Map Window
- Kim Stimpson
The Map Window is where you will probably be focused so you can dedicate the whole screen to displaying the map by un-docking the Layer Control and Information Browser e.g.
The Map Categories panel is hidden by clicking on the < to the right of the Map Categories heading e.g. 
. Once this has been hidden you will notice a tab at the top left of the map 
which, if you hover over, it will re-display the Map Categories panel, and if you click on it, will keep the panel displayed. The same applies to the Information Browser only it is a 
at the bottom right of the map.
Navigating around the Map
| The Navigation Tool zooms and scrolls by pre set units.
There are also various mouse and keyboard shortcuts such as:
You can also move around the map by using the View menu. |
Inspecting information on the map
Information can be retrieved from the map by simply clicking within it. Precisely where you click is important as only information from map objects found at that point will be retrieved. Therefor if you wish to retrieve information for a School or other point object, you need to click on that point.
The information is displayed in the Information Browser pane. There will be a tab for every layer that has a map object at the point where you clicked.
You can also Select & Measure features on the map by using the tools provided.