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June 2011: Volume 16 Issue 2
EDINA > News > Newsline > Newsline 16.2 > New tools for Digimap
New tools for Digimap
New tools in Digimap Roam allow the drawing of symbols, lines and polygons on a map in addition to adding text, labels and area values.
Digimap has rolled out new functionality for both the Digimap Roam and Geology Roam interfaces.
Ordnance Survey Collection
EDINA has been busy over these last few months creating some significant new features for Digimap Roam. To complement the measurement tools we added at the beginning of April we have now added annotation tools.
These tools will allow users to
- draw symbols, lines and polygons on the map
- add text, labels and area values
- set the colour and style of the features you have added
The features added remain the same geographical size when zooming in and out and can be included on PDF print maps.
Geology Roam
- Print Labels: The print labels show the lexicon code for each of the rocks on the map, allowing for easy identification on a paper map and distinguish rocks with similar colours.
- Active Legend: The Active Legend allows for the reordering of entries in the legend alphabetically or by the number units of that rock type. Users can also click on the map to highlight rocks which will then be identified in the legend, and vice versa: rock selected in the legend will be highlighted on the map. This tool is still in beta.