Moving or changing the scale of a geometry – DeLorme 6 User Manual

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of a polygon geometry or the end node of a line geometry.

Used when the edited shapepoint is being snapped to the shapepoint

of another geometry.

Used when the edited shapepoint is being snapped to the edge of

another geometry when there are no shape points.

If you edit a topological line layer, the start and end nodes of the lines in the

layer are annotated with the following symbols:

Used for a start or end node of a line that has connections with three

or more nodes (for example, a four-way intersection). The number on
the symbol indicates the number of connections at that node.

Used for a start or end node of a line that has connections with two

other nodes (for example, a three-way intersection).

Used for a start or end node of a line that has connections with one

other node (for example, a two-way intersection).

Used for the start or end node of a line that has no connections with

other nodes (for example, a dead end).

A node and a shape point are coincident.

3. Move your cursor over the shape point you want to edit. The cursor turns into

a

when you hover over shape points.

4. Drag the point you want to edit to the new position.

Moving or Changing the Scale of a Geometry

This Help topic describes features that are available in XMap
GIS Editor and XMap GIS Enterprise.

Use the Edit tool

on the toolbar to edit existing GIS data or build GIS data in an

empty/existing layer.

Notes

• When you click the Edit Points tool

on the toolbar, the default map

mode, which provides several right-click features when you click the map, is
disabled on the map area (primary, secondary, or both) where the layer is

displayed. To return to the default map mode, click the Navigation tool

on the toolbar.

• To undo your last action, click the Undo button

on the toolbar. To redo

your last action, click the Redo button

.

• To save all of the changes you make to a layer, click the Manual Commit

Mode tool

. If you do not want to be prompted to save your changes each

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