In ArcView, can I add an image to a label?
Assume I have the photograph path as an attribute.
[GIS] Placing image inside of Label using ArcGIS Desktop
arcgis-desktopbasic-license-levellabeling
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Yes Maperitive is a good (though young) Open Source verison of Maplex capabilities
[works more closely to the orignal standalone Maplex software which works with shapefiles and controls layers as well as text placement]
http://maperitive.net/docs/manual/
Text Rendering http://maperitive.net/docs/manual/Properties/Text.html
Google Group: http://groups.google.co.uk/group/maperitive/topics?gvc=1
You can clip a raster to an irregularly shaped polygon (following the polygons geometry) using the tool you tried before, Clip.
Scrolling down a little further in your screenshot, click the checkmark to enable Clipping Geometry (see image). You should have this available at v9.3; This screen is from 9.3.1
Best Answer
in the label symbol dialog you can set the text background to a symbol marker
select properties
then marker text background
select symbol.
Properties.
Which allow emf and bmp. (sorry no svg).
Another way is to use the ballon callout
Select symbol
there you get some choices again for the fill of the callout box.
select picture fill symbol
Again you get emf and bmp format choices.
Another choice would be to use a point feature class and put the layer in the mxd twice. Once for the symbol, and a second for the label. Use a picture marker symbol
as the symbol and use offset xy to move it away from the original point marker.
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