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• Point objects consist of one anchor point attached to either a waypoint, symbol,
MapNote, image, or text label. The anchor point is the pixel position on the symbol
that corresponds to the geographic coordinate of the point selected on the map when
the symbol is placed.
Draw objects added to a draw file contain points that give the object its shape or allow you
to snap one object to another object. Points display and act in different ways within the
various draw objects. Click a link below to view additional information.
• Points in Routable Roads, Routable Trails, Tracks, Lines, Splines, and Polygons
Draw objects such as routable roads, routable trails, tracks, lines, splines, and
polygons consist of shape points and end points.
• Shape points are the points you place on the map when creating the object.
They give the object its shape. When you select a draw object on the map,
shape points display along the active object as small magenta squares.
The line object below was drawn with the spline tool.
• End points are the first and last points of individual line segments on a draw
object. When you select a shape point of a line segment within an active line,
spline, or polygon:
• A small green circle indicates the start end point of the selected line
segment.
• A small red circle indicates the last end point of the selected line segment.
The same spline with end points indicating a selected spline segment.
Notes
• When you click the start or last end point of the line segment within a line
draw object and the Show Measurement check box is available (when
using the Polygon or Line tool) and selected, it displays the bearing or
angle of that point of the line, the length of the line segment (leg), and
the total length of the entire line object on the map.
• When you click the start or end point of the line segment within a polygon
draw object, a text box displays the bearing or angle of that point of the