MARPLOT® MAPPING APPLICATION FOR RESPONSE, PLANNING, User’s Manual AND LOCAL OPERATIONAL TASKS AUGUST 1999 GEMENT OF EM D ST A A E E IT TE N R N S A E U G • Y U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL Chemical Emergency Preparedness • N M E C V N N I R D E C O G PROTECTION AGENCY E and Prevention Office N A Y M D E N I N IO O T T Washington, D.C. 20460 A C A L P TE RO - P E R ATMOSPH D R AN ER I E IC C N A A D E M A NATIONAL OCEANIC T Hazardous Materials C I N O I S T L T A U R N A I O T P I I O T AND ATMOSPHERIC Response Division O A N N N M S U O . E S C . C D ADMINISTRATION Seattle, Washington 98115 R E E PA M RT OM MENT OF C c ameo® Contents 1 Welcome to MARPLOT 1.1 About this manual.........................................................................................1 1.2 About MARPLOT .........................................................................................2 1.2.1 Objects ...........................................................................................2 1.2.2 Layers ............................................................................................2 1.2.3 Maps ..............................................................................................2 1.2.4 Relationship between maps and layers ...................................3 1.2.5 Views .............................................................................................3 1.2.6 The Search Collection and the selected objects .......................4 1.2.7 Linking objects to data in other programs ...............................4 1.2.8 Object identification ................................................................... 5 1.2.9 Administration and user permission........................................5 1.2.10 Some mapping concepts.............................................................6 1.2.11 The TIGER/Line database and LandView ..............................8 2 Installing and Managing Your MARPLOT System 2.1 System requirements ..................................................................................11 2.2 Installation....................................................................................................11 2.3 Updating from an older version of MARPLOT......................................11 2.4 Administration (system management) ....................................................11 2.4.1 Keeping backups..........................................................................11 2.4.2 Obtaining MARPLOT maps.......................................................13 2.4.3 Adding maps to your MARPLOT system ...............................14 1.0.0 Exchanging MARPLOT data with other MARPLOT systems.....................................................................16 2.4.5 Administrating a multi-user MARPLOT system ....................17 2.4.6 Using MARPLOT maps on a network......................................18 2.4.7 Creating new maps......................................................................18 1.0.0 Creating custom MARPLOT maps from other data sources..................................................................................19 3 Getting Started with MARPLOT 3.1 Starting and exiting MARPLOT................................................................21 3.2 Guided tour of basic MARPLOT functions.............................................21 4 Reference 4.1 The MARPLOT display window..............................................................43 4.1.1 Pop-up menus on the map window..........................................44 4.1.2 Map insets .....................................................................................46 4.2 File menu......................................................................................................47 4.2.1 Save as Picture..............................................................................47 Contents 4.2.2 Print................................................................................................48 4.2.3 Import ............................................................................................49 4.2.4 Export.............................................................................................50 4.2.5 Compact Map Files ......................................................................51 4.2.6 Preferences ....................................................................................51 4.2.7 Administrator ...............................................................................54 4.3 Edit menu.....................................................................................................55 4.3.1 Undo...............................................................................................55 4.3.2 Cut..................................................................................................55 4.3.3 Copy...............................................................................................55 4.3.4 Paste ...............................................................................................55 4.3.5 Clear...............................................................................................55 4.3.6 Insert Picture Object.....................................................................55 4.3.7 Make New Polygon .....................................................................57 4.3.8 Make New Polyline......................................................................58 4.3.9 Polyline <-> Polygon ...................................................................58 4.4 View menu...................................................................................................59 4.4.1 Go to View ..................................................................................59 4.4.2 Go to Previous View..................................................................60 4.4.3 Set Scale.......................................................................................60 4.4.4 Go to Lat/Long ..........................................................................60 4.4.5 Center on Focus Point ...............................................................61 4.4.6 Save Current View.....................................................................61 4.4.7 Edit Views...................................................................................61 4.4.8 Entry View..................................................................................61 4.4.9 Reference View...........................................................................62 4.4.10 Legend.........................................................................................62 4.4.11 Scale Bar ......................................................................................63 4.4.12 Time Stamp.................................................................................63 4.4.13 Lat/Long Grid............................................................................63 4.4.14 Marked Point..............................................................................63 4.4.15 Marked Point..............................................................................64 4.5 List menu......................................................................................................64 4.5.1 Search.............................................................................................65 - Search Collection dialog box...................................................68 - Intersections dialog box...........................................................69 - Addresses dialog box ...............................................................70 4.5.2 Show Search Collection...............................................................70 4.5.3 Copy to Search Collection...........................................................70 4.5.4 Layer List.......................................................................................70 - Layer List groups......................................................................74 - Layer Scale Ranges dialog box................................................74 4.5.5 Map List.........................................................................................76 - Map Info dialog box .................................................................78 4.6 Objects menu................................................................................................78 4.6.1 Object Settings ..............................................................................78 Contents - Geo-referencing a picture object.............................................81 4.6.2 Segment Settings ..........................................................................81 4.6.3 Vertex Menu..................................................................................82 4.6.4 Move Objects to Layer.................................................................83 4.6.5 Move Objects to Map...................................................................83 4.6.6 Color...............................................................................................84 4.6.7 Line Width /Pattern/Style.........................................................84 4.6.8 Fill Pattern.....................................................................................85 4.6.9 Symbol ...........................................................................................85 4.7 Sharing menu...............................................................................................85 4.8 Tools..............................................................................................................85