Map window

Introduction

A map window may display one or more raster maps combined with and/or one or more polygon maps, segment maps and/or point maps. Maps that are displayed in a map window are called data layers. The legend of each map is automatically displayed in the Layer Management pane of a map window.

A map window can also display three images of a map list as an interactive color composite, or all maps of a map list as a slide show.

You can zoom in and zoom out, pan, measure distances, view the histogram of a displayed raster map, click in maps to view the value or meaning of a unit, and double-click to perform a certain action.

You can also create an Annotation Text object which usually contains the labels of a point, segment or polygon map. You can add multiple Annotation Text objects to a map window.

Furthermore, you can add grid lines and graticules as a layer to a map window.

A map window displaying one or more maps, annotation text layers, optional grid lines and graticules can be saved as a map view. Map views can be added to a layout which is used to make a final composition before printing. To a layout, you can then add further annotation such as legends, map borders including ticks and coordinates for grid lines or a graticule, north arrows, scale bars and scale texts, texts (such as a title), boxes, bitmaps and pictures, and a page border.

A map window consists of a viewer which displays the map(s) and additional layers, a Layer Management pane, an overview window, a menu bar, a toolbar and a status bar. Besides displaying, you can also edit maps in a map window.

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