ArcPad supports the majority of the 18,000 predefined symbols that are included with
ArcGIS Desktop. Refer to Using ArcMap for more information about styles and the range of
symbols supported by ArcGIS Desktop.
Symbology categories
Simple symbology can be defined in ArcPad and complex symbology categories can only
be defined using the ArcPad Data Manager for ArcGIS Desktop. For point, line, and
polygon layers, ArcPad supports the following symbology categories:
- Single Symbol: Drawing your data with a single symbol gives you a sense of
how features are distributed—whether they are clustered or dispersed. An
extensive list of complex symbols are available to you in ArcPad.
Alternatively, you can define simple symbology in ArcPad or you can define
complex symbols using the ArcPad Data Manager for ArcGIS Desktop.
- Graduated Color: When you need to map quantities of things, you might choose
to use a graduated color map. Graduated color maps have a series of symbols
whose colors change according to the values of a particular attribute.
- Graduated Symbol: Another way to represent quantities is to vary the size of
the symbol with which a feature is drawn. Like graduated color maps,
graduated symbol maps are most useful for showing rank or progression
values; however, instead of using color to represent the differences in
values, the size of the symbol varies.
- Unique Symbol: On a unique values map, you draw features based on an
attribute value or characteristic that identifies them. Typically, each
unique value is symbolized with a different color.
