Editing Overview

HydroAdd allows you address existing points and lines in your service to NHDFlowline. Addressing of polygons to NHDWaterbody will be added soon.

The map must be at zoom level 14 to edit a feature.

Open a feature for editing

There are two ways to open a feature for editing:

• Click the Edit button in the row of a selection or queue, or
• Click directly on the feature in the map with the regular arrow cursor .
  
   

Learn more about editing points.

Learn more about editing lines.

Rows

• Both selections and queues have rows.
• Click a row in a selection or queue to zoom to the feature at level 16.

This allows you to inspect the feature in the map before opening it for editing.

 

Learn more about Queue row functions.

Learn more about Selection row functions.

Learn more about Edit Queues.

Learn more about Search/Select.

Learn more about editing points.

Learn more about editing lines.

Cursors

HydroAdd has two kinds of cursors: the editing cursor  and the selection cursor .

• The crosshair cursor is the editing cursor. It is visible only when a feature is open for editing.
• The map must be at zoom level 14 to edit a feature.
• The regular arrow cursor is a selection cursor. Use the arrow cursor to select features from your service layer.
• The crosshair follows the arrow cursor, but the crosshair is always snapped to the nearest flowline.
  The crosshair cursor can only sit on flowlines.
• Pay attention to where both cursors are when you are editing. It is possible to accidentally select a different feature than you intended!
• Best practice is to keep both the arrow and crosshair cursors slightly apart when editing.
   

Learn more about editing points.

Learn more about editing lines.