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Guided Tour: View Map Quality Graphics
Next, let’s view your route on a map:
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In the Map menu, select Frame > Route 1 to
frame the route you just ran on the map. You can resize the
RouteMap window if you like. The gas pump icons indicate fueling
stations. The view of the map is zoomed out, so multiple fueling
stations are visible. (HINT: To hide fueling station icons for
less clutter, set the minimum level of detail – see step 4
below.)
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Select Legends from the map menu and remove
the checkmark from Road Legend. The Road Legend will disappear
from the map. Try moving the Scale of Miles around: click, hold
and drag it.
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Use the Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons to
adjust the zoom level. (You could also click the mouse on the
map and drag a box around an area to zoom in.)
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Use the More Detail and Less Detail buttons
to adjust the detail level without affecting the zoom level.
Keep clicking to see all the available settings. The zoom level
and detail level are displayed in the title bar of the RouteMap
window; for example, “Detail Level 5 of 12 [+1]” means the zoom
level is 5 and the detail level is one level up from the
default.
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Use the right mouse Map menu to add more road
labels to the map: click your right mouse button in the map
window and select Pick Label > Label Roads, then click on one or
more unlabeled roads on the map. To remove a label, click on it.
NOTE: In any mode, you can still use the mouse to drag a box
around an area to zoom in.
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To shift your view of the map in any
direction, you can select Pan > from the Map menu and choose a
direction, or use the hidden scroll bar. To activate the scroll
bar, touch any edge of the map window with your cursor. Click on
it to move the map incrementally in the direction indicated by
the middle arrow, or click and hold to pan. You may also click,
or click and hold, the corner arrows in each scroll bar to
navigate in the indicated direction.
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For an alternate way to shift the view,
select Map menu > Drag Map. Then place your cursor on the map,
hold down the left mouse button, and drag in any direction.
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Individual features such as stop names,
cities, roads, and road shields can be hidden from view on the
map. Select Features from the right mouse map menu to open the
Map Features dialog. Features can be shown or hidden on the map
by checking/unchecking them on the list in this dialog. The
order in which feature layers are drawn can be changed as well.
For example, to have the routes that PC*MILER generates draw
over all other features, you would highlight “Routes” and click
To Top.
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Click Cancel to continue the Tour.
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