Preferences
You can use the Preferences dialogue box to customize the appearance of maps and the status bar. You can also use the Preferences dialogue box to specify the selection mode; for more information, see specifying the selection mode.
The preferences you specify are stored with your copy of VanMap, so all maps you view will use these settings — you do not need to set preferences for every map.
To change the preferences:
Right-click on the map, and then choose Preferences from the right-click menu to display the Preferences dialogue box (image shown below).
Map Units
Choose USA Units to display distance in feet/miles, or choose Metric to display distances in metres/kilometres.
Selection Mode
- Centroid or IntersectionStatus Bar
Check Display Mouse Position to display the coordinates on the status bar as you move the mouse around on the map. Select the type of coordinates you want from the Units. Units has 2 choices:
- Latitude, Longitude, and
- Mapping Coordinate System - the coordinates will be displayed in the units from the map's coordinate system
Note: If there is not enough room on the status bar to display the mouse coordinates, clear the Display Map Scale check box and/or the Display Map Width check box to make more room.
Display Map Scale
- to display the map scale on the status bar
Display Map Width
- to display the map width
on the status bar
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