Display airport signs in 2D

Available with Aviation Airports license.

Label classes can be created to display airport sign labels and symbols. Labels are useful on their own, but they can also be used for developing airport sign annotation. This is done by first setting up and refining label classes for the front and back of AirportSign features, and converting those labels to feature-linked annotation. Setting up and rendering label classes is an initialization workflow that allows interactive modification of parameters to create the desired size and default label position of AirportSign features before they are committed to annotation.

You can use labeling while creating and editing AirportSign features during initial creation of airport sign point data.

Once the data is initialized, the labels can be converted to feature-linked annotation. All subsequent airport sign editing is reflected in its feature-linked annotation, and the label classes no longer need to be rendered.

The Airports product data files, available from My Esri, include an AirportSign layer file that can be used to apply labeling properties and symbology on airport sign features.

Note:

The airport sign layer file requires that you have the SimHei font installed on your computer.

To install the SimHei font, browse to Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Fonts, and click Download fonts for all languages.

Set up the map for the AirportSign layer

To prepare a map for the AirportSign layer, complete the following steps:

1. Start ArcGIS Pro.
2. Open or create a project containing aviation data.
3. In the Contents pane, right-click the map, and click Properties.

   The Map Properties window appears.

4. Click General in the Map Properties window.
5. Set the Reference scale value for the AirportSign labels, for example, 1:1000.
6. Click OK.
7. In the Contents pane, right-click in the map pane, and click Labeling.
8. Check the Use Maplex Label Engine check box.

Add the airport signs layer file to the map

To use the AirportSign_frontBack_labels.lyrx layer file in the Airports product files data package to symbolize airport signs, complete the following steps:

1. Click the Map tab.
2. In the Layer group, click Add Data.
3. In the Add Data window, browse to the installation directory for the Airports product files.

   Note:

   The default installation directory for this file is C:\Users\Public\Documents\ArcGIS Aviation Airports\Product Files\<version number>\Layers\AirportSign_frontBack_labels.lyrx.

4. Choose the AirportSign_frontBack_labels.lyrx file.
5. Click OK.

   The AirportSign feature layer appears in the Contents pane.

6. Click Repair Broken Data Source next to the AirportSign feature layer in the Contents pane.

   The Repair Broken Data Source window appears.

7. Browse to the AirportSign feature class in your Aviation Airports geodatabase.
8. Choose the AirportSign feature class.
9. Click OK.

Set the AirportSign elevation units

To set the AirportSign elevation units, complete the following steps:

1. Double-click the AirportSign feature layer in the Contents pane to open its layer properties.
2. Click Elevation in the Layer Properties window.
3. Click the Elevation units drop-down arrow, and choose an elevation unit for the airport signs.

   

4. Click OK.