Rotate Aviation Features (Aviation)

Available with Aviation Charting license.

Summary

Aligns features to a grid or to the page.

Using the Rotate Aviation Features tool, you can automate the rotation of point and annotation features on a chart to make them easier to read.

Usage

• Target point layers must have a CARTOANGLE_VAL field, which will be calculated by the tool to set the desired rotation. You can also manually edit the field to change the rotation of an aviation feature.

  Note:

  To view the tool results, you must set the Symbology value for the target point layer.

  On the Vary symbology by attribute tab , expand Rotation, and set Field to CartoAngle_Val and Rotation style to Geographic.

  

• Target annotation layers will be rotated by calculating their Angle field (the default) or the angle information in their Element BLOB field.

• The Input Map parameter value must have a projected coordinate system.

Parameters

Dialog

Label	Explanation	Data Type
Input Map	The map containing aviation features.	Map
Target Point or Annotation Layers	The point or annotation feature layers that will be rotated.	String
Rotate Option (Optional)	Specifies how the features will be rotated. Rotate to the map's grid—The features will be rotated to the map's grid. This is the default. Rotate to the top of the page—The features will be rotated to the top of the page. Rotate to the left of the page—The features will be rotated to the left side of the page. Rotate to the bottom of the page—The features will be rotated to the bottom of the page. Rotate to the right of the page—The features will be rotated to the right side of the page.	String

Derived Output

Label	Explanation	Data Type
Updated Layers	The feature layer with updated rotation values.	Feature Layer

Python

arcpy.aviation.RotateAviationFeatures(in_map, target_layers, {rotate_option})

Name	Explanation	Data Type
in_map	The map containing aviation features.	Map
target_layers [target_layers,...]	The point or annotation feature layers that will be rotated.	String
rotate_option (Optional)	Specifies how the features will be rotated. ROTATE_TO_GRID—The features will be rotated to the map's grid. This is the default. ROTATE_TO_PAGE_TOP—The features will be rotated to the top of the page. ROTATE_TO_PAGE_LEFT—The features will be rotated to the left side of the page. ROTATE_TO_PAGE_BOTTOM—The features will be rotated to the bottom of the page. ROTATE_TO_PAGE_RIGHT—The features will be rotated to the right side of the page.	String

Derived Output

Name	Explanation	Data Type
updated_layers	The feature layer with updated rotation values.	Feature Layer

Code sample

RotateAviationFeatures example (stand-alone script)

The following stand-alone script demonstrates how to use the RotateAviationFeatures function to rotate features on a navigation chart.

# Name: RotateAviationFeatures_example.py

# Description: ArcGIS geoprocessing tool that automates
# the rotation of aviation features on a navigational chart

import arcpy

# Check out the Aeronautical extension
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("Aeronautical")

# Set the environment
arcpy.env.workspace = r"D:\Data\data.gdb"

# Tool parameters
input_map = "MyMap"
target_point_or_annotation_layers = ["ADHP_C", "NavaidComponent_C"]
rotate_option = "ROTATE_TO_GRID"

# Call the RotateAviationFeatures function
arcpy.aviation.RotateAviationFeatures(input_map, target_point_or_annotation_layers, rotate_option)

# Check in the aeronautical extension
arcpy.CheckInExtension("Aeronautical")

Environments

This tool does not use any geoprocessing environments.

Licensing information

• Basic: No
• Standard: Requires ArcGIS Aviation Charting
• Advanced: Requires ArcGIS Aviation Charting