Editing a Geo-Object Type

Registry Administrators can edit the metadata of Geo-Object Types under the curation mandate of their organization

1. Navigate to the Geo-Objects and Hierarchies page from the sidebar.

   
2. Click the three-dot menu next to the Geo-Object Type and select Edit.

   
3. The Geo-Object Type opens for editing, with Identity, Configuration, Ownership and Attributes sections. Change the fields you need:

   Field	Description	Can be changed
   Code	The unique identifier.	No
   Label	The display label, with one field per installed locale. The default locale is required.	Yes
   Description (Abstract)	A description, with one field per installed locale.	Yes
   Visibility	Select Private to make the type visible only to people in its organization.	Yes, except for a type in a group, which uses the group's visibility
   Group Membership	Shows whether the type is a group.	No
   Group	For a type in a group, the code of the group it belongs to.	No
   Geo-Object Editing	Enable geometry editing sets whether Geo-Object geometries can be edited with the web-based editing tools.	Yes
   Geometry Type	The geometry that Geo-Objects of this type must have.	No
   Organization	The organization that manages the type.	No

   The Concept Set chosen when the type was created isn't shown here and can't be changed. To add or change attributes, see Managing the attributes of a Geo-Object Type.

4. Click Submit.