Working with spatial bookmarks
About spacial bookmarks
A spatial bookmark is a named marker that identifies the zoom extents of a particular location or selection of objects. The bookmark is saved to the network for future reference. This allows you to jump to views of areas around the network easily by accessing saved bookmarks.
Creating spacial bookmarks
- Do one of the following:
- To create a spacial bookmark based on the view currently displayed in the GeoPlan window, select GeoPlan | Spatial bookmarks | Add from view.
The Spacial Bookmark dialog shows initial coordinates set from the extents of the currently displayed view in the GeoPlan window.
- To create a spacial bookmark based on the items currently selected in the GeoPlan window, select GeoPlan | Spatial bookmarks | Add from selection.
The Spacial Bookmark dialog shows intial coordinates set from the extents of the view that will be displayed when zooming to selection. If there is no selection, coordinates are set from the extents of the currently displayed view in the GeoPlan window.
- To create a spacial bookmark based on manually entered coordinates, select GeoPlan | Spatial bookmarks | Add from coordinates.
The Spacial Bookmarks dialog shows initial coordinates set to the centre of the current view extents. You can change these values to manually define the coordinates to be used as view extents.
- To create a spacial bookmark based on the view currently displayed in the GeoPlan window, select GeoPlan | Spatial bookmarks | Add from view.
- If required, add extra space around the view extents by entering a value in the Padding box.
- Enter a name for the spacial bookmark in the Name box.
- Click OK.
Viewing spacial bookmarks
Saved bookmarks for the current network are viewed in the Spatial Bookmarks window, which is displayed by selecting Window | Spatial bookmarks window.
To jump to a bookmarked view:
- Click a bookmark in the Spatial Bookmarks window.
The GeoPlan window is centred to show selected spacial bookmark, with an outline box briefly appearing around it.
The Spatial Bookmark dialog is displayed. You can use this to change the area covered by the spacial bookmark. The padding option is not available in this case.
Managing spacial bookmarks
Spatial bookmark management is carried out using the Manage Spatial Bookmarks dialog.
To display the Manage Spatial Bookmarks dialog, do one of the following:
- Select GeoPlan | Spatial bookmarks | Manage bookmarks.
- Double-click the network name in the Spatial Bookmarks window.
