Maplex for ArcGIS

Maplex for ArcGIS is an automated high-quality cartographic text placement and labeling extension for ArcGIS Desktop that minimises the need for manual editing. Maplex for ArcGIS gives you greater control over how labels are placed in relation to map features and other labels. This not only improves map quality but also reduces time spent editing and manipulating text.

With Maplex for ArcGIS, you can

  • Drastically reduce the time it takes to place labels exactly where you want them.
  • Create high-quality maps with text for digital or print distribution.
  • Share quality text placement by saving Maplex labels to a map document or geodatabase annotation.

With the intuitive user interface and rule-based label engine, Maplex for ArcGIS gives you greater control over how labels are placed in relation to features and how they interact with other labels on the map. And as content in your geodatabase changes, maps created with Maplex for ArcGIS will adjust to find the best placement for the new text.

Maplex for ArcGIS dramatically reduces production time and costs because text labels are placed quickly, without overlap or ambiguity, and to the highest aesthetic standards.


I have an ArcInfo license. Do I need to get a separate Maplex for ArcGIS license?

At the 9.1 release of ArcInfo, the functionality of Maplex for ArcGIS was added. If you have an earlier version, or you're licensed for ArcEditor or ArcView, not ArcInfo, then you need to purchase Maplex for ArcGIS to gain these labeling functions.

 

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How does Maplex for ArcGIS save me time?

By placing more labels properly the first time (automatically), you will save the time and expense of editing overlapping labels, adding missing labels, and repositioning labels.

 

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I just make parcel maps, not atlases. Can Maplex for ArcGIS help me?

Absolutely. Maplex for ArcGIS provides many options for placing complex text and labels inside polygons. Maplex allows you to make the parcel maps that you need without having an operator create separate annotation strings for each parcel. By saving annotation to the database as feature-linked annotation, you only have to create labels once.

 


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