Explore the map
You can use a mouse or pointing device to move around and explore the map.
Map action | Use this tool... | ...and do this |
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Re-center the map | Navigation element (image may vary) |
Display the Navigation image, if necessary by clicking its down-arrow in the Console. Click and hold on the Navigation image in the direction you want to re-center the map. You can click on any spot on the Navigation image to fine-tune the movement. |
Pan tool |
Click on the Pan tool in the Toolbar, then click and drag the map to move it. | |
Overview map |
In the Console, make the Overview map visible. The red rectangle shows the current map extent. Click inside this rectangle and drag to move the main map's extent. | |
Zoom in | Mouse wheel |
Scroll the mouse wheel forward or up to zoom in. Each wheel click will zoom the map by about 50 percent in width and height. |
Shift+Left mouse |
Hold the Shift key down, then hold the left mouse button down and drag to draw a rectangle. The map will zoom in to the area of the rectangle. | |
Fixed zoom in |
If available, click on the fixed-zoom-in icon in the Toolbar. The map will zoom in on the center of the map. | |
Zoom in tool |
Click on the zoom-in tool in the
Toolbar, then
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Zoom out | Mouse wheel |
Scroll the mouse wheel backward or down to zoom out. Each wheel click will zoom the map by about 50 percent in width and height. |
Fixed zoom out |
If available, click on the fixed-zoom-out icon in the Toolbar. The map will zoom out from the center of the map. | |
Zoom out tool |
Click on the zoom-out tool in the
Toolbar, then
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Zoom out to full map | Zoom full extent |
Click on the full extent image in the Toolbar. The map will zoom all the way out to the full map extent. |
Identify features | Ctrl + Left mouse |
Hold the Ctrl key down, then click with the left mouse button on a location. Features at the location will be found a shown in the Results window. |