Reset Cursor Tool Clicking on the Reset Cursor tool will clear all map and tool selections and allow tooltips to be displayed.

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1 SMS Featured Icons: Mapping Toolbar This document includes a brief description of some of the most commonly used tools in the SMS Desktop Software map window toolbar as well as shows you the toolbar shortcuts to quickly access these features. Reset Cursor Tool Clicking on the Reset Cursor tool will clear all map and tool selections and allow tooltips to be displayed. Zoom Tools Zoom out Clicking this tool will increase the area that is currently being displayed in the main mapping window while leaving your current map centered in the middle of the screen. Zoom in Clicking this tool will decrease the area that is currently being displayed in the main mapping window while leaving your current map centered in the middle of the screen. Zoom to Box Selecting this tool will allow you to manually draw a box around an area of the map that you wish to zoom in to. After selecting the tool left mouse click once to start the box and left click a second time once you have completed the box. The map will refresh and the main mapping window will be zoomed into the area contained in the box that was drawn. 1

2 Zoom World Clicking this tool will refresh the map back to the original zoom level so that the entire mapped area is displayed in the map window. Zoom Previous Clicking this tool will return the current map back to the view that was previously selected. Zoom Selection Clicking this tool with something in the active map layer selected will refresh the map and zoom the map to the area that is selected. Pan Tool Selecting this tool will allow you to pan and move the map around the main mapping window. Measuring Tools There are two measuring tools available for use. The Line Measure tool will allow you to click a start position on the current map and as you move your mouse over the display area the length of the line and the heading in degrees will be displayed as a tooltip. The Multi-Line Measure tool allows you to measure distances between multiple points that you have added to the current map with a click of your mouse. When using the multi-line measure tool, a tooltip will display the total length of the line starting at the first point and the degree heading will be based on the current cursor position and the previous point added. 2

3 Custom Label Tools The custom label tools are available after you have turned on labels and selected user defined as the label placement options in the Edit Layer Options tool. The Move Label tool allows you to click in the center of an object containing the label you wish to move and drag the label to the desired position. When choosing Label Settings your mouse cursor will update after clicking over the object containing the label you wish to modify. The Label Settings Dialog opens allowing you to change the center position and alignment, add backgrounds and borders to the labels, or even hide the label. 3-D Map Tools* *3-D Mapping is available in SMS Advanced only. Clicking on the Hide/Show 3D View button will modify the layer currently mapped from a two dimensional flat image to a three dimensional terrain map. Using the Rotate Map button allows a user to rotate the 3-D map on its axis for different views of the data. The Reset Map Rotation button will change the 3-D map back to the original view before the map was rotated by the user. Dataset Playback Tool* *Dataset Playback is available in SMS Advanced only. Clicking on the Dataset Playback tool will open a new dialog where the user can choose to play the currently mapped layer and the direction of travel through the field. Attributes will also be displayed. Users can zoom, pan, and select the vehicle to display, as well as adjust the playback speed. 3

4 Automatic Background Imagery and Road Map Tools This feature allows you to select what background maps you would like to have visible in the mapping window. If you have an active internet connection you can choose to display aerial satellite imagery only, road maps only, a combination of aerial and road maps or no internet backgrounds. Set Background Tool The Set Background tool allows users to turn on a previously saved spatial or image background. The user can also add or edit new backgrounds to be displayed behind the active map layer. Edit Map Options Tool The Edit Map Options tool allows users to modify the settings for the currently mapped layer and (if running SMS Advanced) adjust the 3-D map settings. The scale, compass, grid lines, tooltips and landmark notes can all be modified using this tool. Selection Tools There are two selection types available for use- Select Objects and Select Intersection. Using Select Objects will result in the entire point or polygon that the user includes in his selection method to be selected, even if the entire polygon was not included in the area the user defined to select. Select Intersection allows the user to select only portions of an object. 4

5 All of the tools contained in the Selection Tool Drop Down allows users to customize the area that they are selecting. With the exception of Select via Filter and Invert Selection, when a user chooses any of the other selection methods they will be able to manually select or draw the area that they wish to select. Select via Filters allows users to create rules for what data should be selected, and when applied, SMS will automatically select the areas in the map that meet the criteria defined in the rule. Clicking Invert Selection will make anything that is not currently selected, become selected in the main mapping window. Query Tools The query tools allow users to view statistics about the area they currently have selected in the active map layer. The Query Current Layer tool is used to provide details about the current selection in the active map layer. The Query Layer tool will open a dialog allowing users to choose if they want to Query through Current Layer or Query Multiple Layers. Query through Current Layer will use the area currently selected in the active layer as a cookie cutter to cut through the mapped layers below and provide details of all layers. Query Multiple Layers will use the area on the current layer to make selections and provide results on the layers below. Any active queries can be added to a custom print layout. Organize Layer Tool Clicking on the Organize Layer tool allows users to reorder the layers currently displayed in the active map, rename the map layer, or remove the layer from the main mapping window. 5

6 Edit Layer Tool With a Spatial Map active in the main mapping window, clicking on the Edit Layer tool will open the Point Editor window where changes can be made and saved to the active map layer. Layer/Landmark Notes Tools Clicking on the Edit Layer Notes or Edit Landmark Notes icon will open the Notes Editor window where existing notes can be selected, edited, and deleted. New notes can also be added to the active map layer. Create New Map Layer Tools These tools allow for new layers to be created based on the currently mapped layer directly from the main mapping screen. 6