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|After entering the name and abbreviation of a location move to the map to enter the appropriate geometry.
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|To navigate on the map, click on the [[File:ButtonMouse.png]] button. You can then click and drag the map to the desired general location. You can also use the familiar Google Earth navigation tool in the top right corner of the map to navigate around.
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|To show the geometries of all of your existing location, check on the "Location Catalog" checkbox.
 
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|To show the geometries of all of your existing location, click on the [[File:ButtonShowLayersOff.png]] button. The button will change to [[File:ButtonShowLayersOn.png]] when the geometries are shown.
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|To show the boundaries of the mountain range polygons used for creating the mountain range associations in the InfoEx report, check on the "Mountain Ranges" checkbox.
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|[[File:DrawNewPolygon.png | 300px | thumb | right | Fig. 1: Drawing a polygon]] To draw a polygon on the map, click on the [[File:ButtonDrawPolygon.png]] button. This will turn your cursor into a circle and you can start creating corner points for your new polygon by click on the map at desired locations (Fig. 1).
 
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{{Note|Please note that this tool only allows you to draw the initial polygon corner points. You cannot edit points with this tool. Move on to the next instruction point if you have made a mistake or want to edit your polygon for other reasons.|NoteWithImage}}
 
 
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|[[File:EditPolygon.png | 300px | thumb | right | Fig. 2: Editing a polygon. Note the smaller, faint points between the main corner points.]] To edit your polygon, click on the [[File:ButtonEditShape.png]] botton. This will turn your cursor into an arrow and in addition to the regular circles at on the corner points, the polygon will now also have smaller and faint circles in the middle between each corner points. You have the following options for editing your polygon:
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|[[File:EditPolygon.png | 300px | thumb | right | Fig. 1: Editing a polygon. Note the smaller, faint points between the main corner points.]] You have the following options for editing your '''polygon''' or '''line''':
 
* To edit an existing point, click on it and drag it to the desired new location
 
* To edit an existing point, click on it and drag it to the desired new location
 
* To increase the complexity of your polygon, add an additional point by clicking on one of the faint point between two existing corner points and drag it to the desired location
 
* To increase the complexity of your polygon, add an additional point by clicking on one of the faint point between two existing corner points and drag it to the desired location
 
* To delete an existing point, double-click on it.
 
* To delete an existing point, double-click on it.
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To completely erase your Polygon and start fresh, click on the [[File:ButtonDrawPolygon.png]] button and draw your polygon again.
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To edit a '''point''' location, simply click on it and drag it to the new location.
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To completely erase your geometry and start fresh, click on the appropriate drawing button ([[File:ButtonDrawPolygon.png]], [[File:ButtonDrawLine.png]] or [[File:ButtonDrawPoint.png]]) and draw your geometry again.
 
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|Once you are happy with the shape of your polygon, click on {{ButtonGrey|Add}} in the left panel of the application to submit the new location to the InfoEx database. If you have forgotten to complete one of the required fields, you will get an error message and the incomplete field will be highlighted with a red frame.
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|Once you are happy with the shape of the edited geometry, click on {{ButtonGrey|Update}} in the left panel of the application to submit the changes to the InfoEx database. If you have forgotten to complete one of the required fields, you will get an error message and the incomplete field will be highlighted with a red frame.
 
{{Note|Depending on the complexity of your geometry and the speed of your internet connection, submitting your location to the database might take up to a minute. Please be patient!}}
 
{{Note|Depending on the complexity of your geometry and the speed of your internet connection, submitting your location to the database might take up to a minute. Please be patient!}}
 
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==Functionality tested by==
 
==Functionality tested by==

Latest revision as of 11:49, 24 November 2016

REQUIREMENTS
Permission Operation Administrator and higher
Connectivity Online only

This document describes how to edit the geometry of an existing location with the drawing tool available in the InfoEx system.

NOTE The method described in this document is only available for location geometries with less than 150 corner points. To edit location geometries with more corner points, see Importing the geometry of a location from a KML file

Background

Editing a location geometry works the same for all location types regardless whether they are polygons, lines or point. In this document, we use a polygon as an example.

Step-by-step description

1. Click and drag the map to the desired general location and zoom in or out as required.
2. To show the geometries of all of your existing location, check on the "Location Catalog" checkbox.
3. To show the boundaries of the mountain range polygons used for creating the mountain range associations in the InfoEx report, check on the "Mountain Ranges" checkbox.
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Fig. 1: Editing a polygon. Note the smaller, faint points between the main corner points.
You have the following options for editing your polygon or line:
  • To edit an existing point, click on it and drag it to the desired new location
  • To increase the complexity of your polygon, add an additional point by clicking on one of the faint point between two existing corner points and drag it to the desired location
  • To delete an existing point, double-click on it.

To edit a point location, simply click on it and drag it to the new location. To completely erase your geometry and start fresh, click on the appropriate drawing button (ButtonDrawPolygon.png, ButtonDrawLine.png or ButtonDrawPoint.png) and draw your geometry again.

7. Once you are happy with the shape of the edited geometry, click on Update in the left panel of the application to submit the changes to the InfoEx database. If you have forgotten to complete one of the required fields, you will get an error message and the incomplete field will be highlighted with a red frame.
NOTE Depending on the complexity of your geometry and the speed of your internet connection, submitting your location to the database might take up to a minute. Please be patient!

Related documents

Functionality tested by

  • Date: Dec. 22, 2013: Pascal Haegeli
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