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Continue with tracing all shapes on the island: towns, industrial areas, grass, farmland etc.  
Continue with tracing all shapes on the island: towns, industrial areas, grass, farmland etc.  


It is imporant to enable "snaping" now. We don't want small holes in our scenery, nor do we want overlapping polygons. Snapping adjusts each point as you go by - you will miss occasionally and have to correct it - so you don't have to worry about lining the polygons up precisely.
 
===Snapping===
It is very important to enable "snapping" now.
 
Snapping means each polygon will fit together nicely, like a jigsaw puzzle. If snapping is not enabled, the polygons will not form a continuous layer, which has a number of different problems.
 
We don't want small holes in our scenery, nor do we want overlapping polygons. Snapping adjusts each point as you go by - you will miss occasionally and have to correct it - so you don't have to worry about lining the polygons up precisely.


# Open <tt>Settings > Snapping Options</tt>.
# Open <tt>Settings > Snapping Options</tt>.
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