Please forgive me if this is an overly basic or broad question. I am a competent user of ArcGIS.
I have a shapefile containing thousands of points. I’d like to automatically make a map of each point, in which:
- The name of the finished map is the name of an attribute of the point
- The point is symbolized a certain way
- A polygon is chosen from another shapefile based upon the location of the point
- That polygon is symbolized a certain way
- Text populates a box on the map containing attributes from both the point and the polygon
- The polygon is labelled with an expression and in a certain format
- among a few other requirements.
I can batch export mxds to pdfs. I can batch rename documents. I’m familiar with data driven pages. I can make one of the maps in a few minutes, but I have hundreds to make. Help point me in the right direction – is this a job for Python, Model Builder, or something else? I’m willing to spend some time learning, but I’m not sure where to start.