Map window

Edit Raster Map

 

Select a raster map that you want to edit while using the current contents of the map window as a background. This is also called screen digitizing.

This dialog box appears when from the Edit menu in a map window, you choose Edit Other Map, Pixel editor.

Dialog box options:

Raster map:

Select the raster map you wish to edit. Only maps with the same georeference as the raster map currently displayed in the map window can be selected.

Directories:

If necessary, change the current directory.

Drives:

If necessary, change the current drive.

The Pixel editor is started; you can start editing the selected raster map.

When the map window already displayed a raster map, the existing raster map remains displayed. The Pixel editor is opened:

Tips:

  1. Dependent maps and maps marked as read-only cannot be edited. First break the dependency link or remove the read-only flag in the Raster Map - Properties sheet.
  2. To directly edit a raster map:

See also: