Street Atlas USA
®
2010 User Guide
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To Label a Draw Object
See the labeling procedures below for each of the draw objects.
For this Draw Object... Use this labeling procedure...
Routable Roads
Type the name of the street in the text box available in the
Draw dialog area.
Arcs
Circles
Lines
Polygons
Rectangles
Splines
Tracks
Waypoints
1.
Place the object on the map.
2.
Using the Select tool
, click the draw object once.
A gray box displays around the draw object.
3.
Click the draw object again. A text box displays.
4.
Type the label name in the text box and then press the
ENTER key on your keyboard.
Images
MapNotes
Symbols
Text Labels
Waypoints
1.
Place the object on the map.
The URL/Label (Street Atlas USA Plus) or Label
(Regular Street Atlas) text box opens.
2.
Type the label for your draw object in the Label section
of the text box.
Note (Street Atlas USA Plus only) When viewing a
hyperlinked draw object on the map, the object displays as
an active hyperlink. If you want to click the object without
opening the hyperlink, press the CTRL key on your keyboard
while you click the draw object.
Routable Roads, Tracks, Lines, Arcs, and Splines
Drawing Routable Roads on the Map
The Routable Road tool allows you to add a new road to a draw layer in the current map
file. You can then incorporate any new roads you add to a route when you
create a route
.
You must be at data zoom level 11-0 or greater when adding roads with the Routable Road
tool.
To Draw Routable Roads
Use the following steps to add routable roads to a road layer.
1.
Click the Draw tab.
2.
Click the Routable Road tool
.
3.
Type the name of the road you want to add in the Road Name text box.
Name each routable road you add so you can locate it using the find feature.
4.
Hover the mouse pointer over existing roads to display the yellow diamond symbol
. The yellow diamond symbol indicates where on an existing road the point for your
new road will connect (connection point).
Notes
