Undo: Click on this button
to cancel the last change you have made. You can un-do all the changes you have
made but be careful because once you have un-done them you cannot automatically
re-do them, you will have to re-edit them again.
Land/Air allows you to modify the polygons and polylines that make up a vectorial map.
To open the vectorial map edition bar (vectorial editor) use the context menu (right click) on the name of the map in the data tree or on any place on the map and select the option ‘Multimaps, advanced… > Edit the vectorial map’.
The tools available to edit vectorial maps are:
• Undo: Click on this button
to cancel the last change you have made. You can un-do all the changes you have
made but be careful because once you have un-done them you cannot automatically
re-do them, you will have to re-edit them again.
•
Insert intermediate points:
This tool automatically detects the two points nearest to the pointer and it
will allow you to insert an intermediate point between them. When you have
decided where you want to insert the new point, left click to create it.
•
Add points: This tool
allows you to add more points to the line, starting off from which ever point
you want. Left click on the point you want to start off from and then select the
add points tool. You can now add a point at the beginning r at the end (if the
point you had selected was one of these) or you can add an intermediary point
(if the selected point was in the middle of the track). There is a quicker way
of adding points to a track; once you have decided where you want to start from,
click and hold down the ‘Control’ key and then click on the place where
you want to add the new point. Confirm this point by clicking the left button of
the mouse. Continue holding down the ‘Control’ key if you want to add more
points and repeat the same operation as before.
NOTE: Although the add points tool, when used to add points in the middle of a track, may seem very similar to the insert intermediary points tool, the insert intermediary points tool is much less versatile since it is only intended to refine the course of a track.
•
Draw by dragging the mouse:
When you use this tool to edit the course of a track, you will be able to add
new points as if you were free hand drawing the new course. First select the
first point from where you want to start adding new points, and then select this
tool. Click on the left button of the mouse and hold it down while you draw the
new points. If the point you chose as the starting point is situated at the
beginning or the end of a track, the new points you draw will lengthen the
track. If the starting point was situated in the middle of the track, the new
points will be joined up to what originally was the next point after the
starting point you chose.
NOTE: The most practical option is to edit a track in the same direction as it is run, in other words, from the beginning of the track towards the end of it.
•
Create a new line: Although
you can access this tool using the button on the button bar, the most practical
option is to right click on the point where you want to start the new line and
select this option in the context menu. You will have to fill in the required
information about the new line you are creating in the new window that will
appear.
From here you, create the line while you hold down the ‘Control’ button and left clicking on the points were you want to create the line. You can also create a new line using the draw by dragging the mouse tool. In this case, once you have selected this tool, select the initial point using the New altitude line tool that you will find in the context menu. Then hold down the left button of the mouse while you draw the line starting from the initial point. You can move the initial point whenever you wish by simply dragging it to its new position. If you have activated this tool using the button on the button bar, you can start the new line anywhere on the map.
•
Eliminate a line: Select
the line that you want to eliminate and click on this button to carry out the
operation. You can also eliminate a line by right clicking on it and choosing
‘Eliminate line’ option.
•
Eliminate a point: Select
the point that you want to eliminate and click on this button to carry out the
operation. When you do this, the two parts left of the line will be join
together with a simple straight line. You can also eliminate a line by right
clicking on it and choosing ‘Eliminate line’ option.
•
Edit a line: Select an
altitude or cliff line or a river and click on this button (on the button bar or
in the context menu). The new window that opens will ask you what type of line
you want it to become and what will be its altitude. To move the points that
make up the line, you just have to drag them while you hold down the left button
of the mouse.
•
Edit a point: Select the
point that you want to edit and click on this button (on the button bar or in
the context menu). The new window that opens will ask you to fill in all the
necessary information about the point.
•
Insert a track: When you
click on this button you will be able to open a track, view it on the screen and
edit it as if it were just another line on the landscape.
•
Layer administrator: The
window that opens when you click on this button gives you all the information
regarding the layers of a vectorial map.
•
Activate/Deactivate magnet:
When you activate the magnet, the first and last point of a line will be joined
together carried out automatically to perfection.
•
Re-center while creating new
points: This option re-centers automatically the window position each time
the user creates a new point when transforming vector maps. The same option can
be enabled during the creation of tracks and routes (‘Contextual menu >
New > Start track/route here’). If this option is disabled, the main
window will not be automatically refreshed, so the user will need to move
scrollbars manually at the same time that creates new vector points.
This tool also allows you to move any point already created to any new position by holding down the left button of the mouse, moving it to its new position and then letting the button go.