Selecting Map Features with the Selection Tools

You can select map features to add to the target district directly from the map, using the selection tools in the Redistricting toolbox. Maptitude Online Redistricting lets you select map features by pointing at them, by dragging a rectangle or a circle around them, by drawing a shape around them, or by drawing a line through them. By default, when you select features by dragging a circle or by drawing a shape, Maptitude Online Redistricting finds the map features that are inside or touch the shape that you define.

As you select map features the changes are shown in the Pending Changes window. You can expand and scroll the window as necessary to see the affected districts.

To Select Map Features with the Selection Tools

1. Make sure that the target district, source district(s), and selection layer settings in the Redistricting toolbox are correct.

2. Click on one of the selection tools in the Redistricting toolbox to activate it, and use it as described in the table below:

Tool	Name	How to use it
	Select by Pointing	Click on a single map feature to select the map feature.
	Select by Circle	Drag a circle to select all map features inside the circle. The circle cannot go beyond the edge of the window, so you may need to zoom out before you use this tool.
	Select by Shape	Draw an area to select all map features located inside the area. Click on each corner of the area, and double-click to close the area.
	Select by Line	Click a line through one or more map features, and double-click to end the line.

 

3. You can add map features to the selection set or remove map features from the selection set as follows:

To do this...	Do this...
Add map features	Continue using the selection tools (you do not have to hold the Shift key)
Remove map features	Hold the Ctrl key while using the selection tools

 

4. If you want to clear the selection set so that no map features are selected, click  in the Redistricting toolbox. Return to Step 2 to select other map features.

Maptitude Online Redistricting selects the map features and highlights the result on the map, and updates the Pending Changes window. Any source districts that have pending changes are shown after the target district.