To a map window, you may add several layers: a raster map, one or more point, segment or polygon maps, a map list, annotation text objects, grid lines and/or graticules.
To add a map to an existing map window:
To add a raster map, or one or more polygon, segment or point map(s), a map list, or annotation text object(s) to a map window:
When using one of the first four methods, the Add Layer dialog box will appear. In this dialog box, you can select the raster, polygon, segment or point map (or the map list or the annotation text object) which you wish to add to the map window. Then, a Display Options dialog box will appear in which you can specify how the map should be displayed.
You can add multiple point, segment and polygon maps to the map window. These will be displayed on top of the other layers that are already displayed in the map window.
Similarly, when the map window already displays a raster map (or a map list), and you add another raster map (or map list) with the same georeference to the map window, then the selected raster map (or map list) will also be added to the map window.
Tip: In the Display Options dialog box of a layer, you can specify whether a layer has to be displayed with a certain transparency. If you use the Transparency option, any layer that has been added to the map window before, e.g. an image or a shadow map, will remain partly visible through the transparent layer. In this manner, you can display thematic information on top of images, a shadow map etc. and view both types of information simultaneously. Click the following link for an Example of transparent layers.
To add an annotation text object to a map window:
To create a new annotation text object and display it in the map window:
If you already have an annotation text object, you can use one of the methods described above to add maps to a map window.
To add grid lines or a graticule to a map window:
A map window displaying a raster map or a map list, and/or one or more point, segment and/or polygon maps, optional annotation text layers, and optional grid lines and graticules can be saved as a map view.
Map views can be added to a layout, which is used to make a final composition before printing.
To a layout, you can then add further annotation such as legends, map borders including ticks and coordinates for grid lines or a graticule, north arrows, scale bars and scale texts, texts (such as a title), boxes, bitmaps and pictures, and a page border.
See also:
How to display maps and tables & zoom