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vector editing GRASS capabilities).
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vector editing GRASS capabilities).
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<p>
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-The digitizer supports editing of 2D vector features (points, lines,
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+Note that only vector maps from the current mapset is possible to open
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+for editing.
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+<p>
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+The digitizer allows editing 2D vector features only (points, lines,
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centroids, boundaries, and areas).
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centroids, boundaries, and areas).
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-Vector features can be selected by mouse or by query (e.g. minimal
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-vector line length). Vector features can be selected by bounding box
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-or simply by mouse click (based on 'Settings→General→Select
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-threshold' value).
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+Vector features can be selected by mouse (bounding box or simply by
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+mouse click, see select threshold
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+in <i>Settings→General→Select threshold</i>), or by query
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+(eg. by line length, see <i>Settings→Query Tool</i>).
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-Vector digitizer can be activated from Main toolbar in Map Display by
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-selecting "Digitize" from "Tools" combobox. Vector map to be edited
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-can be afterwards selected from digitizer toolbar ("Select vector map"
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-combobox, note that only vector maps from the current layer tree in Layer
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-Manager are available).
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+Vector digitizer can be launched from Map Display toolbar by selecting
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+"Digitize" from <i>Tools</i> combobox. Vector map is
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+selectable for editing from Digitizer toolbar ("Select vector
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+map" combobox, note that only vector maps from the current layer
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+tree in Layer Manager are listed).
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Vector digitizer can be alternatively also activated from contextual
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Vector digitizer can be alternatively also activated from contextual
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menu in Layer Manager by selecting "Start editing" on selected vector
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menu in Layer Manager by selecting "Start editing" on selected vector
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-map in the layer tree.
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+map in the layer tree, or directly from Layer Manager
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+toolbar <img src="icons/edit.png" alt="icon">.
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<p>
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New vector map can be easily created from digitizer toolbar by
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New vector map can be easily created from digitizer toolbar by
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-selecting "New vector map" in "Select vector map" combobox. A new
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-vector map is created, added to the current layer tree in Layer
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-Manager and opened for editing. "Select vector map" combobox in
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-digitizer toolbar also allows switching easily between vector maps to be
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-edited.
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+selecting "New vector map" in "Select vector map"
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+combobox. A new vector map is created, added to the current layer tree
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+in Layer Manager and opened for editing. "Select vector map"
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+combobox in digitizer toolbar also allows switching easily between
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+vector maps to be edited.
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<p>
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-The wxGUI vector digitizer draws all maps in the Layer Manager in the Map
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-Display window; in addition, the digitizer also recognizes a special
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-"background" vector map. This map is selected from the Layer Manager by
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-right-clicking on the map and selecting "Use as Background Map" from the
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-contextual menu. The features of the background map may then be copied into
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-the currently edited vector map using the "Copy features from (background)
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-vector map" button in the "Additional Tools" menu on the Digitzer Toolbar.
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+Vector digitizer allows to define "background" vector map. A
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+background map can be selected from map layer contextual menu in Layer
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+Manager ("Use as Background Map"). Newly digitized vector
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+features are snapped in the given threshold to the features from the
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+background map. Vector features may be also copied from the background
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+map by "Copy features from (background) vector map" tool
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+from the digitizer toolbar.
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<h3>DIGITIZER TOOLBAR</h3>
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<h3>DIGITIZER TOOLBAR</h3>
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@@ -203,7 +208,7 @@ vector map" button in the "Additional Tools" menu on the Digitzer Toolbar.
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<dt><img src="icons/settings.png" alt="icon">
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<dt><img src="icons/settings.png" alt="icon">
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<em>Settings</em></dt>
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<em>Settings</em></dt>
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- <dd>Dialog for vector digitizer settings.</dd>
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+ <dd>Digitizer settings.</dd>
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<dt><img src="icons/quit.png" alt="icon">
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<dt><img src="icons/quit.png" alt="icon">
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<em>Quit digitizing tool</em></dt>
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<em>Quit digitizing tool</em></dt>
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@@ -214,9 +219,9 @@ vector map" button in the "Additional Tools" menu on the Digitzer Toolbar.
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<h2>NOTES</h2>
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<h2>NOTES</h2>
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-<dl><dt><b>Mouse button Functions:</b><dd>
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- <dt><i>Left</i> - select/deselect features</dt>
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- <dt><i>Control+Left</i> - cancel action/undo vertex</dt>
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+<dl><dt><b>Mouse button functions:</b><dd>
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+ <dt><i>Left</i> - select or deselect features</dt>
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+ <dt><i>Control+Left</i> - cancel action or undo vertex when digitizing lines</dt>
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<dt><i>Right</i> - confirm action</dt>
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<dt><i>Right</i> - confirm action</dt>
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</dl>
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</dl>
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@@ -233,9 +238,9 @@ existing vector features (Settings→General→Snapping). To
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disable snapping set the snapping threshold to '0'.
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disable snapping set the snapping threshold to '0'.
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<p>
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-If the digitizer crashes for some reason you can repair the vector map
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-which was left open with
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-the <em><a href="v.build.html">v.build</a></em> module.
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+If the digitizer crashes for some reason, the changes are
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+automatically saved. Broken topology can be repaired by running
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+<em><a href="v.build.html">v.build</a></em>.
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<h2>REFERENCE</h2>
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<h2>REFERENCE</h2>
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