DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 - Manual (Page 30)

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide
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2. Click point-by-point to draw a measurement line on the map. A text box displays
next to your pointer indicating the total distance of the measurement taken.
Note When you pass over a point in a road, measurement line, or measurement
area to which you can snap, a yellow circle defines the snap point. Click to snap
the point of the measure line to the road or measurement object's point coordinate.
Press and hold the ALT key on your keyboard to disable snapping.
3. To end a measurement line, double-click the last point of the measurement line. The
measure line displays as a two-pixel wide yellow line and the total length of the line
displays in a label at each endpoint of the line.
4. To end a measure area, hover over the starting point until the yellow snap circle
displays and then double-click the last point to the starting point. The perimeter
measurements display.
To Get Information About a Location
Use the Information button on the toolbar to click a point, symbol, feature,
measurement line, track, or area on the map to identify it and view detailed information
about it.
The Information button is
hidden by default ; to show it, right-click the toolbar to open the
menu and click Information.
Use the following steps to get information about a particular map feature.
1. Click the Information button.
2. Click the map feature you want information for, such as a road, town, measurement
line, waypoint, track, draw symbol, or point of interest.
The Info tab opens and displays a list of information categories.
Note Descriptive information may include a name or feature type, length/area,
ZIP/Postal Code, town name, county name, state/province, coordinates, and
Standard Industrial Classification categories.
3. Click the plus sign next to each of the information categories to expand the category
to view more detailed information.
OR
Right-click in the information box and click Expand All to expand all of the
information categories. Right-click in the information box again and click Collapse
All to minimize all of the information categories.
4. Optional. Repeat steps 1–3 to get information about another location.
5. Optional. Right-click in the information box and click Print to print your map feature
information.
Notes
• You can also get information about a location using the right-click option. Just right-
click the location and click Info.
• The status bar (located above the tab area) displays draw object type, draw file
information, point of interest name (if applicable), street name/address, highway, city,
state/province, and ZIP/Postal Code information for the map location that your cursor is
positioned on.
• Some map features (such as campgrounds, national scenic/historic trail information
centers, and state parks) display with a blue outline at higher data zoom levels. The
blue outline indicates that the feature has a hyperlink to its website. To open the