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Digital Geoscience Maps
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Click on overview map to hide/show the header/footer. This is recommended for doing map related searches.

Click on the Map Search tab map searchto begin your search.

The application is divided in several regions:

application picture

The Map Search application uses the following buttons:

Button Description
overview map Click this button to expand/shrink the application. When you expand, the header and footer will disappear. If you want to use this feature, you should do so before using the map search tool, because by clicking the button, a full refresh is executed and you will lose anything you had done.
zoom in Click or click and drag to zoom in on the location you define on the map.
zoom out Click or click and drag to zoom out from a location you define on the map.
full extent Click to view the entire map.
zoom to location Click to zoom to a specified location or to a specified latitude/longitude.
zoom to last extent Click to return to the previous extent you were viewing.
pan Click and drag the image to pan in any desired direction.
pan north Click to pan North.
pan south Click to pan South.
pan east Click to pan East.
pan west Click to pan West.
select Click and drag a rectangle on the map face to choose multiple or single features of the active theme. Returns attributes of selected features.
find Click to use the "Find" command within the attribute database. Only finds search string contained in the Active Theme's attribute database.
print Click to print the map.
Display quick help Click this button to display a quick help page in the Text Display Area.

Legend

The legend uses the following icons:

closed folder A closed folder, click to open
open folder An open folder, click to close
,multiple layers A folder composed of multiple layers
hidden folder A hidden folder/layer, click to make visible
visible folder A visible folder/layer, click to hide
visible layer A visible layer, but not at this scale
partially visible A partially visible folder, click to make visible
inactive layer An inactive layer, click to make active
active layer The active layer
legend toggle Click to toggle the legend for this layer on/off
zoom to layer Zoom to this layer
download layer Download this layer
map layer A map layer
active layer The active map layer.

Tab descriptions

The different tabs are used to perform different functions.

Tab Description
Advanced Map Tool Tab Use this tab to interact with the maps
Help tab Use this tab to display the help information you currently looking at

2006-02-16Important notices