Fire Station Wall Map

Create a fire station wall map

Data Driven Pages can be used to produce a series of wall maps of each fire station district. The settings in the steps below are for the provided Naperville, Illinois, sample data. Adjust the settings as needed to assemble the book using your data.

Configure Data Driven Pages

To configure Data Driven Pages to produce a fire station wall map, complete the following steps:

  1. Click the Data Driven Pages Setup button on the Data Driven Pages toolbar.
  2. On the Definition tab, do the following:
    1. Check the Enable Data Driven Pages check box.
    2. Set Data Frame > Layers.
    3. Set Layer > Response Area.
    4. Set Name Field > Name.
    5. Set Sort Field > Name.
    6. Click Sort Ascending.
  3. On the Extent tab, do the following:
    1. Choose Best Fit.
    2. Type 110% to set the Margin Size.
    3. Type 10% to set the Round Scale to Nearest.
  4. Click OK.
  5. Click the Layout View button.

Once Data Driven Pages is set up, you can navigate the map book pages by map sheet name or page number.

Export Data Driven Pages

To export the wall map, complete the following steps:

  1. Click Export Map on the File menu and set Save as type to PDF.
  2. Type FireStationWallMap to name the file and save it to the Application\Output folder.
  3. On the Export Map window, click Options.
  4. On the General tab, for Resolution, type 300.
  5. On the Pages tab, choose what pages you want to export and click Save.
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