Summary
This tool creates a street and place-name index in Portable Document Format (PDF).
Usage
- This tool creates an alphabetical listing of features and the map index grid in which they can be found. Map indexes help map users quickly locate a feature of interest. For example, fire service personnel can cross-reference a street name with a page in a Fire Run Book.
- The index created by this tool can be appended to a map book using the Create PDF Map Book tool.
Parameters
| Parameter | Explanation | Data type |
| Street Layer | Feature class containing the features to be indexed. For example, the feature class containing road features. | Feature Layer |
| Street Name Field | Field containing the name of the features. The values from this field will appear in the index. For example, the field containing the full road name. | Field |
| Index Layer | Polygon feature class containing the grid features. This grid will be used to index the input features. For example, USNG grid features or the index layer used to create a data-driven pages map book. | Feature Layer |
| Index Name Field | Field in the index layer containing the name or identifier for each grid feature. | Field |
| Page Orientation | Choose the orientation of the index report:
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String |
| Street Index Output Name | Path and file name for the output PDF document. | File |
| Address Fields (optional) | Fields containing address values. | Field |
| City Field (optional) | Field containing the city name. | Field |
| Common Places (optional) | Feature class containing the features to be indexed. For example, the feature class containing places. | Feature Layer |
| Places Field (optional) | Field containing the name of the features. The values from this field will appear in the index. For example, the field containing the place-name. | Field |