We have already discussed how to use Adobe Acrobat Reader for geographic data visualization ( How to create a Geographic PDF file with ArcGis ). Since the new version of this software has provided some major changes , here is a new article devoted to the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.
You can download this version using the following link https://get.adobe.com/fr/reader/
Now, we will discuss how to run in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC a PDF document created with ArcMap (version 10.3.1)
Open the document: [ caption id = “attachment_2722″ align = ” aligncenter ” width = “630”]
Screen of the geographical PDF document with Adobe Acrobat Reader DC [ / caption]
Firstly, we will remove the right side tools panel, clicking on the menu View -> Show / hide -> Panel Tools [ caption id = “attachment_2723″ align = ” aligncenter ” width = “630”]
Disabling the panel Tools display [ / caption]
To navigate the different available geographical data displays, we will use the standard tools: selection, shift, zoom [ caption id = “attachment_2724″ align = ” aligncenter ” width = “630”]
Standard navigation tools [ / caption] But, mostly, the browser layers located in the left side of the window:
Page Thumbnail layer The first one is the page Thumbnail layer:
It allows you to choose the page to be displayed , but, also, to position the zoom window in the current page . Click the Thumbnails icon to display the thumbnails layer:
Increase the zoom to display only a part of the page. You will get the display window on the thumbnail:
By clicking on the hand located in the lower right corner of the display window of the thumbnail, you can change the size of the main window display .
By clicking-moving the thumbnail window display, you move the main window display.
These tools allow you to perform the same operations as the standard tools zoom and move but in a graphic mode .
