User Guide

Moving Around the Master Map

Pan Arrows

You can move around the Master Map display by clicking the

Pan Arrow buttons, which appear at the north, south, east and

west sides of the Master Map. For example, click the

RIGHT PAN

ARROW on the east side of the window to pan or move the Master Map to

the left. Clicking on the Right Arrow reveals a portion of the map pre-

viously out of sight to the right of the screen. The other three arrows

work the same way.

If you prefer, you can click the Pan Arrows on the

MAP NAVIGATION toolbar.

Pan Arrows on toolbar

NOTE:

You can always use the Pan Arrow buttons to move around the

Master Map, no matter what other commands may be activated.

Center Map

You can instantly move any location on the map to the window's center with

the Center Map command. To center the map, click the button at

the left end of the toolbar. The mouse pointer turns into a cross-hair. Now click

on the part of the Master Map you want centered in the map window.

Tip:

The mouse pointer's location in latitude and longitude is always

shown in the status bar at the bottom of the MapCreate screen.

Zoom Area

There are several ways to zoom in and zoom out on the Master Map

display. All are described in the Help file's Command Reference, but for

now we'll describe just three. One fast and precise method uses the

zoom area mouse pointer, activated by the Zoom Area button.

1. Click the

ZOOM AREA button , and then place the zoom area

pointer

on the map near the location you want to zoom in on.

2. Now click and drag the pointer. A selection box appears on the map.

Drag the box until it covers the desired zoom area. Release the mouse

button. MapCreate will zoom in so that the selected area fills the Mas-

ter Map window.