Ag Leader SMS Mobile Operating Modes Quick Start Guide - Manual (Page 9)

SMS Mobile Operating Modes
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Map Tooltips
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SMS Mobile provides the ability to display real-time values/stats from a selected layer while
you are in an operating mode. We call this display of real-time values from a selected layer
Map Tooltips. These tooltips are displayed below the map and Status Bar. On Windows
Mobile devices the map tooltips share the same area as the map toolbar. When you hide the
Map Toolbar the Map Tooltips are displayed. On a Windows PC device the tooltips are
displayed at the same time as the map toolbar but above it and the tooltips area isn’t
displayed at all unless you have at least one tooltip set to display.
Two Map Tooltips can be selected for display. You can pick any of the mapped layers to use as the
source for your tooltip and you can pick a Spatial Stat, Attribute, or Property to show a value for.
Map Tooltips get their values two different ways, depending on the layer type. If the layer is the
Edit layer (the first layer in the list and one the one you create/log/edit data in) then the
values come from the last logged/entered value. If the layer is one of the 3 other Reference
layers then the values come from the object that is currently under your current GPS position.
Map Tooltips are very useful on the smaller screens of mobile devices because there really
isn’t room to show full legends for all your layers on the screen. So by using map tooltips you
can see the color coding of your layers and as you drive across an object that is below you,
you will see the actual value for the item you selected to display, thus in a way showing you a
legend value without taking up extra space on the screen.
To get to the Map Tooltips and set them, press the Map Tooltips button on the Map
Toolbar or go to the Main Menu, then Map, then Select Tooltips.