GPS for Dummies.pdf - Engineering Surveyor

Chapter 13: On the Ground with Maptech Terrain Navigator211Figure 13-1:TerrainNavigatorstate startupmap. If you know the general area you’d like to view, click there on the map. Agrid appears in the vicinity of where you click. Each of the rectangles inthe grid represents a 1:24,000 USGS topographic map. Moving the cursor over the grid displays the map name at the top of thewindow that’s associated with a rectangle. Double-click a rectangle to display a map. If you know the USGS map name, you can select it from the Map Namedrop-down list, which displays all the map names associated with thecurrently selected grid.If you click different parts of the state map, you’ll notice that grids appear anddisappear. When a grid is displayed, it shows all the maps that are on one ofthe CDs that came with Terrain Navigator; the name of the CD appears in thewindow title. This helps you know which disc you need to insert into yourCD-ROM drive to display maps for different areas.Double-clicking a grid rectangle is one way to display a map, but here arequicker and more precise ways to view a specific location. You can displaya map by searching for City or town name ZIP code Coordinates