Selecting Data on the Map

This section is valid for the following flavors: Geospatial Portal, GeoMedia WebMap Advantage, GeoMedia WebMap Professional, GeoMedia WebMap Essentials; ERDAS Apollo Advantage, ERDAS Apollo Professional.

This feature is available with standard layout only.

Tools for selecting objects displayed on the map are grouped on the Selection tab. You can select objects by clicking on a selected object or by drawing different types of geometries.

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The following functionalities used for selecting objects are available in Geospatial Portal:

Icon	Name	Description
$\\author\WebGIS\NewGraphics2015\GP_USR\Buttons toolbar$	Select features by point	Selects all locatable objects in a designated point.
	Select features by polyline	Selects all locatable objects that intersect with drawn geometry.
	Select features by polygon	Selects all locatable objects within the drawn geometry and intersecting with it.
	Select features by rectangle	Selects all locatable objects within the drawn rectangle geometry and intersecting with it.
	Add selected features to clipboard	Adds the selected features to the clipboard.
	Clear selection	Removes all selections from the map.

In order to add another features to selection press CTRL or SHIFT key and use any of selection tool. To remove one or more features from selection press right ALT key and use any of selection tool available in Selection toolbar.

Objects on the map can also be selected by single clicking on the desired object when the mouse cursor is in the arrow state. Selected objects can be added to the clipboard to further work with the data.

Functionality for selecting objects is available only for vector features from services such as WebMap Publisher, Personal, WFS, and WFS-T (WFS Transactional).
When you select one point feature (coming from Web Feature Service or WebMap Publisher Service), the map scale denominator changes to the value defined for a given legend item definition (feature class). The default value is set to 1:10 000 but may vary according to the Geospatial Portal configuration, and there can be many values for different legend item definitions. This is applicable only if the Fit and zoom out option for items in the select set is selected on the Settings panel. When you also select multiple point features, the behavior for the Fit and zoom out option is applied. For more information, contact the Geospatial Portal administrator.