Drawing tools and edit Places


The drawing tools allow you to annotate your map with text and shapes. All drawings are saved to Places, where they can be edited for position, size, colour, and labelling.


Drawing tools and editing places


Select the Spanner tool (top right) to pop out the toolbar to use a drawing tool.

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To edit an existing Place, navigate to the Places menu tab on the left, then click Edit places.

My Places

While editing, you can remove a Place individually or by groups at a time and modify the size and position of selected Places.

Draw and edit a point


To begin drawing, select Draw Places from the Toolbar menu.

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Select Draw point from the list of options.

draw point

Choose the type of point you would like.

point type

Before you click to place a point, you can change options for the fill and outline colour, stroke colour and stroke width.

point options

Once you are happy with your selection, click on the map where the point should be placed, it will be drawn on the map will also be added to Places.

Navigating to Places and selecting Edit places allows you to edit the location of your point after you select it.

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Any changes to the Point can be found under its Attributes.

modified attributes

Draw and edit a rectangle


Select Draw rectangle from the list of options.
Before you click to draw, you can change options for the fill colour and opacity, stroke colour and width.

draw rectangle

Click and drag to draw your rectangle on the map, certain measurements will be shown above the latitude and longitude (bottom left), and the rectangle will be added to Places.

draw rectangle measurements

Navigating to Places and selecting Edit places allows you to edit your drawn rectangle after you select it.

draw rectangle edits

Clicking on any of the corner vertices will allow you to change the size, or the centre square to rotate the rectangle.

draw rectangle rotate

Any changes to the rectangle can be found under its attributes.

draw rectangle attributes

Draw and edit a line


Select draw line from the list of options.
Before you click to draw, you can change options for the line colour and stroke width.

draw lines

Click a start point for the line to begin, click again to create a line segment, click, and drag to draw freehand, double click to stop drawing, and the line will be added to Places. Certain measurements will be shown above the latitude and longitude (bottom left).

draw line measurements

Navigating to Places and selecting Edit places allows you to edit your drawn line after you select it.

draw line edits

Clicking and dragging on any of the vertices along the line will allow you to change the line direction or distance and clicking directly on the line will create a new vertex at the specified point.

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Any changes to the line properties can be found under its Attributes

draw line attributes

Draw and edit a polygon


Select draw Polygon from the list of options. Before you click to draw, you can change options for the fill colour and opacity, as well as the stroke colour and width.

draw polygon

Click a start point for the polygon to begin, click again to create a vertex, click, and drag to draw freehand, double click to stop drawing, and the polygon will be added to Places. Navigating to Places and selecting Edit places allows you to edit your drawn polygon after you select it.

draw polygon edits

Clicking and dragging on any of the vertices along the polygon will allow you to change the line direction or distance and clicking directly on the polygon segment will create a new vertex at the specified point.

draw polygon add vertex

Any changes to the polygon properties can be found under its Attributes.

draw polygon attributes

Draw and edit a circle or ellipse


Select Draw circle from the list of options. Before you click to draw, you can change options for the fill colour and opacity, stroke colour and width. If you wish to draw an ellipse instead, turn off the checkbox labelled "Draw Circle".

draw circle

Click and drag to draw your circle on the map, certain measurements will be shown above the latitude and longitude (bottom left), and the circle will be added to Places.

draw circle measurements

Navigating to Places and selecting Edit places allows you to edit your drawn circle after you select it.

draw circle edits

Clicking on the vertex will allow you to change the size of the circle and clicking inside the shape allows you to move it to a new location. Any changes to the circle properties can be found under its Attributes.

draw circle attributes

Draw and edit text


To begin drawing, select Draw text from the list of options. Before you click to draw, you can change options for the text colour, font, text weight, size and edit the text content.

draw text

Click a point on the map, the text will be placed at that point, and the text will also be added to Places.

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Navigating to Places and selecting Edit places allows you to edit the text after you select it.

draw text edit

Clicking on the square on the outside of the text will allow you rotate it to face a desired direction (2D Feature only).

draw text rotate

Note: editing the colour, font, weight, and name of text is undertaken separate to the Edit places tool. Attributes can also be seen under Places and give basic information about its location.

draw text attributes

Label places and imported data


Adding label to a place

Expand the place that you want to label.

Select the Add label to map checkbox to include a label for that place.

add label to Map

Adding label to user added data layers

Expand the user-added data layer

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Specify the Display field label you want to use.

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Then select Show display field label.

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These labels can be saved and shared in a map or included in a print. Please note that these labels are not available for offline maps or able to be carried across to ArcGIS Online.