topic Re: Possible to create index grid from feature layer? in Cartography and Maps Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/possible-to-create-index-grid-from-feature-layer/m-p/778996#M208 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>A custom overlay grid can use polygon (or line) features to create a grid, but it will be more like a graticule (doesn't have all of the reference/index grid options for symbolizing). You won't be able to get the tab style, for example, but you could get something very similar to your image by making a thick/wide black border and white labels. You will need fields in the date for the grid labels, one for just the rows and one for just the columns.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:39:30 GMT DavidBarnes 2015-08-24T12:39:30Z Possible to create index grid from feature layer? https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/possible-to-create-index-grid-from-feature-layer/m-p/778995#M207 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a polygon feature class that is made up of "squares" that create an index grid for some points I want to show as follows:</P><P></P><P><IMG alt="Original.PNG" class="image-1 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/123412_Original.PNG" style="height: auto;" /></P><P></P><P>I want to make an index grid from this that appears in the data layout view as follows. If I pan the map in layout view so that Column 1 is no longer visible, then I'd like to only see 2-5. Is this possible?</P><P></P><P><IMG alt="desired.jpg" class="image-2 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/123413_desired.jpg" style="height: auto;" /></P><P></P><P>I know I can insert a new grid via the Data Frame Properties, but is there anyway to use my polygons for the grid?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 21 Aug 2015 22:45:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/possible-to-create-index-grid-from-feature-layer/m-p/778995#M207 KadeSmith 2015-08-21T22:45:12Z Re: Possible to create index grid from feature layer? https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/possible-to-create-index-grid-from-feature-layer/m-p/778996#M208 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>A custom overlay grid can use polygon (or line) features to create a grid, but it will be more like a graticule (doesn't have all of the reference/index grid options for symbolizing). You won't be able to get the tab style, for example, but you could get something very similar to your image by making a thick/wide black border and white labels. You will need fields in the date for the grid labels, one for just the rows and one for just the columns.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:39:30 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/possible-to-create-index-grid-from-feature-layer/m-p/778996#M208 DavidBarnes 2015-08-24T12:39:30Z