INDEX

TOPIC PAGE Online Map - Basic Functions 2 Change Panel Sizes in Map View 3 When Map Layers Become Visible 4 Turning Map Layers On/Off 5 Viewing Layer Legends 5 Search for a Record (ie Map Object) 6 View Information from Map Objects 7 Changing Basemaps 10 Measure a Distance in the Map 11 Measure an Area in the Map 14 Example of PDF Created From Map 16 Highlight an Object in the Map 17 Create and Download a PDF 21 Un-Select Map Objects 22 1 ONLINE MAP BASICS

Switch Base Print out the map View map Map from aerial Measure a Select Properties in the Layer Lists based on what you information and Search for a imagery to USGS distance or map to highlight them are on Both see in your map view, get county location or Topo Maps or area within prior to creating a pdf to Sides this button will create contact details for person Open Street the map make them stand out a PDF document further inquiries Map, etc

Other Info and tid-bits to help with understanding the map

2 ONLINE MAP BASICS

Expand or contract any of the panels on the page by hovering the mouse over the grey edge of a panel. When the double arrow appears, click and drag the mouse to make the panel smaller or larger

3 HOW TO USE MAP LAYERS

All available layers are listed on either side of the map Layers can be turned on or off by checking/un-checking the box To view a layer’s legend, click on the arrow (>) to the left of the layer name The layers in Grey text are not visible until you zoom in to a specific extent Once they are eligible for visibility, the layer name will turn from grey to black

4 HOW TO USE MAP LAYERS

As you zoom in, there will be a point at which all the layer names turn black Below, I have checked on the Preliminary Floodplain layer after the name has turned to black I have also clicked on the small grey arrow to the left of the teal check-box to see the floodplain legend When zoomed in ground level, the floodplain layer may take 2-5 minutes to initially appear

5 SEARCH FOR A RECORD

The search bar allows you to search by all of the following: As you begin to type into the search bar, a drop down will Address start to give you options that contain what you have typed Owner and you must click on the correct option. For example a Parcel Number/PIN search for UTTER will show these options: Subdivision

Road Name

If you want to search for a person, search by LAST NAME and then FIRST NAME:

* If a single owner has multiple properties, searching by address or parcel number is best 6 VIEW DETAILS FROM MAP OBJECTS

When the map zooms, the record you searched for will be highlighted in Click on the record of interest in the bright blue drop down box and the map will zoom in In this instance, the parcel boundary is highlighted for the parcel number to that location that was searched for

Clicking anywhere within the property boundary and on the aerial imagery and a pop-up will appear Scroll through the pop-up to view all Parcel Master Details

7 VIEW DETAILS FROM MAP OBJECTS

* Click within the map and move the map around if some of the pop-up box is not appearing in your Hover your mouse over the white of the screen view pop-up window and scroll down to view more details Images and Sketches will appear in the bottom of the pop-up window if any area associated with the property

Click on the image to pull up a larger image in another window Click on the small arrow to the right of the image to view more images

8 VIEW DETAILS FROM MAP OBJECTS

Sometimes, you will have clicked on When this happens, you will see multiple windows multiple map layers at once listed in the pop-up window For example, if I click on the Address In the example below, the next information The example below shows that the current Point that is in the middle of 30 Newell card is the Parcel Master information and it is information in the pop-up is “1 of 2” Drive Parcel boundary, that means I showing as “2 of 2” Click on the white arrow on the right to view the actually clicked on an address point AND next information card the parcel master property

9 CHANGE BASEMAPS

Click on the BASEMAP button and choose another Basemap Options for Basemaps are shown in the image below

10 MEASURE A DISTANCE

Click on the MEASUREMENT tool In the example below, I will measure Move the Measurement box out of the from the end of the floodplain to the way but keep it where you can still use it structure on a property

11 MEASURE A DISTANCE

Click on the middle Icon in the Click on the small gray down-arrow to MEASUREMENT tool which is the the right of the word, “Miles” and “Distance” Tool choose the unit of measurement you are interested in Options for Unit will appear on the right In this case, I will choose, “Feet”

12 MEASURE A DISTANCE

As you move the mouse to the location that you want to measure to, you will see the feet start to calculate in the pop-up box After choosing the unit of measure, click It is important to remember that this is on the first point in the map that you The distance value will stop changing once you double-click on the a rough estimate of distance want to measure from second location in the map – a single click allows you to choose multiple points to measure a cumulative route distance

13 MEASURE AN AREA

Click on the MEASUREMENT tool and Click on the small gray down-arrow to choose the first icon, which is AREA the right of the word, “Acres” and choose the unit of measurement you are Options for Unit will appear on the right interested in

14 MEASURE AN AREA

Click on each corner of the area that you want to Remember that you can move the Measurement tool box The CLEAR button will appear dark measure out of the way if needed when you have completed your

polygon Be sure to click at each location where the shape The total area will calculate as you are creating your To clear the polygon you drew and of your area changes angles, this will allow for a polygon and will finish when you double-click start over, click on the CLEAR button more accurate estimate of area

15 CREATE A PDF OF THE MAP

The below PDF has the parcel of focus highlighted in yellow and shows the title as the address of the parcel These elements can be customized when you print to PDF The next pages will take you through the steps

16 HIGHLIGHTING OBJECTS IN THE MAP

When the SELECT button is dark green, the tool is ON To highlight a map object, the When you turn on the tool, the When the SELECT button is light green, the tool is OFF SELECT tool is used Select pop-up appears Practice turning the select tool off and on

17 HIGHLIGHTING OBJECTS IN THE MAP

Make sure the select tool is on When your mouse is Move the select box out of the way hovering in the map view, When you add a point by clicking inside of a parcel boundary, you by clicking and dragging by the dark you will see the instructions are selecting that parcel to highlight grey band at the top to, “Click to add a point”

18 HIGHLIGHTING OBJECTS IN THE MAP

When you select a parcel, it will fill in with yellow If you want to choose more than one parcel to focus on in the PDF, hold This fill will not show up on the PDF, but the yellow boundary down the SHIFT key and Click into Another Parcel will

19 HIGHLIGHTING OBJECTS IN THE MAP

At this point, you can get rid of the SELECT pop-up box by using If you want to un-select a property and get rid of the yellow highlights, the X in the upper right-hand corner click on the CLEAR button found in the Select pop-up box The highlights will remain on the screen even if the pop-up box is

closed

20 CREATING A PDF OF THE MAP

** The PRINT button will create a PDF that you can download to your computer, it will not print to your local printer **

21 CREATING A PDF OF THE MAP

Change the Map Title to something meaningful Below, I have changed the title to the two addresses that belong to the two highlighted parcels Press the PRINT button and a PDF will be created

22 SAVING A PDF TO YOUR COMPUTER

When the PDF opens in a new Click on the PDF that was tab, click on the arrow that is generated to open it in a new pointing down to download tab the PDF to your local computer

23 UN-SELECT OBJECTS IN THE MAP

To un-select the map objects, or parcel boundaries in this case, re-open the SELECT tool It will open in the last position that you moved it to Click on CLEAR

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