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Re: homing in on a target

Subject: Re: homing in on a target
From: quills -at- airmail -dot- net
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 11:22:19 -0500

Hello whirlers,

Here's another terminology question. I'm documenting a GIS-type interface. One of the
functions allows the user to find a particular point (a feature such as an airport, a
radar installation, etc.) on a map by specifying the point's identifier, then clicking a
Locate button. The Locate function pans the map view so that the specified point is
centred in the map window, then a red circle is displayed which diminishes in size over a
period of about a second as it homes in on the point. My current draft description of the
Locate function is:

"The Locate function centres the selected feature in the map window and then draws your
attention to that point by momentarily displaying a shrinking red circle centred on the
point."

My question is: Can anyone suggest a name for the diminishing red circle? The developer
of the function doesn't have a name for it, and terms such as "highlight", "target"
and "bullseye" don't seem to quite fit.

Target seems to fit.

Keep it simple and understandable. ;-)

Scott

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References:
homing in on a target: From: Larry Sherman

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