Tour 6: Annotating a Map with
Georeferenced
Coordinates: Waypoints
You can mark any spot on a map by positioning the
cursor over the spot and pressing F2 (or
Right-Click: Add to Waypoint List):
The 'Edit Waypoint' dialog is shown and a
coordinate annotation is placed at the cursor
location:
You can quickly add the cursor position, a text
note (as shown), and control connecting lines.
In addition to adding waypoints by right clicking
on locations, you can enter them by hand using the
'Find Location' tool and in a HTML like markup
language. Checkout [ Tour 7:
Annotating Maps for Programmers ] for details.
Coordinate Details Tab
Select the 'Coordinate Details' tab for greater
annotation control:
You can nudge the coordinate by directly editing
it's location. The 'GPS Name' is a short six
character alphanumeric name for the coordinate that
will be transferred to your GPS. If 'Auto Name' is
checked then a name will be automatically generated
from the Description.
Each coordinate has three text fields that can be
enabled separately: the GPS Name, Description, and
Note. Both the Description and Note can have
multiple lines. Checking Auto Inc or Dec instructs
All Topo to increment or decrement the last number
in the description. If Auto Inc is checked and the
last Description was 'MP23' the next Description
will be 'MP24'.
%Tokens% (like %DMS%) in a Description or Note,
will be replaced with the current value (N 63 25
50.751 W 150 49 9.068 in the example above.)
Text Color, Font, Size, Rotation, Position about
the Coordinate Location and background can also be
controlled from the 'Coordinate Details' tab.
The Symbol Tab
Select the 'Symbol' tab to add a symbol over the
coordinate location. Over 700 stock symbols are
included, it's easy to add your own symbols too. In
addition to plain marker dots and the stock symbols:
squares, rectangles, circles, lines,
ellipses, crosses, triangles and wind barbs
can be added to a location. The Width and Height
settings control symbol size.
The Line Tab
You can quickly add straight lines between
coordinates with the 'Line' tab:
Several line styles, widths and colors are
available. When lines are turned on, both distance
and area are accumulated and can be displayed by
including a %miles% and %acres% tokens in a point's
description:
The Links Tab
Use the Links tab to add hyperlinks, and media
content to a coordinate.
Check 'Include this coordinate in the Slide Show'
to add the coordinate to a list of views. Pressing
the '*' key on the keypad views the first slide
coordinate, keypad '-' and '+' move forward and
backwards through the slide show.
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