Line Help

Workflow context
For the workflow context, see 📘 Domain (polyline features) · 📘 Surface water features
  A. DomainLine
  B. Line from a txt file
  C. Lines from a shapefile
  D. Line from DataNET
  E. Paste
  F. Hide Lines
  G. LineAttr (Line Attributes)

A. DrawLine

This button is used for creating polylines (e.g., streams, injection trenches, etc.).

B. Line from a txt file

This option enables uploading a .txt file with the coordinates of polylines (line features) to be added to model. Note that this imports ONLY the feature geometries (no conceptual attributes are assigned during import, but can be assigned by editing individual lines after import).

NOTE: Importing very large datasets (many polylines and/or many vertices) into the Maps Display and Working Area may significantly slow down the modeling page response time. Use the Hide/Show lines button (see below) to avoid this issue once the data have been imported. The following describes the file format (line-by-line text inputs). Each step represents the expected input (left) and an example of text input.
  1. Projection System file contents and Feature name(s)
  2.   PCS:GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433],AUTHORITY["EPSG",4326]]ORG:-86.2511496656153,42.7298366626573Names:Line 8|Line 19|Line 20|Line 21|Line 25|Line 28|Line 29|Line 30|Line 31|Line 32|Line 33|Line 35|Line 36|Line 39|Line 42|Line 44|Line 46|Line 47|Line 49|Line 51|Line 54

    Enter 'PCS:', then copy and paste the contents of the prj. file associated with the feature;
    then enter 'ORG:' followed by the x- and y-coordinates of the (lower-leftmost vertex), seperated with ',';
    then enter 'Names:' followed by the name/ID of each line feature. Seperate each feature with '|'.

  3. Units:
  4.   Lat-Lon

    Enter 'Lat-Lon' for coordinates entered in latitude-longitude format, or enter 'Meters' or 'Feet' if the coordinates are measured distances relative to the projection system origin.

  5. Number of features (individual lines) contained in the file
  6.   21
  7. Number of vertices in each feature
  8.   4,32,15,24,4,16,13,23,29,47,30,7,16,19,25,7,8,15,27,4,89
  9. Coordinate for 1st vertex, for 1st feature
  10.   -86.2511496656153,42.7298366626573
  11. Coordinate for 2nd vertex, 1st feature
  12.   -86.2507908470808,42.6287558023075

    Starting with row 5, all remaining rows represent a single vertex coordinate. The coordinates for a single feature are "grouped together" (one row after another) until moving on to the next feature.

C. Lines from a shapefile

This option allows importing geospatial vector data stored as a shapefile as line features in a IGW-NET model - both feature geometries and (if desired) conceptual attributes (e.g., all line features assigned as a constant head boundary condition).

NOTE: Importing very large datasets (many polylines and/or many vertices) into the Maps Display and Working Area may significantly slow down the modeling page response time. Use the Hide/Show lines button (see below) to avoid this issue once the data have been imported.

D. Line from DataNET

This button initiates the process to transfer a polyline (WFS) feature(s) from M4W DataNET into the IGW-NET environment as a line feature(s).

If a linked DataNET page is not already opened, clicking this button the first time will open a new DataNET page inside the browser. Login using your MAGNET account, select the layer of interest from the Data TreeView, draw a selection box around the specific polyline feature of interest, and use Data Transfer to send the polyline into IGW-NET (Data Manipulation > Transfer > select WFS Service > Send).

If the selection box includes two or more polyline features, all of the features will be transferred into IGW-NET and available for import (the user decides which ones to include during import).

E. Paste

Select this option to paste the last copied polyline (line) feature to the current model layer. Access a polyline's attribute window with the LineAttr option to copy a line feature.

F. Hide Lines

This option temporarily removes all line features from the Maps Display and Working Area to 'declutter' the work environment. (NOTE: the conceptual line features are still present/active in the model if this option is used.)

Add the line features back to the display by selecting 'Show Lines' (in the same location where 'Hide Lines' is found).

G. LineAttr (Line Attributes)

This button is used is used to edit the attributes of any existing polyline feature. A drop-down menu will appear that allows you to select the appropriate polyline for editing. When you are finished editing the attributes, click 'Save' in the Line Attributes menu and then click 'AcceptEdits' (in the same location where 'LineAttr' is found).