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Add Country Structure

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<li> Enter the name in the primary language of the Mine Action Programme in the Name field.</li>
{{Note | The label associated with the field will depend on the level of the Country structure that you are adding e.g. Province or Commune}}
{{New_6.0 | The field ''Country structure ID'' has been added to the Editor window}}
<li> Enter the official Country structure ID e.g. the Pcode. </li>
{{Note | Setting the Country structure ID will facilitate future updates of the Country structure e.g. when Municipalities are merged or moved to another District}}
 
<li> Alternative names may be used and common reasons are:
* more than one language in the country
* the Mine Action Programme would like to use English and one or more local languages
* an alternative way of referring to the nodes exists
 
The alternative names will also be displayed in the IMSMA Navigation window’s country structure pane. The order is Country Structure name / Alternative name 1 / Alternative name 2. There is no limitation on number of alternative names.
 
Add the alternate names by doing the following:
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<li>Click the [[Image:FieldTemplateIcon.png | 22px | Create an alternative name]] button in the Alternative Names section of the Country Structure Editor window.</li>
The Add Alternative Name window displays.
<li>Enter the alternative name in the '''Alternative Name''' field. </li>
<li>Click the '''OK''' button.</li>
The Add Alternative Name window closes.
 
[[Image:Alt names order.png]]
{{Note| The order in which the alternative names are entered is important}}
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<li>Select the coordinate reference system that you would like to use from the '''Coordinate System''' list.</li>
<li>Select the coordinate format from the '''Coordinate Format''' list.</li>
<li>In the IMSMA Navigation window, set the map extent for the country structure. For example, use the [[Image:ZoomInIcon.png|Zoom In]] or [[Image:ZoomOutIcon.png|Zoom Out]] icons on the toolbar to set the extent.</li>
<li>From the Country Structure Editor window, click the [[Image:Capture.png]] button.</li>
<li>From Follow the instructions in the Map Extent window.</li><li>When the extent of the Map pane is the desired, click the '''Capture''' button.</li>The Country Structure Editor window’s Preferred Map Extent field changes to show that an extent has been captured''Captured''.</li> </ol>
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# If the Country structure has other names by which it is known, add the alternate names by doing the following:
<li>Click the [[Image:FieldTemplateIcon.png | 22px | Create an alternative name]] button in the Alternative Names section of the Country Structure Editor window.</li>
The Add Alternative Name window displays.
<li>Enter the alternative name in the '''Alternative Name''' field. The alternative names will also be displayed in the IMSMA Navigation window’s country structure pane.</li>
<li>Click the '''OK''' button.</li>
The Add Alternative Name window closes and the alternative name you entered displays in the Country Structure Editor window.
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<li>Do one of the following:</li>
*To save the information you have entered for the country Country structure, click the '''Save''' button. *To discard If you do not want to save the country new Country structure information and close the Country Structure Editor window, click the '''Cancel''' button.
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