Extract

Select and extract specific map features to easily create boundaries.

The Extract tool can be used to get polygon annotations for boundaries or building footprints.

• Click on the Extract tool in the toolbar

• As you move your cursor over the map, different boundary options will highlight based on your current zoom level

• Click on a highlighted boundary or add many by holding Shift to draw a selection area to extract as a new polygon annotation(s)

Zoom level and boundary types

The Extract tool is zoom-sensitive, offering different boundary options based on how far you've zoomed in:

• Zoomed out: Country and large administrative areas

• Medium zoom: States, provinces, counties

• Zoomed in: Cities and neighborhoods

• Highly zoomed in: Building footprints

You can see the level that you are at as you zoom the map

Available boundaries

United States

• Countries

• States

• Counties

• Cities

• Neighborhoods

• Buildings

Rest of the world

• Countries

• First-order Administrative Divisions

• Second-order Administrative Divisions

• Buildings