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

  

• 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.

  

• Replace New_Feature_Type with Lake.

  

• Change the type of the the_geom attribute to MultiPolygon.

  

• Click Add Attribute button.

  

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

  

• Press OK button.

• Your layer has been added to the current map

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