The Military Overlay layer package for ArcGIS

The Military Overlay layer package, MilitaryOverlay.lpk, is the default ArcGIS layer package for military features (military symbols). Available on ArcGIS.com (or click here for its search results page for "military overlay"), it contains feature templates for the following military features, so that you don't have to create them from scratch:

• All C2 military operations features in the supported specifications, such as main attack arrows.
• Some units, equipment, and installations (UEI) features, such as a generic infantry platoon unit. You can create any military feature that isn't provided as a feature template in the layer packages available to you. For details, see Define new types of military features.
• Features from other categories in the supported specifications, such as meteorological and oceanographic (METOC), emergency management, signals intelligence, and stability operations features.

MilitaryOverlay.lpk is a schema-only layer package, which means that it contains a database schema (database tables with defined field names), but unlike typical layer packages, it contains no data (the fields in the database contain no values).

To open MilitaryOverlay.lpk, follow the steps below.

Steps:

1. Start ArcMap and Open a map or start ArcGlobe and open a globe.
2. If you opened ArcMap, enable the Maplex extension, turn on the Labeling toolbar (right-click any toolbar button and click Labeling), then on the Labeling toolbar, click the Labeling drop-down menu and click Use Maplex Label Engine. Note: the Maplex label engine turns off when you close ArcMap.
3. If you have an Internet connection, on the Standard toolbar in ArcMap, click the drop-down arrow next to the Add Data button , then click Add Data from ArcGIS Online. Skip to step 5.
4. If the machine on which you are using ArcGIS doesn't have an Internet connection, you can sign in to ArcGIS.com (also known as ArcGIS Online) from any machine, then save the layer package to a place you can access, such as a network location or a flash drive. Then, in Windows Explorer, copy MilitaryOverlay.lpk to a local directory. Open that directory, then drag and drop MilitaryOverlay.lpk into the map display area of ArcMap. Skip to step 7.
5. On the ArcGIS.com window, navigate to MilitaryOverlay.lpk. You can enter Military Overlay into the search text box.
6. Click the Add Data button .
7. In the Import Schema Package dialog box that appears in ArcMap, click the Browse button.
8. In the Open workspace dialog box, click the New File Geodatabase button.
9. Type a name for the new geodatabase, then press the ENTER key.
10. Click the name you just typed to make the name display in the Name text box.
11. Click the Add button to close the Open workspace dialog box.
12. Click OK to close the Import Schema Package dialog box.

    The layer package's layers are displayed in the left pane (the table of contents). Its feature templates are displayed in the right pane (if you don't see them, start an edit session). You are now ready to add, to your map or globe, military features based on the templates in the default military overlay layer package for ArcGIS.