8.2. Appearances and functions of the mouse cursor

At any moment, the position of the mouse cursor on the map provides information about the elementary unit that it points. The content of the table depends on the current map, Figure 8.1 shows the case of the synthesis map where are displayed:

Figure 8.1. Details box for the synthesis map

Details box for the synthesis map

This screenshot shows the "Details" box on the left bottom corner of the application. The user's mouse is over the Guyane. Associated computed values to this unit are displayed in the box.


Except for the synthesis map, a left click anywhere on the map changes the function of the cursor to “Pan”, as long as this option is on (see Section 6.3).

On the synthesis map, the "hand" mouse pointer shows that the histogram function is on. A right click on a region opens its histogram synthesis view (see synthesis as an histogram).