How to use this tutorial > You can run the whole show by using the slide show button (excluding firefox) at the bottom right, use the escape key to exit the show before the end. >There are some demonstrations of how some of the tools work so click on the title in the outline to re-play the slide if you miss the demo. >You can choose a slide to view from the outline pane on the left. > You can scroll between pages by using the slide navigation controls at the bottom centre of the page. > Close the show with the ‘x’ at the top right corner of the page.
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How to use this tutorial
> You can run the whole show by using the slide show button (excluding firefox) at the bottom right, use the escape key to exit the show before the end.
>There are some demonstrations of how some of the tools work so click on the title in the outline to re-play the slide if you miss the demo.
>You can choose a slide to view from the outline pane on the left.
> You can scroll between pages by using the slide navigation controls at the bottom centre of the page.
> Close the show with the ‘x’ at the top right corner of the page.
Select a topic from the list
The tree
The tree opens at your selected topic
Tree
Now expand the branch you want to see
Add a single layer
Click the link to add a single layer onto the map
Add multiple layers
Or tick a number of boxes add more than one layer
Then click Update Map to add the layers
Remove a single layer
To remove a layer click the legend and Remove layer
Remove multiple layers
Or use the SELECT LAYERS tab to remove more than one
Then click Update Map
Layer tools
Click on legend to open and display tools
Change colour
You can Change colour
Show details Metadata
You can check the Show details/metadata for information…
Find out how the layer is created
…find out how the layer was createdClick lineage link for detailed scientific information
To get back to the map click Return to Map
What’s here for this layer
To check the attribute details for a specific layer use What’s here?Click the map where you are interested
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Feature details
The Feature Details are listed
To get back to the map click Return to Map
Hide a layer
You can also Hide the layer And then Show the layer
Search for a layer
You can also find a layer by searching for it
The results are listed under SEARCH RESULTS
Search for a place
You can also find a place by searching for it
The results are listed under SEARCH RESULTS
Tool bar
You can change the tool bar to show Simple tools or All tools
What’s here for all layers
To find what’s here for all layers on the map use tool bar what’s here
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Feature details
The Feature Details are listed for all layers under the point
To get back to the map click Return to Map
Move map
Move Map in any direction with Move Map
Zoom
Zoom In Click once to halve the scaleOr Click and drag to define the area
Zoom and centre on
You can zoom to a location from the list
Zoom to
Or zoom to a specific scale
The Map centre will remain the same
Draw a polygon, rectangle
Draw a polygon or rectangle to search area species distribution layers
The results are listed under SEARCH RESULTS
Measure the area
You use What’s Here to find the area and perimeter of a rectangle
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The area is under UserGeometry
Measure distance
You can measure a distance
Use Erase to remove any geometries drawn
Reset map
You can reset the map to remove all layers you have loaded
The map resets to the land and sea topic
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