Spatial Manager Desktop™ - FAQs: Selecting and filtering

Introduction

• Objective of this section
  • To practice with the selection of spatial features using several methods for designation over the map and in the data grid and to conduct combined selections or selections resulting from queries

• Topics in this section
  • Selecting over the map: single selection or selecting by areas
  • Selecting on the data grid: control over the columns and information on selecting
  • Querying and filtering: selecting features by querying their data and filtering by layers
  • Other functions: adding and removing features from the selection (CTRL), inverting the selection, deselecting all features (ESC) and selection properties

How can I select Features of a Map in Spatial Manager Desktop™?

There are multiple methods to select Features in Spatial Manager Desktop™

• Graphic selections in the Map
  • Single or rectangular selection: by picking over a Feature, or by dragging the cursor over the Map to define a rectangle and select all Features completely included in this rectangle (dragging left to right), or select all Features partially included in this rectangle (dragging right to left)
  • Radius selection: by dragging the cursor over the Map to define a circle and select all Features completely included in this circle (dragging left to right), or select all Features partially included in this circle (dragging right to left)
  • Polygonal area selection: by defining a polygonal area in the Map; to finish this area definition you must double-click over the last vertex of the polygon. In "Options\Workspaces" you can configure if you want to select all Features completely included in this area, or select all Features partially included in this area