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Advanced Maps Help

  1. Toolbar Help
  2. Menu Commands Help
  3. Map Options Help
  4. Layers Help
  5. Pop-up Menu Help
  6. Street Abbreviations Index

You can also find helpful information in the eMapping FAQs...

Pop-up Menu Help (Right Click of the Mouse)
  • Customize --- Set map view preferences
  • Pan --- Move the map view around to show maps outside the current view
  • Reload --- Refresh the current map view
  • Print --- Page Setup and Print
    • Page Setup --- Set up how you would like the maps to be printed (map title, legend, scale bar and north arrow and so on)
    • Print --- Print the current map view
  • Copy --- Copy and As Url
    • Copy --- Copy the current map view to the clipboard
    • As Url --- Copy the current map view as Url address
  • Zoom --- Zoom, Goto, Width, Scale, Selected, Previous, Out, Unzoom
    • Zoom --- Zoom in to view the map in more details
    • Goto --- Zoom to a specific map feature
    • Width --- Zoom the current map view to specific width
    • Scale --- Zoom to a specific map scale
    • Selected --- Zoom to the selected map feature
    • Previous --- Go back to previous map view
    • Out --- Zoom out to view larger map area
    • Unzoom --- See the whole map area in full view
  • Bookmarks --- Add bookmarks and delete bookmarks
    • Add bookmarks --- Add current map view as a bookmark
    • Delete bookmarks --- Delete the bookmarks you do not want to keep anymore
  • Select --- Select, Map Features, Radius, Polygon, Within, Clear
    • Select --- Change the mouse pointer to Select mode
    • Map Features --- Select map features
    • Radius --- Select map features in a circle by radius
    • Polygon --- Select map features inside a polygon
    • Within --- Select map features in a selected map layer
    • Clear --- Clear all selected map features
  • View --- Report, Buffer, Distance
    • Report --- Generate reports for selected land properties
    • Buffer --- Set buffer zone for selected map features
    • Distance --- Measure the distance between any two points on the map

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Customize Map Layout & Set Preferences

To Customize and Set your preferences:

  • Right click on the map, and then choose Customize from the pop-up menu to display the Preferences dialogue box.
  • In the Map Units box [1], choose USA Units to display distance in feet/miles, or choose Metric to display distances in meters/kilometers.
  • In the Selection Mode box [2], select selection mode to specify whether Autodesk MapGuide selects features by centroid or by intersection. The selection mode applies to the Select Radius, Select Polygon, and Select Within commands, as well as to selections made using the mouse to drag rectangles around features.
  • In the Checkbox of Display mouse position [3], check or uncheck the Checkbox to turn on or turn off the mouse coordinate position
  • In the Checkbox of Display Map Scale [4], check or uncheck the Checkbox to turn on or turn off the scale bar
  • In the Units box [5], choose either Latitude, Longitude or the Mapping Coordinate System
  • In the Checkbox of Display Map Width [6], check or uncheck the Checkbox to turn on or turn off Map Display Area bar
  • Click OK to accept the new preferences
Toolbar Functions Summary
Button
Name Function
Copy Copy the current map view to the clipboard.
Select Select a map feature from the map view
Pan Move the map view around to show maps outside the current view
Zoom In Zoom in to see the map layer in more details
Zoom Out Zoom out to see a large map area in the map
Zoom Previous Zoom to go back the preview map view
Zoom Goto Zoom to a specific location selected by user
Full View Display the entire map in current window
Report Generate reports for selected map features (parcel property)
Stop Stop loading map layers
   

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Layers and Legends Help
  • The Checkbox for Each Map Layer
    Check or Uncheck the checkbox in front of each map layer name to turn on or turn off that map layer
  • Right-Click of Each Map Layer
    • Rebuild --- Reload the individual map layer
    • Expand --- Expand to show map legends
    • Collapse --- Hide map legend for the specified map layer

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Toolbar Help Menu Commands Help Customizing Your Map Layers and Legend Help Popup Menu Help