BUFFALO HISTORICAL GIS

BUFFALO HISTORICAL GIS MAP TOOL HELP

Toggle between Legend and LayerList: Switches back and forth between a legend with symbology and a layer list with visibility options.

Toggle Overview Map: Adds or removes the overview map from the map display area.

Zoom In: Zooms in to the area of the map that you click or drag a box around.

Zoom Out: Zooms out from the area of the map that you click or drag a box around.

Zoom to Full Extent: Zooms to the full extent of the map.

Zoom to Active Layer: Zooms to the full extent of the active layer.

Back to Last Extent: Zooms to the previous extent.

Pan: Pans the display in the direction that you drag the mouse pointer.

Pan to north.

Pan to south.

Pan to west.

Pan to east.

Hotlink.

Identify: Displays attribute information for the feature that you clicked.

Query: Searches for features based on a query expression.

Find: Finds map features with an attribute value matching a string that you type.

Measure: Measures distances on the map.

Set Units: Sets the units for the Measure tool.

Buffer: Selects the features of one layer that are within the specified buffer distance of selected features of another layer.

Select by Rectangle: Selects the group of features contained by or in contact with a rectangle you draw on the map.

Select by Line/Polygon: Selects the group of features contained by or in contact with a line or polygon you draw on the map.

Clear Selection: Clears the selected set of features.

Print: Prints the map to your default printer.