How to Use the Dupagemaps Interactive Web Mapping Application

How to use the DuPageMaps Interactive Web Mapping Application

to locate a DuPage County Benchmark

Interactive Map Link: http://gis.dupageco.org/DuPageMaps

Helpful Information:

Caution: Use of the interactive mapping information should be subject to strict professional surveying principles and verification checks. Monuments may have been disturbed since the data was verified by DuPage County, which may affect the validity and accuracy of the data herein provided. This data may from time-to-time be updated. Please report disturbed\destroyed benchmarks. Send Email to: [email protected]

How to use DuPageMaps: After you open the DuPageMaps web mapping application click on "Proceed to DuPageMaps Web Site". Click on the red "Help" button, and then click on the red "How To Use Map" button. This will open or download a PDF document showing you how to use the application.

Web Browsers: If you have popup blocker turned on certain functions in the web application will not operate properly.

Computer \ Monitor: If you are using an older computer the initial map view maybe slow in loading to your screen. You may need to install or update older software on your computer to view the web application properly. Older monitors the data shown on your view screen may appear to overlap or not show up properly. Maximize the web application to take up your entire screen then the follow the instructions below to find a benchmark within DuPage County Illinois iPad and MAC users: The DuPageMaps web mapping application was developed in Adobe Flash.

***Please follow the directions below to find a benchmark in DuPage County, Illinois***

Initial View: (Open DuPageMaps)

Click on “Proceed to DuPageMaps Web Site”. (Please read the “Disclaimer” before proceeding.)

Find a Benchmark in DuPage County, Illinois:

DuPageMaps Main Menu:

A. Click on green "Map View" button.

B. Next click on green "Preset Maps" button.

* A menu will pop up on your view screen. (See image below.) C. Check or click "ON" the "Use Preset Maps" check box. (See #1 red arrow below.)

D. Click on the "Dupage Benchmark" text. (See #2 red arrow above.)

*All the DuPage County benchmarks will appear on your view screen. Note: Make sure you have zoomed out to the full extent of DuPage County. If you zoomed in benchmarks may not appear.

E. Next click on the blue "Navigation" button (See image below). Then click on the blue “Zoom In” button and zoom into a DuPage County benchmark.

How to Zoom In: Click on “Zoom In” button. Then left mouse click on your view screen and hold down button, draw a box or window around benchmark, let go of mouse button. Your view will zoom into the box drawn on your view screen.

Example: Zoomed into a benchmark location – Example: Benchmark 0001.

F. Next click on the main menu magenta "Tools" button. (See image below.)

G. Click on the magenta "Identify" button and select\identify a benchmark on your view screen.

Two windows will appear on your view screen:

(#1) (#2)

In the “Identify” window (#1) - select a point or a box . Next select a benchmark or draw a box around a benchmark on your view screen. The benchmark selected and\or identified will be displayed in the “Identify Details” pop-up window (#2). Click on the “Click to view PDF” text. This will open up a PDF document which contains the detailed information about the benchmark you have identified.

Note: Select a Point - Click on the center of the Benchmark. If you do not click on the center of a benchmark you will receive a message stating "No data available for this location" in the “Identify Details” window.

Select a Box – You can select more than one benchmark at a time. Draw an identify box around several benchmarks on your view screen. All the benchmarks selected will appear in the “Identify Details” window.

 Benchmark Details: If you see Reports: “REPORTED MISSING” this means the benchmark has been reported missing in the field. This has not been verified by the County of DuPage, once verified the benchmark will be removed from the site.

Example: PDF Benchmark Document.

Printable PDF documents are 8.5” by 11” in size.

Additional Help and Support:

 When you run the DuPageMaps interactive web mapping application you may need to upgrade Adobe Flash player on your workstation\laptop. If you skip the upgrade the application will not operate properly.

 Are you having technical problems?

 Is the error repeatable? If “YES”.

 Did you try to close and reopen of the web application and\or reboot your workstation? If “YES”.

 Did you turn “OFF” pop-up blocker in your web browser for our site? If “YES”.

 What internet browser and version do you have installed on your computer? Have you upgraded to the most current version of your internet browser? If “YES”.

 SEND AN EMAIL TO: [email protected]

 We will try to respond to your technical issues as quickly as possible.

 Please describe exactly what you were trying to do when the error occurred. Please include any additional detailed information pertaining to the problem.

Copyright - County of DuPage, Illinois 2012 - all rights reserved. All County of DuPage governmental maps and data are copyrighted. Any data, images or maps created from the DuPageMaps interactive web mapping application including screen captures\clips, a plotted or printed map, a map used in an Adobe PDF file, a map used in a PowerPoint presentation, or any other rendering of a map can be used for internal purposes only. You are not entitled or permitted to repackage, resell or distribute this information without written permission from the Public Information Office of the County of DuPage, at 421 N. County Farm Rd., Wheaton, Illinois 60187.

Disclaimer of Warranty: The user expressly acknowledges that the DuPageMaps web site, data and maps may contain some nonconformities, defects, or errors. The County of DuPage does not warrant that the DuPageMaps web site, data or maps will meet the user's needs or expectations, that the use of the DuPageMaps web site, data or maps will be uninterrupted, or that all nonconformities, defects, or errors can or will be corrected. The County of DuPage is not inviting reliance on the DuPageMaps web site, data or maps and the user should always verify actual data by contacting the appropriate regulating agency.

The County of DuPage assumes no liability for possible errors. The DuPageMaps web site, data, maps and any related materials contained therein are provided "as is," without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, noninterference, system integration, or noninfringement. By accessing or using the DuPageMaps website, data or maps you hereby release the County of DuPage, its employees, agents, contractors, and suppliers from any and all responsibility and liability associated with its use. In no event shall the County of DuPage or its employees be liable for any damages arising from the use or misuse of the DuPageMaps web site, data or maps. The entire risk of use shall be with the user.

Missing Benchmarks \ Contact Us:

Please report “disturbed” or “destroyed” benchmarks. Send EMAIL: [email protected] Thank you.

Dupage County Information Technology Department - GIS Division 421 N. County Farm Rd. Wheaton IL. 60187 Benchmarks Email: [email protected] DuPageMaps Web Application Email: [email protected]

Caution: Use of the Interactive mapping information should be subject to strict professional surveying principles and verification checks. Monuments may have been disturbed since the data was

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