Global Mapper Toolbars
This section briefly reviews the menus and commands in order to understand the basic purpose of each.
The toolbars provides quick mouse access to many tools used in Global Mapper. To hide or display the toolbars use the View menu.
Turn on and off the display of toolbars from the View > Toolbars sub-menu. The drop-down at the end of each toolbar provides access to Customization of the toolbars, including adding new buttons and showing text labels.
File
Open Data Files
Connect to Online Data
Save Workspace
Map Layout Editor
Configure
Overlay Control Center
Overview Map
Navigation
Selection
Tools
Analysis
Create Elevation Grid
Create Contours
Calculate Cut and Fill Volume (Ctrl+Alt+M)
Path Profile (Alt+L)
Create View Shed (Alt+V)
Create Water Shed
Combine/ Compare Terrain Layers
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Create Density Grid (Heat Map)
Create 3D Fly-through
Viewer
Add 2D Map Views
Rotate Map
Image Swipe
Show 3D View
Link 2D and 3D Views (Ctrl+Shift+3)
Display Water Level
Increase Water Level
Decrease Water Level
Enable/ Disable Hill Shading
Dynamic Hill Shading
Shader Drop-down Menu
GeoCalc
Favorites
Digitizer (Create)
Create Point/ Text Feature
Create Line Feature (Vertex Mode)
Create Line Feature (Trace Mode) (Shift+T)
Create Area Feature
Create Rectangle/ Square Area Feature
Create Circle/ Ellipse Area Feature
Digitizer (Advanced)
Create Distance/ Bearing/ COGO Line
Create Range Rings / Ellipses
Create Regular Grid of Features
Create Strike-and-Dip Point
Cut Selected Area(s) From Another Area
Right Angle Draw Mode (R)
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Ortho Draw Mode
Digitizer (Edit)
Move Selected Feature(s) (Ctrl+Shift+M)
Rotate Scale Feature(s)
Display Area/ Line Vertices (Shift+V)
Move Selected Vertices
Insert Vertex
Combine Line Features
Split Line At Selected Vertex
Create Points From Line/ Area Vertices
Create Lines From Areas
Create Areas From Lines
Combine Selected Areas
Crop To Selected Areas
Create Buffer Around Selected Features
GPS
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Start Tracking GPS (Ctrl+T)
Stop Tracking GPS
Keep GPS\ Video Vessel on screen
Orient View to GPS \Video Heading
Mark Waypoint (Ctrl+M)
Mark Waypoint from Averaged Position
Display GPS Info
Animate
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Start
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Stop
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Slower
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Faster
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Add
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Remove
Mango
Additional
Control Center Toolbar
LiDAR Toolbars
*requires the LiDAR module