Zone Designer

Zone Designer allows users drawing any precise zone on a map/chart. That is powerful tool for visualization of any desired monitoring zone on a map/chart. Also that is a basis for reports.

Zone Designer tool allows creating two types of zones (Circle and Polygon) and two types of lines (Line L and Line R).

To start Zone Designer click the Zone Designer button   on the toolbar and you will see the Zone Designer window.

Zone Designer description:

• Select Zone : Use this dropdown box to select any existing zone or to create a new one.

• Zone Name: Use this box to display and edit a zone’s name (by default the program uses ”ZoneX” name for every new zone, where X is a first available number).

• Rename: Use this button to rename any existing zone.

• Delete: Use this button to delete any existing zone.

• Enable: Leave this box checked to enable a zone.

• Zone Type: Use this box to select a type of a zone (Circle or Polygon) or a type of a line (Line L or Line R).

• Radius: Type a length of the radius in Nautical Miles (NM). Note: available only for Circle.

• Color: Use this dropdown box to select any predefined color of a zone.

• Fill: Check this box to hatch a zone.

• Latitude and Longitude: Type in these boxes a zone’s position. For the circle zone that is a center of the circle.
  Tip: Use the Add Points button to simplify this action.

• Delete: Check this box to delete any points (latitude and longitude pairs).

• Set Zone Points: Use this button to create zone points by clicking on the map.

• OK: Click this button to save the changes and return to the main view.

• Cancel: Click this button to cancel all changes and return to the main view.

• Apply: Click this button to save the changes but keep the designer window open.