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8.4 Digitizing and Editing Tools<br />

Icon Tool Purpose<br />

Table 4: GRASS Digitizing Tools<br />

New Point<br />

New Line<br />

New Boundary<br />

New Centroid<br />

Move vertex<br />

Add vertex<br />

Delete vertex<br />

Move line<br />

Split line<br />

Delete line<br />

Edit attributes<br />

Exit<br />

digitize new point<br />

digitize new line (finish by selecting new tool)<br />

digitize new boundary (finish by selecting new tool)<br />

digitize new centroid (label existing area)<br />

select one vertex of existing line or boundary and identify new position<br />

add a new vertex to existing line<br />

delete one vertex from existing line (confirm selected vertex by another<br />

click)<br />

select existing line and click on new position<br />

split an existing line to 2 parts<br />

delete existing line (confirm selected line by another click)<br />

edit attributes of existing element (note that one element can represent<br />

more features, see above)<br />

close digitizing session (rebuilds topology afterwards)<br />

boundaries. The default is set to 10 pixels.<br />

8.4.4. Symbology Tab<br />

This tab allows you to view and set symbology and color settings for various geometry types and their<br />

topological status (e.g. closed / opened boundary).<br />

8.4.5. Table Tab<br />

This tab provides information about the database table for a given ’layer’. Here you can add, modify<br />

or create new database tables for the current layer.<br />

Q<strong>GIS</strong> 0.8 User Guide 56

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