Importing user layers

You can attach a shapefile (.shp ) or a saved query (.xmlquery) to the map as a new layer. Shapefile layers appear in the Layer Legend under the My Layers node and queries appear under the My Queries node. Once these layers are attached to the map, click Layers > Symbolize to change their display scales and map symbols.

For details on setting the fields upon which you can inspect, see Related topics below.

To add a shapefile to the map

1. Confirm that the following files are in the same directory as the .shp file to attach:

database file (.dbf )

index file (.shx )

project file (.prj )

2. Using the Map window, select a layer group in which you can add layers, My Layers for example, and then from the Layers menu, click Add .

The Choose user spatial layer dialog box appears.

3. Browse to and select the .shp file to add.

4. Click Open.

You may need to zoom the map to see the new layer. EDIN warns you if the datum in the imported layer differs from the underlying datum in your EDIN map. The datum of your imported layer appears in the file DefaultProjection.prj..

To add a saved query to the map

1. Using the Map window, select My Queries, and then from the Layers menu, click Add .

The Choose query layer dialog box appears.

2. Browse to and select the .xmlquery file to add.

3. Click Open.

To declutter your map, after attaching your query results to the map, turn off visibility ( ) for the layer on which the query is based so that only items returned by the query appear on the map.

To remove a shapefile or a saved query attached to the map

1. Using the Map window, in the Layer Legend, select the user layer to remove.

2. From the Layers menu, click Delete .

This only removes the copy attached to the map, not the copy saved to disk.

Related topics