Map dialog

This is where you setup which map to show on the currently active canvas, and at what scale to print the map.

Note: This dialog configures settings for the canvas that is currently active. If you want to configure one of the other canvases, first select the relevant canvas from the drop-down list.

There are three options for the background map:

There is no map on this canvas.
The map is from a map file you select from the disk.
The map file that you specify is used as the map on this canvas,
The canvas links to another canvas and shows the same map as on that canvas.

On Canvas 1, you would normally select a map file (option 2). If you want to print that same map at two different print scales, or you want two different layouts, you can put the same map on Canvas 2 by linking it to Canvas 1 (option 3). You would specify different printout scales for each of the two canvases.

Condes reads the map file when it needs to display or print the map, but Condes does not change the contents of the map file.

Which map file to show on this canvas

Choose between (refer to options 1-3 above):

"Do not show a map",
"Show a map file", or
"Show the map from another canvas"

Condes can use OCAD map files (.ocd) (version 6 or newer), bitmap files (.bmp/.gif/.jpg/.png/.tif) and Windows MetaFiles (.wmf/.emf).

Settings for "Show a map file"

Map file

This is the name of the map file. Use the "Change file..." button to browse for another map file.
Condes reads the map file, but it does not alter the file.

Import the map file and store it in the Condes file

When this box is checked, Condes stores a copy of the map file "embedded" in the Condes file. This means that when you share a Condes file with another user, it is ensured that the same map is shown.
Note that whenever Condes detects that a newer version of the map file is available, this file will be read and will replace the current map. This feature can be disabled in File / Standard settings for this PC...

Details ...

This button gives access to map file details, such as bitmap resolution.

Important note about bitmap files: It is important that Condes has the correct resolution (dpi) information for the bitmap file. if the resolution details are incorrect, Condes shows the map at an incorrect scale.
In most cases, the resolution information can be found in the bitmap file, and Condes then reads the resolution directly from the file. However, in case the resolution information is missing in the map file, you need to enter the correct resolution using the Details button.

World coordinates ...

If the map file is a bitmap file, and a World File has been found, then the map is georeferenced. Press this button to see the world coordinates that have been read from the World File, and to enter the coordinate projection to be used when calculating longitude/latitude for controls etc..

OCAD rendering settings

OCAD map layout layer

The OCAD map file may have a layout layer with texts, logos etc. In the OCAD map file there is a setting to turn on or turn off the layout layer.

Independently of the setting in the OCAD map file, Condes allows you to choose whether or not to show the OCAD map layout layer.
The default Condes setting is to show the OCAD layout layer if it is set to visible in the OCAD map file.

For more details on what the OCAD layout layer is, please refer to OCAD documentation.

OCAD background maps

The OCAD map file may have one or more background maps. In the OCAD map file there is a setting to turn on or turn off each background map.

Independently of the setting in the OCAD map file, Condes allows you to choose whether or not to show the OCAD background maps.
The default Condes setting is to show those OCAD background maps that are set to visible in the OCAD map file.

For details on OCAD background maps, please refer to OCAD documentation.

Use overprint effect for colors marked "overprint" in OCAD map

When you check this box, simulated overprint effect is used for those color layers in an OCAD map that are marked as "overprint" colors.

The overprint effect simulates offset printing using spot colors.

Please note that most PostScript printers do NOT support the simulated overprint effect.

When printing, merge course overprint into the OCAD map color layers, above this color layer

An alternative to using overprint effect is to merge the course overprint layer ("Lower Purple" in IOF Map Specification terminology) under the black map color layer. This can be considered a "poor man's overprint effect".

If you place the course overprint below the black color layer in the OCAD map, the course does not obscure black objects, such as paths and rocks.

For IOF events, this option is mandatory, as specified by the IOF Map Commission.

The list box shows the color layers in the selected OCAD map. Use this list box to select the layer in the OCAD map file, above which the course overprint should be placed.

Settings for "Show the map from another canvas"

Canvas

Select from the drop-down list from which canvas you want to use the map. The canvas you select must be configured to use a map file (option 2).

Also link the graphics layout and use the overlaid graphics objects from that canvas

Check this box if you want the graphics layout also to be linked, so that overlaid graphics objects from the selected canvas are used also on this canvas.

Map file scale

If the map file is an OCAD file, Condes reads the map scale directly from the OCAD file, and this field shows the map file scale.

If the map file is a bitmap file or a Windows Metafile format file, make sure to enter the correct map file scale in this field.

If the map scale is not correct, calculated course lengths will also not be correct!

Print scale

This is the scale that is used when this canvas is printed.

If you need to print the same course at two different scales, you can use two canvases showing the same map, and configure different print scales on the two canvases.