Admin Boundaries

Common buttons

Use these buttons (when applicable) and the parameters below to create and modify administration boundaries.

Name

Name of the administration boundary.

Description

Brief description of the administration boundary.

Regions

In the list, click and then select a region. The Country column is populated with a list of countries in the selected region.

Country

In the list of countries, select the check box next to the country or countries to include in the boundary you are defining. If the list of countries is long, in the text box above the list, start typing the name of the country you want to select.

Columns for administrative boundaries (e.g. state, province, CRESTA, municipality, county)

To select an administrative boundary associated with the selected country, click the country name and then select items from the list that populates the next column. The column label (boundary identifier) depends on the selected country.

Continue viewing and selecting items to populate the next column to further define administrative boundaries (e.g. FSA code, FSALDU code, postal code, protraction, block).

Preview

Select the check box next to an item to add the item to the Preview pane.