topic Re: Replace URL Label with Symbol in State & Local Government Questions

Replace URL Label with Symbol

ScottFraser3 — Fri, 22 May 2015 14:03:01 GMT

I'm quite a GIS novice, so please feel free to dumb-it-down to me.

I'm trying to create a layer to overlay a property parcel map. The purpose of this layer is to identify which parcels have a certain document (Elevation Certificate) on-file, and allow users to access these documents with a click of mouse.

The pdf documents are already web accessible elsewhere in a list format, so URL's already exist for each document.

So far, I've been able to associate the document link with the respective parcels. However the entire URL link appears on the map, as seen in the image below. While centered over the correct parcel, the label is so long it covers several parcels, making it difficult to see which parcel is affected and crowd the labels when they get close.

I'd rather have a much smaller standard symbol appear over such lots, which the viewers can click to view the respective document.

How I created these labels (ArcGIS Desktop 10.3).

- I Took the property parcel layer, and added a field to the attributes table for "Elevation Certs."

- When a parcel has an Elevation Certificate, the URL is pasted to this field. This associates a document with the respective parcel.

- This string field is the label designation for each record in this layer. It's this string data (URL address) that appears as the label.

Re: Replace URL Label with Symbol

TimWitt2 — Fri, 22 May 2015 14:09:07 GMT

Scott,

check this out: ArcGIS Help 10.1

Tim

Re: Replace URL Label with Symbol

ScottFraser3 — Fri, 22 May 2015 15:26:41 GMT

This looks great.

I've come to learn with GIS, the trick is in knowing exactly what to ask about.

Picking the correct term or phrase will get you headed in the right direction. Of all the help items I searched for, "hyperlinks" wasn't among them. To quote Homer Simpson... "Dunhhh!"

Thanks Tim.

Re: Replace URL Label with Symbol

TimWitt2 — Fri, 22 May 2015 15:39:04 GMT

Glad I could help! Dont forget to mark my answer as the correct answer.

Re: Replace URL Label with Symbol

ScottFraser3 — Fri, 22 May 2015 16:28:25 GMT

Already marked.

Thanks again.

Scott

Scott Fraser, CFM - FEMA/CRS Coordinator & Floodplain Administrator

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Re: Replace URL Label with Symbol

RebeccaStrauch__GISP — Sat, 23 May 2015 01:07:38 GMT

Hi Scott...You marked you're comment as the answered...you may want to go change it to Tim's since he actually answered it (or pointed you to the right page). If someone looks at this thread right now...the marked answer won't make much sense. It's all about making it easier for others too. Have a good weekend.

Re: Replace URL Label with Symbol

ScottFraser3 — Tue, 26 May 2015 13:13:36 GMT

Thanks Rebecca. Think I got it right now.