Creating Polygon Maps - Single (Advanced)

RockWorks | Utilities | Maps | Polygon Maps | Single (Advanced)

Use this program to read a listing of XY points from the Datasheet Editor, and create a 2D map with a polygon drawn between these vertices, in a selected line style and color. Label and fill options are available. The map is displayed in RockPlot2D, where you can append it to other maps, etc.

See also: Google Earth Polygon Maps for simple polygon maps output to Google Earth.

Menu Options
Step-by-Step Summary

Menu Options

• Input Columns: The prompts along the left side of the window tell RockWorks which columns in the input datasheet contain what data.
  Click on an existing name to select a different name from the drop-down list. See a sample data layout below.
  • X: Column that contains the X coordinates for the polygon vertices.
    These can be Eastings in meters or feet, decimal longitudes, etc. See Defining your Datasheet Coordinates for more information.
  • Y: Column that contains the Y coordinates for the polygon vertices.
    
    
• Fill Polygon: Check this box to fill the polygon with a color or pattern.
  • Pattern: Click on the box to the right to choose a pattern design, background color, and foreground color, for the polygon fill.
  • Plot Pattern Background Color Only: Check this box if you want to fill the polygon with the background color shown in the pattern sample.
    
    
• Perimeter Line Style & Color: Click to the right to select the line style, thickness, and color for the polygon outline.
  
  
• Title: Insert a check here to include a label with the polygon.
  • Caption: Click to the right to type in the text to be shown as the label.
  • Font Color: Click to the right to choose a color for the label text.
  • Opaque Background: Check this box to plot the label against a colored background; expand this heading to choose the color.
    
    
• Border: Check this to include a border around the polygon map which shows the coordinate range of the axes. Expand this heading to establish the border options.
  
  

Step-by-Step Summary

1. Access the RockWorks Utilities program tab. 
2. Create a new datasheet and enter or import your X and Y coordinates into the datasheet.
   Or, open one of the sample files and replace that data with your own. (In this example, the sample file = "RockWorks17 Data\ Samples\Property_B01.rwDat")

Longitude and latitude coordinates must be in decimal format. If you're using another coordinate system, be sure you've specified the Units and the Projection Settings as appropriate.

3. Select the Map | Polygon Maps | Single polygon (Advanced) menu option. 
4. Enter the menu settings as described above.
   
5. Click the Process button to continue. 

The program will construct line segments between the coordinate pairs, in the line color, style, and thickness you specified, with the fill and labeling options you've selected. The completed map will be displayed in a RockPlot2D tab in the Options window. 

6. You can adjust any of the settings in the Options window and then click the Process button again to regenerate the map.
   ! Each time you click the Process button, the existing display will be replaced.
   
   

7. View / save / manipulate / export / print the map in the RockPlot2D window. 
   
   

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