# Navigation Tools

<span style="font-size: 16px;">![](https://docs.t3rra.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-03/scaled-1680-/avphkggoa3l0ga4zw1fm415u9ai3h5sv64uug-png.png)**The magnifying glass** allows you to zoom in or out on a selected point of a surface. Left clicking will zoom in, right clicking will zoom out. Clicking and dragging the left mouse button will zoom in on an area of interest.</span>

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<span style="font-size: 16px;">![](https://docs.t3rra.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-03/scaled-1680-/rUZpqi-v-1frlamwv4m9hdjmxq-cfxibexzag-png.png)**The grab tool** allows you to move the surface on the screen by clicking and holding, then dragging. This is most useful with large surfaces or when zoomed into a single section of the surface.</span>

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<span style="font-size: 16px;">![](https://docs.t3rra.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-03/scaled-1680-/C5lzr3zezpfvtjeorn7v1a3ty3wfbskkg-9ow-png.png)**The pointer tool** switches the cursor back to selection mode.</span>

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<span style="font-size: 16px;">![](https://docs.t3rra.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-03/scaled-1680-/7Xanfyzii-e2ik8ujg1u-rqrmmruiwa8axldq-png.png)**Zoom to full extent** will change the zoom level to fit the entire surface on the screen.</span>

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<span style="font-size: 16px;">![](https://docs.t3rra.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-03/scaled-1680-/xe9emr5etxfvm0xtdjwp34esiz6rsyraaqexw-png.png)**The crosshairs** will toggle on and off the display of a crosshair at the mouse’s position on the working area.</span>

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<span style="font-size: 16px;">![](https://docs.t3rra.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-03/scaled-1680-/uR1a6knurvx8trpa-a304437uvqv73rgjxejw-png.png)**The camera** captures the surface as a geo-image with latitude and longitude or UTM (easting and northing), in multiple standard image types. </span>

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<span style="font-size: 16px;">![](https://docs.t3rra.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-03/scaled-1680-/3OKw7iq-vjtqd0ckk4xxjxog-wtra-h5jdj5q-png.png)**Google Earth** will capture the current display area and overlay it on a satellite image of the field location. </span>

<span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(226, 80, 65);">NOTE: You must have Google Earth Pro installed on your computer for this to work.</span>

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<span style="font-size: 16px;">![](https://docs.t3rra.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-03/scaled-1680-/0Y3sxllzvustl7dg-wpqzqq4b8je67fus1vlq-png.png)**The ruler** is used to measure the distance along a selected origin point and the current cursor position. Left-click to add points, and right-click to start measuring a new line. The tool measures the total length of the line and the area enclosed by the line will also be displayed.</span>

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<span style="font-size: 16px;">![](https://docs.t3rra.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-03/scaled-1680-/KBfo-re5i0gro5zsdj8lnkh7e8-apegbfmt4q-png.png)**Rotate** will cause the surface to rotate 90° to the right with each click. There is no option to change rotation direction or degrees it will rotate by.</span>