I would like to be able to draw points in ArcMap using information provided by an Annexation Ordinance.     I use ArcMap 10.3 with a Basic License   Not having much experience in working with documents of this kind, the information is difficult for me to "translate" into something I can easily represent on a map.    Here is a snippet from one of the documents:     Surely there are tools in ArcMap that will make this process much easier on me. I am looking for a way to be able to type in those numbers and bearings and have the program drop a point or vertex there.    Can someone explain an "easy" way of doing this?
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Do you know of a way to take surveyor's calls from an excel file (for example: N35-45-15W 60.0 ft, etc) and have them generate polygon shapefiles point by point in GIS? I know you can easily do this with point features that have coordinates, but I am trying to figure out how to build full polygons (without XY coordinate information, just surveyor's calls).
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I put 4 different layers into my ArcMap document, but only one of them will show up on the map! I should be seeing the other 3 layers as well. When I do a Zoom to layer, I can see one layer, but I cannot figure out how to make the other 3 show up at once on top of each other.  Before I opened ArcMap, I used ArcCatalog where I right-clicked 3/4 of the shapefiles and  clicked Properties &rarr; Coordinate system &rarr; Import and then clicked on my Trees layer, which has the coordinate system I want the other 3 to have. But when I opened ArcMap the 4 layers did not overlap, nor could I move them above or below each other.
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I am a beginner at ArcGIS and have a technical question.  I need to assign a projected coordinate system to my boundary/polygon data in order to calculate square miles.  There are many to choose from.  Which should I be using?  Here are my geographic coordinate system details:    Angular Unit: Degree (0.017453292519943295) Prime Meridian: Greenwich (0.000000000000000000) Datum: D_North_American_1983                         Spheroid: GRS_1980                          Semimajor Axis: 6378137.000000000000000000                         Semiminor Axis: 6356752.314140356100000000                          Inverse Flattening: 298.257222101000020000   Thanks in advance for any consideration.
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Using ArcMap (ArcGIS 10.2 for Desktop), is there a way to symbolize two features within the same feature class as one feature without editing the feature and merging them?   For example, if I have a map of the United States (feature class) and all the states are individual features within this feature class and I want to symbolize the United States as a whole without the state divisions, could I do this?   I realize I could remove the outline, but that would also remove the outline from the United States as a whole, and I don't want to do that.   I feel like there is a simple answer for this, that I just have not discovered.
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Suppose one defines coordinates a and b. One may draw a line connecting these two coordinates (\draw (a) -- (b)). Suppose one desires to draw a line that is shifted upward 1 unit relative to a and b. A first guess is the command \draw (a){}+(0,1) -- (b){}+(0,1). This command, however, connects the point a+(0,1) to the point b, presumably because addition is subsequent to the draw command. How does one obtain the desired result (drawing from a+(0,1) to b+(0,1)?  MWE:  \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{calc} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}  \draw[fill] (0,0) circle (2pt) coordinate (a);  \draw[fill] (5,0) circle (2pt) coordinate (b);  \draw (a) -- (b);  \draw (a){}+(0,1) -- (b){}+(0,1); \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}     Edit: How does one draw coordinates at a point shifted relative to the arithmetic average of the coordinates of two points (something akin to \node at ($(((s1)+(s2))/2)+(0,1)$)).
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Here is the minimum working example:  \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{float} \usepackage{listings} \usepackage{color} \usepackage{textcomp} \usetikzlibrary{shapes,positioning} \begin{document} \centering \begin{tikzpicture}   \node[draw] (PersonLocation Graph) {     \begin{minipage}{.85\linewidth} \begin{lstlisting}[language=XML,escapechar=!]   &lt;collection name=PersonLocation BiMap&gt;   &lt;edge&gt;    &lt;ref&gt;//collection[name=Locations]/loc[name=XXYY]   ! \tikz \node[shape=circle,draw](srchead) {H};!   &lt;/ref&gt;   &lt;ref&gt;//collection[name=Persons]/person[id=4564]   ! \tikz \node[shape=circle,draw](deshead) {E};      %(srchead) edge[&lt;-&gt;, bend left] (deshead.south);    !     &lt;/ref&gt;    &lt;/edge&gt;   ...   ...   ...   &lt;/collection&gt; \end{lstlisting} \end{minipage}  }; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}   I want to draw an edge from node H to E. I tried  using statement srchead) edge[&lt;->, bend left] (deshead.south); (commented out in the code). Thanks in advance for your input.
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I am using ArcView (ArcGIS Desktop Basic) 10.1 and I need to perform a point distance analysis.   What are the steps to determine the distance from A to B-Z, B to A-Z, C to A-Z, etc?
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I'd like to create a circle label in ArcMap in the middle of each Polygon feature in my map document to shows the value of a particular attribute associated with that feature (like number of available stations). I'd like to represent the number of stations by the size of the label, so that the larger number of station in a particular feature is represented by the larger circle in that feature. Is there any possibility in ArcMap to do so? any help would be much appreciated.
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I am plotting witness tree data to calculate pre-settlement tree density. I have a shapefile with points along section lines (square miles) at each half mile. I am making another table that contains tree data - distance, bearing, and diameter - related by survey point to the existing shapefile attribute table. Is there a way to create points on the map for the trees based on the distance and bearing from each survey point?   I'm not necessarily asking for a detailed set of instructions (although if anyone wishes to, I'd be grateful) but rather just if it's possible and a couple key words to continue searching how to do it.
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I am creating a Location Pie chart for my study area using Male and Female population in ArcGIS for Desktop.  The software creates for legend of charts but I want to create a label on chart itself.  How do I do this in ArcMap?
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How do I convert MapInfo TAB and/or MIF files to SHP using only free tools or ArcGIS itself?   I've not had much luck trying to do this in the past and I don't want to have to shell out for the ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension which seems to be the 'official' way to go about this.
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I'm attempting to make an elevation profile from a DEM in ArcMap using the Interpolate Line tool.  I've done this before, and it has worked great--basically I just draw a line with Interpolate Line, then click Profile Graph to get the elevation profile.  However, for some reason, it's not working now: when I draw out my line, nothing shows up on the map.  I don't get a line, and I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.  I've searched online for an answer, but to no avail.    Any tips?
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How do I create such map from point data?  I am using ArcGIS 9.3 and 10
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I'm trying to create a tool in ModelBuilder that will take a new point from a user, create a feature class for this point and display it on a map.  What I've done is:   I've created a feature class for a point-like feature in ArcCatalog. I've prepared a really simple model in ModelBuilder, that starts with a feature set variable (which takes the feature class as a schema and symbology file). The variable is marked as a parameter. Next I'm using the Copy Features tool that takes the variable as input and saves it as a feature class in my scratch workspace. The output feature class is marked as a parameter with the 'add to display' option.   After the module is run I get a shapefile in my scratch workspace. I can add it manually to TOC and it contains the selected point. However no matter what I do, I can't display it in TOC automatically after the model completes.  There is a known issue described in several places that doesn't allow to display newly created layers in TOC when model finishes with the 'add to display' option. However there's a quick workaround, which is to mark the output layer as parameter. In my case it doesn't work.  I'm using ArcGIS for Desktop 10.1 on Windows 7 x86_64.
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I learned on ArcGIS, and I'm familiarizing myself with the use of QGIS.  So far I love it, but the process of re-projecting and transforming datums seems less intuitive than in Arc.    I recently geocoded 63 locations, pulled in the csv and transformed into a points shapefile. I then set the projection for that points layer as the same for my block groups multi-polygon (EPSG 102121- NAD_1983_Michigan_GeoRef_Feet_US).    The 2 layers are still misaligned, even if I save each layer with the specified projection and try to reopen in a blank project.  Can anyone help?
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Some common problems with displaying routes created from street data, such as bus routes, include:   Routes may overlap themselves, such as when a route takes the same road in opposite directions Routes may overlap other routes that take the same street. Routes are often overly detailed, or "noisy", owing to their derivation from street data. Indicating a route's direction unambiguously without overloading it with arrows can be a challenge.   What are some techniques for dealing with these issues in order to create a practical and usable route map, such as this ? Do you know of any such public transport maps that were produced by automatic techniques rather than manual illustration/digitization?  Specifically I am using ArcGIS 10, but solutions involving other software are welcome as well.  One technique I have had some success with for dealing with 1) is using ArcMap's  with a negative offset -- assuming the lines are oriented in the direction of travel, this will offset the lines such that the right and left-hand sides are distinct and oriented as you would expect (at least for  countries, for left-hand traffic countries one would use a positive offset). However the result tends to be a bit wonky around turns, interchanges and and U-turns, and is inflexible when dealing with multiple routes.  Another possibility that I am not very familiar with but which seems promising is  -- however, I have not had much luck in finding examples of using representations for transportation maps and whether it might fit the bill.
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Reading the solution to  got me thinking.   How can I graphically display a SQL query?   It doesn't need to be cartographic quality. A sketch for debugging  purposes would be sufficient.  For example, this SQL is in the accepted solution:  SELECT  ST_Touches(temp.point1, temp.point2) as geom_touches , ST_Intersects(temp.point1, temp.point2) as geom_intersect  FROM (  SELECT * FROM  ST_Buffer(ST_Transform(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(-105.05083 39.74823)', 4326), 2877), 1500) as point1 , ST_Buffer(ST_Transform(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(-105.04428 39.74779)', 4326), 2877), 1500) as point2   )as temp   How could I draw ST_Touches() and ST_Intersects() - the geometry,  not the boolean?