1. The main frame in the center of the window is the map view.

2. The frame on the left-hand side of the window is the "Toolbox". The Toolbox contains tools (buttons) which one can use to interact with the map frame.

3. The frame on the right-hand side of the window is the "Table of Contents". The Table of Contents contains the list of available geographic layers one can display and view in the map view.

4. The frame on the bottom of the window displays results from layer ID's queries, units settings, and distance measurements.

5. To make layers visible, check the visible box to the left of the layer name, then scroll to the bottom of the Table Of Contents, and press the Refresh Map button.

6. To interact with any of the layers to perform a query, buffer, etc., click the "Active" button to the left of the layer name.

7. After clicking the "Print" button, the user is prompted in the bottom frame to type in a tittle for the map layout. Once the create print page button is pressed, another window opens with the layout of the map that will be sent to the printer/plotter of choice. The layout contains the title, map view, overview map, and legend of map layers. The user can then go to file/print setup to select the appropriate settings/printer.

8. After zooming in to a certain extent, additional layers will appear in the Table Of Contents and are available to display upon clicking the Refresh Map button.

ToolBox Items

Legend List Toggle - This tool toggles between layer list and legend (symbols of layers) display.

Overview Map Toggle - This tool toggles the overview map of San Diego County on/off in the upper left-hand corner of the main map view frame.

Zoom In

Zoom Out

Zoom To Full Extent - This tool zooms to the entire extent of San Diego County, similar to when the service is first opened.

Zoom To Active Layer - This tool zooms only to the entire extent of the layer in the Table of Contents frame which has been selected as "Active".

Back to Last Extent - This tool automatically zooms back to the previous extent in the map view.

Pan - This tool allows you to interactively pan/move around the extents of the map in a desired direction.

Pan to North

Pan to South

Pan to East

Pan to West

ID Visible Features - Once a particular layer has been made active, this tool allows you to select individual features from that layer and display descriptive tabular attribute records.

Query - Once a particular layer has been made active, this tool allows you to perform an SQL expression query on a geographical layer attribute table.

Find - This tool allows you to find features within a certain active layer.

Measure - You can measure single or multi-segment linear distances with this tool, and the results will be displayed in the bottom frame.

Set Units - This tool allows you to set the units of the scale and distance measurement between standard and metric.

Buffer - Once a particular layer has been made active, you can select this tool to create a buffer/ring, around a particular feature within that layer.

Select by Rectangle - Once a particular layer has been made active, this tool allows you to draw a rectangle to select a feature or set of features within that layer.

Select by Line/Polygon - Once a particular layer has been made active, this tool allows you to draw a polygon or line to select a feature or set of features within that layer.

Clear Selection

Print