Edit Selected Polygon Boundary

Coverages created or updated in CSAR format include a bounding polygon that encompasses the entire extents of a coverage. A bounding polygon can be edited to better represent the legitimate data in the coverage, if needed. Editing a polygon involves manually moving, adding and/or deleting vertices in the polygon, editing the edge of the polygon as a whole, or changing the detail level property.

Any changes to the bounding polygon will cause the Edited property in the Properties window to change to “Yes”. This informs users that the polygon has been changed from the original.

To make edits to a bounding polygon:

• the layer must be turned on and visible in the Display window

• the layer must be selected in the Layers window

• the polygon feature must be selected

• the polygon must be in Edit Mode, see Procedure: Enable Edit Mode for details

A bounding polygon can be edited as a whole, or by altering individual vertices. Each of the procedures are described in the linked topics.

Related commands:

• Digitize New Polygon Boundary

• Rebuild Boundary Automatically

• If a new bounding polygon is being generated for a dataset, the original bounding polygon must be deleted.

• Exporting a Bounding Polygon