General tab

This tab of the Map Properties dialog contains settings for tuning of the Map look and enabling and using of in-build map features.

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 Stake map view, this group allows to toggle the display of Cut/Fill bar and enter the desired Cut/fill bar gradation spacing in the Interval field.

For Stake map view, this group also allows to toggle the display of Compass that shows the distance and direction to the point being staked. The High Precision option for compass 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 view, Auto Topo map view, Sideshot map view, Survey X-Section map view and when the reference surface is enabled, this group allows to toggle the display of Cut/Fill bar on the map and enter the desired Cut/fill bar gradation spacing in the Interval field.

For Survey X-Section map view, this group allows to toggle the Section View on the map. The Section View is a semitransparent overlay panel on the map that displays measured points in the vertical plane on a cross-section scheme. Long tap (right click) on the top of the overlay panel and use the local context menu to increase / decrease the visible size of the panel.

For Stake map view when staking a road, a surface of a design road, or a slope, this group allows to toggle the Section View on the map. The Section View is a semitransparent overlay panel on the map that display the cross-section scheme on the current stakeout station and the current position in the vertical plane. Displayed cross-section is referred by the blue dotted line on the map. Long tap (right click) on the top of the overlay panel and use the local context menu to increase / decrease the visible size of the panel.

For Stake map view when staking a design surface, this group allows to toggle the Section View on the map. The Section View is a semitransparent overlay panel on the map that displays the section of the design surface in the vertical plane on the current position. The orientation of the displayed surface section can be set with the Direction button: select either North to orient the section view, or Moving Direction to orient the section view to the direction of moving during the stakeout session. Displayed section is referred by the blue dotted line on the map. Long tap (right click) on the top of the overlay panel and use the local context menu to increase / decrease the visible size of the panel.


In the bottom part of the dialog more controls are available: