Chart automation finishing processes
The Chart Automation script tool can perform the following processes: add layers to the TOC, generate cartographic limits, create grids and graticules, convert labels to annotation, and mask annotation. The processes are described in the following sections.
Add layers to TOC
This process adds to the map document a group layer of ordered and rendered nautical layers with labels turned on, and updates the data sources in each layer to the workspace path of the production database. The group layer is called Nautical.lyr and is installed with ArcGIS for Maritime:Charting in the following location.
- For 64-bit Windows operating systems—<Install location>\Program Files\ArcGIS\MaritimeCharting\Desktop10.2\Charting\Cartography\Symbology
- For 32-bit Windows operating systems—<Install location>\Program Files(x86)\ArcGIS\MaritimeCharting \Desktop10.2\Charting\Cartography\Symbology
Generate Cartographic Limits
The Generate Cartographic Limits model located in the Nautical Tools.tbx is ran on a predefined list of feature classes\subtypes. The table below shows the input feature classes, subtypes, and output A_L feature classes that are run through the Generate Cartographic Limits model. A selection set is created on the input feature class for the subtype(s) listed. The selected features are converted to polylines and erased where their boundary is coincident with a CoastlineL feature. The resulting output polyline features are appended to the corresponding A_L feature class and added as a layer to the map document if it does not already exist as a layer in the chart panel’s data frame.
Input Feature Class | Subtype(s) | Output Feature Class |
|---|---|---|
DangersA | All | DangersA_L |
DepthsA | 5, 10, 15 | DepthsA_L |
IceFeaturesA | All | IceA_L |
MilitaryFeaturesA | All | MilitaryA_L |
NaturalFeaturesA | 1, 20, 35 | NaturalA_L |
OffshoreInstallationsA | All | OffshoreA_L |
PortsAndServicesA | 5, 10, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 80 | PortsA_L |
RegulatedAreasAndLimitsA | 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 65, 70, 75, 85, 95, 105, 110, 115 | RegulatedA_L |
SeabedA | 15 | SeabedA_L |
TracksAndRoutesA | 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 40, 45, 70 | TracksA_L |
Grids and Graticules
This process runs the Make Grids And Graticules Layer geoprocessing tool located in the Cartography Tools toolbox. The appropriate preconfigured grid XML for the INT2 standard is selected based on the MAPSCALE attribute defined in the Product Class AOI feature class for the product. If the value for the MAPSCALE attribute is NULL, the scale defined in the COMPILATIONSCALE attribute is used instead. The output grids are stored in the GRD_Grids feature dataset in the production database and the grid layers are added to the map document under a group layer called Grids. The Grids group layer is listed at the top of the Table of Contents window. The data frame’s coordinate system, rotation, scale, size, and shape are updated based on the properties of the grids. Finally, the data frame is clipped using the polygon geometry of the CLP_GRD_Grids feature class created by the Make Grids And Graticules Layer geoprocessing tool and the map document is switched to the page layout view.
Convert Labels to Annotation
This process runs the Tiled Labels To Annotation geoprocessing tool located in the Cartography Tools toolbox. The process runs on all layers in the data frame associated with the chart panel. If the labels are turned on in the layer’s properties, feature-linked annotation is generated for that layer at the reference scale of the data frame, and the labels for that layer are then turned off. The output annotation feature classes are stored in the production database and the annotation layers are added to the map document under a group layer called Anno. If the Grids and Graticules process is also selected, the Anno group layer is listed immediately below the Grids group layer. Otherwise, the Anno group layer will be listed at the top of the Table of Contents window. The table below shows all of the annotation layers that are run through the model, the output mask layers that are created from the model, and the intersecting layers/masking layers.
Anno Layer | Mask Layer | Intersecting Layer(s)/Masking Layer(s) |
|---|---|---|
SoundingsPAnno | SoudingsPAnno_MASK | DepthsL, TracksAndRoutesL, RegulatedA_L, OffshoreA_L, DepthsA_L, GLN_GRD_Grids |
DangersPAnno | DangersPAnno_MASK | DepthsL, TracksAndRoutesL, RegulatedA_L, OffshoreA_L, DepthsA_L, GLN_GRD_Grids |
SeabedPAnno | SeabedPAnno_MASK | DepthsL, TracksAndRoutesL, RegulatedA_L, OffshoreA_L, DepthsA_L, GLN_GRD_Grids |
AidsToNavigationPAnno | AidsToNavigationPAnno_MASK | DepthsL, CoastlineL, NaturalFeaturesL, CulturalFeaturesL, TracksAndRoutesL, GLN_GRD_Grids |
LightSectorsLAnno | LightSectorsLAnno_MASK | DepthsL, CoastlineL, NaturalFeaturesL, CulturalFeaturesL, TracksAndRoutesL, GLN_GRD_Grids |
PortsAndServicesPAnno (where AnnotationClassID <> BERTHS_TXT) | PortsAndServicesPAnno_MASK | DepthsL, CoastlineL, NaturalFeaturesL, CulturalFeaturesL, TracksAndRoutesL, GLN_GRD_Grids |
CulturalFeaturesPAnno | CulturalFeaturesPAnno_MASK | NaturalFeaturesL, CulturalFeaturesL, GLN_GRD_Grids |
CulturalFeaturesAAnno | CulturalFeaturesAAnno_MASK | NaturalFeaturesL, CulturalFeaturesL, GLN_GRD_Grids |
DangersAAnno | DangersAAnno_MASK | DangersA_L, GLN_GRD_Grids |
RegulatedAreasAndLimitsAAnno | RegulatedAreasAndLimitsAAnno_MASK | RegulatedA_L |
NaturalFeaturesLAnno | NaturalFeaturesLAnno_MASK | NaturalFeaturesL |
Mask Annotation
This process creates mask polygons for all annotation layers, enables layer masking in the Advanced Drawing Options dialog box, and applies layer masking settings. The Feature Outline Masks geoprocessing tool located in the Cartography Tools toolbox is used to create 1 point masks on all features in the DepthsLAnno layer. The table below shows the mask layer created by the Feature Outline Masks geoprocessing tool, as well as the layers masked by the DepthsLAnno mask polygon.
Anno Layer | Mask Layer | Intersecting Layers/Masking Layers |
|---|---|---|
DepthsLAnno | DepthsLAnno_MASK | DepthsL, TracksAndRoutesL, RegulatedA_L, OffshoreA_L, LightSectorsL, GLN_GRD_Grids |
Additionally, 1 point masks are also created for other predefined annotation layers in the tool. The Generate Annotation Masks model found in the Nautical Tools toolbox is used to create mask polygons on annotation layers only where they intersect certain nautical layers predefined in the tool. The annotation mask is set as the layer used to mask the intersecting layers.