Selecting Details to Show
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Each category of detail type may be switched on or off by clicking on its check box. The details types are
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Lakes - If selected, then any major lakes in the map region will be drawn |
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Rivers - If selected, then any major rivers in the map region will be drawn |
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Country Borders - If selected, then any country borders in the map region will be drawn |
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State Borders - If selected, then any state borders in the map region will be drawn onto the map |
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Country Names - If selected, then any country names in the map region will be written onto the map |
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City Names - If selected, then any city names in the map region will be written onto the map |
Note that only those lakes, rivers, country borders and state borders which are included in the Solar Maps map database can be drawn on maps. For example, state borders are only included for the USA, Canada and Australia.
If the “Country Names” option is selected, then the country file is searched to find country names which are available to be plotted on the current map region, whenever the map is redrawn. It is possible to customise the country names and alter the conditions upon which each name is plotted. See Editing Countries for instructions on how to do this.
If the “City Names” option is selected, then the current city file is searched to find city names which are available to be plotted on the current map region, whenever the map is redrawn. If no city file is currently selected, then you will first be prompted to select a city file. See Editing Cities for instructions on how to do this.
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To change the selection of city file |
Click on the “City File...“ button.
This results in the “Select Cities File to Open” dialog box appearing, from which you can choose an existing city file, or create a new city file. For more information on this process, see Editing Cities.