4.10. Additional Layer Info

From the Layer Info Window click the Info Tab. The Info tab appears.

Layer Info Window - Info Tab

Figure 4.8. Layer Info Window - Info Tab


The Info tab displays some additional information about the Layer.

Representing

This pop-up menu describes the information that this layer represents. This serves only as a guide for the software and for users.

Feature Name

This pop-up determines which column in the data for this layer is used as the feature name during display. This affects certain output formats (such as KML) which have use for a name field and is displayed in Data Tool Tips.

Geometry

Describes the type of features represented in this layer. Possible values are: Point, Polyline, Polygon, Image.

Objects

Provides a count of the number of features in this layer.

Points

Provides a count of the number of points in all features in this layer. This is a rudimentary measurement of complexity.

Bounding Box

Shows the upper left and lower right coordinates of the bounding box in map coordinates.

Base Bounding Box

Shows the upper left and lower right coordinates of the bounding box in layer coordinates.