Maptitude^® On-Line Training

Maps

• Style dialog box for areas

Features in an area layer are drawn with a border style and a fill style. You choose the pattern, width, and color for the border, and the pattern and color for the interior of the area.

You can select from several fill styles for areas, including None. If you choose None, backgrounds, layers and features drawn before that layer will show through. If you choose a solid or patterned fill style for your area layer, backgrounds, layers and features drawn before that layer will not show through.

You can also choose to make the pattern transparent. This is useful when you have multiple area layers. For example, if your map includes counties and cities and you create bands around some cities, you can make those bands transparent so that you can see the counties and cities underneath those bands.