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Glossary
template
A saved map layer file (.mlf) that you can add to any map. Templates save
time, as you can open an existing template (map layer file) and simply modify the prop-
erties you want to change, rather than creating a new layer and having to set all of its
properties.
text
A textual description, composed of printable characters, that you define in a map
layer. Text entities are often used to label the graphic representations of spatial features.
theme
A set of attribute data properties that displays the map features with different
styles and symbols to depict different values. Examples of themes might be property
assessment, housing quality, population density, and average rainfall.
ToolTip
An online help feature that displays a brief explanation of a toolbar button
when you hold the mouse pointer over the button for more than a second. See also
MapTip
.
units
The unit of measurement used in all areas where a distance is specified or dis-
played. You can specify that a map use US units or metric units using the Preferences
dialog box in Autodesk MapGuide Author or Autodesk MapGuide Viewer.
Universal Naming Convention (UNC)
The standard method of specifying the full
path name of a file. For example, to specify a file named
ROADS.SDF
in a folder named
SDF
on a computer named
Data
with the share name
CDrive
, you would type
\\Data\CDrive\SDF\ROADS.SDF
. If the computer is mapped to a drive letter, you could
use the drive letter in the path, such as
D:\SDF\ROADS.SDF
, but it is safer to use the
UNC, just in case the drive mapping is lost, for example.
vertex
One of a set of ordered x,y coordinates that constitute a map feature.
width ratio
The ratio of text character width to text character height. For example, if
the font size is 20 mm, and the width ratio is 0.5, the width of a text character is 10 mm.
zoom
To change the display magnification so that it focuses on progressively smaller
areas (when you zoom in) or larger areas (when you zoom out) of an image.
Zoom Goto category
A set of locations you can zoom to. For example, a Zoom Goto
category “Offices” might allow you to type the name of one of your offices and zoom
directly to it on the map.
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