making a map of Oceania and Australia in ArcMap

Hello,

I have to ask this question in very simple wording because I am a
novice user of ArcMap.

I want to make a map of Oceania and Australia so I opened a world
shape in ArcMap. Using a query definition I selected the countries I
want to display. Now I get a map of the requested countries, but a
part of the countries, for example Samoa, is located on the far left
of Australia. I would like to display these countries to the right of
Australia.

So how can I accomplish this in ArcMap? I tried using different
projections but that doesn't seem to be the solution.

Your advice is appreciated.

regards,

Piet

piet.heyn@gmail.com wrote:

Hi,

You can have 2 view frames... position the frames as you want, and, in
each of them, zoom to the country of interest! (it's in Layout view)
Jean

Hi Jean,

I tried to work in the layout view. But I am not sure how to proceed.
So I thought of an other option:

I probably have to edit the map by hand, the easiest way seems to be
to mirror the features to the right of Australia. The only thing I am
not sure of is how I would know the distance I need to end up with a
valid map.

regards,

Piet

piet.heyn@gmail.com wrote:

Hello Piet,

Did you change the central meridian of the projected coordinate systems
that you tried? That, of course, will cause other disruptions, but will
enable the map to focus on the Australia/Pacific area.

Melita

Hi Piet ,
Zoom in into the area of Australia. Select your best fitting
square ,
note down the co-ordinates of top left and bottom left of the frame.
Zoom into Oceania and georeference the frame right and bottom extremes
with the same coordinates .
Be careful with the extent of the both maps and make sure that
vertical distances of both frame approach equality.

I hope it works.