How to calculate an area in MapTech

by Flor Perez (20 September 2004)

Steps:
  1. Open Terrain Navigator Pro.

  2. Open Map, in this example you open San Diego/Joshua Tree (CA). Select the quadrant that you want to work with.

  3. From the Tool Bar select the "track tool" (a pencil) to draw the lines.

  4. When you finish the track, right click and select "Finish Track" on the menu.

  5. If you want to edit the line, right click and select "Edit" on the menu.

  6. You can also change the style, color and width of the line.

  7. To calculate an area, go to Tool Bar and select "Route Tool" (cartesian xy).

  8. Put some waypoints around the area and close the route doing right click and selecting "Toggle route loop".

  9. Now you can fix the waypoints around the area.

  10. When you finish, right click on the menu and select "Information".

  11. You will see the Route Information, including the route area.