Grace Industries MX900-H, User Information

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GPS Device Mapping
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Base Maps
The mapping feature allows you to choose your map type. Several base map options are provided, including
imagery and street views from Esri, OpenStreet Maps and Bing Maps. The mapping functions use caching so
that previously loaded maps are also available offline.
Caching an area can be achieved by viewing the location at various zoom levels or by using the built-in caching
tool that works with the Esri style base maps.
*Bing Maps requires a license key provided by Microsoft to use.
Available Maps
World Imagery Nat Geo World Bing Imagery
World Street Maps USA Topography Bing Hybrid
World Topography OpenStreet Maps Bing Road
Layers
This mapping feature allows you to apply User provided layers to base maps. A map layer is a custom overlay
that is displayed as a visible layer on top of the Base Map. Supported layer formats are Esri Shapefiles and
Google KML. You can apply multiple layers and manipulate properties of each layer to adjust order, colors and
hint attributes.
You can Add new layers, Delete layers and change the order of layers using the top right control buttons. The 2
base “Grace” layers do not have properties and cannot be removed.
Once a layer is loaded and selected, you will see a list of properties. Here you can change the name of the layer
and show or hide the layer. The Hint attribute dropdown may contain a list of attributes from the metadata of the
layer file. Here you can select the attribute field that may contain appropriate hint data for when mouse over
elements on the map.
The color attributes are used to define the appearance of elements on the layer. Color and Border Color settings
are available for the elements in various states. Normal, Selected and Hot (Hot happens on mouse over)
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