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Symbolizing Adjacent Polygons with Unique Colours in ArcGIS Pro

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Have you ever symbolized your polygons in ArcGIS Pro with some neighbouring polygons sharing the same colour? This GeoSnap introduces you to a new cartography tool created with ArcGIS Pro 3.4 that will create a new field to ensure adjacent polygons do not have the same colour. Note: this functionality is only available with a Standard or Advanced license.

Learn more about the details of the Calculate Color Theorem Field tool in the ArcGIS Pro documentation:
https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/cartography/calculate-color-theorem-field.htm

0:00 – Intro
0:20 – Symbolize a polygon feature layer using unique values
0:41 – Run the Calculate Color Theorem Field geoprocessing tool
1:08 – Open the attribute table to see the contents of the new integer field
1:18 – Re-symbolize the polygon features using the new field

► Presented by Mark Ho: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markhogis/

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