Drawing

Use Draw to draw polygons (including circles), lines, arrows, points and text items over the map. Select Draw from the drop-down menu.

All features are written onto the Drawing Layer; this layer's visibility can be turned on or off in My Data or the Quick Access Drawer. The Drawing Layer is always the first layer in the list.

  • The Drawing Layer can be exported to GeoJSON and included in PDF Published output. Use the My Data > Export option and select the Drawing Layer.
  • Selection button is a toggle switch; click once to select an item for editing or deletion. Click again to deselect the item when done. You can also Shift + Click to toggle selections.
  • To delete vertices, ensure the vertex is selected. Now hold down the Alt key and click on the vertex to delete.
  • If security is enabled, the Drawing Layer can be saved between sessions using the drop-down option. The other control on this dropdown will delete all features on the Drawing Layer.
  • Points are circles by default. You can also change them to pre-defined icons (if your Administrator has set them up)

 

  1. Use the Stroke and Fill palettes to customise your colours.
  2. Click on Line Style to choose line styles: dotted, dashed or solid.

Note: Hold down the Shift and the left mouse buttons to draw freehand shapes.

You can add multiple lines of text to your map with the Add Text button .

  • Choose your preferred font colour and size using the buttons.
  • Type in the text box then click on the map to place your text.
  • For multiple lines, press Enter to wrap the text.
  • To delete text, choose it using the Select tool drawing around it. Then press Delete.

To edit a drawing, choose the shape to make the vertices visible. Now choose one or more vertices and drag to re-shape and edit your drawing.

To delete any feature you have created, choose it using the Select tool and then click on the shape or draw a selection box around it.

Once selected, click the Delete button.

Note: To select multiple features, hold down SHIFT and the left mouse button to draw a selection box. Only the last feature to be selected will show the editable vertices.