Translations:GIS AH Intro/18/en
Map Legend - Another common feature of GIS Applications is the map legend. The map legend provides a list of layers that have been loaded in the GIS Application. Unlike a paper map legend, the map legend or ‘layers list’ in the GIS Application provides a way to re-order, hide, show and group layers. Changing the layer order is done by clicking on a layer in the legend, holding the mouse button down and then dragging the layer to a new position. By changing the layer order, the way that layers are drawn can be adjusted – in this case so that rivers are drawn over the roads instead of below them.