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Showing a Subset of Map Features

Each of the geographic files that come with Maptitude is nationwide in scope, so a geographic file of states will include all states. In some cases, you may want to make a map that includes only your area of interest, without features from surrounding areas. For example, you may want to create a map of Connecticut without features from neighboring states.

To create a map that includes only your area of interest, you have four options:

Select the desired features in one or more layers using the selection tools, then hide all but the selected features in each layer. See Queries and Selection Sets for more information.
Select the desired features from an area layer using the selection tools, use the Tools>Editing>Clip Layers command to create a new geographic file for each of the other layers, then open the new file(s). See Clipping Geographic Files by Area for more information.
Create a mask layer that hides features outside of your area of interest. See Creating Masks for more information.