Triton Perspective - Manual (Page 15)

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display to the 'Measure' tab to show the results of measurements made in the map view.
When using the 'Measure' tool, select a starting point on the map by left clicking on the spot
and holding the button down while the distance to measure is spanned. Once the end point is
reached, release the mouse button. The measurement results are displayed dynamically in the
'Measure' tab. Units are always in meters.
The following image shows the results of the most recent measurement:
Horiz. Dist.: the distance covered by the
measurement in the horizontal or "X" direction.
Vert. Dist.: the distance covered by the
measurement in the vertical or "Y" direction.
Distance: the direct distance along the line drawn
in Perspective Map.
1.2.3 Offset Tab
When a sidescan line is moved with the 'Move Line'
function (see topic for move line), the amount the line
was moved in order to align it with the rest of the
mosaic is stored in the cache file.
When a line is moved using the ‘Move Line’ tool, the
amount the line was moved will be displayed in the
‘Offset’ information tab as shown in the image to the
right.
For this line the total amount of displacement was
7.93m, with the horizontal (X) displacement of 3.12m and vertical (Y) displacement of
7.29m.
1.2.4 Contact Tab
Selecting the 'Contact Generation' toolbar button in
Perspective map will switch the information display
to the 'Contact' tab.
Size (in meters) indicates the size of the screen
capture to be made when a target is selected from