[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":290},["ShallowReactive",2],{"guide:en:map\u002Fediting":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":282,"extension":283,"meta":284,"navigation":285,"path":286,"seo":287,"stem":288,"__hash__":289},"guide_en\u002Fen\u002Fuser\u002Fmap\u002Fediting.md","Drawing and Saving",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":272},"minimark",[9,13,22,27,30,70,73,84,88,98,102,105,137,140,149,153,156,178,187,191,201,205,213,251,269],[10,11,5],"h1",{"id":12},"drawing-and-saving",[14,15,16,17,21],"p",{},"People who can edit the map see the drawing tools in the tool button and ",[18,19,20],"strong",{},"Save"," at the right of the toolbar.",[23,24,26],"h2",{"id":25},"drawing-a-new-feature","Drawing a new feature",[14,28,29],{},"Open the tool button and pick a shape:",[31,32,33,48,56,64],"ul",{},[34,35,36,39,40,43,44,47],"li",{},[18,37,38],{},"Draw point",", ",[18,41,42],{},"Draw line"," and ",[18,45,46],{},"Draw polygon",";",[34,49,50,43,53,47],{},[18,51,52],{},"Draw diamond",[18,54,55],{},"Draw circle",[34,57,58,43,61,47],{},[18,59,60],{},"Draw freehand",[18,62,63],{},"Draw freehand polygon",[34,65,66,69],{},[18,67,68],{},"Annotation",", a note placed on the map.",[14,71,72],{},"Each tool's hint says what the next click does. Click to place points. A line or polygon finishes on the last point you double-click. While you draw, the length and area follow the cursor.",[14,74,75,76,79,80,83],{},"A shape you draw is a ",[18,77,78],{},"draft",". Drafts gather in ",[18,81,82],{},"Selected features",", marked as drafts, until you save them into a layer. Saving asks which layer each draft belongs to, and each new feature then takes that layer's fields.",[23,85,87],{"id":86},"placing-points-without-a-mouse","Placing points without a mouse",[14,89,90,91,94,95,97],{},"Every drawing tool also works from the keyboard. The map shows a crosshair at its centre and a ",[18,92,93],{},"Capture"," button: move the map under the crosshair, then press ",[18,96,93],{}," to place a point there.",[23,99,101],{"id":100},"reshaping-features","Reshaping features",[14,103,104],{},"The tool button's lower group changes what is already drawn:",[31,106,107,113,119,125,131],{},[34,108,109,112],{},[18,110,111],{},"Edit geometry"," moves a feature or its individual points.",[34,114,115,118],{},[18,116,117],{},"Rotate"," turns a feature about its centre.",[34,120,121,124],{},[18,122,123],{},"Merge areas"," joins polygons into one.",[34,126,127,130],{},[18,128,129],{},"Buffer"," draws an area a set distance around a feature.",[34,132,133,136],{},[18,134,135],{},"Trace along"," draws a new line that follows an existing one.",[14,138,139],{},"Merge, buffer and trace ask what happens to the originals: keep them or remove them.",[14,141,142,43,145,148],{},[18,143,144],{},"Undo",[18,146,147],{},"Redo"," step through your edits one at a time.",[23,150,152],{"id":151},"saving","Saving",[14,154,155],{},"Map edits save in two stages.",[157,158,159,164],"ol",{},[34,160,161,163],{},[18,162,20],{}," keeps your changes in your working version. Only you see them, and the count on the button says how many there are.",[34,165,166,169,170,173,174,177],{},[18,167,168],{},"The arrow beside Save"," sends the version on. ",[18,171,172],{},"Save and send to server"," uploads it. ",[18,175,176],{},"Save, send and request approval"," uploads it and asks an approver to commit it, with a note if you add one.",[14,179,180,181,186],{},"Until an approver commits it, a banner on the map says your changes are waiting. The whole flow is on ",[182,183,185],"a",{"href":184},"\u002Fguide\u002Fmap\u002Fversions","Versions",".",[23,188,190],{"id":189},"taking-the-map-offline","Taking the map offline",[14,192,193,196,197,200],{},[18,194,195],{},"Save this area for offline",", in Save's ",[18,198,199],{},"⋯",", fills this device with your records and the current map area. Work after a lost connection starts from current data.",[23,202,204],{"id":203},"on-the-phone","On the phone",[14,206,207,208,39,210,212],{},"The phone's map puts the save, ",[18,209,144],{},[18,211,147],{},", saved views and your selection across the top. Below them:",[31,214,215,229,235,241],{},[34,216,217,220,221,224,225,228],{},[18,218,219],{},"The filter row"," chooses whose work the map draws, ",[18,222,223],{},"Mine"," or ",[18,226,227],{},"All work",", and its chevron opens every filter, including one highlight.",[34,230,231,234],{},[18,232,233],{},"The work list"," at the bottom lists the work drawn on the map, numbered like its markers. Tap a row to fly to its marker. Drag the handle to see more.",[34,236,237,240],{},[18,238,239],{},"Search",", bottom left, finds an address or a record.",[34,242,243,246,247,250],{},[18,244,245],{},"Drafting options",", the pencil, opens the selection and drawing tools, and ",[18,248,249],{},"Draft with AI"," where the assistant is on.",[14,252,253,254,256,257,260,261,264,265,268],{},"When you draw on the phone, the crosshair stays in the middle of the map. Move the map, then press ",[18,255,93],{}," to place each point. Your finger stays clear of where it lands. ",[18,258,259],{},"Finish"," completes a line or polygon. ",[18,262,263],{},"Keep draft"," saves what you drew into a layer, and ",[18,266,267],{},"Stop drafting"," leaves the tool.",[14,270,271],{},"The header's report button starts a report from where you stand.",{"title":273,"searchDepth":274,"depth":274,"links":275},"",2,[276,277,278,279,280,281],{"id":25,"depth":274,"text":26},{"id":86,"depth":274,"text":87},{"id":100,"depth":274,"text":101},{"id":151,"depth":274,"text":152},{"id":189,"depth":274,"text":190},{"id":203,"depth":274,"text":204},"Drawing new features, reshaping existing ones, saving drafts into a layer, placing points by keyboard, and capturing on the phone.","md",{},true,"\u002Fen\u002Fuser\u002Fmap\u002Fediting",{"title":5,"description":282},"en\u002Fuser\u002Fmap\u002Fediting","boYA-1mvTC0TMZ7MFhEodoFjDowuyVD3KQFhTvfWN14",1790080294684]