Grid settings enable you to choose between having no
grid displayed on the map or having a Military Grid Reference System
(MGRS) or a latitude/longitude grid displayed. The grid settings are
displayed in a pane in the Map Builder under
the Grid Settings tab.
You can select the grid type from a list.
The following figure shows a Grid Settings pane.
When the Use Delayed Drawing option
is selected, there is no full drawing of the grid when the map changes
or moves, for example, when you use the zoom control in the Overview
pane or pan the map. Full drawing of the grid only occurs when there
is no movement or change to the map. This avoids unnecessary grid
drawing, which results in improved performance and response time.
When you add a grid to a layer a Grid layer is also created,
which enables you to set the corresponding properties (colors, fonts,
and so on). See
Using the map style property sheet for
more information.
The following figure shows an example of a Latitude\Longitude
grid.