Assign labels to segments

Dialog box

The Assign Labels to Segments operation can be used to recode segments in a segment map according to label points in a point map. For each label point, the closest segment is determined; then the class name, ID or value of the label point is assigned to that segment.

Dialog box options:

Input segment map:

Select an input segment map. Open the list box and select the desired input map, or drag a segment map directly from the Catalog into this box. No special input map requirements.

Label points:

Similarly, select an input point map.

Output segment map:

Type a name for the output segment map that will contain the recoded segments.

Description:

Optionally, type a description for the output map. The description will appear in the status bar of the Main window when moving the mouse pointer over the map in a Catalog, and in the title bar of a map window when the output map is displayed. If no description is supplied, the output map will use its own definition as description.

When you click the Show button, the dependent output map will be defined, calculated and shown. When you click the Define button, the dependent output map will only be defined; if necessary the map will be calculated later, for instance when the map is opened to be displayed.

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