Delorme 6 Manuel D’Utilisation

XMap User Guide 

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change how the highlight is symbolized by clicking the Edit button to the 
right of the Query table. 

Note  To decrease the time it takes to run a query, disable the Count function 
by clicking the Query button and then clicking Count to toggle the feature 

on/off. 

To Create a Spatial Query 
Use the following steps to create a spatial query using the GIS tab. 

1.  Click the GIS tab. 
2.  Click the Query subtab. 
3.  If a query is already displaying in the Query subtab, click the Manage button 

and then click New. 

4.  Optional. To name the query something other than the default (the default 

name is Query#), click the Manage button and then click Rename.  
The Query text box activates and lets you edit the query name. 

5.  Click the cell under Attribute and select the GEOMETRY option from the 

drop-down list. 

6.  Click the cell under Operator and select an operator from the drop-down list. 

•  INTERSECTS–Available for all geometry types. Returns any geometries 

in the source layer that touch the boundary of, partially contain, 

completely contain, are partially within, or are completely within the 
geometries in the specified layer/criteria.  

•  CONTAINS–Available for only for polygon layers. Returns any 

geometries in the source layer that completely contain the geometries 

in the specified layer/criteria.  
Note  If any portion of a polygon or line is outside of the polygons in 
the source layer, the polygons will not be returned in the query 

results.  

•  IS CONTAINED BY–Available for all geometry types. Returns any 

geometries in the source layer that are completely contained by the 
geometries in the specified layer/criteria. 

•  DOES NOT INTERSECT–Available for all geometry types. Returns the 

inverse of INTERSECTS for the selected source layer. 

•  DOES NOT CONTAIN–Available only for polygon layers. Returns the 

inverse of CONTAINS for the selected source layer.   
Note  If any portion of a polygon or line is outside of the polygons in 

the source layer, the polygons are returned in the query results.  

•  IS NOT CONTAINED BY–Available for all geometry types. Returns the 

inverse of IS CONTAINED BY for the selected source layer. 

•  WITHIN A DISTANCE OF–Available for all geometry types. Returns any 

geometries in the source layer that are within the user-specified 
distance of the geometries in the specified layer/criteria. If you select 

this option, the Edit Query dialog box opens and you are prompted to 
specify the distance parameters. 

•  IS NOT WITHIN A DISTANCE OF–Available for all geometry types. 

Returns the inverse of WITHIN A DISTANCE OF for the selected source 
layer. If you select this option, the Edit Query dialog box opens and 

you are prompted to specify the distance parameters.