Draw a layer without locational coordinates

You can draw one or more polygons or circles using your cursor, save the drawing as a layer, and subsequently use the layer as a spatial filter when you search for events.

If you draw multiple shapes in one layer and then use the layer as a spatial filter, the application returns only those events that pass through all the shapes. On the map, use your cursor to define the shapes.

Procedure

  1. Click on the Drawing Tools icon .
    The Drawing Tools pane appears..
  2. Optionally, click on the Draw Polygon icon to draw a polygonal layer.
    1. Click on the map where you want each vertex of the polygon to appear and complete by joining the first point with the last one to form a closed shape.
    2. Optionally, click again on the map and repeat the above step to create many polygons.
  3. Optionally, click on the Draw Rectangle icon.
    1. Click a point on the map to define the upper-left corner of the rectangle and complete by clicking another point on the map to define the lower-right corner of the rectangle.
    2. Optionally, click again on the map and repeat the above step to create many rectangles.
  4. Optionally, click on the Draw Circle icon.
    1. Click a point on the map to create the center of the circle and then click another point on the map to define the total coverage of the circle. You can view the distance in miles at the ring center.
    2. Optionally, click again on the map and repeat the above step to create many circles.
  5. Click Clear All Shapes to clear all your drawings from the map.
  6. Optionally, save the layers you have just drawn.
    1. Click on the Map Layers icon.
    2. Select the Active drawing field and click on the map layer options button.
    3. From the dropdown options, click on the Save As button.
      The active drawing layer gets added as a new drawing layer
    4. Optionally, select the new drawing layer and click on the map layer options button.
    5. From the dropdown options, click on the Rename button.
    6. Input a new name for the active drawing layer in the text field.
      The drawing layer gets displayed with the new name in the map layer menu.

Results

Your drawn layers appear on the map and get added to the map layers for further filtering the events.