Category Archives: Map Making Guides

How to load the Mastermap data quick!

If Add a layer to Map Maker or Arc Explorer takes ages to load, the following will see you thru. Add a single raster tile from the area you want to look at first, even at 1:50k it should speed … Continue reading

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Map Maker Step Guide

Our first step guide concentrates on Map Maker. Why Map Maker first?  Map Maker is harder to get into for beginners, but it has some basic features that we want to be able to use, such as high quality printing.

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Map Making Guides

Step Guides for Map Maker and Arc Gis Java are designed to help you get up to speed with each application, without burdening you with too much GIS theory in one go. We will publish chapters in groups of 4-6 … Continue reading

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Computer Hangs

Map Maker will handle fairly large data sets, but there are a instances when it has a tendency to hang. Too many layers If you are working with many layers, try clearing any layers you do not need.  Try also … Continue reading

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