| · | In the GIS section of TAXIS create a desired map view with necessary layers.
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| · | Click "View|Show taxa"  which will display the Taxa tree.
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| · | Select the taxon you want to create a distribution map for.
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| · | Click "View|Add taxon layer"  . This step actually creates a new SHAPE file which is stored in [your database folder]\GIS\distributions\[taxon ID].shp (if the distribution has been already created before, it just loads into the view form the same path).
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| · | Now you can work with this layer just as with any other vector layer.
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| · | You can load as many distribution maps as you like.
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