(a) |
The "GPS Preferences" menu option. Selecting
this option brings up a dialog box where
preferences for an attached GPS device can be
set.
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(b) |
The "Bus Information" menu option. Selecting
this option brings up a dialog box to view
information on bus routes.
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(c) |
The "Clear Route" menu option. Selecting this
option clears a bus route that was found using
the bus routing function.
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(d) |
The "Clear Target" menu option. Selecting this
option clears a target that was set using the
"Target" mode.
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(e) |
The "Help" menu option. Selecting this option
displays a screen with an explanation of all
toolbar buttons.
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(f) |
The "About MacauMap" menu option. Selecting
this option displays information related to the
current version of MacauMap installed in the
PDA.
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(g) |
The "Find" function button. Pressing this
button brings up a dialog box to find the location
of streets and scenic spots.
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(h) |
The "Bus Route" toggle button. Toggling this
button on displays icons for all bus stops in the
map, toggling it off hides bus stop icons. When
toggled on, the info mode (p) provides information
about bus stops, and access to the bus routing
function.
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(i) |
The "Backward" function button. Pressing this
button displays the previous map in the navigation
history.
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(j) |
The "Show All" function button. Pressing this
button displays the whole map of Macau, Taipa and
Coloane.
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(k) |
The "Forward" function button. Pressing this
button displays the next map in the navigation
history.
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(l) |
The "Zoom Level" indicator. The current zoom
level of the map is displayed, with 1x meaning the
entire map of Macau, Taipa and Coloane.
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(m) |
The "Zoom-In" mode button. Pressing this button
changes the application into "zoom-in"
mode. Zooming in is performed by using the stylus
and dragging a rectangular box around the area of
the map to be zoomed into.
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(n) |
The "Zoom-Out" mode button. Pressing this
button changes the application into "zoom-out"
mode. Zooming out is performed by tapping the
stylus anywhere on the screen. The map is then
zoomed out to the closest predefined zoom-out
level (1x, 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x, 64x, 128x). For
example, a map at 54x zoom level would be zoomed
out to 32x zoom level.
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(o) |
The "Pan" mode button. Pressing this button
changes the application into "panning"
mode. Panning is performed by touching the screen
with the stylus and dragging it in any
direction.
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(p) |
The "Info" mode button. Pressing this button
changes the application into "info"
mode. Information (street/scenic spot name) is
displayed by tapping a street or scenic spot on
the screen with the stylus. When the Bus Route
toggle button is toggled on, the names and
stopping buses of bus stops can be displayed in
the same manner, and bus stops can be selected as
starting or ending bus stops for searching for a
bus route.
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(q) |
The "Target" mode button. Pressing this button
changes the application into "target" mode. A
target is set by tapping any location on the
screen with the stylus. After that, on any
subsequently displayed map an arrow is shown at
the centre of the screen, pointing in the
approximate direction of the target. The direction
shown is one of the eight main directions on the
compass (N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW).
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(r) |
The "Centre-On-GPS" function button. Pressing
this button centres the map on the user's current
location by obtaining a reading from an attached
GPS device.
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(s) |
The "Language" toggle button. The button
toggles between English and Chinese language. The
language toggle setting affects the display of
street, scenic spot, and bus stop names. The
language toggle setting also affects the Find
function. If the current language toggle setting
is English, then English characters should be
entered in the Find dialog's search field,
otherwise Chinese characters should be
entered.
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