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Drawing a Polygon

To draw a Polygon:

• Toggle editing mode on by clicking on the Pencil icon (second icon from the left in the second toolbar). As you click on it, you will notice that previously greyed-out icons will be enabled.
• Click on the Add feature button (looks like a blob with a small yellow star to the right), which is located two icons to the right of the Toggle editing button. Now your cursor is armed to draw.
• Click on the upper-right corner of the raster image, then on the lower-right, then the lower-left and finally the upper left.
• Right-click to finish drawing.
• A box will pop-up asking you to write an id. Leave it blank and click OK.

Don’t worry if you’re not super-precise; for this exercise we don’t need surgeon precision, we’re just practicing, exploring and learning.

A colored square will cover the whole raster image area. Since we don’t need to edit this layer further, click on the Toggle editing button again. A dialog will ask you if you want to save the changes, say yes.

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