Create New Data

If you want to create points, lines, and polygons, then you can make a new shapefile to store these features:

1. In your browser panel, navigate to your data folder for this project.

2. Right-click on the data, select New ▸ Shapefile

3. Change the file name to "project_area"

4. Choose the feature geometry as polygons

5. Select the encoding type and coordinate reference system.

5. Click OK

6. Drag and drop the new layer into your layer list

Add data to empty shapefile

1. Select, and highlight the project_area layer in the layer panel.

2. Right click the layer and select Toggle Editing. From here, it enables the editing tools.

3. Select add polygon feature. Click on the map canvas and add vertices. Draw a polygon around the GPS points added.

4. To finish geometry, right-click on the map canvas. From here, you can fill in the attributes. If you want to save your edits, click the “Save Layer” button.

5. Right click on the project_area layer and toggle off editing mode and save.