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How to use this tutorial

> You can run the whole show by using the slide show button (excluding firefox) at the bottom right, use the escape key to exit the show before the end.

>There are some demonstrations of how some of the tools work so click on the title in the outline to re-play the slide if you miss the demo.

>You can choose a slide to view from the outline pane on the left.

> You can scroll between pages by using the slide navigation controls at the bottom centre of the page.

> Close the show with the ‘x’ at the top right corner of the page.

Select a topic from the list

The tree

The tree opens at your selected topic

Tree

Now expand the branch you want to see

Add a single layer

Click the link to add a single layer onto the map

Add multiple layers

Or tick a number of boxes add more than one layer

Then click Update Map to add the layers

Remove a single layer

To remove a layer click the legend and Remove layer

Remove multiple layers

Or use the SELECT LAYERS tab to remove more than one

Then click Update Map

Layer tools

Click on legend to open and display tools

Change colour

You can Change colour

Show details Metadata

You can check the Show details/metadata for information…

Find out how the layer is created

…find out how the layer was createdClick lineage link for detailed scientific information

To get back to the map click Return to Map

What’s here for this layer

To check the attribute details for a specific layer use What’s here?Click the map where you are interested

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Feature details

The Feature Details are listed

To get back to the map click Return to Map

Hide a layer

You can also Hide the layer And then Show the layer

Search for a layer

You can also find a layer by searching for it

The results are listed under SEARCH RESULTS

Search for a place

You can also find a place by searching for it

The results are listed under SEARCH RESULTS

Tool bar

You can change the tool bar to show Simple tools or All tools

What’s here for all layers

To find what’s here for all layers on the map use tool bar what’s here

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Feature details

The Feature Details are listed for all layers under the point

To get back to the map click Return to Map

Move map

Move Map in any direction with Move Map

Zoom

Zoom In Click once to halve the scaleOr Click and drag to define the area

Zoom and centre on

You can zoom to a location from the list

Zoom to

Or zoom to a specific scale

The Map centre will remain the same

Draw a polygon, rectangle

Draw a polygon or rectangle to search area species distribution layers

The results are listed under SEARCH RESULTS

Measure the area

You use What’s Here to find the area and perimeter of a rectangle

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The area is under UserGeometry

Measure distance

You can measure a distance

Use Erase to remove any geometries drawn

Reset map

You can reset the map to remove all layers you have loaded

The map resets to the land and sea topic

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