I am connected to a shapefile with multiple polygons on top of one another. I am trying to stylize/theme each polygon a different color to have a cross hatch appearance. So if I have 3 different landowners that own the same property and have a polygon for each landowner with data attached, is this possible? See example below of what I am trying to do. TIA!
Why the same hatch? Same scale, same angle, no variation. Think of your audience. It’ll be hard on their eyes and they’ll struggle figuring it out.
The distinction should be instant and intuitive. Like a road sign.
Have you ever seen drivers, backing up, throwing their cars in reverse so they can re-read a sign b/c it didn’t make sense at first glance?
The hatch serves your reader, not you. ‘Magic Eye’ computer generated posters? No, can’t be.
Chicagolooper
@parkr4st wrote:
<<Watching this go along I have a question. To stylize from the data there needs to be a field…>>
Based on the shapefile that was uploaded in post #3, you can easily do it using a THEME.
The theme can be based on the FIELD (the shapefile’s attribute) named Leases. It’s just a coincidence the shapefile itself is named Leases too. An intuitive approach would name the shapefile sumthin’ like LEASEHOLD_INTEREST and the attribute sumthin’ like TYPE. The OP however, used the term Leases for both and that makes this entire post kinda confusing.
There are exactly three possible values for field named Leases: Oil 1, Oil 2, and Oil 3. A theme based on that Field will automatically create three RULES which will be visible in shapefile’s Style Editor. Then, in the Editor, you can apply a hatch to each of those 3 rules. Those Rules also transfer over to the Task Pane. Refer to the Task Pane in the image of post #6.
What doesn’t make any sense is why the leasehold interests overlap. For example, will the Leasee of Oil 1 and the Leasee of Oil 3 get into a confrontation? Each party is trespassing on the others land. No? Perhaps the OP should have used a more descriptive term instead of ‘Leases’ in the database.
A logical scenario would be Oil 1 is the LANDOWNER and he has ’Leased’ the middle part of his land to the Leasee Oil 2 and the northern part to Leasee Oil 3. The southwestern part is retained by the landowner and has not been leased. Refer to image in post #6.
Chicagolooper
@Land337 wrote
<<Due to having 30+ hatches, I figured it would be more clear to assign a color per operator.>>
Don’t take this the wrong way, but I can tell you first hand,
30+ hatches with the same pattern but using different colors will not end well. Those 30 colors won’t fool the eye when they overlap and are adjacent to one another, Some reds and purples will gravitate together and look the same while some blues and greens will be hard to distinguish. Furthermore, your example shows some hatch will be buried so they won’t display well.
Good luck to you.
Chicagolooper
