Map Help & Information



Zoom In On Map: Hold mouse down and drag a rectangle over the extent of the map you wish to zoom to or point and click and the map will zoom to two times the current extent and recenter the map on that point.
Zoom Out Map: Click the map and the map will zoom out two times the current extent and center the map on that point.
Pan The Map: Hold mouse down and drag the map image to a new position.
Identify the Active Layer: The active layer is displayed in the layers page. Select the layer you wish to query from the layers page and click the map and a dataset will be returned in a new window. Images are not queryable.
Re-Center The Map: By clicking on the map, the map will recenter on that point. This tool works like pan except the user just needs to click where they want to center. Primarily used for an accurate coordinate calculation.
Measure the Map in Feet: Hold Mouse down at the start of the Measure and Drag mouse to the end of measure. When the mouse is released, the map will display a line between the two points and also display the distance in feet.
Measure the Map in Miles: Hold Mouse down at the start of the Measure and Drag mouse to the end of measure. When the mouse is released, the map will display a line between the two points and also display the distance in miles.



Zoom Back to Last Map Extent: By clicking this function will take the map back to the last extent. This will only go back one extent, if you press it again it will take you back to the first original extent.
Set Map to Full Extent: By clicking this function will take the map back to its fullest extent set by the map service or otherwise set by specified coordinate parameters.
Re-Scale the Map: This tool rescales the map with a ratio set by the user. A prompt box will appear and the user needs to fill in the scale and click OK. A scale is a ratio of this map to the real world.



View Overview Map and Map Info: This tool will display an overview map of the area. This overview map is zoomed out four times the current map extent and the overview shows a box extent of the current map. This page also shows the current scale the map is at.
Display the Legend of the Map: This information page shows a legend of the map with the current visible layers. Visibility of layers can be set on the Layers information page.
The Map Layers Page: This page shows the user all the layers in the current map service. Each layers visibility can be set by clicking in the VIS column. The map will automatically turn the layer on and off. The ACT column displays the active layer that can be queried. Only one can be set at a time. 
Change Map Services: All ArcIMS Map sites are set up as services. The user may change the map service being hosted currently to another. To load a new service, either select the ones provided or enter the appropriate information. An ArcIMS Service requires a MAP DOMAIN ( The IP or Website name hosting the Map Service), The MAP PORT NUMBER (All ArcIMS Map Services have a specific port which it listens for requests) and a MAP SERVICE NAME (Reference to the name of the actual Map Service, this parameter is case sensitive).
Print a Layout of Current Map: This page allows the user to customize a few parameters of a map layout and build a web page of the current map for printing purposes. Parameters for the layout allow a TITLE of the map and the size of the map  8 1/2 X 11 or 11 X 17. That map is created in landscape page format.