Creating Feature Type

We are going to create a new feature type to experiment with some of the more interesting edit tools.

  • Create a New Map

  • Rename the map to New Tasmania

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  • Add the tasmanian roads.shp file you created previously. You can drag and drop the file onto the map, or use Layer ‣ Add from the menu bar.

  • Select the Layer ‣ Create command from the menu bar.

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  • Replace New_Feature_Type with Lake.

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  • Change the type of the the_geom attribute to MultiPolygon.

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  • Click Add Attribute button.

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  • Select your new attribute and change the Type to Integer and the Name to type.

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  • Press OK button.

  • Your layer has been added to the current map

  • Your data has been added to the Scratch area of the catalog

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