The toolbar buttons give you access to more information
about the map and the selected place or physical feature.
The buttons enable you to navigate within the map, get help
and print the map.
Zoom In
This tool lets you view part of the map in greater detail.
Instructions:
- Click the "Zoom In" button.
- Position the cursor over the part of the map you would like to see in greater detail.
- Click the mouse.
- The map will be redrawn to show more detail.
Zoom Out
This tool lets you view a larger area with less detail.
Instructions:
- Click the "Zoom Out" button.
- The map will be redrawn to show a larger area.
Map Size
This tool lets you change the size of the map window.
Instructions:
- Click the one of the three buttons, “S” (small map) or “M” (medium map) or “L” (large map).
- The map will be redrawn in either a larger or small window size.
Note: This tool has been designed to work best after using the "Zoom In" tool at least once.
Get Info from Map
This tool gets you information about any specific location on the map. The locations can be cities, towns, census divisions or other thematic layers such as drainage basins.
Instructions:
- Click the "Get Info from Map " button.
- Position the cursor over the map location you would like information on.
- Click the mouse.
- A pop-up window will appear showing the information.
Note: Information is not available for all map locations (for example, rivers, lakes, political boundaries). If nothing is available, a message will indicate that.
Select New Thematic Map
This feature gets you a new map of the chosen place or physical feature that shows different thematic information (e.g., geology, relief, ecozones).
Instructions:
- Click the arrow to the right of "Select NEW Thematic Map."
- A drop-down list of thematic maps will appear.
- Click the thematic map you would like to see and the map will appear.
Print Preview
This tool lets you print your map. It provides a printer-friendly, letter-size, portrait-format page that includes the current map, locator map, legend and text describing the map's thematic layers.
Instructions:
- Click the "Print Map" button.
- The browser window will refresh showing the map, title, locator map, legend and descriptive text.
- Using the browser's print function, send the page to your printer.
Note: The maps print best using a colour printer.
Help
This tool gives you access to these instructions for using the interactive mapping features.
Instructions:
- Click the "Help" button.
- The browser window will refresh showing the help information.
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