topic Strip Map without Rotation in Mapping Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/strip-map-without-rotation/m-p/339223#M3692 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Like most people I'd prefer my maps to have North facing up, so I want to create a series of map books following Transmission lines but I don't like the results I get with either Strip Map or Grid Index.</P><P></P><P>I want a standard north and for the data driven pages to follow the line with the least amount of pages possible with minimal overlap.&nbsp; So basically the best of both.</P><P></P><P>Smallworld has offered this feature for years (also with an option to auto-orientate Portrait/Landscape for individual pages based on the lines direction for that page) so it seems ESRI should have a similar feature</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 08 Apr 2015 14:58:28 GMT DavidLehrke 2015-04-08T14:58:28Z Strip Map without Rotation https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/strip-map-without-rotation/m-p/339223#M3692 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Like most people I'd prefer my maps to have North facing up, so I want to create a series of map books following Transmission lines but I don't like the results I get with either Strip Map or Grid Index.</P><P></P><P>I want a standard north and for the data driven pages to follow the line with the least amount of pages possible with minimal overlap.&nbsp; So basically the best of both.</P><P></P><P>Smallworld has offered this feature for years (also with an option to auto-orientate Portrait/Landscape for individual pages based on the lines direction for that page) so it seems ESRI should have a similar feature</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 08 Apr 2015 14:58:28 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/strip-map-without-rotation/m-p/339223#M3692 DavidLehrke 2015-04-08T14:58:28Z Re: Strip Map without Rotation https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/strip-map-without-rotation/m-p/339224#M3693 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>How many maps are you generating, David? I generally edit the grid index feature class manually to suite my needs, but I realize that might not be possible when you have a ton of pages.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 08 Apr 2015 15:14:57 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/strip-map-without-rotation/m-p/339224#M3693 SepheFox 2015-04-08T15:14:57Z Re: Strip Map without Rotation https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/strip-map-without-rotation/m-p/339225#M3694 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>101 Mapbooks and counting - probably about 10-20 pages each</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 08 Apr 2015 15:21:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/strip-map-without-rotation/m-p/339225#M3694 DavidLehrke 2015-04-08T15:21:14Z