Creating a new status-polygons layer

With a status-polygons layer, you can easily identify areas of the digital elevation model (DEM) that have been verified or that require editing, and you can indicate the status of each area as you progress through quality-assurance tasks.

To create a new status-polygons layer

In the DEM Editing window, click the Status Polygons tab.
On the Status Polygons toolbar, click Create Status Layer.
A new DEM Status Polygons layer appears on the Maps tab.
Use the Edit Status Layer tools to identify an area of the DEM that requires modification or verification.
For more information, see Editing vectors.
In the Status list, click the status that applies to the polygon:
- Problem: identifies an area that requires DEM editing. Problem areas appear in the Focus viewer shaded in red.
- Resolved: identifies an area of the DEM that has been edited and is ready for verification. Resolved areas appear in the Focus viewer shaded in blue.
- Verified: identifies an area of the DEM that has been edited and verified. Verified areas appear in the Focus viewer shaded in green.
Alternatively, in the Focus viewer, zoom in or out, as applicable, to display the area that you want to examine. To create a polygon with the full extent of the current viewing area, click Set View As Verified. The status of the polygon is set automatically to Verified.
Add more polygons, setting the appropriate status and adding comments for each, as necessary.
If necessary, save the DEM Status Polygons layer.
By default, Focus creates a temporary layer to hold the status polygons. To save the status polygons, you must save them to a new layer in a file. For more information, see Saving a mask layer.