Draw polygon on a map
You can add an irregular custom region on the map. The Region dialog opens when you click .
Displaying
Region dialog
Actions |
Steps |
To add a polygon |
- Click .
- Go to the map.
Locating a place in the map to insert an irregular region
- Click at the location where you want a polygon. Click at the locations to draw the polygon. The poloygon will take the shape of the points you have clicked. A rectangle appears on the map, the Polygon Region dialog opens, and an Item is added to the Region dialog.
Displaying an irregular region on the map
Displaying an item added to Region dialog
- Change the properties of the polygon by modifying the options in the Polygon Region dialog. See the section To edit the polygon for details.
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To edit the polygon |
- Click for the polygon you want to edit. The Polygon Region dialog opens.
Displaying the Polygon Region dialog
- You can:
- Change
the Name of the polygon.
- Change
the Normal Color. Click the color and select
a color from the Color Picker.
- Increase
or decrease the Normal Opacity.
- Change
the Highlight Color. This is the color that will
be displayed when you hover the mouse over the region. Click the
color and select a color from the Color Picker.
- Increase
or decrease the Highlight Opacity.
- Change
the Border Color. Click the color and select
a color from the Color Picker.
- Increase
or decrease the Border Opacity.
- Define
an action such as showing speech bubble, tooltip, or textbox while
hovering the mouse over the polygon. After selecting the
Action, provide a Description.
- Choose
Show Info Box (with left image)/(with top image) if you
want to display image along with the text. Click Upload to upload
image. Click Choose File to upload image in GIF/JPG/PNG format.
Click OK to proceed.
Click Choose File to upload image in GIF/JPG/PNG format.
Click OK to proceed.
- Define
an action such as open a web page when the polygon is clicked.
Select the Action, specify the URL
and the Target.
- Click OK to apply the settings.
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To delete a polygon |
- Click for the polygon you want to delete. The region will be deleted.
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