Ag Leader SMS Mobile Operating Modes Quick Start Guide - Manual (Page 10)

SMS Mobile Operating Modes
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Map Settings
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SMS Mobile provides the ability to customize a number of settings that affect how your map
is displayed, independent of the layers you have selected and their display settings. We call
these settings Map Settings. The following is a brief explanation of the available options.
Map Panning/Orientation allows you to select if you would like the map to auto pan and the
method of auto pan as you are moving or zooming in or out. By default this is set to “North
Up/Pan by Display Area”. You can turn auto panning off but this isn’t recommended when
you are logging or creating data from GPS. If you will be hand drawing data and wish to
manually pan the map or you are just reviewing data in SMS Mobile then turning the auto
panning off is suggested otherwise the map will keep adjusting to try and pan/center on
your current position all of the time. “Heading Up/Pan to Current Location” will rotate the
map layers to always match your current heading/direction of travel. This option can be very
useful for providing some manual navigation but it can also cause some slowdown of the
mapping, especially if you have all layers set to a dataset.
 Show Grid – allows you to overlay a square grid over your map to use as a reference.
 Show Landmark Notes – allows you decide to show landmark notes created in SMS
Mobile or export from SMS desktop software. You can also adjust the display settings
for the Landmark Notes, such as turning on labels.
 Show Map Scale – will display a simple distance based scale in the lower left hand
corner of the map when selected.
 GPS Statistic To Display – allows you to select a GPS based stat to display along the
bottom center edge of the map. This includes showing things like number of
satellites, GPS speed, or the current Latitude and Longitude.
Map Settings are saved per operation mode. This means you can
have different default display options for your map for each of
the unique operating modes in SMS Mobile.
To get to the Map Settings press the Map Settings button
in the Map Toolbar or go to the Main Menu, then Map,
and select Map Settings.