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September 05, 2008

Active Layers
Turning Layers On and Off and Making a Layer Active A visible layer is displayed with a tick in the square next to it under the "Visible" heading. After turning layer on or off, hit the Refresh Map button to update the map. By default, some layers may be turned on and others may be off when you initially open the map.
Querying Attribute Information for the Active Layer You can identify data for layers like roads, parcels,shelters, firestations ,hospital, and sandbag locations. Suppose you are interested in the address of a shelter that your zoomed into. First, make sure the shelter layer is active. The Identify tool allows you to get attribute information about a feature by clicking on it. You select the Identify tool to click on the feature whose attributes you want to examine.
The attributes for that feature then appear in the attribute panel.
If they do not appear, make sure that the feature you are clicking on is part of the layer that is active. Display or Remove a Legend A legend explains the map symbology. By default the layer list is displayed, which is the interface for turning layers on and off. By clicking the Toggle Legend/Layer List button when the layer list is displayed, the legend appears instead. To see the layer list again, press the button again. Display or Remove an Inset Map An inset is a map that gives the main map context by showing where the map fits into the broader scheme of things. Sometimes the inset may cover the same area as the map itself when it first opens. However, as you zoom in and out, the inset can be very useful. If it isn't useful, you can easily switch it off. Just press the Hide/Show Inset button you see here. Press it again, and it's back. Printing a Map So you want to print a map, eh? Do not hit the 'Print' button on your Internet browser. Instead, press the Print button on the toolbar. You will be prompted to type in a title for your map. By default, the title is "ArcIMS 3.1 HTML Viewer Map". Catchy isn't it?
After you type in a new title, press Create Print Page and a new window will come up.
This new window contains is a 8.5"x11" map for printing. Now you can use the Internet Browser 'Print' button because the new window does not contain a linked interactive map. Simply print it as you would any other page on your computer, but make sure you set it to print landscape (sideways). The required steps depend on your printer, but they should be fairly straightforward. Once you have printed the map, close the window and you'll be back to the Geographic Data Viewer interactive map.

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