Spatial Manager Desktop™ - FAQs: Maps, layers, views

Introduction

• Objective of this section
  • To use maps and workspaces. To manage the layers that include the maps. To modify the visual appearance of layers and maps. To navigate through the maps using certain tools to change the display views

• Topics in this section
  • Maps and workspaces: opening and saving maps, workspace organization and management of maps and map background
  • Layers. Management and styles: loading of layers in a map, arrangement of layers, layer visualization, defining the selected layer, renaming and deleting layers, modifying styles (borders, fills and patterns, lines, point styles and transparency) and user symbols
  • Layers split: thematics and data discrimination
  • Views and navigation: navigation tools, views and using mouse controls
  • Maps and layers properties

How can I stylize a Map in Spatial Manager Desktop™?

You can stylize the Layers in a Map and the Map background color in Spatial Manager Desktop™ and these parameters they will be saved when you save the Map

• To stylize a Layer in the Map, go to the Layers ribbon, select a Layer and apply styles as follows:
  • Set up the fill style parameters for polygonal type Features (if any, in the Layer)
    • Select the fill pattern
    • Select the foreground color (except if you have chosen the "Solid" pattern)
    • Select the background color
    • Select the opacity/transparency for the background
    • Select the line style for the edge (stroke width and stroke style), and select whether or not you want to draw the edge
  • Set up the line style parameters for linear type Features (if any, in the Layer)
    • Select the line style (stroke width and stroke style)
  • Set up the point style for point type Features (if any, in the Layer)
    • Select the point type from the predefined point types list or by selecting an image from disk and by defining its insertion base (this image will remains in the point type list, along the current instance of the application, to select it whenever you want)
• To

Related links

• Loading and applying styles to SHP files