8) Printing a Map
The Web Mapping application contains a map template that makes it easy to create and print maps of the display area. The template includes common map elements (scale bar, title, neat-line, etc.).
- Zoom in/ Zoom out of the desired map or pan to get the
features to appear on the map, as you want them.
- Click the Print Menu; a dialog box will open.
- Type in a Title for your map.
- Choose to keep the current map extent or current map scale.
- Click the Generate Map button.
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The map will open in Adobe Acrobat. If your Adobe Acrobat Reader is an earlier version than 4.0, you may have trouble viewing the map.
- Click View/> Fit in Window to be able to view the full map in the display area of your monitor.
- Click File>Print to print the map.
- Select the printer.
- Each printer has a different setup. The map template is set to 8.5 x 11 inches. You will need to make
sure that the "shrink oversized paper to paper size" option is checked on (the wording may vary dependent
on printer). You want the paper that is in the printer to dictate what size the map is.
- You can save a copy of the map for printing or emailing later by clicking on File>Save a Copy.
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Browse to the directory location you want to save the .pdf file to. The map will be named mapreport(1).pdf by default. Change the name if you need to.
Click
File>Exit to exit the map.
9) Draw Menu
The draw menu includes options for adding graphics to the map display. The basic draw options allow you to draw a simple point, line, polygon, or text.
- Click on the Draw Menu.
- Select Basic Draw.
- Select the draw tool (Line, Point, Polygon or Text); the draw dialog box will open.
- Select the color, size, and style to draw.
- Click to add the point to the map, if drawing a line or polygon double-click when you are done to add the object to the map.
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Note: When adding text to the map adding Map Tip text is
possible by checking the Use Map Tip Text checkbox.
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Tip: The
Clear Last button will clear the last line drawn. The
Clear All button will remove all graphics that you have added to the display.
10) Overview Tab
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The Overview Tab gives the user a tool to reference where they are zoomed.
The Overview Tab will display a green square where the user is zoomed within the display map.
If you are zoomed to a very small area on the display map, the green square will appear to be a green dot on the overview map. |
11) Map Tips
- A quick method of viewing tabular information for certain
features is by using the Map Tips option. Map Tips allows
the user to display a feature's chosen field value when hovered
over with the mouse. You may use up to four different fields
to display information.
- Select Map Tips from the Options Menus; a dialog box will open.
- Select Map Tip Layer.
- Select the Map Tip Field(s).
- Click the Enable Map Tips Checkbox.
- Click OK.
- Move the mouse over a feature.
The map tip will display the field and field value for the feature.
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To turn map tips off simply uncheck Enable Map Tips
and press OK.
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