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Add and Manage Polygons

Create and manage polygons on your map. If you want to create squares or rectangles, you may consider following our Add and Manage Rectangles guide.

Add polygons

Add polygons on the map
  1. Make sure that you are in Edit Mode. Click the Edit Mode button below the horizontal toolbar if you are not.
  2. Click the Add Polygons button on the vertical toolbar.
  3. Click on the map to start drawing the shape. You can click on the map at your desired locations to expand the shape with more sides. Right click on the map if you have done creating the shape.

Follow this video tutorial for the add polygons procedure.

Resize and move a polygon

  1. You can change the shape, size and position of the shape in the following ways.
    • Click the Select button on the vertical toolbar, and choose the shape you want to change.
    • Expand the Polygons Panel to the right hand side and select the shape from the list.
  2. Anchor points are shown at the two ends and the mid-point of each side of the polygon.
    • You can drag the corner anchor points to adjust the orientation and length of each side of your shape. Right click to delete a corner from your shape.
    • You can click the mid-point anchor point to split one side of your shape. This is useful in creating more sides of your polygon.
    • You can drag the center of the shape to the desired location.

Polygon properties

You can change the properties of each polygon in the following ways.

  • Click the Select button on the vertical toolbar, and choose the shape you want to change.
  • Expand the Polygons Panel to the right hand side and select the shape from the list.

Here is the complete list of Polygon Properties.

Properties Description
Category ID Assign the shape to a category.
Fill
Color Change the color of the shape in its normal state from the color palette.
Highlight
Color Change the color of the shape in its highlighted state from the color palette.
Stroke
Color Change the border color of the shape from the color palette.
Width Change the border thickness of the shape from the drop down menu.
Style Change to solid or dashed lines for the border of the shape from the drop down menu.
Action
Link to Web Address Set the URL of the shape so that it would open the link when it is clicked. Enter your desired web address in the first box, and choose the target of the link in the second drop down menu. Here are the options:
  • New Window (_blank)
  • Same Frame (_self)
  • Parent Frame (_parent)
  • Root Frame (_top)
  • You may enter the name of the frame as the link target.
Show infobox Enter the content you want to display upon hovering the polygon by the mouse pointer. Our infobox supports HTML content, so you can add formatted text, images, audios, videos and even forms to the infobox. Please ensure that your content is well-formed and syntactically correct to avoid any formatting or display issues.

If you are not familiar with coding, you could add infobox content using Rich Text Editor.
  • Select "Rich Text Editor"
  • Mouse click in the space below, and then an "Infobox Wizard" will be popped up
  • Select an infobox layout
  • Upload an image and edit the size of it
  • Enter and edit text content using tools in the menu bar
  • Click "OK" to complete the editing

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