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How To Draw Complex Road Networks, Automatic Junctions

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Lay out your next road map using Ortelius’ special cartography tools. Create a complex road network with smoothly joining intersections following these three simple steps:
1. draw roads using Ortelius’ Cartography tools
2. optionally, name your roads in the Object Inspector
3. use the Cut Path tool to form automatic junctions at desired intersections (new with v.1.0.3)

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Search and Select By Attributes Using Find and Advanced Find

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Use Ortelius’ Find and Advanced Find toolbar to find and select features by their attribute information.

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Use Ortelius to Show a Buffer Around Map Features

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Buffers are new polygons that represent an area of specified distance around another object. Buffers can help map readers visualize what other features are near or far from another feature. For example, you can create a 1-mile buffer around a road, or a 20-kilometer buffer around a river. Read more »

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These Labels Are Smart!

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Land-Water Effects

Drawing Coastlines

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Drawing Map Features Overlapping the Map Margins

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By default, Ortelius map layers draw within the map area margins and are visually “clipped” to its border. Map features, text, and other drawing objects can be drawn outside of the map area by changing the Layer settings. Read more »

Numbered Symbols

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Road Curves and Junctions

Drawing Roads

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