If Add a layer to Map Maker or Arc Explorer takes ages to load, the following will see you thru.
Add a single raster tile from the area you want to look at first, even at 1:50k it should speed things up.
Zoom in, then add the Master Map Layer.
Category: Map Making Guides
Map Maker Step Guide
Our first step guide concentrates on Map Maker.
Why Map Maker first? Map Maker is harder to get into for beginners, but it has some basic features that we want to be able to use, such as high quality printing.
Map Making Guides
Step Guides for Map Maker and Arc Gis Java are designed to help you get up to speed with each application, without burdening you with too much GIS theory in one go.
We will publish chapters in groups of 4-6 articles that can be tackled in fairly short sessions and at your own pace, over a period of hours or days to suit your learning pace.
Use the Main Menu to access each chapter and use the Side Menu or Navigation to browse the individual chapters.
When you navigate the chapters, the most recent article should appear first. If you want to run through each lesson in order navigate using the Sidebar Menu or Navigation buttons.
Computer Hangs
Map Maker will handle fairly large data sets, but there are a instances when it has a tendency to hang.
Too many layers
If you are working with many layers, try clearing any layers you do not need. Try also using the drop-in drop out functions, to show layers at the appropriate map scale.
When you try to load a big .shp file the timer never stops, OS Master Map for example.
We have created a .dra of OS Master Map which seems to overcome the hanging problems.
To create a .dra from a .shp use the UTILITIES > VECTOR menus to import the file and save it as .dra