https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/symbolize-point-with-directional-vector/m-p/1207878#M4016 <P>I've been given a set of points as a shapefile with a column representing the direction in which the photo was taken.&nbsp; Is there a way to represent this in ArcMap with the direction rather than just a place marker?&nbsp; Alternately, is there a way to create a line of the directional angle from the point that could go along with the point shapefile?&nbsp; I think the person I'm doing this for wants this to be transferrable when he sends the shapefile to someone else.</P><P>Thanks to all.</P> Tue, 30 Aug 2022 19:49:33 GMT Anonymous User 2022-08-30T19:49:33Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/symbolize-point-with-directional-vector/m-p/1207878#M4016 <P>I've been given a set of points as a shapefile with a column representing the direction in which the photo was taken.&nbsp; Is there a way to represent this in ArcMap with the direction rather than just a place marker?&nbsp; Alternately, is there a way to create a line of the directional angle from the point that could go along with the point shapefile?&nbsp; I think the person I'm doing this for wants this to be transferrable when he sends the shapefile to someone else.</P><P>Thanks to all.</P> Tue, 30 Aug 2022 19:49:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/symbolize-point-with-directional-vector/m-p/1207878#M4016 Anonymous User 2022-08-30T19:49:33Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/symbolize-point-with-directional-vector/m-p/1208079#M4018 <P>Create an appropriate symbol that shows both location and direction. Eg a point with some form of arrow&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="JohannesLindner_2-1661937116603.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/49934iCC0C242615D0F327/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="JohannesLindner_2-1661937116603.png" alt="JohannesLindner_2-1661937116603.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Rotate the symbol based on the field values:&nbsp;<A href="https://support.esri.com/en/technical-article/000006788" target="_blank">How To: Rotate point marker symbols in ArcMap (esri.com)</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="JohannesLindner_3-1661937199855.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/49935i43630165A3E5E5EA/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="JohannesLindner_3-1661937199855.png" alt="JohannesLindner_3-1661937199855.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>If you only send the shapefile, the receiving person will have to do that again themselves. Symbology is not saved withion the shapefile.</P><P>You could send the shapefile and a layerfile with this configuration or upload the coinfigured layer to AGOL or Portal and share the web layer.</P> Wed, 31 Aug 2022 09:15:44 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/symbolize-point-with-directional-vector/m-p/1208079#M4018 JohannesLindner 2022-08-31T09:15:44Z