Tool features and options

 

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LINE

Map Measurements supports measuring with a line. A line consists of two points connected by a straight line, and measurement is done along its length. When using the line measurement you do not need to end the measurement, it will be ended when the second point is placed.

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PATH

Map Measurement supports measuring with a path. A path consists of two or more points connected with a straight line. Measurement is done along the entire length of the path. To follow a natural boundary or road more closely, try zooming in closely to the feature and adding more points. Ending a path shape is done the same way as a for a polygon, which is a double or right click or selecting the end drawing label.

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POLYGON

Map Measurement supports measuring with the polygon tool. A polygon consists of three or more points. If the Polygon shape is ended with only 2 points it will be transformed to a line. Measurement for a polygon is done for both perimeter and area.

MODIFY OR REPOSITION A SHAPE

Once you define a line, path, or other shape in the viewer, you can change its dimensions by selecting a desired point and dragging it to a new position.

When you place the cursor over an existing point, the cursor changes from a cross and the point becomes transparent to indicate that you can select the point if you want to reposition it.

For area shapes, you can add additional points by clicking on a line in a drawn figure.

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REMOVE SELECTED SHAPE

If you want to remove a shape, right-click the shape while hovering over the shape and click delete shape.

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REMOVE SELECTED POINT

If you want to remove a point from either a path or an area shape, select a point, right click and select delete point

delete_all

REMOVE ALL SHAPES

You can clear all measuring shapes from the map viewer by clicking on the clear all button in the Menu dialog box.

REPOSITION THE VIEWER

Mouse navigation works in conjunction with measuring select a point and drag to move the earth.

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ADJUST LINE COLOR

If you to adjust the color of the line which you are drawing with, you can do it in the settings menu.

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ADJUST LINE WIDTH

You can adjust the drawing line width from the settings menu.

mapmeasurement_unittype

CHANGE UNIT TYPE

You can adjust the Unit Type between Imperical and Metric from the menu.