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Map Properties
To configure how the map elements and job objects look on the screen and which parameters display. This dialog contains the following tabs:
Click
to open the pop-up menu containing additional options:
General tab 
Map Font
In this group you can change font size and font style of text on the Map. You can select either Small Font, or Medium Font, or Large Font. Additionally, you can set Bold Font style for the selected font size.
Data Label Font
In this group you can change the font style for the displayed values (configurable in the Select Value to Display and Select Stakeout Value dialogs). This group is not displayed in the properties of Main Map.
Map View
For stakeout, this group allows to toggle the display of Cut/Fill bar and Compass with High Precision option for compass. High Precision mode zooms into the point when the user navigates close to the point being staked, and then switches the navigation compass to a precise mode for more convenience. Note that the Compass option is unavailable in specific stakeout routines (e.g. real-time road).
For Topo map, Auto Topo map, Sideshot map, Survey Cross Section map this group allows to toggle the Profile View on the map. The Profile View is an overlay panel on the map displaying points in the vertical plane.
For Survey Cross Section map, this group allows to toggle the Section View on the map. The Section View is an overlay panel on the map that starts displaying measured points in section layout.
In the bottom part of the dialog more controls are available:
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Persistence Snap Toolbar Buttons
If the check box is selected, a user can set the command with a button in the Snap Toolbar and select linework without constantly restarting the command.
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Current Position
If the check box is selected, the program automatically snaps back to the center if it moves off the edge of the map. The check box is not available in map properties (stake).
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Map rotation
If the check box is selected, your current position does not move from the center of the screen: the map rotates behind the current position instead. The check box is not available in Main Map properties.
Note: Map rotation functionality is not available for on-board.
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Customize Toolbar
Click the button to configure the toolbar items to display (the toolbar located on the right side of the map). For more information, refer to the respective help topic:
Points tab 
In this tab you can configure displaying of the following objects on the Map by selecting the appropriate check boxes.
Points
- If the Points check box is selected you can select:
- The displaying of the following point parameters along with the points: Names, Icons, Codes, Notes, Heights, and Custom Symbols.
- The displaying the following points type: Auto Topo, Scanned and Staked (including / excluding Staked Design - design points after they are staked). Also, you can enable / disable displaying of Custom Symbols.
- If the Points check box is deselected, the Map does not display any points type of the job.
Entities tab 
In this tab you can choose the specific object types to show or hide on the Map and select object types parameters to display.
Lines
If the Lines check box is selected, Map shows all the lineworks in a current job.
- Transitions - select this check box to show all start / end points of the linework segment. Note that transitions will be displayed for a selected linework only.
- Distances - select this check box to display distances between start / end points for each segment of a selected linework.
- Directions - select this check box to display directions for a selected linework.
Roads
If the Roads check box is selected, Map shows all the roads in a current job.
- Stations - select this check box to show the road start stations;
- Transitions - select this check box to show start /end points of horizontal alignment segments (will be displayed for all roads of the current job);
- Templates - select this check box to show the road X-sections.
Planes
If the Planes check box is selected, Map shows all the planes in a current job.
3D tab 
In this tab you can select the fill type of the surfaces, configure point selection on 3D model elements on the Map in 3D view and adjust Map in 3D view settings.
- In the Surface Fill mode group, select how to plot a surface on the Map in 3D view:
- Solid - solid color fill is used to visually isolate a surface from other objects on the 3D Map.
- Wireframe - contoured surface wire-frame is plotted to visually isolate a surface from other objects on the 3D Map.
- Solid + Wireframe - combination of solid color fill and contoured surface wire-frame visually isolates a surface from other objects on the 3D Map.
- Check the Relief Map box to apply the elevation depended color gradient to fill a surface on the 3D Map.
- In the 3D Models group, specify how to handle the selection of points on 3D model elements:
- Select Insertion Points - if checked, the 3D model element's insertion point is automatically selected and displayed on the Map when clicking on the 3D model element. To deselect the insertion point, just click on it. If cleared, clicking on the 3D model element doesn't select and doesn't display its insertion point.
- Select Multiple Points - if checked, multiple points of selected 3D model element can be selected by sequential clicking on them. To deselect a point, click on it again. If cleared, only one point of 3D model element can be selected. Clicking on the next point selects this point and deselects the previous point of 3D model element.
- If the Show Objects Border check box is selected, a contoured rectangular cuboid covering all the objects is displayed on the Map in 3D view.
- If the Show Grid Lines check box is selected, grid lines are shown on the Map in 3D view.
Surfaces tab 
The left panel of the tab contains the list of the surfaces. You can select any surfaces and the right panel will show these objects.
To show / hide surface(s) on the Map, select / deselect the respective check box.
Redlines tab 
In this tab, the list of redlines - the edits that have been created within MAGNET Enterprise cloud service - are displayed. Redlines allow users to visually communicate any critical project information; for example, to define areas that need additional data.
Redlines are only available when you are connected to Enterprise.
- The list shows available redlines, with a preview. When switching to another MAGNET Enterprise project, all redlines are removed from the list, and the new ones will be downloaded.
- MAGNET Field allow multiple redlines to be shown on the map, just like drawings (vector backgrounds). To have a redline displayed on the map, check the box next to required item in the list. Use the Select All and Unselect All buttons for multiple list items.
Backgnd tab 
The left panel of the tab contains the list of the imported vector and raster backgrounds:
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is used for vector background;
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is used for raster background;
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is used for site scanned background.
- To preview a background, highlight it. The right panel will display the drawing.
- To have a background displayed / hidden on the Map dialog, select / deselect the check box next to the respective background.
- You can select a predefined map backgrounds and / or raster background images from the Web Map Service to show them on the Map dialog. This option is available for selecting if both of the following conditions are satisfied:
- raster background (
) and site scan background (
) is not selected in the left panel; - either a GNSS type of instrument is selected for work, or an optical type of instrument is selected to work and there is a projection (other than <none>) selected.
- Click the
button in the Background Map panel to open the respective dialog, where you can select the necessary background type.
Below is the additional information on predefined map backgrounds.
The application automatically loads the selected predefined map to the current job under the following conditions:
- The Controller / PC has Internet access;
- The following elements are selected:
- The Predefined check box in the Map Background dialog;
- The <type of predefined map> check box in the Background Map panel.
The application automatically loads the selected raster background images from the Web Map Services to the current job under the following conditions:
- The Controller / PC should have Internet access;
- The display area of the Map dialog should be included to the background image area of the WMS record;
- The following elements should be selected:
- The Custom WMS check box in the Map Background dialog;
- A layer of background image in the Map Background dialog;
- The <WMS> or <type of predefined map + WMS> check box in the Background Map panel.
Note: Displaying a background map is not supported in tape measurements (the Tape Dimension dialog).
3D Models tab 
The tab displays the list of available 3D models that can be used as backgrounds. More...
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