Handbook

The Handbook

One page for each function of the editor: what it does, how you use it, and an example map with it.

One new entry each week. Start with the first entry when you open Phaseline for the first time.

Open the editor

Getting started

Dev log #1

The window, and your first map

The four parts of the Phaseline window, and the seven steps from an empty map to a PNG that you can put in a briefing.

August 7, 2026 Ctrl+KCtrl+ECtrl+S Read entry →

Measurement

Dev log #2

Scale and grid

Give the map its width in metres, and the scale bar, the measure tool and the numbered grid all follow from it. How to set the map width and how to choose a grid interval.

August 18, 2026 MG Read entry →
Dev log #3

Grid references

How to read a grid reference off the map grid: the easting first, the northing second, what the status bar says about the square under the pointer, and what a datum changes.

August 18, 2026 Read entry →