The map visualization toolbar appears when the map window is active. To activate the map, click on it.
The "selection" tool is the default tool. In the map layer pane, it can be used for changing the order of map layers, and activating and deactivating map layers (see Maps overview for details). In the central map pane, it can be used to select items on the map. Using this tool you can click directly on a single item to select it, or you can click and drag open a rectangle to select all items that intersect the rectangle.
If you move the arrow to a the map pane and right-click, you will have the option of querying the point (see Querying maps), changing the properties (color, size of elements) of the data layer, or removing the active (highlighted) layer from the map.
Use the "zoom" tool to focus on a section of the data set. Move the tool to where you want to zoom, and click to zoom in.
Use the "zoom out" tool to enlarge the field of view. Move the tool to where you want the enlargement to be centered and click to zoom out. BoundarySeer will not zoom past the spatial extent of the data.
The "zoom to fit" tool returns the visual display to the full spatial extent of the data set.
The "pan" tool can be used instead of the scrollbars to move the field of view across the map. This tool only works when the map is zoomed in from the full spatial extent of the data. Click on the button to activate the tool and then use it to pan the map across the viewing window. For example, to expose a section to the right of the viewing window, drag the map to the left.
Finally, the "query" button is a method for querying the map; clicking a point with this tool brings up a table of information about the selected location.
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