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Q: Some of my
voters were not located because the streets they live on are not in
the streets file. How can I add streets to the streets file?
A: The type of
streets file, a Compact Streets File, used in Political Maptitude is
not in an editable format. You can export it to an editable format,
and add streets as needed.
Here’s what
you should do:
1.
If you do not have your political map open, open it using
Political-Political Map.
2.
Streets should be your working layer. If it is not, change
the working layer to Streets. If the Streets layer is not on the
map, you should add it.
For more information about Adding a layer to a map, see “To Add
Layers to a Map” in Chapter 4, Layering Features on a Map, in
the Maptitude User’s Guide.
3.
Choose Tools-Export. Choose to Export All
Features to a Standard Geographic File. Click OK.
4.
Browse for the location where you want to save the streets.
Name the new file “Edited Streets”. Click Save. An editable copy
of the streets file will be created.
5.
Choose Map-Layers to open the Map Layers dialog
box. Highlight Streets and Intersections and choose Drop Layer.
Use Add Layer to add the new layer you just created. Click
Close after adding the new street file to the map.
6.
Make Streets the Working Layer.
7.
The streets can be edited using the Map Editing toolbox (Tools-Map
Editing-Toolbox).
·
Activate the Add tool
 by
clicking on it.
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Click at the starting point of the line.
·
To
add one or more shape points, move the mouse to the next point and
click. Click the right mouse button to back up.
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To
end the line, press Enter or double-click on the endpoint. Maptitude
displays the line with editing handles at the endpoints and shape
points.
·
Click  to
save your edits, or click
 to
cancel.
·
Click  to
edit the attribute information for the street (street name, to/from
address ranges, right/left zip codes, etc…). When you have finished
editing the attributes for a line click
.
If you saved
your edits, Maptitude draws the map with the added lines.
If you start or
end a line near the starting or ending point of any other line in
the layer, Maptitude automatically makes sure the lines meet.
See “Editing
Line Features” in Chapter 18, Creating and Editing Geographic
Files, for more information.
8.
When you have finished editing the streets layer, you should
export it back to a Compact Street File. To do this, choose
Tools-Export. Choose to Export All Features to a Compact
Street File. Click OK.
9.
Browse for the location where the original streets file was
saved. Highlight your existing street file (ccstreet if you are
using the file supplied with PM). Click Save. An updated version
of the streets file will overwrite your original.
**You can save
the edited streets file to a new file (thus leaving the original
alone). If you choose to do this, be sure to change the streets
file to the new one on the Streets tab of
Political-Settings.
10.
Choose Map-Layers to open the Map Layers dialog
box. Highlight Streets and Intersections and choose Drop Layer.
Use Add Layer to add the compact version of the edited
streets file. Click Close after adding the new street file to the
map.
You should
now be able to locate the voters who live on the street(s) you added
by choosing Political-Voters-Locate Voters.
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