Importing Images as Symbols
In the procss of learning GIS, I was creating a map to show the locations of all the Taco Bells within my county (about 18) and desired to use a different symbol than a colored pushpin, etc. So I did some research online and on the ESRI forums
1. Find the image, the Taco Bell image I used was from Google Image search
2. Inside of ArcGIS (9.1)
Tools > Styles > Style Manager
3. Click the Styles drop down and select "Create New"
4. Give your new style a file name
5. Find your graphic file
**note: The images have to be .bmp so use something like paint to resave the file as a bitmap
6. Select ok and then proceed to change your style for the desired layer through the standard (right click on layer > properties > symbology tab)
1. Find the image, the Taco Bell image I used was from Google Image search
2. Inside of ArcGIS (9.1)
Tools > Styles > Style Manager
3. Click the Styles drop down and select "Create New"
4. Give your new style a file name
5. Find your graphic file
**note: The images have to be .bmp so use something like paint to resave the file as a bitmap
6. Select ok and then proceed to change your style for the desired layer through the standard (right click on layer > properties > symbology tab)
posted by Ryan Metcalf at 12:00 PM
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