Figure Style Base Map

Use the Figure Style Base Map and Figure Titles dialogs to create a figure map style base map.

These dialogs are called from the BASEMAP2 GX, which is implemented as a wizard that runs several different dialogs depending on which map style layout you choose.

Figure Style Base Map dialog options

North direction (deg Azimuth from Y)

The direction of geographic North in degrees clockwise relative to the coordinate system Y axis. If blank, a north arrow is not drawn.

Script Parameter: FIGMAP.NORTH

Reference grid

A reference grid can be plotted over the data either as dotted lines, solid lines, crosses at reference grid line intersections, or not at all.

Script Parameter: FIGMAP.REFGRID

Reference grid spacing

By default, the system will determine a suitable spacing between reference grid lines. If the default spacing is not suitable, you may specify your own in ground units.<li class="Note"> NOTE: If you make the spacing too small, the grid annotations may overlap.</li>

Script Parameter: FIGMAP.REFSPACE

Add compass direction to annotations

The reference grid coordinates are plotted around the edge of the data. Specify YES if you would like the annotations to have a compass direction appended to the number, in which case negative coordinates will be annotated W and S, and positive coordinates will be annotated E and N. For example, -25 can be annotated as 25S or 25W if you specify YES.

Script Parameter: FIGMAP.COMPASS

Line thickness (microns)

Reference grid line thickness in microns.

Script Parameter: FIGMAP.REFTHICK

Line colour

Reference grid colour

Script Parameter: FIGMAP.REFCOLOR

Add Longitude, latitude annotations?

If a longitude, latitude reference grid is requested, a projection file that describes the map projection must be provided.

Script Parameter: FIGMAP.LLGRID

Longitude increment (deg.mmss)

Latitude increment (deg.mmss)

The increment between geographic annotations. By default, the system will determine a suitable spacing between geographic reference coordinates. If the default spacing is not suitable, you may specify your own in deg.mmss, where deg = degrees, mm = minutes and ss = seconds. NOTE: If you make the spacing too narrow, the annotations may overlap.

Script Parameter: FULLMAP.LLINCLONG, FULLMAP.LLINCLAT

Line thickness (microns)

Line thickness for the geographic reference grid.

Script Parameter: FIGMAP.LLTHICK

Line colour

Line colour for the geographic reference grid.

Script Parameter: FIGMAP.LLCOLOR

Figure Titles dialog options

Title

Figure title. The title and sub-titles are placed at the bottom center of the figure.

Script Parameter: FIGMAP.TITLE

Sub-Title

First sub-title

Script Parameter: FIGMAP.SUB_1

Sub-Title

Second sub title

Script Parameter: FIGMAP.SUB_2

Application Notes

This function replaces the FIGMAP GX, which was built into the BASEMAP2 GX wizard in version 4.2.