What's New

v9.0

Selection toolbar

All Selection tools are now in a standalone toolbar

Select by line

Select features using a line

The Selection tools are used to retrieve information about objects that are in the current Selection Layer. It is important to understand that there may be many layers in the map window, but only the ones configured in the selection layer below will have information attached to them. The information is displayed in the Information Panel (to the right of the map).

If there are many layers in your selection, IntraMaps will return all the objects in the Information panel with a tab per selection layer to separate your results


Point Selection

This tool is used to select features in the selection layer, using a point to define the search region.

  • Click on the tool to activate it
  • Single click on a feature you wish to select
  • The Information Panel will activate and populate with information about that feature
  • You can pan the map by clicking and dragging whilst the Point Selection tool is active

Circle Selection

This tool is used to select one or multiple objects in the selection layer, using a circle to define the search region.

  • Click on the tool to activate it
  • Click and hold the left mouse button and drag the cursor away from the point to create a circle
  • The radius of the circle is shown in the status bar at the bottom right


Square Selection

This tool is used to select one or multiple objects in the selection layer, using a square to define the search region.

  • Click on the tool to activate it
  • Click and hold the left mouse button and drag the cursor away from the point to create a square or rectangle
  • The height and width of the rectangle and the coordinates of your mouse pointer will be displayed in the status bar

Polygon Selection

This tool is used to select one or multiple objects in the selection layer, using a polygon or multi sided shape to define the search region.

  • Click on the tool to activate it
  • Click once to start the polygon
  • Click as many times as you need around your search area
  • Double click to finish your shape
  • As you go, the coordinates of your mouse pointer and the length of each line created will be displayed in the status bar

Line Selection

This tool is used to select one or multiple objects in the selection layer, using a line to define the search region.

  • Click on the tool to activate it
  • Click once to start the line
  • Click as many times as you need for the length of your line
  • Double click to finish your line
  • As you go, the coordinates of your mouse pointer and the length of each segment and total line created will be displayed in the status bar

Share Boundary Selection

This tool is used to select one or multiple objects in the selection layer that share a boundary with one object

  • Click on the tool to activate it
  • Click on the object to select it
  • The features that share a common boundary will also be selected


Buffer Around

This tool is used to select one or multiple objects in the selection layer that are within a specified distance of a selected object

  • Specify the distance in metres in the text box
  • Click on the target icon and then click the object on the map
  • The features that within the specified distance will also be selected


Add to Selection

Each new selection deletes the previous selection and starts one from scratch.

Use this tool to add objects to your current selection

  • Click the tool to activate it
  • Click of the of the Selection tools and complete a selection
  • The new selection will be added to the current selection


Click the tool to deactivate it

Remove from Selection

Use this tool to remove objects to your current selection

  • Click the tool to activate it
  • Click of the of the Selection tools and complete a selection
  • The selected objects will be removed from your original selection


Click the tool to deactivate it


Selection Layers

All available selection layers will be in this list. It may be different per module. By default, your selection tools will use select objects from 'All' layers.

If you would like to restrict your selection to one layer, choose it from this list.

Current and Entire Selection

When you select a large area, IntraMaps will select all the records for that layer. All the records are call an Entire Selection. By default, IntraMaps displays these with a red outline in the map. Your system administrator may change this colour.

The Information panel will show data for the Current Selection. By default, IntraMaps with display this as a light red fill colour.

You can change the Current Selection using the left and right arrows in the Info Panel