GeoTool User Manual - Colorado`s Decision Support Systems
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1. The feature attribute data is displayed in the data panel below the map 3 5 Zoom to Location To quickly zoom the map to a specified location l Click the Quick Zoom button FEl A form is displayed in the data panel 2 Use the dropdown lists in the form to select a division water district city township or enter UTM coordinates Click the Zoom To button on the form The map will zoom to the specified location If zooming to a location other than UTM coordinates the attribute data of the selected feature will be displayed in the data panel 3 6 Find Features by Attribute To find features by an identifying attribute such as name l A gt A Activate the layer of the feature to find Click the Find button oh A form is displayed in the data panel For most layers the form will provide a dropdown list of all unique values of the attribute to select from Some layers have thousands of records in the attribute table and retrieving the list of all values could take a long time In this case the form provides a text box to type in the value Alternatively clicking the Get Samples button on the form will replace the text box with a list of the top 1500 unique values in the attribute table Select or type the value to find Click the Find button on the form The attributes of the selected feature s will be displayed in the data panel and the feature s will be highlighted on the map To zoom to all the selected fe2. When making a scale sensitive layer visible and the scale is not within the limits the visibility check box will display a magnifying glass instead of a check mark Pointing at the magnifying glass with the mouse cursor will display the scale limit s in the status bar Once the map is within the layer scale limits the layer will become visible 3 2 Zooming and Panning the Map e Zoom in or out 1 Click the Zoom In button a or Zoom Out button Q on the toolbar 2 Move the mouse pointer over the map display and click once to zoom by a scale ratio of 2 around a point Alternatively click and drag a rectangle defining the area you want to ZOOM in or out on e Pan 1 Click the Pan button E on the toolbar 2 Move the mouse pointer over the map display and click and drag the pointer 3 3 Zoom to Scale To zoom to a specific scale type the desired scale denominator in the Scale box 0 14000000 oy the toolbar and press the Enter key or click the Zoom to Scale button Go The map will zoom to the specified scale This value is not perfectly accurate due to difference in monitor displays The Scale box accepts values from 1 to 9999999 StatelMS User Manual g StatelIMS User Manual 3 4 View Feature Data To view the attribute data of a feature that you see on the map eT If the feature layer is not active click the layer name in the layer list to make it active Click the Identify button Point to a feature on the map and click
3. Limit Denominator Layer Visibility Labels Visibility Group Layer Upper Upper Base Cities S o po Counties SSS S po Divisions S S o o Elevation oS S po RiverBasing O ighways o S o Satellite Image ooo SS i S et ae od 24 000_ Od Sections 24 000 24 000 100 000 250 000 Townships Water Districts Climate Evaporation Stations o Z Precipitation Stations o lt S D 400 000 500 000 Solar Radiation Alluvial Aquifer 2 StatelMS User Manual StatelIMS User Manual Scale Limit Denominator es ae Labels Visibility lt 7 e Lever Upper Bedrock Bedrock Aquifer as sid Decreed Wells _ a T T saa Designated Basins Aquifer T o Land Use 1998 Division 3 Irrigated Lands J J o J o 1993 West Slope Irrigated Lands o 2000 West Slope Irrigated Lands S Land Cover NLCD 100 000 Diversions Diversions J 2000 Transbasin Structures J ooo S Surface Lakes and Reservoirs area o Too o Water Main Rivers o o S Reservoirs points 200 000 Rives 000 000 Stream Gages 400 000 Stream with Instream Flow Right J o 1 3 Features The main features of StateIMS include The map can be navigated by zooming panning and through the overview map Layers can be navigated using a tree menu and can be turned on and off Metadata can be displayed for the data sources Features can be selected graphically on the map or search
4. point on the map Click to add a second point creating a line segment along which you want to measure the distance Click to add additional line segments as needed As you move the mouse away from the last point the segment length changes in the Segment text box The total distance of all of the line segments appears in the Total text box at the upper left corner of the main map To clear the lines from the map click the Clear button a on the toolbar 3 10 View Metadata To view the metadata for a layer click the layer name to activate it and then click the Metadata E button on the toolbar The metadata for the active layer will be displayed in a new browser window 3 11 Print Map To print a simple layout of the current map Click the Print button a on the toolbar Print options appear in the data panel below the map Type a title for the printed map Click the Create Print Page button on the form A new browser window opens containing a printable version of the map for the selected extent with a title legend overview map scale bar and North arrow Select Print from the browser s File menu The Print dialog box appears Make any necessary changes to the print settings Click OK The map is sent to the printer Cee ee eS 3 12 Download Data Several feature layers are available for download as shapefiles from the CDSS Web site Click the Download Data button eA to open the CDSS download page in a new browser wind
5. StateIMS User Manual Version 1 0 5 2006 06 12 This document provides information about using StateIMS Colorado s Decision Support Systems CDSS Internet Map Server StateIMS provides spatial data viewing and querying facilities for CDSS spatial data This manual assumes familiarity with basic Web browsing terminology and operation The following sections are available within this document b O r ETE EAA AE AE A EE EAA Z MEE TT och ccc cessed eee E tenets peace EEE E A E EAE N EEA 2 2D A AT sates an E eacmeease utes eceatssecsas 2 EEE AET E P A AE E SE EA A T A TAE T E EEE S 3 eo E AT es 4 AAT e E E A A E a A useseauiaseed wouseooacees 5 De EE 0 AINE AAAA DE EE AA AE AEN VEEE NE PE EE E 5 P E OE WAG A ecto T A E TE T ETEA T E 7 SAMEN A sete ci eect estece sedis eastern cc dattereetacstene vec diarcaeadiate ven cudatauecuince a sdatneatdagatavencuaseveteduars 8 DES OVW N ic cisco orcs acs onc seo gee vedas ante abu gaigate ETE ge ve diavene shu gage recs AE ane vadasenssteguaneiecssers 8 DG PAE ANG sete entseanc eaten E E E EE A 8 Ws visi Oso oie lh asc A EE iy ter TMM TOETeRS Tin Meter ens T ire tener Sterens ys erat Tneer 9 SED lay Tay C16 E E AE T E E AE E A E N 9 3 2 Zooming and Panning the Map seca tac caveats gaccns dunwensGe e a EE Ea 9 PONA WO SCS E E A E AAE A A A 9 3A View Fear Dati eee ane ee E E N AEEA 10 3 5 Zoom to Location sessessesessessessessrssrssrseesersesscsstsstssrserseesersessesstssresrseosersersesse
6. a tool tip shows the name of the button and the status bar of the browser window shows a short description of the button The following table provides a short description of each of the toolbar controls More information about using the tools is provided in the Common Operations section Section 3 i Auto Refresh When checked the map will automatically refresh after toggling the visibility of each layer See Section 3 1 Force the map to redraw See Section 3 1 Zoom in to an area on the map See Section 3 2 Zoom out from an area on the map See Section 3 2 Pan a Pan the map by dragging it in any direction See Section Full Extent am to the full extent of the data Last Extent Zoom to the previous extent of the map Seale 1 Jaooooc0 Scale Text Scale denominator of the map See Section 3 3 Zoom to the specified scale See Section 3 3 StatelMS User Manual StatelIMS User Manual Image Name Description Identify Show the attribute data of a feature clicked on the map See Section 3 4 Qaick Zoom Sel ies and Zoom to a feature or coordinates See Section Li cod sala Section 3 6 Select features on the map by drawing a rectangle around 7 or through them See Section 3 7 a ail Select features on the map by drawing a line or a polygon around or through them See Section 3 7 Measure Set measure units and measure distances on the map See Section 3 9 Erase Clear the map from selections and measure line segmen
7. atures click the Zoom to Feature s link at the top of the results tables To zoom to a single feature click the hyperlinked number in the Rec field which is the leftmost field StatelIMS User Manual StatelIMS User Manual 3 7 Select Features by Graphic You can select features on the map by drawing a line a rectangle or a polygon that encloses or intersects the feature Selecting the features will display their attributes and highlight them on the map 1 Make sure that the layer in which you want to select features is active 2 Click the Select by Rectangle a or Select by Shape a button 3 When selecting by rectangle a Click a point on the map and while holding the mouse button down drag a rectangle that encloses or contacts the features to select b Release the mouse button The features are selected their attributes are displayed in the data panel and they are highlighted on the map 4 When selecting by shape a Click a point on the map move the mouse to another point and click again to draw a line that intersects or encloses the features to select Use the form in the data panel to restart the selection process by clearing the drawn line to undo the last clicked point or to complete the selection b The selected features are highlighted on the map and their attributes are displayed in the data panel 3 8 View More Information About a Feature Once features are selected and their attributes are displayed in th
8. ctangle on the Overview map indicates the visible extent on the main map When the main map is zoomed in clicking the overview map shifts the main map to center on the clicked location at the zoomed in scale 2 6 Data Panel The area below the main map is used in conjunction with various tools to display attribute data for selected map features to display forms that prompt the user for input and to output messages to the user This area can be resized e g to display more records of selected features BO StatelMS User Manual StatelIMS User Manual 3 Common Operations This section provides step by step instructions for performing common operations with StateIMS 3 1 Display Layers The visibility of layers can be changed both at the layer level and the group level in the layer list Toggle the visibility of all layers in a group by clicking the check box next to the group name Toggle the visibility of a single layer by clicking the check box next to the layer name Changing the visibility of layers when Auto Refresh is checked will refresh the map automatically after changing the visibility of each layer or each group This could take a long time when changing the visibility of several layers To improve performance it is recommended to uncheck Auto Refresh before changing the visibility of several layers and then click the Refresh button id to commit all the changes at once Some layers have scale limits on their visibility
9. e data panel look in the table for a hyperlink field It should be available for most CDSS specific point data If available click the link in a feature s record to view additional information about that feature e g flow rate time series data The following figures shows an example of a hyperlink field and the link for more information on the Olive Spring diversion is circled in red a Diversions zoom to Featurels Rec HTMLLINK wo Io HAME OCRCAP DCRUNIT Clu ory COUNTY st WATER_SRC LTRs OTM Y LATDECDEG LONGDE a moe info as 503 ESCALANTA PUMP 1 299 la e MOFFAT co LITTLE SHAKE RIVER 221018 4 45027254 40 528275 108 298 j2 more info as 5143 VISINTAINER DITCH 12 8 crs ja e MOFFAT ca LITTLE SHAKE RIVER 225205 4 45068545 an 566848 108 248 m p more inta 65 hice oe e m l p MOFFAT co TRIBUTARIES EE prem 108 175 4 d This feature is still under development and the CDSS web site is being enhanced to better support it 3 9 Measure Distance To measure distances on the map click the Measure button al This will activate the measure tool and display a dialog for setting the measure units in the data panel The default measure units are miles To display the measured distance in different units use the Display Units StatelMS User Manual e StatelIMS User Manual dropdown list of in the Set Units form to select Feet Meters or Kilometers and click the Set Units button Click the starting
10. ed by attributes Attributes of selected features can be viewed in tabular format The table for some of the CDSS layers includes a link to additional information about the selected feature e A link is provided for downloading CDSS data StatelMS User Manual 8 StatelIMS User Manual 2 Interface Use a web browser to navigate the CDSS web site to the link for StateIMS Clicking this link opens StateIMS in a new maximized browser window 15 x CDSS Map Server Microsoft Internet Explorer P Colorado s Decision Support Systems Developed by CWCB and DWR M Auto Refresh Q Qnae Scale 113500000 Go m SE climate o AH Diversions pew m Transbasin Structures dic tcccmouass C Diversions OE surface Water Ll Groundwater y Base E C Costilla Township aa E C Townships ste E o Sections SEREA B Counties EROTA mi C_ Districts e 9 C0 Basins ERWEE iz O Divisions sE Satelite Image E Durango Topography HENSII Ej Topography R Elevation Feet 14479 mam 3209 SIG Land Use Site created by Riverside Technology inc RTi Tin Township E N z ana 001 JF X Easting 6 digits Y Northing 7 digits Coordinate System NAD 1983 UTM Zone 13N Map Coordinates 534544 18 4415975 47 Internet Z As seen in the above figure the application interface consists of six distinct areas Title Toolbar Layer List Main Map Overview Map Data Panel The top of
11. h features are queried or selected You must set the active layer whenever you are using spatial querying or selection tools or the Find tool The active layer is set by clicking a layer name in the layer list For instance if you want to identify a well you must set the active layer to Decreed Wells One and only one layer is active at any time attribute 1 A piece of information describing a map feature The attributes of a diversion for example might include its name and its water source 2 A column in a table extent The coordinates defining the bounding rectangle xmin ymin and xmax ymax of the data feature A representation of a real world object as a point line or polygon label Text derived from feature attributes that is dynamically placed on the map to help identify features layer A collection of similar geographic features such as rivers lakes counties or cities in a particular area or place referenced together for display on a map A layer references geographic data stored in a data source such as a shapefile and defines how to display it metadata Information describing a collection of data Metadata about spatial data may include the source of the data its creation date and format its projection scale resolution and accuracy and its reliability with regard to some standard pan To move the viewing window up down or sideways to display areas in a map that at the current viewing scale
12. isibility of the symbols Many of the operations in StateIMS such as identifying and selecting features operate on the active layer The active layer is indicated by a gray background in the layer list In the figure above the 2000 West Slope Irrigated Lands is the active layer One and only one layer is active at any time A layer can be made activate by clicking its name in the layer list which automatically deactivates the previously active layer StatelIMS User Manual StatelIMS User Manual The order of the layers in the layer list is the order in which they are drawn on the map The layers at the top of the list draw on top of those below them You may need to turn off the visibility of some layers to be able to see the layers below them The frame of the layer list can be resized by dragging its right border with the mouse For example the layer list can be widened to show the full name of the layers without the need to scroll to the right 2 4 Main Map The main map is located to the right of the layer list It shows the visible layers The order in which the layers are drawn is from the bottom of the layer list to the top The map also includes a North arrow in the lower left corner and a scale bar in the lower right corner The map can be resized by dragging its bottom and left borders with the mouse 2 5 Overview Map The overview map is located below the layer list It shows the full extent of the state at all times A red re
13. lay outside the viewing window scale The relationship between the dimensions of features on a map and the geographic objects they represent on the earth expressed as a ratio A map scale of 1 100 000 means that one unit of measure on the map equals 100 000 of the same unit on the earth StatelMS User Manul i 5 StatelIMS User Manual UTM Universal Transverse Mercator A projected coordinate system that divides the world into 60 north and south zones six degrees wide StateIMS data is in UTM Zone 13 North coordinate system 16 StatelMS User Manual
14. ow 12 StatelMS User Manual StatelIMS User Manual 3 13 Contact StatelIMS Administrator To provide feedback comments bug reports or request information on StateIMS click the Email CDSS link on the toolbar This should open a new message form with the address and subject If not the email address is displayed in the status bar when the mouse cursor is over the link StatelMS User Manual 988 4 Troubleshooting StatelIMS User Manual This section discusses how to troubleshoot problems with StateIMS Possible Solution The application doesn t Delete temporary files behave as expected When printing a map a new browser window with the printable map page does not open The browser progress bar unexpectedly Starts to move The map does not refresh after resizing it In Internet explorer open the Tools menu Select Internet Options In the General tab under the Temporary Internet Files section click the Delete Files button Inthe Delete Files dialog check the Delete all offline contents check box Click the OK button Disable pop up blocking in your browser Ignore the progress bar This is an ESRI bug The bug ID is CQ00275129 If you are using Netscape this feature is not supported Refresh the map manually by clicking the Refresh button StatelIMS User Manual StatelIMS User Manual 5 Glossary active layer A setting in the layer list that determines the layer in whic
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16. the application window contains the application title and the toolbar The toolbar consists of a series of buttons and other controls to allow the user to interact with the application Bo StatelMS User Manual StatelIMS User Manual Along the left side of the application window is the layer list laid out in a tree structure The layer list provides an interface to display and select available data layers Below the layer list is a small windowpane that provides an overview map The center of the application contains the main map where most of the user interaction occurs The frame below the main map is used to display dialog forms attribute information for selected features and messages Each of the six interface components is described in more detail in the subsections that follow 2 1 Title Colorado s Decision Support Systems Developed by CWCB and DWR The title area includes in addition to the title text a CDSS graphic on the left side Clicking this image opens the CDSS home page in a new browser window In addition two links on the right side of the title open the home pages of the Colorado Water Conservation Board CWCB and the Colorado Division of Water Resources DWR 2 2 Toolbar M Auto Refresh K A W Scale 13559437 Go a Ph i oe ES E BGH Email CDSS The toolbar contains buttons and other controls that allow the user to perform various operations and interact with the map When the mouse cursor is held over a button
17. ts Goo ao Display metadata for the active layer See Section 3 10 Print a layout of the current map See Section 3 11 Open the CDSS GIS data download page See Section 3 12 Help Open a user manual The toolbar also contains an Email CDSS link that opens a new message form to contact the StateIMS administrator with feedback comments bug reports questions about using the application and suggestions 6 StatelIMS User Manual StatelIMS User Manual 2 3 Layer List The layer list along the left side of the application window displays a tree like structure used to navigate the data layers The figure on the right shows a sample view of the layer list The layers are grouped by subject Available groups and the layers each group are listed in Section 1 2 Each group has a folder icon with two states open and closed Clicking the group folder or group name toggles between the two states When the folder is closed the list of its layers is collapsed For example in the graphic the Base group is closed and the other groups are open The layer list supports data visibility at both the layer and group levels Clicking the check box next to each group is used to turn on and off the visibility of all the layers in the group A grayed out check mark next to a group folder indicates that one or more but not all the layers in the group are drawn on the map In the sample graphic the Base and Land Use groups have at least one layer
18. visible but not all the Diversions group have all of its layers visible and none of the layers of the other groups is visible Some layers have scale limits on their visibility Layers that have been flagged visible but are not visible at the current zoom level are indicated by a magnifying glass icon instead of a check mark Pointing at this icon with the mouse shows the scale limits in the status bar In the sample graphic the Land Cover layer is not visible at the current map scale al climate om 1 Evaporation Stations mO Precipitation Stations mO Temperature Stations H E Solar Radiation IM Diversions Hael m Transbasin Structures aan Kl e Diversions al Surface Water cient O Stream Gages ee Pj amp Reservoirs pm Stream with Instream Flow Right ee Pj Rivers ee Lakes and Reservoirs a Groundwater me E Decreed Wells eae Alluvial Aquiter C3 Designated Basins Aquifer er O e Bedrock Aquiter He Base M4 Land Use H E 1993 West Slope Irrigated Lands eel El 2000 West Slope Irrigated Lands i FAFA E CORM_GRAIN E ORy_BEANs MM GRares GRASS_PASTURE GM OR CHARC_wWITH_COWER ORCHARD_wO_COWER SMALL_GRAINS i s00_F Arn SUNFLOWER E VEGETABLES WHEAT biases a Land Cover When a layer has a single symbol the symbol is displayed to the left of the layer name When the layer has multiple symbols it has plus or minus icon to the left of the name Clicking this icon toggles the v
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