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Replacing a point with an arrow symbol

  • October 30, 2013
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Hi folks,

 

 

I have a series of 2D points writing out to a geospatial PDF.  The points are hyperlinks that load up GPS photos in the default image browser.  The points have a rotation attribute, captured by the camera compass.  I want to replace the points with an arrow symbol with the relevant rotation, for once easy in ArcGIS, but stumped in FME!

 

 

Thanks.

 

Amit

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fmelizard
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  • fmelizardContributor
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  • October 30, 2013
Hi Amit,

 

 

for once easy in ArcGIS, but stumped in FME!

 

Why the do it in FME?

 

 

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  • amit
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  • October 30, 2013
Hi Italy, probably a bit of misleading comment!  You can't output the content to a PDF, can only use in ArGIS which the client doesn't have. 
david_r
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  • david_rEvangelist
  • October 30, 2013
Hi,

 

 

I just tested the following:
  • 2DDirectionExtender (from FME Store) to convert point to rotated line
  • Labeller
For the text of the labeller I used an arrow symbol that I copy/pasted from the windows Character Map application (Arial font): ?

 

 

I'm sure there are variations / other ways.

 

 

David
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  • amit
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  • November 1, 2013
Hi David,

 

 

Thanks for the reply, that almost works!  I created a new attribute and made it the arrow symbol however it seems it's not compatible with the PDF writer.  If I connect a visualiser or write to DWG, it writes out the arrows but not to PDF.

 

 

Amit
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  • htl
  • March 30, 2015
Along these lines, is there a way to replace the "dot" symbol for a feature point in the Data Inspector?  I was able to use the procedure described above using the LabelPointReplacer, but it puts a symbol beside the actual point location represented by a dot within the data inspector.

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