Hi: In Maptitude 2012 you can quickly create a freehand mask to show only your area of interest. Please see: http://www.caliper.com/Video/Maptitude/Video-Masks.htm <http://www.caliper.com/Video/Maptitude/Video-Masks.htm> N.B. In the video the following step is not necessary: "You may want to turn off the highlight" Maptitude Mapping Software <http://www.caliper.com> Group Moderator
--- In [email protected], Reinaldo Paul Pérez Machado <rpmgis@...> wrote: > > Hi, > > Another way is to select all the counties you _do not_ want to show on > the map (easily acquired by Selection->Combine selection->By->Choosing > features not in) and then Changing the Status of the Not selection to > Invisible (on Selection Settings). > > Cheers, > > Reinaldo > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > furyqba wrote: > > > > > > > > > > There are a couple of ways you can emphasize just one region in a map > > or layout, and yes, you'll be using selection sets. > > > > If you just want to "white out" all the counties except one, change > > the layer style for the Counties layer to have a solid white fill, > > then change the fill style of your selection set to "None". Note that > > this will only fill in the areas with the selected color; you may need > > to change your layer order to get it to cover up other layers. Also, > > if your Counties layer has a border style selected, that will appear > > even for the "blanked-out" counties. > > > > Another approach (and this is what is frequently used in the > > tutorials) is to create a new geographic file that contains only the > > areas you're working in. For example, if you were planning on making a > > number of maps focusing on the state of Kentucky and wanted a > > "Counties" layer that only included the counties in Kentucky, you would: > > > > 1. Open the geographic file you want to work with (for example, > > ccCounty.cdf) > > 2. Select the areas that you want to include (all the counties in > > Kentucky) > > 3. From the Tools menu, choose Export... (the first drop-down, > > "Export", should have "Selection" as your choice) > > 4. Click OK and choose a name to save your new geographic file (for > > example, you could call it KentuckyCounties.cdf). > > > > When you open KentuckyCounties.cdf, you'll only see those counties > > that were in your selection set. If you're frequently working within a > > single region, making a local version of each of the geographic files > > you use will save you lots of time and hassle in the future. > > > > HTH > > > > -- > > Keiran > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:Maptitude%40yahoogroups.com>, > > "mdkarkowsky" mdkarkowsky@ wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > Novice question. > > > All the maps in the tutorial book have this nice way of giving > > detail to the area being analyzed while giving blank solid color to > > everything surrounding. Its like putting your county on a blank > > background. I can't figure out how to do that (with selection tools?), > > and can't seem to find the right page in the help guide. I guess its > > so obvious even a novice should know how to do it. > > > Thanks for any help > > > MK > > > > > > > >
