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How can I spaitially display features on my map without the different layers overlapping?

MylesJohnson — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 20:19:35 GMT

The data is across 3 separate layers. When we turn on the layers there is overlapping of attributes from the 3 layers.

Re: How can I spaitially display features on my map without the different layers overlapping?

JimCousins — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 20:23:55 GMT

You are going to have to explain this better. Perhaps a screen capture, as well?

Regards,

Jim

Re: How can I spaitially display features on my map without the different layers overlapping?

MylesJohnson — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 20:34:14 GMT

How can I prevent the attributes from overlapping one another?

Re: How can I spaitially display features on my map without the different layers overlapping?

AbdullahAnter — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 21:21:56 GMT

Could you move this question to Mapping space.

Re: How can I spaitially display features on my map without the different layers overlapping?

AbdullahAnter — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 21:22:39 GMT

You need to read about Maplex Label Engine.

Working with the Maplex Label Engine—Help | ArcGIS Desktop

Re: How can I spaitially display features on my map without the different layers overlapping?

ChrisDonohue__GISP — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 22:07:47 GMT

As Abdullah Anter mentioned, using Maplex instead of the Standard Label Engine is a good starting point. By playing with the Maplex label settings, one can often resolve issues with overlapping labels. However, it is not perfect, so if there is a need for a high quality map with well-placed labels, you may need to dump out the labels as annotation (either in the map or in a geodatabase), and then manually work on them. If you go the annotation route, Maplex is still a good start - using it will reduce the amount of manually annotation work.

ArcGIS Help (10.2, 10.2.1, and 10.2.2) - Converting labels to annotation

Chris Donohue, GISP

Re: How can I spaitially display features on my map without the different layers overlapping?

JayantaPoddar — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 04:53:55 GMT

Try to adjust Label Weight Ranking of all the feature labels. Define same weight for all the labels to be displayed (higher than feature weights).