Mastering ArcGIS Enterprise Administration

Print services

Actual map products have always been a core part of any GIS system. Users may not physically print as many maps as they did 10 years ago, but the need for digital map products in the form of PDFs or other image formats has increased. Web cartography is a topic that could constitute an entire book all on its own, so we won't go in depth here.

Instead, let's discuss some general dos and don'ts when it comes to printing templates:

• Keep the number of layers turned on by default in your applications as low as possible. Use scale dependencies to help with this. For example, if a user prints a map at 100,000 scale, you might want Public Land Survey System township lines visible. However, at 10,000 scales, township lines probably ...