Using the New button

We will now create a new map for our project using the toolbar New button.

  1. On the toolbar, click the New button.
  2. A dialog will open allowing you to choose the type of data you want to add to a map.
  3. Select Files and press Next
    (or double click on Files)
  4. Browse to your uDig installation directory
    (typically C:\Program Files\uDig)
  5. Open the shapefiles directory and select the file lakes.shp
    (You can select more then one file at a time)
  6. Press Open

A new map (called Map1) will be opened, contained in the last selected Project.

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