Maplex Tutorial ArcGIS（Maplex教程ArcGIS）.pdf

Maplex Tutorial Copyright © 1995-2010 Esri All rights reserved. Maplex Tutorial Table of Contents Introduction to the Maplex tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Exercise 1: Enabling Maplex for ArcGIS and adding the Labeling toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Exercise 2: Labeling the parcels with their serial and parcel numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Exercise 3: Labeling the parcel boundaries with their length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Exercise 4: Labeling the streets with their names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Copyright © 1995-2010 Esri. All rights reserved. 2 Maplex Tutorial Introduction to the Maplex tutorial Introducing the Maplex tutorial A good way to learn how to use ESRIs Maplex for ArcGIS is to work through the process of labeling a map. This tutorial introduces you to some labeling techniques in the context of mapping land parcels and streets. In this tutorial, you will use Maplex for ArcGIS to do the following: • Improve labels for parcel features by stacking and reducing the size of the labels. • Place labels for parcel boundary features by aligning them to their features and reducing their size. • Improve label placements for street features by applying a labeling style and an abbreviation dictionary. Tutorial data The exercises in this tutorial use the tutorial data distributed with Maplex for ArcGIS. The default installation