper place.

Thanks for anything that can be shared.

Regards,

Tom Homan

Gila County GIS

Re: Label Polygons Beyond the Centroid in New Map Viewer

RussRoberts — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 12:45:17 GMT

There has been another thread with updates posted but we do have plans to have the placement update this coming release. If you have sample maps you can share I can check them against what we are developing.

Re: Label Polygons Beyond the Centroid in New Map Viewer

ThomasHoman — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:53:26 GMT

@RussRoberts Sure.

Quick Map - https://gilacountyaz.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=cac520ba0a5c46bbba571be77d0201d7

Data - https://services1.arcgis.com/PEZ16KoOWXoETFQ5/arcgis/rest/services/GilaCountyZoning_view/FeatureServer

Look for OID's: 111, 317, 606, 888, 1646 That plot outside of the polygon. For ease I created a highlight layer with these OID's

Regards,

Tom

Re: Label Polygons Beyond the Centroid in New Map Viewer

RussRoberts — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 13:40:24 GMT

Thanks! Quick compare of what is in the works. Hopefully we will be able to get it out for this upcoming fall release.

Re: Label Polygons Beyond the Centroid in New Map Viewer

TanGnar — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 13:46:18 GMT

It would be awesome to have this in the upcoming release.

Re: Label Polygons Beyond the Centroid in New Map Viewer

BrianFausel — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:13:03 GMT

Hi @RussRoberts, we also have a zoning + future land use app example being developed in Experience Builder with the new web map behind the scenes. In our app we are hoping to see an update where the label of the future land use and zoning always appears on screen no matter what zoom scale the user is at. Does the forthcoming update include this?

On the map below when you zoom in you'll notice that the purple future land use labels appear static in the centroid, and if the user is not looking at the centroid the label does not appear. Admittedly another issue impacting the display are the address number labels at some scales. But if you zoom in really close to a parcel view the future land use label rarely appears even though there is room for it.

Here is a link to the app that is in development:

https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/195f09675702436ab78b6cc033c72e07/page/Public-Map-Viewer/?views=Future-Land-Use

And the web map:

https://newberlin.maps.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=24fb98cab5564be7b3faab2543cdb3e8

Thanks!