Navigating around / Exploring the view
Introduction
There are several tools you can use to navigate around the map. These are basically zooms and panning.
Zooms and panning
You can activate these tools by clicking on the "View” menu and then on “Navigation".
or by using the button bar which is quicker. Zoom in: Enlarges a particular area of the view.
Zoom out: Reduces a particular area of the view.
Previous zoom: Goes back to the previous zoom used.
Full extent: Full zoom of the total area included in all the layers of the view.
Panning: This allows you to change the view zoom by dragging the viewing field all over the view with the mouse. Click and hold down the left button of the mouse then move the mouse in the direction you require.
Zoom to selection: Full zoom of the total area of all the selected elements.
Zoom to layer: To zoom to the layer, right click on the selected layer in the ToC, or click on the “Zoom to layer” option in the contextual menu.
Zoom manager
You can access the “Zoom manager” from the tool bar by clicking on the following button:
or from the “View” menu, then “Navigation” and “Zoom manager”.
By clicking on the “Zoom manager” you can save a zoom so that you can go back to it at a later stage.
This tool can be used to name the current zoom of the view with the text bar which appears in the window.
Click on “Save” and the zoom currently in the view will automatically be added to the “Zoom manager” text box.
You can create and save as many zooms as you wish. Use the "Select” and “Delete” buttons to manage your working areas.
