Online Guide – Using Pinned Photos/Files

Tumonz has built-in functions to keep the program and data up to date – below are a few usefull tips if you want to do a manual update. Click on any image to enlarge it.

Select the My Photos (1) tab (quick key Alt-4), right-click on the Mapped Images node and choose Add Folder (2), or click the Add Folder button on the Action Bar.

It is often handy to create more space to view the properties of pinned photos in the Properties View (1); to do this simple resize the Tree View and Tabs as indicated by the yellow arrows.

Right-click on the new folder node and choose Add Pinned Photo (1), or click the Add Pinned Photo button on the Action Bar. Choose the photo(s) you want to add (2), and click Yes when asked if you want to use the photo GPS information (3). If you choose No the photos will be pinned in the middle of the current map view.

The map will automatically centre on the new pinned photo (1), and the image file will be the first entry in the File Links list. You can Ctrl + Left-click on the View File button for the image file (2) to show the image in the internal viewer (3), or just Left-click on the View File button to show the image in the default viewer.

It is often handy to create more space to view the properties of pinned photos (in the Properties View); to do this simple resize the Tree View and Tabs as indicated by the yellow arrows.

Once the Property Information style is selected, you can zoom in on any part of New Zealand to see the legal parcel information displayed.

When there is sufficient space Tumonz will display the owner information and survey marks. Zoom in further to see more information.

If you zoom in far enough a button will display on each property (1) – Left-Click the button to get a property report, or Ctrl + Left-Click this to get more options (2).

In the Property Report window you can select any part of the text and then use the context menu (Right-Click) to copy the text to use elsewhere (1). You can also use the Title/ID selector (2) to look up a report for any property for which you have the Property Title.

One extra option (Ctrl + Left-Click) is the Property Encumbrancee Legend – select this to see a legend for the color overlays which indicate the financial institutions which has a registered encumbrance on that property.

You can change the color of each overlay – this may be handy to highlight a few institutions. Simply select the Settings tab (1) and then select Encumbrancee Overlay Colors (2).

If the property information is not showing, you can use the Update/Content Manager in the Tools menu (1). The Update Manager will show unless it is already open in the icon tray (2). In the Update Manager you can select the Installation Detail option to see the installed version details.

The Installation Detail view in the Update Manager shows the version of each installed dataset.

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