How to edit geography

This article is about editing geospatial data on a Landscape map. To read about editing geography attributes, go HERE. To read about editing map layer styling, go HERE.

Geography is used to display the location of areas, lines, and points. You can draw, edit, and delete geography from its appropriate context in Landscape.

Mapping in Landscape is context-specific, meaning you can't upload or edit any layer from any map. Every time you are working with map data, make sure you begin with the object where that map data belongs — a Property record for property boundaries, a Site Visit work item for site visit points, etc.

Prerequisites

User Permissions: Ensure you have the necessary permissions to Edit this type of record or object.


Instructions


1

Edit map features for the current record  

*** Clicking this button enables buttons 2 through 7 ***

When this button is highlighted, click and drag an item from this map’s layer to move it. If the geography is a line or an area, click on individual vertices to adjust the length or position of each segment.
2*

Import map features

Read more about importing and exporting map features HERE.
3*

Draw point features

When this button is highlighted, click anywhere on the map to drop a new point feature.
4*

Draw line features

When this button is highlighted, click anywhere on the map to start a new line feature. As you continue to click around the map, a line will connect the dots in the order in which you dropped them. Double-click to stop drawing.
5*

Draw area features

When this button is highlighted, click anywhere on the map to start a new area feature. As you continue to click around the map, a shaded area will fill in the polygon as you draw it. Double-click to stop drawing.
6*

Delete map features

When this button is highlighted, click on any existing feature to delete it entirely from the map.

Read more about deleting a single vertex in an area or line HERE.
7*

Split line features

When this button is highlighted, click on a line segment to split it at the point of your cursor. This turns a single line object into two line objects.

This feature is commonly used if you accidentally drive home before stopping your site visit – read more HERE.
8

Merge point features

Select at least two point features using Shift+click or the multi-select tool to enable this button. When the points are selected, click this button to merge those points into a single point. You will be prompted to choose which feature to merge the selected points into.

*indicates that button 1 (Edit map features...) must be selected before this option is available.

Remember to Save your changes when you are finished with your edits. Unsaved changes will be lost.


Map keyboard shortcuts


  • Zoom In: Press =    or +    (or Shift + =    / Shift + +    for faster zoom).
  • Zoom Out: Press -    (or Shift + -    for faster zoom).
  • Pan Map: Use the Arrow Keys to pan the view by 100 pixels.
  • Rotate: Hold Shift + Right Arrow    or Shift + Left Arrow    to rotate by 15 degrees.
  • Pitch (Tilt): Hold Shift + Up Arrow    or Shift + Down Arrow    to change the map pitch by 10 degrees (available in 3D terrain mode)
  • Rotate and Pitch: Hold Ctrl  , then click and hold the mouse cursor. Move cursor while holding down mouse button to change pitch and bearing.
  • Box select: Hold Shift    and drag a rectangle over the map with your cursor

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