Layers

In a map window, you can display one or more raster map combined with one or more polygon maps, segment maps and/or point maps. You can also display three images of a map list as an interactive color composite, and all maps in a map list can be shown as a slide show. Maps displayed in a map window are called data layers.

You can also create an Annotation Text object which usually contains the labels of a point, segment or polygon map. You can add multiple Annotation Text objects to a map window.

Furthermore, you can add grid lines and graticules as a layer to a map window.

For each layer in a map window, you need to specify display options; each layer added to a map window will appear in the Layer Management pane of the map window.

A map window displaying one or more maps, annotation text layers, optional grid lines and graticules can be saved as a map view. Map views can be added to a layout which is used to make a final composition before printing.

To a layout, you can add further annotation such as legends, map borders including ticks and coordinates for grid lines or a graticule, north arrows, scale bars and scale texts, texts (such as a title), boxes, bitmaps and pictures, and a page border.

Mind: In a layout, a map view may only contain one raster map.