Select Area

Area Selection defines the geographic boundary of your course. It sets the satellite image and terrain data that your Canvas uses.

Find your course

A dialog asks you to locate your course. You can do one of these:

• Search by city, address or place. You can also search for nearby landmarks such as parks, sports fields and schools. This helps when the course has no street address.
• Paste coordinates (for example 61.5, 23.76), a Plus Code (for example 849VCWC8+R9), or a Google, Apple or OpenStreetMap link. The map goes directly to that place.
• Click Use my location.
• Close the dialog and browse the map manually.

Select the area

A selection frame is shown in the center of the map.

1. Pan and zoom the map until the course area fits inside the frame.
2. Click Select area.

Use these tips to get a good result:

• Keep the area as small as possible. A smaller area gives better satellite detail.
• The area dimensions show at the bottom of the frame, for example "500m x 334m".
• The Satellite detail indicator shows the image quality for your selection. Green is best. Orange means the area may be too large for sharp detail.
• If the area is too small or too large, a warning appears at the top of the frame.
• You can change the area later.

Parkdly then downloads the satellite image. It also imports terrain elements (forests, roads, pathways and buildings) from OpenStreetMap. These form your Canvas Background for all design work. This can take a moment, depending on the size of your area and your connection speed.

Tip: You can always edit Background elements directly in Parkdly. If terrain data is missing or old at the source, you can update it on OpenStreetMap. Then select the area again in Parkdly to get the new data. Parkdly uses a weekly snapshot of OpenStreetMap, so wait about a week after your edit. Until Parkdly makes the next snapshot, selecting the area again shows the same data. This also helps the OpenStreetMap community.