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Similar to the zoom-in button (page 24), the zoom-in and recentre button, [[Image:ScaleUpIcon.png]], displays a smaller map area at a larger scale. Unlike the zoom-in button, the button also recentres on the point that you select on the map.
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To recentre and zoom in on the map:
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{{note|To inactive a feature/function, select another feature/function in [[Explore the Toolbars#Map Pane toolbar|Map Pane toolbar]].}}
  
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==Zoom to Area==__NOEDITSECTION__
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To '''Zoom to Area''' on the map:
 
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<li>Click the [[Image:ScaleUpIcon.png]] button to enable the map control.</li>
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<li>Click the [[Image:ScaleUpIcon.png]] button to enable the zoom in function.</li>
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<li>Select the area on the map that you would like to zoom in on and recentre the map:</li>
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<li>Select the area on the map that you would like to zoom in by drawing a rectangle around this area.  
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<li>Click the map.</li>
 
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<li>While holding down the mouse button, drag the mouse to form a rectangle around the map area you would like to select.</li>
 
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<li>Release the mouse button.</li>
 
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The selected map area is displayed at a larger scale in the centre of the map pane.
 
 
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<li>To disable the map control, select another GIS map control.</li>
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==Zoom from Area==__NOEDITSECTION__
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To '''Zoom from Area''' on the map:
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<li>Click the [[Image:ScaleDownIcon.png]] button to enable the zoom out function.</li>
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<li>Zoom out by drawing a rectangle around the area of your interest.
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</ol>
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==Pan function==__NOEDITSECTION__
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To '''Move''' the map image, or '''Panning''':
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<li>Click the [[Image:PanHandIcon.png]] button to enable the pan map control.The cursor changes to a hand to indicate that the pan tool is enabled.</li>
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<li>Click the map and while holding down the mouse button, drag the map to the desired position in the map pane.</li>
 
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{{note|Use the [[Image:ScaleDownIcon.png]] button to zoom out and recentre from a point.}}
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==Go to Home function==__NOEDITSECTION__
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The zoom-in button displays a smaller map area at a larger scale so that more of the area’s details are visible. To zoom in:
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The '''Go to Home''' [[Image:OrigScaleIcon.png]] button displays the map in its original scale and in its original position within the map pane.
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#Click the [[Image:ScaleUpIcon.png]] button to enable the zoom-in map control.  
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#:The map displays at a larger scale.
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==Zoom to Full Extent==__NOEDITSECTION__
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IMSMA allows you to define locations that are not within the area of the maps that you have available.
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To display the map so that it displays with the furthest location defined in IMSMA:
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#Click the [[Image:FurthLocIcon.png]] button.
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#The map displays the full extent.
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==Go to Coordinates==__NOEDITSECTION__
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The Go To Coordinates [[Image:CoordWinIcon.png]] button allows you to navigate to specific coordinates. You can also drop a visual pin at the specific location for reference purposes, see [[Drop a Visual Pin on the Map]].
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To go to specific coordinates:
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<li>Click the [[Image:CoordWinIcon.png]] button. The Recentre On Coordinates window displays.</li>
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<li>Select the coordinate system that you would like to use from the list.
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[[Image:RecentreOnCoordinates.png|center|''Recentre On Coordinates Windows'']]
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''Recentre On Coordinates Windows''
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<li>Enter the coordinates.</li>
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<li>Define desired zoom scale.</li>
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<li>Check in '''Add Pin''' button if you want to add a pin on the map.</li>
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<li>Click the '''Apply''' button.</li>
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<li>The map recentres on the coordinates that you entered.</li>
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{{Note | The following error message indicates that you either did not enter coordinates, or the coordinates that you entered were not in a valid format. Click on '''Show Detail''' for more information. Click the '''Close''' button and enter valid coordinates.
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[[Image:Invalid_coordinate_message.png|500px|]]}}
  
 
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Latest revision as of 12:01, 23 March 2015

Note.jpg To inactive a feature/function, select another feature/function in Map Pane toolbar.

Zoom to Area

To Zoom to Area on the map:

  1. Click the ScaleUpIcon.png button to enable the zoom in function.
  2. Select the area on the map that you would like to zoom in by drawing a rectangle around this area.

Zoom from Area

To Zoom from Area on the map:

  1. Click the ScaleDownIcon.png button to enable the zoom out function.
  2. Zoom out by drawing a rectangle around the area of your interest.

Pan function

To Move the map image, or Panning:

  1. Click the PanHandIcon.png button to enable the pan map control.The cursor changes to a hand to indicate that the pan tool is enabled.
  2. Click the map and while holding down the mouse button, drag the map to the desired position in the map pane.

Go to Home function

The Go to Home OrigScaleIcon.png button displays the map in its original scale and in its original position within the map pane.

Zoom to Full Extent

IMSMA allows you to define locations that are not within the area of the maps that you have available.

To display the map so that it displays with the furthest location defined in IMSMA:

  1. Click the FurthLocIcon.png button.
  2. The map displays the full extent.

Go to Coordinates

The Go To Coordinates CoordWinIcon.png button allows you to navigate to specific coordinates. You can also drop a visual pin at the specific location for reference purposes, see Drop a Visual Pin on the Map.

To go to specific coordinates:

  1. Click the CoordWinIcon.png button. The Recentre On Coordinates window displays.
  2. Select the coordinate system that you would like to use from the list.
    Recentre On Coordinates Windows

    Recentre On Coordinates Windows

  3. Enter the coordinates.
  4. Define desired zoom scale.
  5. Check in Add Pin button if you want to add a pin on the map.
  6. Click the Apply button.
  7. The map recentres on the coordinates that you entered.
Note.jpg The following error message indicates that you either did not enter coordinates, or the coordinates that you entered were not in a valid format. Click on Show Detail for more information. Click the Close button and enter valid coordinates.

Invalid coordinate message.png

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