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NatureMaps Help - The Basics
Getting Started
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Use
to display the available layers for the map. -
Once you have turned layers on/off in the Layer list, click "Refresh Map" for the changes to appear on the map.
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Click on the blue, hyperlinked layer names in the Layer list to access the metadata, which contains more information about the datasets.
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To use the identify or select tools on a particular layer, in the "Layers" tab click the
or 
to make the layer the active identify or select layer respectively. -
The active tool and layer is displayed beneath the map window.
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The
identify tool will display information about the feature, and also the coordinate
where you clicked. Click on help button for more information. -
You can save all your map settings, including the layers turned on/off, features selected, map extent and user markup to a .ssn file on your PC or network using the Save Session button
.
You, or a colleague, can then use the Open Session button 
the next time you visit NatureMaps, navigate to the .ssn file on your computer
and immediately restore your settings, selections, markup and map extent. If new layers have been added to NatureMaps since the session file was created, these will not be displayed in the Map Layers list.
Hyperlinked Reports
Some layers have hyperlinks to extra information, that are located at the top of the Identify or Query Results available when using the Identify or Select tools. The following layers have hyperlinked reports:
- Fauna - Biol Survey SA
- Flora - Biol Survey SA
- Coastal Oblique Photos
- Veg Floristic (NVIS)
Frequently Asked Questions
I don't know what the buttons and tabs do
At the bottom of NatureMaps, beneath the scale, additional descriptions are
displayed as you position your mouse over the buttons and tabs. Further help
information is available by clicking on the 
.
I want to find the coordinates at a particular point
Use the identify tool (active layer is not important) to click on the map to display the MGA coordinates. Map Grid of Australia uses the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 and Universal Transverse Mercator projection.
I want to display information about the features in all the visible layers
You can display information about the features from all visible layers where
you click on the map by using the 
Identify Visible tool.
I want to zoom to a particular coordinate
Click on 
,
and use either the "UTM coordinate" or "Longitude/Latitude coordinate"
options. See Find Location help for
more information.
I want to zoom to a particular scale
In the bottom left corner the approximate scale of the map is displayed. You
can change the scale by typing in a new scale, and clicking 
.
I can’t see the cadastral boundaries when I turn on the imagery
When in the
tab, click on the 
icon next to the Cadastral Bnd name in the Layer list, and change the outline
to yellow, as it can be seen more easily over the imagery.
To change the outline colour, firstly change the “Fill Transparency” to 100% (invisible) so that it does not produce solid colour for the cadastral parcels. To create a yellow boundary, click on “Outline Color”, and select yellow from the Color Selector (the array of available colour squares). Click “Submit” at the bottom of the screen, or optionally label the Parcel Identifiers by selecting “FULL PARCEL ID” from the “Label Field” list, and then click "Submit".
To return to the original black outlines with no labels, click on the
icon next to the Cadastral Bnd name in the Layer list and select the “Restore
the original symbolization” link above the Color Selector.
If you want to add labels without changing the colour of the boundaries, select the “Add labels to the original symbolization” link above the Color Selector.
