User Define View Geography/Maps

Geography shows the land and sea characteristics of the world. This is not an overlay that can be selected, but is set as part of the view.

To open Geography/Maps

Click the View Settings button on the Main toolbar.
The User Defined View Settings window appears.
In the tree directory, click Geography/Map.
The Geography/Map tab appears.

Area	Item	Description
Map options	Solid - indicates that you want to use a solid color on the map for the land and water. Click on the color box to change the color that appears on the map.	Land (USA) - The color of USA land. Land (non-USA) - The color of Non-USA land. Water - The color of all water. Preset Themes - a set of color themes already designed for you to use. Choose from Classic - the US is brown with the water dark blue. Dark - the US is grayish-brown and the water is almost black. Green- the US is olive green and the water is a shade of grayish-blue. Light - the US is a light tan and the water is light blue.
	Terrain shading - indicates that you want to use terrain shading on the map.	Select from one of the following for terrain shading: Classic brown Forest Green Key Lime Olive drab Lemon-Lime Mapping Enable elevation shading - check to indicate that you want to see mountain ranges on the map. Show water depth - check to indicate that you want to see different depths in the water. Different shades of blue indicate changes in depth of the water.
	Dynamic map	Choose from: MapQuest street MapQuest satellite MapQuest hybrid
Geography Colors	US Counties	Click to show all U.S. counties. Click the color box next to the check box if you want to change the color of the US Counties that appears on the map.
	Country Names	Click to show all world country names. Click the color box next to the check box if you want to change the color of the country names that appears on the map.
	World Rivers	Click to show all the rivers of the World (same color as water in the Geography Color section).
	World Lakes	Click to show all the lakes of the World (same color as water in the Geography Color section).
	Color for Point Display of Airport / NAVAID / Radar / Fix	When viewing a large geographical area, some overlays are displayed as colored single points (as opposed to their full symbol). Used to avoid screen clutter. Click the color box next to the check box if you want to change the color that appears on the map.
Political Boundaries	Political Boundary Lines	The color of country and state lines. Click the color box next to the check box if you want to change the color of the political boundaries that appears on the map.
	Draw State / Country Lines on Top of Weather	Click to show the U.S. state and country borders on top of any selected weather products, background images, and shape files.
	Draw USA County Lines on Top of Weather	Click to show the USA county borders on top of any selected weather product. U.S. counties must be selected above to be drawn. When counties are redrawn, state lines are also redrawn.
	Bkgnd images	Indicates that you want the boundaries to appear on top of the background images. With this selected, weather images cover up the boudaries.
	Wthr/shape files	Indicates that you want the boundaries to appear on top of the weather images.
Zoom Levels	Use the slider to choose the level that counties are visible on-screen. Click the @ button to select the current zoom level. The corresponding item will be visible from the selected zoom level to the lowest zoom level (city).
Day / Night Shading	Draw Day / Night	Click to show day and night shading on top of background images. Use the slider to adjust the nighttime shading from lighter or darker.
Day / Night Shading	Draw Sun	Click to show a graphical image of the Sun's position over the Earth.
Center Longitude	Use this option to always center your map on a specific longitudinal position upon starting the program or when using a non-projected view. This is useful when your work is focused on a particular part of a country or the globe. Enter a point from -180° to +180°.
Note Some computers may experience a performance penalty when using this feature due to lack of sufficient power or memory.