The Home tab is divided into five logical command groups as shown below:
Add Overlay | Adds a new overlay. |
Overlays | Edits the overlays in the current window. |
Add Theme | Adds a new theme to an existing overlay. |
Query Builder | Uses the Query Builder to construct a data query to find items in an overlay. |
Redraw | Redraws the graphics in the current window. |
Regenerate | Makes sure all referenced datasets are as up-to-date as possible. |
CRS | Sets up the coordinate system, viewing projection and units. |
In | Zooms in by snapping or dragging. |
Out | Zooms out by snapping or dragging. |
Selection | Zoom selection. |
Box | Zooms to the extents of a box in the aspect ratio of the current Map Window. |
Gazetteer | Finds and zooms to a location. |
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Dynamically zooms in and out of the window by dragging the mouse. |
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Zooms to show all the graphics in the current window. |
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Shows the theoretical limits of the current window. |
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Zooms the current window to an approximate display scale. |
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Zooms so that the screen pixels match raster item pixels. |
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Creates a dynamic zoomed view of the window. |
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Zooms to Grid Reference (e.g. OS National Grid in Great Britain). |
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Goes to the previous view. |
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Goes to the next view. |
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Goes to the original view. |
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Sets the keyhole overlay. |
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Creates a dynamic keyhole view of the window. |
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Automatically zooms out, then back in to the original view. |
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Automatically zooms in, then back out to the original view. |
Drag | Drags the current view using the mouse. |
Snap | Changes the centre of the view. |
Slide | Pans continuously over the map. |
Recentre | Recentres the current view from a single snap in any view. |
Properties | Edits the properties of the currently selected item(s) |
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Selects items, so they can be operated on by subsequent commands. |
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Selects all items in the current document. |
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Deselects all selected items. |
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Reverses the current selection state. |
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Click on an item to show its information. |
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Finds and selects items. |
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Click on an OGC WMS Image Item to get feature information from the server. |
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Polygon Fence | Selects the items that are inside a polygon. |
Circle Fence | Selects the items that are inside a circle. |
Buffer Fence | Selects items close to a line. |
Offset Fence | Selects items that are near existing geometry. |
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Measures a position relative to current axes. |
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Measures the distance between two points. |
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Measures the area of a 'fence' polygon. |
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Measures the angle between two lines. |
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Adds up the lengths of the selected items. |
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Adds up the areas of the selected items. |
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Measures the total volume of the selected items. |
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Measures the radius of a curved line. |
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