Displaying Maps and Finding Places with Terrain Navigator

When Terrain Navigator starts up, a map of the state or region that you’ve installed on your PC is displayed. Here are the basic rules of engagement:

• If you know the general area you’d like to view, click there on the map. A grid appears in the vicinity of where you click. Each of the rectangles in the grid represents a 1:24,000 USGS topographic map.
• Moving the cursor over the grid displays the map name at the top of the window that’s associated with a rectangle.
• Double-click a rectangle to display a map.
• If you know the USGS map name, you can select it from the Map Name drop-down list, which displays all the map names associated with the currently selected grid.

If you click different parts of the state map, you’ll notice that grids appear and disappear. When a grid is displayed, it shows all the maps that are on one of the CDs that came with Terrain Navigator; the name of the CD appears in the window title. This helps you know which disc you need to insert into your CD-ROM drive to display maps for different areas.
Double-clicking a grid rectangle is one way to display a map, but here are quicker and more precise ways to view a specific location. You can display a map by searching for

• City or town name
• ZIP code
• Coordinates
• Place names
• Features you’ve previously marked on the map