Tools | Legend

Tools:

Icon Name Description
Zoom to Full Extent Zoom to the full extent of the map.
Zoom In Zoom in (and re-center the map display) on a point you click on the map.  You may also zoom in on an area you define by dragging a box on the map. 
Zoom Out Zooms out (and re-center the map display) on the point you click on the map.
Pan Drag the map display in the direction of the cursor. 

To pan the map display, click the 'Pan' button, move the cursor anywhere over the map, hold down the mouse button, and drag the map in any direction. Release the mouse button to leave the display in your desired position. The application will update the map display to fill in any blank areas revealed by your pan. 
Identify Lists the attributes of the features you click on in the map.

To identify a feature, check the Active check box of the layer of interest, click the 'Identify' button, click a feature of that layer on the map.  The results will be displayed in a popup browser window. 
Find Finds the map feature(s) based on a text string you type.

To find features, click the 'Find' button and the Find Features browser window will open.  Select a layer from the drop-down selection box, enter a text string, click the find button.  If you may click on a 'Zoom' hyperlink the application will update the map to the extent of the feature. 
Print Print a pre-formatted layout of the current map display and legend using your browser's print function.  

To print the current map display, click the print button and a printable map page will appear in a new browser window.  Use the File Print menu item from your browser to print the map page to your local printer.  You may wish to change your page orientation to landscape using the File Page Setup menu item from your browser. 
Metadata Takes you to a list of metadata records for each layer.
Help Takes you to this on-line help page you are currently reading.

 

Legend:

On the right-hand side of the browser window, you will see the graphic legend displayed.  The graphic legend shows the colors and indicators used to display data on the map.  This legend will update as you zoom in and out. 

Just above the graphic legend is a hyperlink to the 'Layer Control Legend'.  This hyperlink will refresh the frame to displays a list of available map layers.  Using the 'Visible' check boxes, you can check on or off map layers to customize the display. 

The map layers are displayed in the application as "scale dependent."  This means that only certain map layers will be visible depending on the scale at which the map is being displayed.  In other words, the more you zoom-in to the map, the more detail you will see. You may need to zoom-in quite close to see some map layers. 

Visible Layer:
By default, certain layers have been selected to be "visible" in the map. However, you have full control over which layers to display in the map. Using the "visible" check boxes, you can check on or off map layers to customize the display. Only the checked layers will be displayed in the map. Once you have made changes, you need to click on the Refresh Map button to update the map. Note that if you have just turned on a map layer, but you don't see it displayed in the map, you may need to zoom-in closer for it to be displayed. 

Active Layer:
Using the active check boxes, you can select which layer to make available for the 'Identify' tool.  Only one layer may be active at any given time.

Layer Properties:
You may change the display properties of most layers.  For example, you may change the color of features from black to red if you desire.  To make changes, click on the hyperlinked name of the layer in the 'Layer Control Legend'.  'Layer Properties' options will appear.  Change the properties of the layer by selecting options from the drop-down boxes.