Street Atlas USA
®
2010 User Guide
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Notes You can display either bearing or distance by clicking the drop-down arrow
next to the Bearing or Angle text located below the distance text in the Distance and
Bearing/Angle option. You can also delete points and line segments from or add
points to a polygon.
6.
Press the ENTER key on your keyboard to finish your edit.
OR
Click outside the object's active box on the map.
Placing a Circle, Rectangle, or Polygon on the Map
You can place any area object (circle, rectangle, or polygon) at a specific coordinate
location.
To Place an Area Object on the Map
Use the following steps to place a circle, rectangle, or polygon on the map.
1.
Click the Draw tab.
2.
Click and hold the Polygon/Rectangle/Circle tool
and select the
tool you want.
3.
Select the circle fill, outline, and/or width options.
4.
To place a circle on the map, enter the coordinates for the circle's center into the
corresponding text boxes. Then, enter the radius for the circle into the radius text
box.
OR
To place a rectangle on the map, select the Coordinate option or use the Distance
and Bearing/Angle option in conjunction with the Coordinate option. Enter the
appropriate coordinates or numbers for the rectangle's upper-left corner point into
the corresponding text boxes to the right of the fill options box.
OR
To place a polygon on the map, select the Coordinate option or use the Distance
and Bearing/Angle option in conjunction with the Coordinate option, and enter
the appropriate coordinates or numbers for the first polygon point into the
corresponding text boxes to the right of the fill options box.
5.
Click Apply.
Note If you are placing a polygon on the map, repeat the procedure for the other
points.
Waypoints, Symbols, MapNotes, Text Labels, and Images
Adding a Waypoint, Symbol, MapNote, Text Label, or
Image to the Map
You can add point draw objects to a draw file in your current
map file
. Point objects consist
of one anchor point attached to 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.
•
Use the Waypoint tool to label waypoints on a map. You can exchange waypoints
with a GPS receiver.
•
Use the Symbol tool to identify certain areas on the map such as houses,
monuments, or points of interest.