LANDSCAPE TREES and SHRUBS Marker Symbols by

Data Deja View for:

Created 05/06/03 ArcView 3.x and ArcGIS Desktop

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This set is an expansion of the tree symbols originally included in the Potpourri Two marker set and it
replaces those symbols, there now being a sufficient number to warrant issuance as a separate set. A
total of 20 elevation (side) view symbols are included and 20 plan (top) view designs. The latter are
provided in a number of sizes, bringing the set to a total of 118 symbols.

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Figure 1 - Elevation View Symbols

Figure 2 - Plan View Symbol Designs

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 SYMBOL CONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS

There were several problems to overcome in the creation of this set for the plan view symbols. First, in use,
as the size of the marker is increased the thickness of the lines defining it also increase. When using a
wide range of marker sizes, this presents undesirable visual results, as shown below in Figure 3.

Figure 3 - The Line Width Change Problem

Second, to provide a wide range of symbol sizes, all having the same width of lines, many versions of the
same symbol would have to be created, each being made of “thinner” lines as the size was increased. The
user would have to select the appropriate symbols for the size desired and would have to be careful to scale
all symbols uniformly in order to maintain uniform line widths.

Third, the symbol selection mechanisms for both ArcView 3.x and ArcGIS Desktop can show only a limited
range of symbol sizes. Too large a symbol and it masks others in the set. Too small a symbol and the user
cannot determine what design style it is.

A compromise solution was chosen. It uses a limited number of copies of the same symbol design with
different line width and/or fill area sizes. The size range of the copies is limited, but even so, the smaller
size symbols loose definition in the symbol selector/palette manager. Figures 4 and 5 show how the
symbols look in the symbol managers.

Figure 4 – ArcGIS Symbol Selector Figure 5 – ArcView 3.x Palette Manager

A further compromise was necessary as the line widths that look appropriate in the larger symbol sizes
would overlap and hide too much detail in the very small symbol sizes. Therefore, lesser relative line widths
were used with the latter. To illustrate the line width differences, symbols 37 through 40 are all shown at
size = 100 in Figure 6 below.

Figure 6 – Relative Line Widths

Some of the symbol designs did not lend themselves to a wide range of sizes or widths and only two or
three sizes are included. In a few cases, modifications were made to increase the usable range. The
design illustrated in Figure 7 had to have many of the “leaves” removed for the smaller sizes.

Figure 7 – This Design Required Modification for Smaller Sizes

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USING THE PLAN VIEW SYMBOLS

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As can be seen in figures 4 and 5 above, plan view symbols occur in groups of five or six of the same design
(with a few exceptions), starting with the largest size (very large) and proceeding to the smallest (very
small).

Data Deja View has obtained acceptable results with the following symbol size ranges. These ranges are
illustrated in figure 8.

Very Large Symbols, size 170 to size 230

Large Symbols, size 140 to size 190
Medium Symbols, size 100 to size 140
Small Symbols, size 60 to size 100
Very Small Symbols, size 20 to size 60

Figure 8 – Symbol Size Ranges

The following are the font, palette and style files included in this set. The set is not available for Arc/Info
Workstation.

FONTS FONT# FONTNAME MARKERSET PALETTE STYLE

(ArcInfo) (ArcInfo) (ArcInfo) (ArcView) (ArcGIS 8)
DDVTS01A.TTF n/a n/a n/a ddvLTS01a.avp ddvLTS01a.Style

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ArcGIS 8 Desktop INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

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After extraction there will be three classes of files:

TRUE TYPE FONTS: DDVxxxxx.TTF Marker sets will always have at least one
font and may have thirty or more. (e.g.:
DDVCA01D.TTF, DDVMAP1B.TTF).

STYLESETS: DDVxxxxx.Style Marker sets will have four or more style files.

XXinstall.DOC (or possibly .HTM or .PDF) – these instructions.

WINTEL PLATFORM ONLY ===========================================================

IMPORTANT: Make sure that ArcGIS Desktop is CLOSED before installing the fonts. Once ArcGIS is
open, it may not recognize newly loaded fonts until it is closed and then opened again.

STEP 1 INSTALL THE FONT(S) – ESRI font installation instructions indicate that ArcGIS will recognize all
fonts placed in the system font folder (typically C:\WINNT\FONTS). Data Deja View has
successfully used fonts placed elsewhere by installing them with Adobe Type Manager (ATM).

STEP 2 INSTALL THE STYLE(S) – The .Style files may be placed in any directory (folder).

STEP 3 LOAD STYLE(S) - Open ArcMap and navigate as follows to load styles.

Tools menu -> Styles -> Style Manager

This will invoke the Style Manager window. In the upper right corner, click on the Styles button.
From the drop down menu that appears, choose Add (near the bottom of the drop down). An Open
dialog box appears. Use it to navigate to the directory where you placed the style files. Select the
desired style and click on the Open button. The Style will now appear in the left hand window of
the Style Manager, indicating that it is active in this ArcMAP session.

NOTE: If you have installation problems, please refer to the Troubleshooting section below.
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ArcView 3.x INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

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NOTE: These instructions assume you temporarily saved the WinZip file in your C:\TEMP directory and
unzipped the files in that location. Substitute paths as appropriate to your system and file names according
to the file set you received. Instructions assume a WIN 95, WIN 2000 or NT 4.0 installation (action with WIN
XP should be similar). C:\TEMP should now contain the following:

After extraction there will be three classes of files:

TRUE TYPE FONTS: DDVxxxxx.TTF Marker sets will always have at least one
font and may have thirty or more. (e.g.:
DDVCA01D.TTF, DDVMAP1B.TTF).

ARCVIEW PALETTES: DDVxxxxx.AVP Marker sets will have four or more palettes.

XXinstall.DOC (or possibly .HTM or .PDF) – these instructions.

Note that \.....\ refers to the path where ArcView as installed. For example "D:\ESRI\AV_GIS31\ARCVIEW"

WINTEL PLATFORM =================================================================

IMPORTANT: Make sure that ArcView is CLOSED before installing the fonts. Once Arcview is open, it
doesn't recognize any newly loaded fonts until it is closed and then opened again. This may seem basic, but
it has been the "gotcha" for lot of people.

STEP 1 INSTALL THE FONT - Navigate as follows:

Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Fonts -> File -> Install New Font

When prompted navigate to C:\TEMP and the names of the true type font(s) should appear. Select
DDVxxxx (True Type). Also select the any other fonts included in this set of symbols. Press OK.

STEP 2 INSTALL THE PALETTE - Using Explorer or File Manager copy DDVxxxx.AVP to \.....\SYMBOLS.

STEP 3 LOAD PALETTE(S) - Now its okay to open ArcView. Load the palettes:

Window menu -> Show Symbol Window -> Palette Manager -> Load

This will invoke the Load Palette dialog. Navigate to \.....\SYMBOLS and select DDVxxxx.AVP.
Don't worry if the load takes somewhat longer than for other palettes; that's normal.

The DDVxxxx symbols should now appear under Markers after any already loaded marker sets.

STEP 4 Use them ! ... and hopefully produce your Layouts a little more quickly.

NOTE: If you have installation problems, please refer to the Troubleshooting section below.
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Data Deja View has only tested markers on one UNIX platform. The good news is that the
markers installed successfully. The bad news is that UNIX ArcView does not put together
composite markers the same way as WinTel ArcView. Some layer misalignments may be so
severe that the marker is not useable. Markers with all color layers about the same size
don't seem to exhibit this problem and appear to be useable.

With DDV series IIa shield designs, users may now see a decrease in UNIX alignment problems.

IMPORTANT: Make sure that ArcView is CLOSED before installing the fonts. Once Arcview is open, it
doesn't recognize any newly loaded fonts until it is closed and then opened again. This may seem basic, but
it has been the "gotcha" for lot of people.

And as with all UNIX systems "Don't forget your permissions!"

STEP 1 - Copy all the fonts to the font directory under ArcView. In the system tested by DDV this directory
path was:
/usr/esri/arcview3/fonts

STEP 2 - Copy all the palettes to the symbols directory under ArcView. In the tested system this directory
path was:
/usr/esri/arcview3/symbols

STEP 3 - Edit the "font.ndx" file to add entries for the new fonts. In the tested system the path to this
directory was:
/usr/esri/arcview3/etc/font.ndx

Sample entries used for two DDV fonts are as follows:

TRUETYPE 990004 $AVHOME/fonts/ddvhazib.ttf 990004

TRUETYPE ddvhaz1b
NAME = ddvhaz1b
FAMILY = ddvhaz1b
STYLE = Normal

TRUETYPE 990005 $AVHOME/fonts/ddvvt01c.ttf 990005

TRUETYPE ddvvt01c
NAME = ddvvt01c
FAMILY = ddvvt01c
STYLE = Normal

STEP 4 - Open up ArcView and hopefully enjoy (at least some) of these custom symbols.

NOTE: Some UNIX flavors may need additional coaxing and coddling. See your (hopefully friendly and
available) UNIX administrators.
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Troubleshooting:
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Problems With Initial Installation: People frequently experience problems with font installation
for ArcView 3.x and ArcGIS 8.x. This occurs with ESRI fonts, Data Deja View (DDV) fonts and other custom
fonts and has been experienced in Win 95, Win 98, Win NT and Win2000. DDV fully expects to see the
problem continue in Win XP. It is evidenced by alphanumeric and special character symbols appearing
instead of the expected marker symbols (see examples below). In most cases the appearance of these
“weird” characters is due to a failure of the Windows operating system to properly register the font(s).

Typical Appearance of Marker Symbols When Font Installation Problems Occur

ArcGIS 8.x Style Manager

First Line of Troubleshooting: Make sure that ArcGIS 8.x is closed. Then open up the Control Panel’s
Fonts folder and look to see if the fonts show up.

Start --> Control Panel --> Fonts

On slower machines you may sometimes notice that the fonts aren’t there, but that the screen repaints and
the missing fonts suddenly appear. Most of the time that this occurs, the fonts are now properly registered.
However, on fast machines you probably won’t have a chance to see whether they are there or not before
the repaint is completed.

If the fonts (TTF files) are not there, try installing them using the Font folder’s Install New Fonts option:

Fonts Æ File Æ Install New Fonts

If the fonts are there (or you are not sure whether they only appeared after a screen repaint), select and
delete the font(s) and then install them again from the Font folder.

Now open up ArcView 3.x and/or ArcGIS 8.x and try loading the palette or style again. Chances are that
things will now work properly.
Second Line of Troubleshooting: Check that you have the proper fonts for the palette/style series you are
trying to use (refer to the lists included in this document). The font and palette versions must match. If you
have only the fonts from an old marker set version installed and try to load the palette from a new version,
the “weird” characters will show up (and vice versa).

E.g., installing DDVWY01B.TTF, DDVWY02B.TTF and DDVWY03B.TTF and then loading palette
DDVWY01C.AVP won’t work because they were generated from different updates and the
palette is hard coded with the names of the fonts it expects to use.
.

Third Line of Troubleshooting: If there is another computer available to you with the appropriate software
on it, try installing the fonts on that machine and see if the palette/style will load successfully there. If so,
contact your system administrator or IT department for assistance. There is likely an operating system
problem.

If You Still Can’t Get Things to Work: Make note of what happened in the above troubleshooting steps
and contact DDV, including this information. We will attempt to address any problems resulting from our
end. In doing this we may ask you to send the fonts and palettes/styles that won’t install back to DDV for
analysis.

Other Troubleshooting Help: The ESRI online discussion groups, ArcView-L and ESRI-L have from time
to time covered this topic and occasionally have found different causes and solutions. Please try looking
back at older postings and/or in the archives before posting your own message. Seeing the same questions
posted repeatedly does get rather old quickly.

The Magic Approach: Some time ago ESRI technical support indicated that some people were supposedly
able to cure the problem by opening file manager or explorer and dragging the fonts to another directory and
then immediately dragging them back again. (It’s likely they were working with all fonts installed in the
WINNT/FONTS directory or its equivalent in another Windows OS.) If you try this it might help to put a black
cat on top of the monitor (then again it might not).

Avoiding Font Problems: If you start having problems with font installation, DDV recommends
the use of Adobe Type Manager (ATM). This software is relatively inexpensive and has cured a number of
font related problems at this site. Since starting to use ATM the only times that initial font registration
problems have occurred here are when fonts failed to register properly when installed as part of a software
installation (i.e.; the fonts were loaded by the software, not through ATM).

ATM also cured interminable repainting of all on-screen icons and associated slow downs or hang-ups when
the system already had a large number of fonts installed and Control Panel’s font manager was used to
install additional fonts.

DDV is not aware of anyone who has had font install problems while using ATM, but would appreciate
hearing the circumstances surrounding any failures with its use.

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CONTACT INFORMATION:

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Jim Mossman
Data Deja View
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2113 8 Street
Cody, WY 82414 Phone: 307-587-6667
Monday thru Friday
8am to 5pm Mtn time.
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current e-mail address.

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