When this item is selected, the program will display a list of completed coverage study Tasks:

Select the coverage study you want to export to a shape file and click the Continue button.

You will be prompted for the folder and file name to write:

Note that the default file name is the Task description, with the type of study (in this case, "LR TIL"). When you have the folder and file name you want to use, click the Save button.

For Tile studies only, you will be prompted for the type of ShapeFile to write:

TAP Coverage Studies (Radial, Contour, or Tile) are written to ShapeFiles as shown below:

• Radial studies (including "Advanced –End Only" radials) are written as Point ShapeFiles
• Contour studies are written as Polygon ShapeFiles
• Tile studies can be written either as Points, or as small rectangles centered on each tile points (a Polygon ShapeFile). The choice will affect how the ShapeFiles can be plotted. Typically, point ShapeFiles can be drawn with symbols or TrueType fonts to represent each location. Polygon ShapeFiles can be plotted with each polygon (or tile point) colored or shaded to represent a particular value. Point ShapeFiles will show the individual points, while Polygon ("rectangle") ShapeFiles will show as a continuous area with different colors and fill patterns to represent different points.

For example, a simple study of Tile points in the Denver area can be drawn as rectangles:

The same study can be drawn as points, with the point size as well as color indicating the value at each location:

(Many other options are available for displaying ShapeFiles in most ShapeFile-compatible software.)

Select the type of ShapeFile you want to write for the Tile study and click the Continue button.

The ShapeFile will be written to the folder and file name you selected.