Is it possible to utilise the Data Driven Pages (DDP) tool in ArcMap or ArcPy to create a set of maps with the same extent but showing different layers?
To clarify I regularly make large sets of maps for projects all in the same location often with the same baselayers but modified to focus on different aspects for the relevant section of a report such as monitoring locations, land-use, key features etc. which all require separate .mxds to be created and maintained.
A DDP type system would allow me to utilise the dynamic text and ensure a standard template / output throughout, it would also make life a lot easier when updating a general figure number or comment as a report is written in one .mxd rather than multiple for a client.
I’m using ArcMap 10.1, but having read through the ArcGIS DDP online help I assume this would have to be done with ArcPy as I’ve been unable to figure out how to do it within ArcMap. I’m aware that QGIS has the Atlas Plugin, although I’m not as familiar with its capabilities but would happily use it as an alternative.
