# Tool Overview

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-icon-tool-select-fea" style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Oxygen, Ubuntu, Roboto, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 7.75343%;"></col><col style="width: 92.2863%;"></col></colgroup><thead><tr><td>**Icon**</td><td>**Tool**</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="align-center" style="vertical-align: middle;">[![1-geospatial_feature_selection_tool.png](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/1-geospatial-feature-selection-tool.png)](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/1-geospatial-feature-selection-tool.png)</td><td>[Select Features](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/books/gridit-user-manual/page/select-features "Select Features")  
Select features within a specific region on the map.</td></tr><tr><td class="align-center" style="vertical-align: middle;">[![2-measure_tool.png](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/2-measure-tool.png)](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/2-measure-tool.png)</td><td>[Measure](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/books/gridit-user-manual/page/measure-tool "Measure Tool")  
Measure the distance of a line or the surface of an area between two points.</td></tr><tr><td class="align-center" style="vertical-align: middle;">[![6-marker.png](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/6-marker.png)](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/6-marker.png)</td><td>[Marker](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/books/gridit-user-manual/page/markers "Marker")  
Add a Marker location to the map with notes to identify a point of interest.

</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: middle;">[![4-profiles.png](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/4-profiles.png)](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/4-profiles.png)</td><td>[Profiles](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/books/gridit-user-manual/page/profile-tools "Profiles")  
Visualize the profiles of the seabed floor and cables or pipelines as a line graph.

</td></tr><tr><td class="align-center" style="vertical-align: middle;">[![3-burial_(difference)_assessment.png](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/3-burial-difference-assessment.png)](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/3-burial-difference-assessment.png)</td><td>[Burial (Difference) Assessment](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/books/gridit-user-manual/page/burial-assessment "Burial Assessment")

Calculates the (difference in) burial depth of a cable/pipeline relative to a single or combination of bathymetry layers. The result creates a new layer that shows the status as a color on top of the line.

</td></tr><tr><td class="align-center" style="vertical-align: middle;">[![5-calculate.png](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/5-calculate.png)](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/5-calculate.png)</td><td>[Calculate](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/books/gridit-user-manual/page/calculate-tools "Calculate tools")

- Allows calculations to be made between two overlapping bathymetry layers or a fixed reference level. The result creates a new layer.
- Allows calculation of the volume difference between bathymetry layers or against a reference level within defined polygon areas

</td></tr><tr><td class="align-center" style="vertical-align: middle;">[![9-display_options.png](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/9-display-options.png)](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/9-display-options.png)</td><td>[Display Options](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/books/gridit-user-manual/page/display-options "Display Options")  
Adjust how raster layers are visualized on the map.</td></tr><tr><td class="align-center" style="vertical-align: middle;">[![7-3d_view.png](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/7-3d-view.png)](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/7-3d-view.png)</td><td>[3D View](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/books/gridit-user-manual/page/3d-view "3D View")  
Load a 3D visualization of a raster file and view/rotate/zoom it in a new browser tab.</td></tr><tr><td class="align-center" style="vertical-align: middle;">[![8-export_map.png](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/8-export-map.png)](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/8-export-map.png)</td><td>[Export Map](https://wiki.app.gridit.nl/books/gridit-user-manual/page/export-map-to-pdf "Export map")  
Create a downloadable PDF chart.</td></tr></tbody></table>