Map Navigation

Several categories of tools are available for efficiently moving to specific locations and changing the display in the map viewer.

Scale Bar

Slide the scale bar up and down to zoom in and out respectively, changing the map extent.

NOTE: the map scale and coordinates are visible in the bottom left hand corner of the map viewer (example below) and change accordingly when the scale bar or any other navigation tools are used.

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Extent tools

Default Extent

To zoom to the initial extent of the map, click the Default Extent icon located in the upper right corner of the map title bar.

Previous Extent

To zoom to the previous extent of the map, click the Previous Extent icon located in the upper right corner of the map title bar.

Next Extent

To zoom to the next extent of the map, click the Next Extent icon located in the upper right corner of the map title bar.

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Shortcut Tricks

Zoom in - Hold the SHIFT key while dragging a box on the map.

Zoom out - Hold SHIFT and CTRL keys while dragging a box on the map.

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