topic Re: North Arrow Rotation issue in ArcGIS Pro Questions

North Arrow Rotation issue

ShannonWhite1 — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 20:13:37 GMT

I have a student who created a map where north would be to the right side of the layout. ArcPro automatically adjusts the compass rose to point the North in the proper direction but then as it has rotated the W & E are 90 degrees off. I.e. W is on it's side. How can this be fixed? #arcpro

Re: North Arrow Rotation issue

DanPatterson_Retired — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 21:26:38 GMT

Shannon, they didn't do something with the modification section did they?

North arrows—Layouts | ArcGIS Desktop

Re: North Arrow Rotation issue

TomBole — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 21:43:15 GMT

Hi Shannon,

If North points to the right side of the page I would expect West to point to the top of the page and East to point to the bottom of the page. I'm not quite sure what you mean by W & E being 90 degrees off.

Could you provide a screenshot of what you are seeing?

Thanks,

Tom

Re: North Arrow Rotation issue

KoryKramer — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 18:14:51 GMT

Here is my interpretation of the issue:

Is that the problem? You want the W and the E to read correctly?

What about the N and the S?

Or... maybe that isn't the issue. A screenshot would be great!

Re: North Arrow Rotation issue

ShannonWhite1 — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 19:52:49 GMT

Yes, Kory that was the issue. Sorry, I was helping the student in person, posted and then have not received the screenshot. You are correct. It doesn't rotate any of the letters only the compass. The only solution I could provide in the time frame of the work they were doing was apply the compass rose and then cover with graphics of text.

Shannon

Re: North Arrow Rotation issue

TomBole — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 20:33:34 GMT

Shannon,

North arrows are graphic elements. Only their orientation as a whole adjusts direction. Individual items, such as the letters designating each cardinal direction, cannot adjust independently. The North Arrow is behaving as expected. Having the cardinal directions also oriented to the top of the page, regardless of map rotation, is an interesting idea. I would recommend adding this to the https://community.esri.com/community/arcgis-ideas site as a possible future enhancement.

Thanks for the feedback.

Tom

Re: North Arrow Rotation issue

BrittanyBurson — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 22:43:33 GMT

Found this post because I have a request to "north orient" (ha) the directional letters. Would be nice if there was a setting... if anything has changed since 2018 @TomBole let me know! Thank you!

Re: North Arrow Rotation issue

TomBole — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 13:33:47 GMT

Hi Brittany,

Unfortunately, there is no new functionality regarding north arrows. Were you able to add a post to the Ideas site?

Tom

Re: North Arrow Rotation issue

BrittanyBurson — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 15:53:41 GMT

Hi @TomBole thanks for the reply. I just submitted an idea here.