Creating and Editing Features

Homework

Hands-on Exercises from Textbook
Chapter 15: Creating Features
- Exercise 15a, p. 398: Drawing Features
  - Show map at Step 14, p. 403.
- Exercise 15b, p. 405: Using Feature Construction Tools
  - Show map at Step 27, p. 417.
Hands-on Exercises from Textbook
Chapter 16: Editing Features and Attributes
- Exercise 16a, p. 406: Deleting and Modifying Features
  - Show map at Step 25, p. 415 (right).
- Exercise 16b, p. 421: Splitting and Merging Features
  - Show maps at Step 19, pp. 438.
- Exercise 16c, p. 440: Editing Feature Attribute Values
  - Show map at Step 8, p. 442.

Be prepared to answer the following questions from Ormsby, Chapters 15 (Creating Features) and 16 (Editing Features and Attributes)

 
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: CREATING FEATURES

1. In a line which changes directions between two endpoints, 
what do you call the points at which direction changes (or 
where there is an intersection)? P. 396
2. What do you call the line segments between two vertices 
or endpoints? P. 396
3. How, in general, do you digitize features on a map? 
Pp. 398-400
4.  What is snapping? P. 401
5. What does Auto Complete Polygon do? P. 407
6. How would you draw a line parallel to an existing one? P. 408
7. How would you draw a line of a set length? P. 409
8. When might you want to use the Distance-Distance sketch 
tool? Pp. 411-412
9. What does Square and Finish do? Pp. 416-417

CHAPTER 16: EDITING FEATURES AND ATTRIBUTES

1. How do you delete a feature? Pp. 421-423
2. How do you change the shape of a feature? Pp. 425-426
3. What is the difference between moving a vertice shared 
between two polygons, with the Edit Tool vs. the 
Shared Edit Tool? Pp. 426-428
4. How do you split a polygon? Pp. 432-436
5. How do you merge polygons? Pp. 438-439
6. How do you change selected feature attribute values? 
Pp. 440-443
7. How do you change all feature attribute values, such 
as for a new field? Pp. 444-447

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