Objects-layout popup

Layout

A layout is required to print maps with optional annotation. A layout is a virtual sheet of paper on which you can make a composition of one or more map views, specify the scale on which these map views should be printed, and on which you can insert annotation.

In the layout editor, you can add to a layout:

one or more map views, each of which may include one raster map and/or one or more point maps, segment maps and/or polygon maps, annotation text layers, grid lines and/or graticules;
texts such a titles;
boxes;
pictures and/or bitmaps;
a page border.

For each map view, you can add to the layout:

a legend for a layer in a map view;
a map border, including coordinates and ticks for grid lines and/or a graticule;
a North arrow;
a scale bar and scale text.

Tip:

To obtain a layout, first save a map window containing one or more maps, optionally Annotation Text, grid lines and/or graticules as a map view. Then, create a layout and add one or more map views to it.