topic Re: Force labels to show in Python Questions

Force labels to show

DannyLackey — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 18:03:25 GMT

For the map I'm creating, it's quite zoomed out with all icons/labels appearing quite small (which is what I need). As small as they are, there are still a few labels that won't show up unless I increase this

df_export_width=20000, df_export_height=20000

. At this level, the icons dont even touch eachother. Is there a line I can add to force the labels to show no matter how close the icons are? Googled around for it, but no luck so far. Is there a way to programmatically change the label weight?

thx

Re: Force labels to show

JoshuaChisholm — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 18:32:22 GMT

Hello Danny,

I think that has to be done manually in ArcMap:
Layer Properties > Labels tab > Placement Properties > Conflict Detection tab > Place overlapping labels

Good luck!

Re: Force labels to show

DannyLackey — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 19:19:01 GMT

Hello Danny,

I think that has to be done manually in ArcMap:
Layer Properties > Labels tab > Placement Properties > Conflict Detection tab > Place overlapping labels

Good luck!

Thank you. Hoping this isn't the case. How about programmatically enabling overlapping labels, then disabling at the end?

Re: Force labels to show

DannyLackey — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 20:13:58 GMT

No luck so far. Sounds like it may have something to do with conflict_distance?

Found this, but seems to be in a different language? Or at least in a different format than I'm used to. not sure how to apply within my code. Tried a few things, failed.

http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/69295-how-to-overlap-labels