map-TV user help

User Guide

Making the Most of the map-TV browser window.

The standard map-TV interface uses three frames. Many users are not aware that they can drag on the bars between them to resize each frame.
If, for example you are not interested in controlling themes but want to pick from long lists of search results, you should resize the two right hand frames until only the lower one is visible.
If map-TV has been configured for large maps and your screen is small you may want to make the map frame larger (or if you are using Internet Explorer ^TM 4+ hit the FullSceen button on the browser toolbar).

Searching

Searching is easy using map-TV. Just type the name or number of the place you want to search for into the Find box and hit enter.

You can search on the following information: Addresses, Road Names, Legal Descriptions, Assessment Numbers, Hydro Names, Survey Plan Numbers, Topo feature Names, and Reserve Purpose.

If you do not check the Exact checkbox map-TV will find any places that start with the letters you entered.
If a single match is found map-TV will map it automatically and zoom to that feature.
If multiple matches are found for the text you entered (non exact searches) map-TV will prompt you to choose one, when you click on the one you want map-TV will zoom to that feature.
Note that there is a limit on number of matches that are returned therefore you may need to refine your search.
If multiple places have the same name, map-TV will usually map all of them, unless it has been configured to map only the first.
You can use a wildcard search eg:*dp 4567 will return all properties with DP 4567 in their legal description, and *brown will return all occurences of the word Brown
Note that the search criteria is not case sensitive

The map-TV Toolbar

Moving Around the Map:
Depending on the kind of movement you want (eg Zoom Out, Pan etc) you either...

Click on a toolbar button that moves the map immediately.
Click on a toolbar button that Sets the Mode, then click on the map.

There are two groups of buttons on the toolbar. The group on the left act immediately.
The group on the right change the mode (ie change what happens when you click on the map). The current Mode is displayed in a box beside the toolbar.

Immediate action:

FullView (Un-Zoom)
This button causes the map to zoom to full extent of all the layers.

Refresh Map
Clicking this button requests a refreshed map from the map-TV server. It is useful after changing a layer setting.

Screen Plot
Screen plot tool for local printing. Click to open a new Window with a large map for printing.

Back Plot
The button prints the map on a printer connected to the remote map server.

Pan (Direction)

These navigation buttons move the current view half a screen in the named direction. If these buttons do not appear the Pan From To function is usually available instead.

Move North
Move South
Move East
Move West
Move North East
Move South East
Move South West
Move North West

Click this button to zoom out 2x from the centre of the map.

These buttons set the mode for the action on the next click in the map.
The current mode is shown in the end box.

Zoom In Mode
When you click this button map-TV enters Zoom In mode. When you click on the map it will to zoom in 2x and re-centre at the point you clicked.

Zoom Box Modes
When you click on this button map-TV enters Lower Left mode. You can now enter the lower left corner of the map extent you require by clicking on the Map. After you have clicked, wait for the Mode box to display Upper Right. You can now enter the top right corner by clicking on the map. Note: if the map-TV server is busy it may take a moment to change from Lower left to Upper Right modes after your first click, but you must wait for Upper Right before your second click.

Pan Modes
When you click on this button map-TV enters Pan From mode. You can now enter the point you want to start panning from by clicking on the Map. After you have clicked, wait for the Mode box to display Pan To. You can now enter a second point by clicking on the map. The map pan in the direction and amount you have now specified. Note: if the map-TV server is busy it may take a moment to change from Pan From to Pan To modes after your first click, but you must wait for Pan To before your second click.

New Center Mode
When you click this button map-TV enters New Center mode. When you next click on the map it will pan so the point you clicked on is now at the center of the map.

ID Feature Mode
When you click on this button map-TV enters ID Feature mode. You can now click on a map feature to find out about it. Results are displayed in the lower right frame, and the heading will tell you what has been identified. Note that layers are searched from the top down. If you encounter problems with map-TV identifyng a nearby feature, you should turn that feature's layer off. eg: Turn off Land Parcels in order to IDentify Unsurveyed Maori Partitions.

map-TV Themes

Standard themes can be thought of as map layers but actually may be comprised of several layers that are displayed or hidden depending on the current scale. For example a Theme called Roads might be comprised of a Main Roads layer for display when zoomed out, and All Roads for display when zoomed in.

Controlling Standard Themes and Labels
The Theme List displays in the Right Upper frame and can be considered the table of Contents for the map.
Each Theme has a checkbox to control whether it is drawing, and possibly a dropdown list of Label fields. If a label field dropdown does not appear, that theme has been configured to either not have labels, or have a default label field.

Most Themes have default labels set eg: Legal Description is the default label for Land Parcels
To Label a Theme choose a label field from the dropdown list.
To turn off labelling, choose None or No Label from the dropdown list.

Whenever you change whether themes are drawing, or their label fields you will need to Refresh the map to see the results.
Note that the map layers that comprise a theme may be configured to be scale dependent. If you select a Label field or turn on a Theme but do not see any changes when you Refresh the map, the Theme (and/or its Labels) may not be visible until you zoom in.

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map-TV Key

The following key shows the symbols that are used when you do a search on a feature

Addresses