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Subject:RE: homing in on a target From:"Erb, Isis" <Isis -dot- Erb -at- globalcrossing -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 3 Aug 2001 12:08:05 -0400
Sounds like a "pinpoint" to me. A red circle that diminishes to a
pinpoint...
Isis
<snip>
"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.
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