GIS Skills: ArcGIS Pro Introduces Graphics Layers Part 2

Get serious GIS Skills by learning how to add and manipulate graphics layers. ArcGIS Pro now lets you add graphics layers to your map. With graphics layers you can add graphic elements to your maps, which is a quick way to draw attention to a specific area or make notes or quick annotations without having to create a feature class. You can add polygons, lines, points, text and pictures.

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[mattbeal]

A tip for inserting pictures in Pro. It always annoyed me that it made you draw at the frame for it. I much preferred just adding the picture and having it fit to frame already and resizing from there. It took me a while to realize that if you double click rather than drawing out the frame, it will insert the picture with it already fit to frame.

[myahannan]

I enjoy the time and pace in your videos you don’t rush through to fast. Thanks. Also I was wondering if you have any experience with using gis utility network? For water meters.

[aileenbuckley]

Again - great job! Thanks for sharing!

[GISChops]

I actually created the thumbnail for this video using graphics layers in ArcGIS Pro. While doing so I ran into a limitation of graphics layers - they can't exceed 10 MB. So you can't go too crazy with images.

[neillinds-rwndfit]

I was hoping to vids using a set up like yours. Would you mind sharing how you are doing the in -screen commentary along with the active screen?

[ralphwalter]

Hi jeff,
Like your tutorials!
May be you can help me solving a Problem when using graphic layers.
My Problem is thar the Labels of an other layer are Hidden when placing a graphic in the graphics layer.
E.g. i use a labled city layer, now i place a graphic, e.g. a line from the left bottom corner to the right top corner.
99 % of this graphic is transparent, but all labels are gone.
Trid to Move the graphics-layer under the city- layer, but that doesnt help.
Is this a Bug, are there any workarounds?
Greetings from germany

[shahrokhshahbazi]

I have created a 3D scene but this button does not work. How can I active it in 3D?