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Page Last Updated:
Thursday, 2 July 2009 |
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Home>Alpine Interactive Mapping System (AIMS) Help
| Main Page Components | | | AIMS is made up of the following main components:
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 | Map Window | | Toolbar | | Panel Windows | | Status Bar
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| Map Window | | | The data available to the user in the map window is determined by the type of map that was chosen. The map can be interacted with using the tools available in the toolbar.
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| Toolbar | | | The toolbar on the left side of the map window contains the following buttons:
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| Zoom In
Click on this button then either single click on the map where you want to zoom in or click the mouse button, drag and then release the button to zoom in to an area on the map.
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| Zoom Out
Click on this button then either single click on the map where you want to zoom out or click the mouse button, drag and then release the button to zoom out of an area on the map.
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| Pan
Click on this button then click on the map and drag in the direction you want the map to move, then release the mouse button.
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| Back View
Steps back to the previous view (similar to the ‘Back’ button on a web browser).
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| Forward View
Steps forward to the next view (similar to the ‘Forward’ button on a web browser – this button can only be used if the Back View button has been used prior).
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| Information Select
Click on this button, then click on a feature on the map that you wish to find out information about. The feature will be selected and the Information panel window will open automatically on the right side of the map to display the relevant information about the feature you selected.
More details regarding the panel windows can be found below.
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| Zoom to Selection
If a feature has been selected using a query (see details below), the feature can be zoomed to by clicking this button.
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| Unselect
Click on this button to unselect a feature that has been selected using the Information Select tool button.
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| Measure Distance
Click on this button, then click on the map at the start point of the line you want to measure. Move the mouse and click on any other points that require to be measured, finally double click to finish measuring. The final distance will be displayed in the Status Bar.
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| Measure Area
This tool works exactly the same way as the measure distance tool but provides both perimeter distance and area for the area you are interested in. See above for a description of how to use this tool.
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| Panel Windows | | 
| There are four different panel windows. Each window has a specific function which is outlined below. The panel windows can be changed by using the buttons at the top of the panel on the left side of the map.
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| | Search
This is the default panel window. Choose a query from the menu (the default is ‘Find an address’). Enter the appropriate details in the text boxes provided and press submit at the bottom of the panel.
The following queries are available:
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| Find an address | | Find a parcel by lot/plan number | | Find a parcel by crown allotment
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| Example
If you wanted to locate the address, 29 Churchill Avenue Bright, you would choose the ‘Find an address’ query and enter the details in the appropriate fields:
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| If you do not know the information for a particular field you don’t need to enter it, only the road name requires a value. | | You can use lower or upper case or a combination of both when entering values. | | If an address has a start and end number eg. 20-24 Churchill Avenue, then by typing in 20, 22 or 24 the address will still be found.
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| | Results
The information panel will only show information when a feature or features are selected.
A map is made up of a number of layers and one or more layers can be selected at any time using the Information Select tool.
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| Example 1
A number of properties are selected via a query. The drop-down menu displays the current layer that is selected (in this case it will have only the Parcel Boundary layer displayed). The pick-list below allows the user to select the feature of the Parcel Boundary layer that they require information about.
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| Example 2
A storm water pit is selected as well as the property it falls on. The pick-list at the top allows the user to select the layer that they want to get information from.
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| The information panel can be accessed using the panel buttons and is also automatically activated when a feature is selected using the Information Select tool.
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| Print
The print panel allows the user to print out the map that is shown in the map window. The map will be created in a web browser page as a popup. If your web browser currently has popups disabled this needs to be changed before the page can be printed. The print panel looks like this:
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| | The second drop-down menu lists the print templates that are available for the particular workspace that the user is in. There is only a single print temple to choose from at this stage. Under the heading ‘Print Scale’ there are a number of options for the scale at which to print the map:
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| Use current map zoom - this prints the map as it is currently shown on the screen. | | Zoom to selection - this is only available if there is a feature(s) currently selected, if there is a feature selected this option will zoom to the feature before printing the resulting map. | | Zoom to active feature - this is only available if there is a feature(s) currently selected, if there is a number of features selected this option will zoom to the extent of all the features before printing the resulting map. | | Print scale at 1: xxxx - this allows the user to choose from a number of pre-defined scales at which to print the map. | | Print at exact scale 1: xxxx - this allows the user to enter the exact scale at which to print the map.
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| | The additional information area provides a space to input a title for the map as well as some comments which will appear on the print out. Once all the relevant information has been entered press ‘Print’ at the bottom of the panel.
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| Legend
This panel provides a description of the different features that are present on the map. If there are a number of elements associated with a single feature, click on the '+' symbol to expand the list.
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| Status Bar | | | The status bar provides feedback to the user when tools such as the measure line and area are used as well as when a query does not produce any results.
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