How to use the Online Map

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  Find an Address Tool
• When the viewer comes up, the Find an Address window is opened.
• If you close it, you can re-open it using the target icon in the widget tray
• Use this address search to find the general area of an address. It is useful if you need to find an address that is not within the City. To find City addresses, use the Search by House Number option described below.
• You can close this window by clicking on the X in the upper right.
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• Address Search
• The mailbox button allows you to search by an address. In this case you will enter a full address like 1026 S Park. The tool will return as many candidates as meet the minimum criteria. From the search results, click on the record you are looking for to zoom to that record.
• Coordinates Search
• The pushpin button allows you to search by state plane coordinates. Enter your X and Y in the entry boxes shown on the screen and hit locate. The tool will zoom to the coordinates you entered.
• Search Results
• This button toggles to the current search results window if you are in a search tool.

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  Identify Tool
• When the viewer comes up, the Identify tool is opened.
• If you close it, you can re-open it using the target icon in the widget tray
• Use this identify tool to find information that you select by point, line or polygon.
• You can close this window by clicking on the X in the upper right.

• The identify tool is pretty straighforward. When you use any of the identify tools, they will drill down through the layers and identify any features that intersect the geographic area that you define.
• The identify window is resizeable. Pull the bottom right corner to make the window larger. You can scroll through the result using your mouse or the sliding bar on the right side of the window (you may have to resize the window to get the sliding bar.)
• If there are layers that you would like added to the results, please let me know. If there are fields that you would like added to the results, please let me know. All of this stuff is configurable, so if it doesn't have what you want, ask for it!
• The point identify tool will identify the features at a specific point that you click on. Click at the point that you would like to identify.
• The line identify tool will identify the features that intersect a line that you define. Click the first point, click the second point, continue until you have defined the line. Double click to end the line.
• The rectangle identify tool will identify the features that intersect a rectangle that you define. Click one corner and pull the mouse to the opposite corner and release
• The polygon identify tool will identify the features that intersect a polygon that you define. Click the first point, click the second point, continue until you have defined the polygon. Double click to end the polygon.

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  Search Tool
• When the viewer comes up, the search window is opened.
• If you close it, you can re-open it using the Search icon in the widget tray
• There are 5 buttons across the top of the search tool (from left to right): datagrid button, graphical search button, attribute search button, spatial search button, and results button.
• Attributes Search
• There are 3 attribute search options: Parcels By Name, Parcels by PN, and Address by House Number.
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  Parcels by Name
• When searching by owner, less is more. Enter only the last name or part of the last name
  to get a list of all instances of that name. For example, "mill" will return miller,
  millhouse, millton, hammermill,etc.
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• The search results will come up in 2 different windows: the parcel search window and the datagrid window. The selected records are highlighted in red in the map.


• The parcel search window provides a list of results one by one. If you click on one record, it will zoom to the record and highlight it. If you hover on the record, the related information will display in a popup window and gives you the option to zoom to the record.
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  The datagrid window provides the results in a table. The table records are linked to the parcel search window so as a record is highlighted in the datagrid window, the parcel search window goes to the same record. The datagrid window has options for exporting the records to a txt file or a csv file. This can be used for mailing lists or for pulling those records into another application.


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  Parcel Number Search
• When searching by parcel number, use as much of the parcel number as you know
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• The search results will come up in 2 different windows: the parcel search window and the datagrid window. The selected records are highlighted in red in the map. See above for an explanation of these results.
• Address by House Number Search
• When searching by house number, enter the house number without the street name
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• These results show the list of addresses that meet the criteria you entered. To get the parcel information for an address search results record, you can use the graphical search tools or the identify tools.
• The search results will come up in 2 different windows: the search results window and the datagrid window. The selected records are highlighted in red in the map. See above for an explanation of these results.
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  Graphical Search
• There are 6 graphical search options, 4 of them are activated at this time: Point search, line search, rectangle search, and polygon search.
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  Graphical Search Options
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• The graphical search tools work the way that the identify search tools work. Please read the identify instructions for more information.
• There are 2 additional options in the graphical search: enable multi-part graphics and add search tolerance to point selection.
• Enable multi-part graphics- enabling this option allows you to draw multiple points, lines, or polygons and then search on all of them at once.
• Add search tolerance to point selection- There are no settings on this. If you enable this option, the tool applies a search tolerance that is hard-coded in program.
• Spatial Search
• There are parts to the spatial search screen: apply a search distance and search entities of:


• Spatial Search Options
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• The spatial search tools allows you to select features that have a spatial relationship with other features that you have selected.
• Apply a search distance- this is a buffer tool. Settings include the numeric search distance, the units of measure, the buffer selection color and the transparency of the buffer selection. Once you have made your settings, click on the apply buffer button. Use the trash can to clear the buffer.
• Search entities of- You may select from the dropdown list which features you would like to spatially select. The spatial selection options are: entities contained within, intersected by, and intersected by envelop of (adjacent).


• Print
• If you have created a map that you need to print, select the print button from the widgets tray
• Fill in the title and subtitle if desired and hit the print button
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• You can print to Abode PDF or Cute PDF if you want to use your map in a presentation. You may need additional graphics software to convert from PDF to other formats. You can also use the alt-print screen keyboard combination to paste the image into Powerpoint or other software programs. See example below.
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• Table of Contents
• To view the table of contents and legend, click the folder icon from the widgets tray.
• If you close it, you can re-open it using the TOC icon in the widget tray
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  You may turn layers on or off in the TOC by clicking the check box next to the layer name
• Expand group layers using the + sign next to the group name
• Change the transparency of the whole map with the transparency slider (you cannot at this time change the transparency of one layer at a time.)
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• Draw and Measure
• To view the table of contents and legend, click the artist's palette icon from the widgets tray.
• If you close it, you can re-open it using the palette icon in the widget tray
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• There are numerous draw and measure options in the draw and measure tool. Some of the options are obviously only for drawing like the text and the point options.
• Click on the shape you would like to add to your map. Change the settings for the shape from the options shown (line color, style, width, and alpha (transparcency).
• Optionally, you can select the Show Measurements box to have the length and area shown when your drawing is completed.
• Points- click once a the location to add the point
• Draw Line- click at the first point, then the next point, and next until you have formed your line. Double click to end the line.
• Freehand Line- click and hold the mouse button down for a freehand line, like drawing with a pencil. Release the mouse button to finish the line.
• Rectangle- click on one corner of the rectangle and hold the mouse button downRelease the mouse button at the opposite corner of the rectangle.
• Circle- click and hold the mouse button down at the center of the circle. Release the mouse button at the perimieter of the circle.
• Ellipse- click and hold the mouse button down at the center of the ellispe. Release the mouse button at the perimieter of the ellipse.
• Polygon- click at the first point, then the next point, and next until you have formed your polygon. Double click to end the polygon.
• Freehand Polygon- click and hold the mouse button down for a freehand polygon, like drawing with a pencil. Release the mouse button to finish the polygon.
• Text- Enter your text in the tool's text box. When done entering text, position the curser at the center of the text location.
• Clear Drawings- deletes your artwork and measurements.

• Navigation
• The navigation controls are in the upperleft corner of the map
• They more closely mimic the navigation tool in Google Maps or Google Earth
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  Double click the globe to zoom to the full extent of the map. The other navigation tools are self explanatory.

· If you have questions, call Caitlin at 240-1470 or email cmbernier@ci.montrose.co.us