Extract

Select and extract specific map features to create focused datasets.

The Extract tool can be used to get polygon elements 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 element(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

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