Script For Showing Map Layout

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Go into the screen layout tutorial (as shown below)

"The map is your canvas: on the right --- content, information and data to create your maps;
Top --- are your tools to view the map in various ways and to manipulate it;
Left --- are additional function tools to print, download and to query the map or atlas."

(First go into one of the map themes). "The print map button here (show where it is located) will allow you to print any map you've created. When you click on the button, this screen will come up (click on button). This screen will allow you to create a title for the map, enter your name as author, and select some print options"

"A Basic query (click on basic query) will allow you to locate a specific county, city or congressional district. Let's do a query for Bisbee." (Enter Bisbee after clicking on city. Click on magnifying glass in the Search Results window and bring up the map. Note that the city boundaries for Bisbee are in green, and the map has automatically zoomed in on Bisbee.)

"You can also do a Place Finder search for a variety of features. If you'd like to search for a particular type of place, use the pull down menu (show the pull down menu). As you can see, this menu will let you search for a variety of types of places such as airport, arroyo, or bridge."

"This data comes from a government database called Geographic Names Information System Database. Let's search for Bisbee under Place Finder (Show how task done). You can get additional data by turning on "Show Data" and clicking on the point."

"Now I'll show how to make a map with two layers (go into the map theme - Environment and Population; click on the box to the left of "EPA Superfund Sites" and on the folder "People by County." Click on the box to the left of "2000 Percent Total Deaths-Female Breast Cancer" and click on "Redraw Map." Orange is the highest, white is the lowest. The results may or may not allow you to make a direct correlation; however you see a graphic display of the data. This information may bring up questions to pursue."

"Some layers present such detailed information that you must "Zoom In" in order to see them properly (begin making a map in the Natural Resources Theme in order to show this). For example - when you look at Native Vegetation in the Land folder it is telling you to "Zoom In." (Click on the map (default is zoom in) and keep zooming in until the check box for Native Vegetation appears.) When the check box next to Native Vegetation appears, that means we've zoomed in enough to display that layer." (Click on the check box next to Native Vegetation and click on "Redraw map.")

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