Pointer

Pointer Attributes
Attribute data associated with a spatial feature that describes its positional and operational relationship with adjacent, contiguous, or other features in the spatial database.
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- Pointer - Used to select, move and resize features
- Vertex editing - Used to edit the location of vertex in a theme (DISABLED IN DP)
- Select by feature - Drag the mouse to create a box in which all features in the active theme are selected ...

4 Pointers: quad['NW'], quad['NE'], quad['SW'], and quad['SE']
point; which in turn contains:
key; usually expressed as x, y coordinates
value; for example a name ...

The pointer will change to an L-square , and when you click on a location, you will see a line between the place you clicked and the pointer. You will also notice that the window above reports the length of the line.

CURSOR
A pointer or other symbol on a screen that indicates the active position. Movement of the cursor is generally accomplished through the use of a mouse or other pointing device.
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For additional pointers to place name data and online gazetteers see this directory
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2. An internal pointer to a record in a table which provides a mechanism for processing a selected set of records. The cursor is moved one by one through the set while operations such as display, query and update are performed.

Click on the Pointer Tool (looks like an arrow) on the View Tool bar
Move the cursor to the View display and click on the View - away from the selected text
Notice that the text no longer has the handles surrounding it.

colors commands are listed beneath the Category Pointer Movement, Color Modification, Replotting Screen, and Quitting sections below. Commands are invoked by typing in the single-key response shown to the left below.

A heade r file contains information about its thematic domain, pointer to a base map, and pointers to the first and last event lists. The base map shows an initial snapshot of a single theme of interest in a geographic area.

The basis of heads-up digitising is to use the mouse pointer to trace around the image to be digitised, recording the coordinates as it moves - in much the same manner as moving the puck on a digitising table or tablet.

Descriptions, tools, resources,and pointers to loads of info are provided. (Feb. 2001)
SDTS - Everything you always wanted to know about the SDTS data format, conveniently located in one place! (Feb. 2001)
Viewing & Importing .

When the database was first opened, the program was handed back a link to the first record in the database, which also contained pointers to other pieces of data.

To make them black, select the pointer tool from the button menu and click on one of the green labels. In the menu bar, go to Window, then down to Show Symbol Window. Bring up the "Color Palette," as before.

A graphic pointer used with a mouse to point to a location on a terminal screen.
2. An internal pointer to a record in a table which provides a mechanism for processing a selected set of records.

GPS saves money for fleets in a variety of ways, according to Israel Ronn, general manager of Cellocator, the Products Division of Pointer Telocation Ltd.

It allows one to prepare electronic documents that are composites of, or pointers to, many different files of potentially different types, scattered across the world.

The network model allows multiple tables to be used together though the use of pointers (or references). Some columns contain pointers to different tables instead of data.

The pointer changes to a crosshair. Since there is no straight path from the Himalaya Hotel to Pashupati Nath, you will need to measure the path in several segments.

I bet you will see it over and over at this and other conferences¾a speaker waves a laser pointer at a couple of maps and says something like "see how similar the maps are.

A crosshair pointer (top) can be used to point at a location stored in a GIS.

Under View menu, a new function "Geo-Coded Coordinates" is added to switch the display of current mouse pointer coordinates between "geo-coded" (with control points or TFW data applied) or image pixel space (without using control point or TFW data).

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Ensuite, nous pointerions le télescope du théodolite vers le coin de l'un des immeubles et nous noterions l'angle. Par la suite, nous mesurerions et noterions la distance par rapport à ce même coin.

For example the monthly water consumption of a region is a numerical measure which can be summarized (rolled-up) by a year.
The spatial measure contains one or more pointers to spatial objects.

To avoid endless increasing of the size of data, the current implementation used a queue and index pointer for new comments. When the queue is full, the new comments will be added to the first comment record.

Cursor - A hand-controlled computer hardware device consisting of a graphic pointer or crosshairs and keys, used to point to locations on a computer terminal screen.

PanTrack™
A Garmin-proprietary feature that allows the user to move the pointer and pan a track in either direction, then select a location along the track to start a TracBack® or GoTo, or to mark a waypoint.

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Graphical User Interface - A graphical tool, incorporating such objects as icons, menus, pointers and scroll bars, through which a user may interact with a computer to perform various tasks via a pointing device.

[ESRI software] In ArcMap, a user-assistance component that displays an on-screen description of the layer name or target being snapped to when the mouse pointer is paused over it.

A user-created draw object comprised of a text box with a pointer typically used to add annotation about a particular location on the map.
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The Avenue language contains methods for obtaining properties of geographic features and computing additional properties. For detailed information, search for "Shape (class)" in the help system and follow the pointers to the shape types that interest ...

Move the pointer to the intersecton of the fences and click
Now with the pick tool, and the topological modifier set to segment, you should be able to pick the dangling ends of the fences and delete them with the backspace key.

These systems use a WIMP (Windows, Icons, Menus, & Pointers) configuration to allow the operator to select from a wide variety of commands, without the drudgery of retyping line command after line command.

Usually consists of a horizontal bar with a fin at one end and a aerodynamic pointer at the other end. The center of horizontal is attached to a vertical spindle which is connected to a mechanical device that records direction.

See also: Information, GIS, Feature, Class, Map