Alberta Soil Information Viewer: Navigation and Function Help

Navigation

	Move the map up, down, left or right.
	Return to previous extent (left arrow) or next extent (right arrow)
	Increase (+) or decrease (-) the scale. The slider may also be used.
	Move the map around. Zoom in to a user-specified box. Zoom out from a user-specified box.

Buttons

	Enter Latitude and (negative) Longitude coordinates, then zoom to the location.
	Bring up an expandable list of available graphics layers for viewing, zooming, and removing.
	Bring up a list of available base maps and select one to be used as a background.

Widgets

	Select Features	Select polygons in the Soil Information layer
	Zoom To Township	Zoom to the extent of a given township.
	Identify Tool	Click on the map to identify a soil landscape polygon. If the soil polygon layer is visible an information window appears showing various attributes of the polygon identified.
	Markup Tool	Create a variety of graphics for display purposes. Appearance (colour, size, etc.) can be defined and a label placed on the graphic.
	Measure Tool	Take measurements (area, length, etc.) on the map.
	Buffer Tool	Generate user-defined buffers around selected graphics created with the Markup Tool.
	Import & Export Tool	Import or export graphics, buffers or features in a variety of formats. Some formats are applicable for certain feature types (e.g., lines or polygons may not be exported as CSV).
	Bookmarks	Zoom to specific areas of interest created as bookmarks. Municipalities and major cities have been pre-defined. Optionally, new bookmarks may be created for other areas of interest.
	Export map to image format	Export the map on the display as an image in a variety of formats except PDF. The scale and map data credits are also exported.
	Print	Create a printable PDF map at a specified scale. Printing size can be letter (8.5 X 11 in.) or tabloid (11 X 17 in.) and orientation can be portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizontal). The map will have standard map elements (title, description, scale, etc.).
	Layer List	Bring up an expandable list of available layers for viewing and setting properties (visibility, transparency, zoom-to-extent, move up/down and description). If a particular layer is greyed out and italicized the map may be zoomed in to make the layer visible.
	Legend	Create a legend to show feature symbol meaning. Only those feature classes which are visible will be displayed in the legend.

Contact the Ag-Info Centre, toll-free in Alberta at 310-FARM (3276), for agricultural information.