BMB TECHNICAL BULLETIN 2019-04

Guidelines on the Assessment of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems

PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT
MAP TEMPLATE http://desktop.arcgis.com
• A map template is a map document (.mxd) from which new
documents can be created.
• Templates may contain basemap layers or be a variety of commonly
used page layouts.
USES AND IMPORTANCE
• Map templates make it easy to reuse or standardize a layout on a
series of maps.
• Using a template can save you time, since you don't have to manually
reproduce the common parts of the maps.
• Like maps and layers, templates can be shared within an organization to
increase productivity and standardize the maps that the organization
produces.
 2 A map divided
into five
columns (A
through E)
3 and five rows
(1 to 5)

5
1
6 a map of
Europe where
graticules are
7 visible for
every 5
degrees
- A grid that latitude and
8 expresses
location using
10 degrees
longitude
projected
coordinates
(UTM)

ELEMENTS OF A MAP
1 1.Data Frame – portion of the map
that displays the data layers.
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2. North Arrow – for orientation, this allows

the viewer to know which direction the data
is oriented
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3. Scale – explains the relationship of the data frame extent to the actual
size on the ground.
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4. Location Map (inset map) – simply as a

locator, a simple map to show the location of
a particular geographic area within its
larger and presumably more familiar context.
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5. Title – gives the viewer a brief
description of the subject matter of
the map and location of the data
6. Legend – serves as the decoder for the
symbology in the data frame. Descriptions
detailing any color schemata, symbology
or categorization is explained here. Without
the legend, the color scheme on the
map would make no sense to the viewer.

6
7. Citation – this is the area where
explanatory data about the sources and
currency, projection information and
any caveats are placed. This
constitutes the metadata of the
map.

7
8.Border with Grids and Graticules - expresses a location either in
geographic coordinates or projected coordinates
a. Grid - is a network of evenly spaced horizontal and vertical
lines used to identify locations on a map.
b. Graticule – used to show location in geographic coordinates
(degrees of latitude and longitude

8
- A grid that
expresses
location using
projected
coordinates
(UTM)
 Color Model Value (Fill) Color Model Value (Outline)
Class Name Vector type
R G B R G B
Coral reefs 255 190 190 poly
Mangroves 85 255 0 no color poly
Seagrass beds 255 79 20 poly
Estuaries 0 92 230 0 197 255poly
Channels_passes 0 160 185 0 0 0poly
Mudflats/Tidalflats 168 112 0 168 168 0poly
Rocky shoreline 115 76 0 0 0 0poly
Offshore sandbar 255 200 128 0 0 0poly
Beach 115 117 64 0 0 0poly
Artificial Coral Reefs 230 0 169 0 0 0poly

Outline
Style Color Model Value Interval
Class Name Vector type width
R G B
Regional Solid, Simple 0 0 0poly 2
Provincial Solid, Simple 0 0 0poly 1
Cartographic line
Municipal symbol 0 0 0poly 0.5 5
0.4
Barangay Solid, Simple 255 0 0line (default) 2
line1
Cartographic line
Municipal Waters 0 0 0 (broken) 0.4 1
symbol, multilayer
115 255 223line2 (solid) 4 1
Cartographic line
Shoreline symbol 250 52 17line 1.7 1
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