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CommunityViewer QuickStart: Creating a Basic Map Project -- Idaho by County & Place This section provides an overview of how the CommunityViewer software can be used to quickly build a map project. A map project is a file itself that contains references to map files (shapefiles) located on your computer. Once a map project has been created, it can be immediately opened with CV using the File>Open operation. The following view shows a zoom-in to the southeast part of Idaho and shows county and place boundaries. The steps to create the map project are summarized below. 
Application Objective. In this example, create a map project having a statewide view of Idaho showing county and place layers. 1 -- Get the Shapefiles Start CV. Use File>Close to close any existing project. Use File>GetWebGeodata to load the U.S. by State shapefile onto your computer. -- click the U.S. by State radiobutton and click Get File. 
Two messages appears confirming files available for use. Close the WebGeodata panel. From the main menu use File>GetWebGeodata to get the Idaho by County shapefile. -- click the State radiobutton, choose Idaho in Select state and click Get File. 
Two messages appears confirming files available for use. Close the WebGeodata panel. From the main menu use File>GetWebGeodata to get the Idaho by Place shapefile. -- click the State radiobutton, choose Idado in Select State edit box, choose Places in the Select Type edit box and click Get File. 
Two messages appears confirming files available for use. Close the WebGeodata panel. The required shapefiles are now on your computer. 2 -- Build the Project. From the main menu, use File>Open to open the U.S. by state shapefile. (c:\cv1\mapfiles\st99_d00.shp) Use File>Save ProjectAs to save the project to filename c:\cv1\mapfiles\idaho1.gpr. Use File>Open to open the idaho1.gpr project (c:\cv1\mapfiles\idaho1.gpr). Click the zoom button and zoom to the state of Idaho. 
Dbl-click the layer name in the legend panel to start the layer editor. Change the Area color to light yellow. Change the Area Outline color to blue with width 2.1pt. Click Apply and OK. 
Click the Add layers button and open the Idaho by county shapefile. (c:\cv1\mapfiles\co16_d00.shp) Click the Add layers button and open the Idaho by place shapefile. (c:\cv1\mapfiles\pl16_d00.shp) 
Use the File>Save Project. The map project has been created and may be recalled for later use. The view at the top of the page is a zoom-in to the Bannock County area in the southeast part of the State. The layer editor has been used to label the counties and places and modify the name of each layer. goto top |
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