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making-maps-datasets

Create a layout​

Insert > New Layout > Add map > Save

map layout

Can add legends scale and bars

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symbology ✝️​

important design considerations:

  • audience
  • appropriate scale
  • color

types of symbols:

  • single
  • categorical
  • quantitative/continuous
  • graphic or figure

Label the map so that the audience can understand the map.

create map books 🗺️​

By using map books it is easy to make a series of maps.

Insert > New Map Book > Add map > Save

common map elements:

  • legends
  • scale bars
  • north arrows
  • titles
  • labels