Maplex for the New User

Maplex, Esri's automated text placement and cartographic design software, lets you accomplish map production tasks quicker and easier than ever before.

One of the most time consuming aspects of map production for cartographers is text placement. Hours of manual intervention are required to prevent name overlap and ambiguous feature labelling. Last-minute minor changes often result in a need for readjustment of text positions that can become agonizing and very costly.

Maplex allows you to successfully meet these challenges and gives you a competitive edge.

Click on the graphic to see the difference Maplex can make. (Link to Esri Web site)

With Maplex you can...

• Define symbology, fonts, and colors in a rulebase for consistent look and quality throughout a map series or product line.
• Automatically place point, line, and area labels in accordance with user specified rules.
• Correctly place thousands of labels in minutes.
• Save up to 40 percent in cartographic production costs.
• Achieve consistent performance.
• Save valuable time.
• Make more efficient use of resources.

Maplex runs under Windows NT on Pentium PCs.