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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi Jessica,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Are these regions something common already in use (ie suburbs, localities, ABS zones etc)? You may find that a dataset may already be in existence that you can find on the web and then edit to your needs. If not then its probably a partially automated job as suggested by Nicolas, with a heap of cleaning up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Cheers - Phil<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> QGIS-User <qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>jessica swan via QGIS-User<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 22 February 2023 4:06 AM<br><b>To:</b> qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Qgis-user] Polygons<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I hope everyone is well!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am making a map marking regions for a project because I am not allowed to copy and paste an image. There are over a hundred regions for me to outline! Is there any way to automatically trace these regions and overlay that tracing on a map? It will just take so much time, otherwise!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks in advance.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>