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Tool Bar

Property Search

Identify Features

Data Layers / Layer Control


 

Tool Bar Options

ZoomIn The 'Zoom In' tool allows you to magnify the map. Clicking on the map directly will zoom in on the map centered at the point clicked. Dragging on the map will create a 'Zoom Window' which will be used to approximate the new extent of the map.

ZoomOutThe 'Zoom Out' tool allows you to broaden the viewing area of the map. Clicking on the map directly will zoom out on the map centered at the point clicked.

PanThe 'Pan' tool allows you to move or pan the map in any direction. Clicking on the map directly will adjust the center of the map to the point clicked. Dragging on the map will shift the extent of the entire map.

SelectThe 'Select Features' tool allows you to select a map feature. Clicking on a map feature that has already been selected will unselect. Dragging on the map will create a window that selects multiple features. Use the drag select for better accuracy when selecting points or lines. The selectable theme can be set to the right.

MeasureThe 'Measure' tool allows you to measure distance and area. Clicking on the map will add a point to the distance being measured and place a marker. If the cursor is held in place over the marker, it will give the distances..

Coordinate ConversionThe 'Latitude-Longitude' tool will display the latitude and longitude of the point clicked in the panel to the right.

Refresh Map The 'Redraw Map' tool allows you to change and refresh the currently displayed map.  Use this tool when adding or removing layers or to remove the measurement points when using the Measure function.  

Zoom Previous The 'Zoom Previous' tool allows the user to retrieve the previous 10 map displays.

Full Extent The 'Full Extent' tool will reload the map to the full extent.

Save Image The 'Save Image' tool allows the user to save the map image.

Print The 'Print' tool allows the user to print either the Map Image, Search Results or the Selected Feature Data.

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Property Search

Mapping

 

The available searches are listed below. Click on the 'Property Search' section to display the options available. Click on the blue search title to begin the search and to display more detailed instructions.

Search

 

 

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Select Features

The 'Select Features' tool Selectallows you to get information from an active layer. There are 19 available active layers which are visible after clicking the Identify tool. On the bottom right side of the screen is the 'Map Layer’ area. Click the drop-down menu to see a list of available layers. Select

NOTE: You can only identify one layer at a time and it does need to be visible.

 

In addition, some layers contain hyperlinks associated with them when you Identify them. Simply click on the blue link to open the particular document. All of the documents are in PDF format which require an Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in which can be obtained free of charge from Adobe.hyperlink

 

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Data Layers

Mapping

 

Click on the 'Data Layers' section to display your options. The Layer Control area contains the tools to manage which layers are visible in the map display. The Feature Selection Manager area contains a list of selected features within all the layers.

Layer Control

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There are two sections to the Layer Control area.

Layers: The ‘Data layers’ tab displays the visible and active layers that can be displayed. The check mark in the box shows the layers that are being displayed. To change the layers that are being displayed, move the mouse into the box across from the intended layer to be turned on or off. The check mark next to the layer groupings will either turn on/off all of the grouped layers. After the selection is made, the Update Map button must be clicked. The Update Map button is at the top and the bottom of the ‘Layers’ tab.

NOTE: As the scale is increased or decreased, some layers will automatically be turned on and off.

 

Legend: This tab displays the layers that are visible in the display area. As layers are turned on and off, the ‘Legend’ list will change.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feature Selection Manager

featureselectionThe Selection Manager displays a table of all selectable themes and the features selected for each of them. Clicking on the feature will display the attribute data for the selection. Three other options are available for each selected feature: Print, Zoom To and Clear, represented by icons at the right of the row. The print function will print the attribute data as displayed in the completed template. The zoom to function will update the map by zooming to the perimeter of the selected feature. The Clear function will deselect the feature, removing it from the index and removing the highlight on the map. Additionally, each theme heading in the Selection Index has an option to simultaneously clear all selected features on the theme.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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