Mapping Toolbox

The Menus

There are five pull-down menus associated with maptool.

• The Session menu manipulates the workspace and sets the figure window renderer for the maptool session.
• The Map menu command activates GUIs that are used to project objects onto the map axes.
• The Display menu edits map axes properties, manipulates display settings, calculates and displays navigational tracks, small circles, surface distances and map distortion, and provides print preview.
• The Tools menu provides a variety of miscellaneous mapping tools, including means to hide and delete mapped objects, and adjust axes display properties.
• The Colormaps menu allows for manipulation of the colormap for the current figure.

Starting maptool

The Mouse Tool Buttons