map_canvas {DASplusR}R Documentation

Place Annotations

Description

In this dialog the annotations (legend, north arrow and scale) are placed on the map.

To place an annotation click on the buttons 'Add Legend', 'Add North Arrow' or 'Add Scale'. To draw the annotations without opening the settings dialog click them with the right mouse button and the last settings respectively the default settings are used.

Legend:

In the legend dialog the title and the size of the legend are defined. With clicking the button 'Add' the legend is drawn. After changing the title click 'Add' again to update the drawing.

North Arrow:

In the north arrow dialog the size and the direction of the north arrow are defined. Click 'Add' to draw the north arrow. Changes in size or angle afterwards are directly updated in the drawing.

Scale:

In the scale dialog a title, the labels for minimum, middle and maximum value and the unit are defined. Per default the minimum value is zero. The maximum value is taken as the width of a tick mark of the x-coordinate. The middle value is set as the half of the maximum value.

The position of these elements can be defined by moving them to the wanted position. Therefore click on the items and move them with pressed left mouse button.

To generate the map click 'OK'


[Package DASplusR version 1.0-1 Index]