ArcIMS Tool Descriptions

 

Toggle legend/layer list: Enables users to turn layers on and off an active theme, and convert to viewing layer lagends

Toggle overview map

Zoom In tool: Zoom in to a particular area by either clicking in the center of an area or by dragging a box around an area

Zoom out: Zoom out to a particular area in the view by either clicking in the center of an area of dragging box around an area

Zooms to full extent: Zooms to the full spatial extent of all the themes in your view

Zoom to active layer: Zooms to the spatial extent of the active theme in your view

Back to last extent: Zooms back to the previous extent

Next extent: Zooms forward to the next extent

Pan: Lets you pan the view by dragging the display in any direction with the mouse

Identify: Get information on one feature of map, click on lines or polygon for active theme to view the database record

Query: Allows the user to query the active theme database and displays the results in a table

Find: enables the user to find information when a theme is active for fields in the database

Measure: Allows the user to measure distances on the map viewer

Set Units: Sets the map viewer units i.e. feet, meters, kilometers

Select by Rectangle: Select an area and view the records from the database for the active theme

Select by Circle: Select an area and view the records from the database for the active theme

Select by Line: Select an area and view the records from the database for the active theme

Select by Polygon: Select an area and view the records from the database for the active theme

Buffer: Allow the user to create a buffer around the selected feature

MapNotes: Enable the user to turn mapnotes function on.

Attributes: Allow the user to view the attributes table of the active layer

Clear Selection: Enables the user to clear a rectangle or section from selected region of the active theme

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Map Note Functions