topic County Map - Base Map for Most Projects in ArcGIS Enterprise Portal Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/county-map-base-map-for-most-projects/m-p/530019#M7300 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Over the past few years we have created many maps and layouts including the artwork used for our printed County Map.&nbsp; It is time to create a new printed map using ArcMap - ArcView 9.3 or 10.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Before we put hours into symbology and annotation, is there a recommended reference scale?&nbsp; Our county is 24 miles x 24 miles.&nbsp; Should the reference scale be a percentage of our actual area such as 1/10 of the full extent?&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>When we are done I would like to have a project we can use for most mapping requests.&nbsp; I understand we may not be able to use the project for all requests.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Also, is there anything we should consider when setting up our annotation group targets?&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Anything else?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:01:29 GMT ChristianChristensen 2012-01-03T17:01:29Z County Map - Base Map for Most Projects https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/county-map-base-map-for-most-projects/m-p/530019#M7300 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Over the past few years we have created many maps and layouts including the artwork used for our printed County Map.&nbsp; It is time to create a new printed map using ArcMap - ArcView 9.3 or 10.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Before we put hours into symbology and annotation, is there a recommended reference scale?&nbsp; Our county is 24 miles x 24 miles.&nbsp; Should the reference scale be a percentage of our actual area such as 1/10 of the full extent?&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>When we are done I would like to have a project we can use for most mapping requests.&nbsp; I understand we may not be able to use the project for all requests.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Also, is there anything we should consider when setting up our annotation group targets?&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Anything else?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:01:29 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/county-map-base-map-for-most-projects/m-p/530019#M7300 ChristianChristensen 2012-01-03T17:01:29Z