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automating bulk map production

fobastian73 — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 02:55:08 GMT

Hello experts,
has anyone attempted the subject above with a large number of areas. Outputting the key map with all the tiles in A0 size and then all the tiles in A3 size with the layers/features which intersect each area? I have 95 areas to be done and the process is once every 6 months so I am looking for a way to automate this.
Please post your suggestions on how to approach this.

Thanking you in advance.

Re: automating bulk map production

AyanPalit — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 11:11:23 GMT

@fobastian73 few pointers:

Re: automating bulk map production

LindsayRaabe_FPCWA — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:43:14 GMT

Map Series is definitely worth investigating in the first instance as it is out of the box functionality as opposed to Production Mapping which is an extra cost.

We have implemented Map Series for a number of functions in our business that used to manual map production. We managed hundreds of plantations, and sometimes need to produce standardised maps for many at a time. There are a number of options for setting up the "areas" (e.g. polygon index layer). That same index layer can be used on a separate key map, to highlight or mask surrounding areas on your focus maps, etc.

Re: automating bulk map production

fobastian73 — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:06:19 GMT

@LindsayRaabe_FPCWA , thanks for your input. I was looking into map series last week and even watched some videos online on the topic.
I'll have a go at putting something like that together.
thank you.

Re: automating bulk map production

ODWC_GIS — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 16:47:50 GMT

Solved: Automating Atlas Production in Pro with Python - Esri Community

There's a few files in this one to get you started. I'm sure the older files could be more polished, after 2 years of tinkering, but the basics are there.