topic Re: Overlapping Polygons Problem in Mapping Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/overlapping-polygons-problem/m-p/388105#M4142 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Try changing your leader style.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Have you tried using Boundry Style on the ROW instead of labels with leaders.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have found that leaders are often a pain.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What I have ended up doing in some situations is creating a point and leader feature and label off the point and have the leader snapped to the point and pointing where you want. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">We have run into a problem with the Maplex labeling on ArcMap Basic 10.1<BR /><BR />The overlapping polygons of the pipeline right of ways are pushing labels and their leaders away from where they are supposed to be<BR /><BR />[ATTACH=CONFIG]32198[/ATTACH]<BR /><BR />The highlighted right of way is mislabeled, and no amount of tweeking in the Maplex dialog box make the label move. <BR /><BR />I'm also constrained to labels, annotation isn't an option with this particular dataset. I also can't use topology rules due to the work processes in other departments.<BR /><BR /><BR />I would look forward to any suggestions or direction I could be pointed in. <BR /><BR /><BR />Nicole</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:40:48 GMT RobertBorchert 2014-03-14T13:40:48Z Overlapping Polygons Problem https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/overlapping-polygons-problem/m-p/388104#M4141 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>We have run into a problem with the Maplex labeling on ArcMap Basic 10.1</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The overlapping polygons of the pipeline right of ways are pushing labels and their leaders away from where they are supposed to be</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>[ATTACH=CONFIG]32198[/ATTACH]</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The highlighted right of way is mislabeled, and no amount of tweeking in the Maplex dialog box make the label move. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm also constrained to labels, annotation isn't an option with this particular dataset. I also can't use topology rules due to the work processes in other departments.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I would look forward to any suggestions or direction I could be pointed in. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Nicole</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:31:35 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/overlapping-polygons-problem/m-p/388104#M4141 NicoleGaskell1 2014-03-14T13:31:35Z Re: Overlapping Polygons Problem https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/overlapping-polygons-problem/m-p/388105#M4142 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Try changing your leader style.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Have you tried using Boundry Style on the ROW instead of labels with leaders.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have found that leaders are often a pain.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What I have ended up doing in some situations is creating a point and leader feature and label off the point and have the leader snapped to the point and pointing where you want. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">We have run into a problem with the Maplex labeling on ArcMap Basic 10.1<BR /><BR />The overlapping polygons of the pipeline right of ways are pushing labels and their leaders away from where they are supposed to be<BR /><BR />[ATTACH=CONFIG]32198[/ATTACH]<BR /><BR />The highlighted right of way is mislabeled, and no amount of tweeking in the Maplex dialog box make the label move. <BR /><BR />I'm also constrained to labels, annotation isn't an option with this particular dataset. I also can't use topology rules due to the work processes in other departments.<BR /><BR /><BR />I would look forward to any suggestions or direction I could be pointed in. <BR /><BR /><BR />Nicole</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:40:48 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/overlapping-polygons-problem/m-p/388105#M4142 RobertBorchert 2014-03-14T13:40:48Z