Practical Manual - Malareo

This opens a co-ordinate reference system selector. As the layer you are viewing (Howard _College) has
a Geographic Co-ordinate system (Most Geographic co-ordinate systems use wgs84 as their datumn)
you can select the WGS84 Co-ordinate reference system or projection.
In the New Vector layer window you have the option
to add attribute fields.
You will add one more field called “Building”
To do this, within the New attribute section type in
“Building” next to Name
Below this is a drop down option to choose the type of
data. We will use Text Data as we are going to name
some of the buildings. We don’t however need 80
characters so change this to “50”
Now click on the Add to attribute list and the field is
added to the list of attribute fields (columns in the
attribute table)
Click on OK
Select WGS84 and click OK.
This presents you with the New vector layer window.
It is here you select the type of vector layer you will
create.
We will create all three types of layers point, Line and
Polygon, starting with point
So select the type as point
Leave the CRS ID as WGS84 as you chose in the previous
step.
This opens the Save as Window. It is here you get to
name the layer you are creating. Within the File Name type “Buildings”, Make sure the directory you are
saving it in is the Prac3 folder and Select Save.
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