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3. Figure 7 DEM Hillside Image layer is visible Figure 7b DEM Hillside layer is not visible due to the selection of Minpot Metals Solid layer a polygon layer which is positioned higher in the legend Steps to Create a Map 1 From MapPlace open the appropriate map for your needs for example use the BCGS Geology Map This will cause the Viewer to open and display the available data 2 Use the ZOOM IN feature choose either the ZOOM IN toolbar button or right click and choose the ZOOM IN command from the popup menu to select a particular area of interest Select or deselect the appropriate layers 4 Use the PAN function choose either the PAN toolbar button or right click and choose the PAN command from the popup menu to move the map around and get to the area you want to view bookmark copy save or print Oo Bookmarking Maps Bookmarks are used to save and return to a view of a defined map area Once you are satisfied with your map right click on the map and choose BOOKMARK ADD BOOKMARK A dialogue box will appear type in an appropriate title for you map To access this map in the future choose BOOMARKS from the popup menu and your previously bookmarked map should be listed near the bottom of the popup menu and can be displayed by selecting it with your mouse The bookmark will take you to the map area but you have to turn on the various layers Bookmarks do not save whether layers are turned on or off Note that
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5. PLACER tiles outline 1 PLACER titles outline labelled lt 200K PLACER tiles solid 43M COAL titles outline 1M COAL titles outline labelled lt 200K 0 COAL titles solid lt 3M dd Bn OOM 3 7 ebory gov be ca mapplace maps mnpot miles 8 m Go inks ECI NN n dq Qo sl M E a 5 06 x 4 08 Km ie Inemet zone 17 312335 624x383 Km 1 Crown Grant Raster Index selected Interactive map with Crown Grant Rasters Download Crown Grant Rasters 104K 12 West Half East Half 2 hite ebory gov bc ca mapplace minpoUt rast 104 12 Inemet zone Figure 12 Crown Grant Raster Index layer selected and double click the NTS sheet using the SELECT tool The lower window displays link to download or view the NTS map Exploring The MapPlace 15 British Columbia EM Mineral Tiles Map and MIDA Linked Netscape JB 7 2 S690 GO _ AS 1g ue V s bs KA E 70885 373787 dr NT gx D Ae MR aire amer Document Done Tn SS Figure 13 Mineral Titles maps in PDF format _ autodesk Mineral Inventory Layers a Tg PAS LA Regional Geochem Layers ET ERES Fe SS 3 Minera
6. Information Viewer it available for Windows Macintosh and Tear platforms n ring Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape browsers Festures mda Please download the appropriate version for your system usmg the form Companion Products below Sample Applications Autodesk s Documentation Autodesk 6 Online Documentation Download Albanus You CAT foelds required Fa E Information Auodesk MipOuide Cline Help lise j xi Prin D Sample Applications Ao deck Mapchaide 6 Online Manzals Marias Autodesk d Readme Files rator Sites Festures aod Specifications e News and Reviews E mail Address Questions and Anrwerr usehiss 4 Sense Products Autodesk MapGuide amp Online Help i mamali iig 3 Previow Ereleate Company or Organization men Autodesk Help gt Daocurmeniatic 1 galed Autodesk Mapcnude Viewer Help rta Sates i x 4m Autodesk Maopionude Viewer APT He Trn interested in receremg pervodse updates by email regarding Aubodesk Purchase Options Autodesk MageGinde SDF Component Toolkit Help Consulting Services Autodesk hapCnnde Easter Workshop Help Twould like to be contacted regarding purchasing gt Prev
7. Y I 3l Popup Menu command SUMINA eee tert rte e orbis ibi 3l tn ecto bob bubo UE DUDEN DUO cate 34 crosses eee 34 MG ViewerHelp doc 1 Welcome to Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Introduction Autodesk MapGuide Viewer allows you to interact with maps that were created using Autodesk MapGuide Author Using Autodesk MapGuide Viewer you can zoom in and out on a map find specific features select features that meet certain criteria display information about selected features print the current view of the map and more In addition to this HTML based help that you are currently viewing there is also a Portable Document Format PDF version of the help called MGViewerHelp pdf which is located on the top level of the Autodesk MapGuide CD With this file you can search and print the entire help contents easily Note that you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader which is included on the Autodesk MapGuide CD installed on your computer to view MGViewerHelp pdf What Is a GIS Autodesk MapGuide is a geographic information system GIS Unlike a typical map which shows only spatial data such as roads cities and country borders a GIS links attribute data such as population statistics to the spatial data in a map This link provides the ability to analyze spatial data letting you use map data in a whole new way After you have worked with the map an
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9. Consulting Services With Autodesk MapGuide software you can develop manage Previous Release maintain and deploy GIS and digital design data applications on the Internet your intranet or in the field Now faster than ever before Autodesk MapGuide features support for even more data formats ineluding DWG and increased application Developer Center development flexibility Product E mail Updates Autodesk Mapguide is Best of Breed Check out this GI News Review of Autodesk MapGuide Upgrades Made Easier Stapin Program Interactive Overview Find out how Autodesk MapGuide can help you in this Flash overview Data Take the Quick Tour Online Help and Manuals owe Discover what s new in 2 Con View online or download Autodesk MapGuide 6 and xl manuals online help why you should upgrade readme files and more Ww sample lication Buy or Upgrade s See Autodesk MapGuide in c Get the latest fi latest I dan mm action on featured customer and improved performance sites of Autodesk MapGuide 6 Download the Free Viewer The Autodesk MapGuide 6 Viewer will work with your Autodesk MapGuide 5 site P FIT Document Done Wu VAT 2 Autodesk MapGuide site Click on Free Viewer Download to download viewer Exploring The MapPlace 23 British Columbia PITE Eh Ea Da Deae Lb tests Katine mma me Allele F
10. Viewing a Bookmark You can go directly to a map or portion of a map that you saved previously as a bookmark To view a bookmark 1 choose Bookmarks from the popup menu 2 Click the name of the bookmark you want to view If you have added more bookmarks than can be displayed in the popup menu choose Bookmarks gt More Bookmarks from the popup menu and then select the bookmark you want from the Goto Bookmark dialog box MGViewerHelp doc 11 Goto Bookmark Current bookmarks Parcel 585 Parcel 162 Parcel 249 Parcel 133 Parcel 199 arcel 121 Parcel 152 Parcel 137 Parcel 113 Manne 1 Cancel Deleting a Bookmark You can delete one or more bookmarks if you no longer need them Choose Bookmarks gt Delete Bookmarks from the popup menu select the bookmark s you want to delete and then click OK Working with Map Features After you have opened your map and moved it around to display the features you want you can identify the map features measure distances between them and follow any links they contain Identifying map features Measuring distances Following links to Web pages Identifying Map Features When you pause the mouse pointer over a map feature you see the name of that map feature displayed in a small yellow popup window called a MapTip For example when you position the mouse pointer over Washington the ind NS dl the name of the city as shown in the following illustration 225
11. 6 In your browser open MINFILE www and select Import Numbers near the bottom of the page Type in the path and file name or use the Browse button to find the saved txt file Click on the Import File button and a tabular report will be created On the right side of the screen click on Summary Reports and Downloads which goes to the bottom of the page In the row labeled Downloads select desired link e g Production Data and Excel will open or an ASCII file needs to be saved and opened with Excel with the appropriate data TOP This page was last updated September 11 2002 Return to Online Help amp Documents Return to MapPlace Homepage Copyright Disclaimer Privacy Feedback http www em gov bc ca Mining Geolsurv MapPlace fag htm 2002 10 08 2 32 PM Appendix 4 amp 5 The MapPlace An award winning Internet exploration service for BC Using Web Based Mineral Exploration Data as an Environmental Tool The MapPlace An award winning I nternet exploration service for B C article from GEOLOG Spring 2001 Vol 30 Pt 1 Don MacIntyre Larry Jones B C Ministry of Energy and Mines Geological Survey Branch Victoria B C Ward Kilby Cal Data Ltd Vancouver B C The B C Ministry of Energy and Mines Internet site the MapPlace was honoured by the B C and Yukon Chamber of Mines at the 2000 Cordilleran Exploration Roundup meeting in Vancouver B C The MapPlace featuring interactive mineral ex
12. e File Download Layers Geology Dornioad TM Proj 0 Parks Proposed SEBC O Parks Aug 99 outline Parks Aug 93 hatched Forestry Layers Tree Fam Licences MI Cab Lar 48431655 Lon 117 106209 Crown Grant Raster Index Crown Grant Faster Index selected 1 655 555 EH EH RS Mineral Tenure Raster Map Download NTS Mapsheet 082F 6 Mineral tenure information for Crown Grants and Reserves is not yet converted to a format which can be integrated into MapPlace displays This information along with water features is available on scanned images of the original paper maps These scanned images are available for viewing and downloading The images are in TIFF format Each image is one half of a 1 50 000 mapsheet Your browser can be setup to launch a viewing program when these files are downloaded or they may be saved to file on your computer and viewed at a later time Programs such as PowerPoint CorelDraw and Imaging can view these files To view click Interactive map or to download click on the appropriate half af the mapsheet listing below Download Crown Grant Rasters 082F 6 West Half East Half io xD hitg Jebong gov bc ca mapplace minpot t rast cim keya 82 J6 SG AP X I Double click on Crown Grant Raster Index layer to link to Raster maps in UTM projection EUM Helscape 0 Geology Download TM Proj
13. un b hitp www mapguide com ER Store I MapPlace Home Page ARERI ET uh MIMFILE www Search Mineral Occurrences site Map for MINFILE MINFILE contains geological location and economic information on over 12 000 metallic industrial mineral and coal mines deposits and occurrences in y Form hecklist The British Columbia Geological Survey Branch has over 26 000 approved mineral exploration assessment reports filed by the exploration and mining industry since 1947 These reports provide information on geological geophysical geachermical drilling and other exploration related activities throughout B G Paper copies of the Assessment Report Index ARIS Assessment Reports Assessment Report Index Maps and original and or microfilmed assessment k reports approved and off confidential status can be viewed at ic government offices throughout the province Assessment reports can be Exploration Services purchased as photocopies microfiche and on CD GSB Pubbcations Catalog Geosdence Resources The Geological Survey Branch GSB maintains a computer based Assessment Report Indexing System ARIS which provides ARIS data for interactive viewing along with other GSB databases at The Map Place To download the ARIS data free of charge see ARIS Data Download As of ARIS search and information on mineral exploration Assessment January 1999 we have incorporated several ARIS Searches into this
14. Crown Grant Index 3 BC Administrative Area Layers 3 Titles Layers 0 ALL titles ouine 21M 7 ALL titles outline labelled 200K Al Others O ALL tiles solid 23M O ALL tiles sobd recently non active lt O MINERAL titles outline 1M MINERAL titles outline labelled 2001 MINERAL tithes sold PLACER titles outline lt 1M PLACER tiles outline labelled lt 200K O PLACER tiles solid 3M lt COAL tiles outline 1M COAL titles outline labelled 200K 1 COAL ties solid 3M O Claim Posts Hee eee EJ GY Yay UC 00 22225 Raster Layers ur Crown Grant Raster Maps lt 200K O Contour map in colour lt 4 E BC Border Layers BC Border 1 50K 200K ol INE Lat 43 353408 Lone 117 242445 ALL outline labelled 200 385487 t RU iier coo ST IC miei i 27 855 558 x 4 58 Km ist Joo Cu da wel 2 Crown Grant Raster layer and Mineral Title vector layer 40 Geological Survey Branch Ministry of Energy and Mines Exercise 11 Using ArcExplorer amp Geospatial Download Data from MapPlace 3 Geospatial Data Downloads Microsoalt Internet Explorer provided by Government of British Columbia gt ie e Address ie am gar bc ca Mining aeclsurvMapPlace f geoDat a him Ministry Home et
15. E Lbs Geology P E hitgc ebony gov be inpot bcgr cim t Figure 4b The ZOOM IN feature used on the map in Figure 4a was used to display more detailed view With more detail displayed on the map another layer BC Localities becomes available and has been selected Geological Survey Branch Ministry of Energy and Mines Table 2 Summary of major datasets accessible through The MapPlace Visible Scales M million Layer Group or Name Object Type No of Objects Coverage Date Updated Reports Downloads and Links K thousand Sources of Data Tectonic Belts amp Terranes 1M 250K resolution alscales lt m G C 00 2 D O o 2 Geology Map Index olygon 1998 data report amp download all scales EM GSB Geology Download 100 1 250 1998 E00 file 8 SHP file downloads ANE uus Mineral Potential olygon 3823 1998 data report amp download all scales 500K 2M 5M MEM GSB 010 D gt U 0 lt 5 lt h m D Q o gS s 2 r 2 D Aggregate Pits amp Potential Point Polygon 725 pts Nanaimo Okanagan periodically table amp SHP file downloads all scales 500K MEM GSB Prince George Sea to Sky Sunshine Coast COALFILE Assessment Reports 827 reports 1990 report tables amp SHP file downloads all scales MEM GSB Boreholes Trenches Bulk Samples i 8350 boreholes Coalfields 3324 trenches 459 bulk samples MINFILE ARIS
16. Exploring the MapPlace Larry Jones Don MacIntyre Pat Desjardins British Columbia Geological Survey Energy amp Mines www em gov bc ca MapPlace Workshop Notes Nelson B C June 1 2002 Ministry of Energy and Mines Table of Contents INTRODUCTION PRESIDE s 2 LIHEMAPPLACE Whdatls a 2 USING THE AUTODESK MAPGUIDE VIEWER 4 e Available Versions of the Autodesk MapGuide 4 Table 1 Viewer Download amp Installation Instructions 4 e Oreanizau onion Data dM Odsay CES e EEEE eut Fabi boc dM de 4 m Table 2 Summary of major datasets accessible through the MapPlace 2 3 7 Acces mo Command Sio a 8 SES 320 a KERN 9 m Reduce Downloading TIME iieri ar EENE E E a ep codd 9 Themes A valable tes RE E ca Ea e qm rH I T et M e dime M RN NIE NE 9 m Layers Displayed According to their Position 10 e Steps to Create a E E AE E A 10 WOON a MaD r 10 at ean acd id ce basi A et 10 MaD ale od A 11 COPDE ac IMMO aM P Et 11 AVAILABLE MAPS
17. Yv After you right click to display the map window popup menu you can click one of the items in the menu to choose that command When you click a command that has a right arrow next to it such as Print a secondary popup menu appears Pan Reload Page Setup Copy Print Zoom Bookmarks Select When you right click in the legend instead of in the map window a separate legend popup menu appears For descriptions of all of the menu commands in both the map popup menu and the legend popup menu see Popup Menu Command Summary MGViewerHelp doc 3 Available Versions of Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Autodesk MapGuide Viewer is available as a Microsoft ActiveX Control a Netscape Plug In and a Java Edition Depending on your Web browser and system you should download one of the following versions of the Viewer If you are using Netscape Navigator 4 x Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition Windows 4 0 with Service Pack 6a or Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 1 download Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Plug In If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 x Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition Windows NT 4 0 with Service Pack 6a or Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 1 download Autodesk MapGuide Viewer ActiveX Control If you are using an Apple Macintosh or Sun Solaris download the Java Edition of Autodesk MapGuide Viewer For more information about the Java Edition see About the J
18. Zoom gt ZoomOut Zooms out by a magnification factor of two from the point you click to display a larger area of the map Zoom gt Zoom Previous Returns to the previous zoom magnification and location Zoom gt Zoom Goto Zooms to a specified location or US street address Zoom gt Unzoom Zooms out to display the entire map View gt View Reports Generates a report for the selected map features Stop Stops or interrupts the map display from updating and dynamic map layers from downloading Help gt Help Contents Opens the online Help to get information about viewing maps If you do not have the Help installed on your computer it will be opened from the Autodesk MapGuide Web site x 8 Popup Menu Command Summary The following table describes the commands that may appear in the popup menu when you right click in the map window You may not always see all of these commands or you may notice some custom commands not in this list which popup menu commands appear depends on how the map author created the map Underlined commands links in the table are linked to a help topic that provides more information about using that command Click the link to view the associated topic Command Description MGViewerHelp doc 31 Pan Moves the map around to display areas that are outside of the current view Reload Reloads the current map at the current zoom scale Print gt Page Setup Displays t
19. lt 3M 325568 Tenures with Tenure Number 325568 There was 1 result E TE I Tenure Number Claim Name Owner Number Map Number Work Recorded To Status Mining Division Units Tag Number 325568 139847 100 2009015 Standing 20090515 2 Atlin 20 227190 hitp weww em gov bc ca cl tenure PubT en cim what stenshortitenure_no 325568 sd iid Internet zone Figure 10 All Titles Solid layer selected Double click tenure number 325568 with the SELECT tool The lower window frame provides information and links to this tenure A ZOOM GOTO Mineral Tenure Number is also available to locate tenures on the map Figure 11 Right click on the map to display the Popup Menu select ZOOM then from the submenu select ZOOM GOTO A ZOOM GOTO window will appear and in Category use the pull down menu to choose Mineral Tenure Number Enter the tenure number in Location and click OK Due to the large size of the Tenure data source the ZOOM GOTO may take up to a minute to display the tenure map area Turn on the Mineral Title Layer and the tenure number specified in the GOTO dialogue box will be displayed on the map Double clicking on the tenure will link to MIDA for a report on the tenure A Mineral Titles Claim Name layers visible at 1 50K scale is available in the Mineral Titles Layers group Crown granted two post claims are available in raster format for downloading or viewing Figure 12
20. so the Viewer legend width cannot be set for the Plug In and Java Edition from the API You can however use the LAYERSVIEWWIDTH URL parameter to set the legend width for the Plug In and Java Edition Viewers ActiveX Control Cannot Open Reports Whose Names Contain Double Quotation Marks If you are using the ActiveX Control Viewer you will not be able to open reports whose names contain double quotation marks for example Server Report You can however open reports whose names contain single quotation marks for example Server Report Contact the author of the map if you have trouble opening reports Issues with Microsoft Internet Explorer The following notes relate specifically to using Microsoft Internet Explorer Setting High Security Disables the Viewer With Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 x if you set security to High you will not be able to view maps To remedy this problem in Microsoft Internet Explorer choose View Internet Options and then set security to Medium Help Files Not Uninstalled If you install multiple copies of Autodesk MapGuide Viewer ActiveX Control in different locations and you uninstall one of the copies the help directory and all of its files for that copy are not uninstalled To remove these files you must delete them manually Printing Problem If you try to print using Microsoft Internet Explorer s File Print command a blank space will appear on the printed page where the Autodesk MapGui
21. 129 9186 451 507 357 771 22401 1992 55 93306 129 9353 1 200 341 22417 1992 55 94972 129 7019 728 243 571171 22440 1992 55916539 129 9519 18 358 14 863 22598 1332 55 94972 123 7013 32 400 25 412 23345 1994 55 99972 129 9686 750 573 23402 1994 5593306 129 9353 1 400 1 069 23463 1334 5591639 129 9519 5 057 3 960 23853 1994 55 94972 129 8519 7 538 5 754 23855 1334 55 99972 129 9186 2 455 1974 23903 1335 5599139 129 9853 15 898 11 953 23983 1335 5591639 123 3186 2 777 2 088 23996 1335 55 96639 129 7353 318 214 239 259 24713 1996 55 98306 129 3636 46 000 33 824 24883 1997 55 94972 129 7019 17 600 12 754 24947 1997 55 96639 129 7019 6 350 522 4 601 828 11 926 972 9 41 2 074 M mNVOIAS2MN A I ARIS data in Excel format Minmial Tillet Fise Hina Detall Netscape Fie Edi View Go SF Bookmarks Location hiper em gov be ca cllenue PubMiner clmawhabemineickert_no 100801 PENNS ETET Mineral Titles Free Miner Detail The mineral tenure information at this site was last updated on the morning of May 27 2002 Free Miner Detail Client Number 100801 Client Name SULTAN MINERALS INC Address 1 1400 570 GRANVILLE ST Address 2 Address 3 City VANCOUVER Province BC Country CAN Postal Code V6C3P1 Business Phone 6046874622 FMC Expiry Date 20021109 GAE Document Dore 2 Mineral Titles report 30 E XR GO el Geological Survey Bran
22. 82 F 6 Identhcaton Informahon e Lustnbulon Information a Metadata Reference Information Metadata identification _Information Citation Citahon_Information Ongmnator E Andrew and T Publcaton_Date 1988 Title Prehminary Geology and Mineral Occurrences m the Rossland Group Between Nelson and Ymir Southeastern British Columbia 8257 6 Geospahal_Data_Presentaion_Form document Senes Information senes_Name Open File Issue Identi amp cation OF 1983 01 Publication Information Publcaton Place Victona Brtsh Columbia Canada Publisher Province of Brinsh Columbia Other Citation Detads Thus pubbcation covers NTS map sheet s 082F 6 at a scale of 1 20 000 Descnphon Abstract Kathryn Andrew and Trygve Hoy Open File map 1988 1 presents the prelmmary geology and mineral occurrences in the Rossland Group between Nelson and Ymur southeastern Eritish Columbia The map is a 1 20 000 scale compilation within NTS S2F 06 The boundanes of the map are the tal of the Nelson batholith on the east longitude 117019 E on the west and latitudes 4902620 and 49 o 15 30 N on the north and south The map area contains 51 mineral occurrences dommantly silver gold and base metal veins but also a variety of other depositi types and commodities Geology has been derived from fieldwork E 5 F T mm cM for mm vum Exploring The MapPlace 45 British Columbia 46 Geological Survey Branch APPENDICES Appendix 1 Autodesk Ma
23. F Bookmarks A Location eborg gov Se QU What s Related Tal eS TA 1 WA t C Aggegetelnwer ee aem lt TERRA Assistant 0 ARIS reports by dia _ cse dation WENN k O ARIS number lal d 0 ARIS expenditu CoalAcsessmen MINFILE status 5 Developed Pro amp Past Producer 55 Producer Prospect t Showing All Others r C1 MINFILE numbe B SPER V O MINFILE historic CX OT Fic 3 C MINFILE Finder f Th MES RN Wa Mineral Title Selection visible at 1 3 000 000 scale Claim Name Submit Claim Anniversary Date Claims due in next 20 ges Mineral Tenure Notice _ i P Jo __ Gazetteer u IH Discovery Potential M cM AE MINFILE EL risp CONI Regional Geochemistry 117 BONES o 283x270 Geological Maps Fri Jun 28 09 54 41 GMT 0700 Pacific Analysis Tools Daylight Time 2002 Spec on ee 2 Query on Mineral Claims with due date i in next 30 days DEM Hillshade backdrop 38 Geological Survey Branch Ministry of Energy and Mines Exercise 10 Mineral Titles Map Mineral Titles and MIDA Linked d wk Nokia JA Location Mttp ebony gov bc ca mapplace minpoUmin QU Whats Related EX Ee E Bun es A SN NW Nm 7 ie e UN AAT Ww S y M al 7 ij
24. In addition to the creation of a map many of the features that can be displayed on MapPlace are linked to supporting database tables thus allowing users to access valuable attribute data that is linked to individual map objects For some themes clicking on an object links to a separate Internet site such as MINFILE or Mineral Titles allowing further search and retrieval capabilities Other options include buffering selecting objects within polygons and digitizing of polygons points and lines on screen Figure 1 is the startup page for the MapPlace showing links to more information the web site is www em gov bc ca MapPlace Appendix 4 and 5 are reprints of articles providing additional information on evolution and configuration of the MapPlace and an application example Ward Kilby began developing MapPlace in 1997 around several off the shelf software packages including Autodesk MapGuide Allaire ColdFusion Microsoft Access and the usual web server software Databases handle all the tabular information associated with the site ColdFusion is used as a web database manager report writer and sophisticated web toolkit MapGuide Server Author and Viewer software provide the map displays GIS functionality and development environment for this style of web presentation Several of the datasets displayed on the MapPlace including the tectonic assemblage map geology reside on other MapGuide servers This integration of data from different s
25. O O Q B g a e 75 Bente 1 03 y ai arad ER Zag m Maps at the MapPlace 22 Theme Maps Available The MapPlace has 22 theme based maps BCGS Geology Map Aggregate Potential Map The BCGS Geology Map has access to all Exploration Assistant a th ilabl inus Mineral Titles Map Digital Terrain Map Library e available provincial datasets Wald Regional Geophysics Relief amp Radar Southeast BC Geophysics Petroleum Titles amp Wells J River Geology Coal Map Barkerville Geology BC Geology Map I ndex Lillooet LRMP Map GSC amp GSB Geology I ndexes The Mineral Titles Map displays Mineral Guichon Batholith Mineral Activity Maps Placer and Coal tenures with a lower window Vernon Geology Map General BC Map linked to Titles database Crown Grant rasters are downloadable on this map Canada Map The Exploration Assistant allows you to USA Map actively search and display elements of 5 main databases Exercise 3 Available Maps On the MapPlace select Available Maps Review maps available including theme maps Open the BCGS Geology Map Layers are like transparencies Organization of Data into Layers Each layer Situated in the left side of the viewer Represents one entity such as roads forest districts or cities Acts like a transparency When one or more layers are selected they appear like a stack of transpa
26. latitude amp longitude or mapping coordinate system to be displayed on the map Download Files Available e 2 layers available Geology Download TM Proj vector e00 Crown Raster Index Layer raster RGS MINFILE ARIS etc e Most of the maps in MapPlace contain these layers Popup Menu Continued Commands that have an arrow next to them such as ZOOM display a secondary popup menu selected Exercise 7 Buffers Refresh your map Use Zoom gt Zoom Goto to zoom into the Kena Gold showing use 15 km for zoom width Turn on the MINFILE Status ARIS Report by year and Bedrock Geology by age amp rock type layers Hold down the shift key and select the three plutons in the middle of the map right click and select View gt Buffers from the popup menu Enter a buffer distance of 1 kilometre In the map window select the buffer polygon right click and select Select gt Select within existing polygons from the popup menu Click on the report button and view ARIS linked reports for the ARIS points selected within the buffer polygon Exercise 7 continued Bookmark this map and call it my buffer Turn off the buffer layer How far is your community to Vancouver Open the bookmark my buffer Using PAGE SETUP in the popup menu change the title of the map to read Your Name Map Make sure the legend north arrow URL and scale are selected but deselect time and date Specify the scale
27. 0 Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Government of British Eolumbia Can adian Geoscience Knowledge Network Data Catalocue 5 B 7 Zomi Zoom Out Full Extent Footprint Data f Finddats Qj Online Data GE Projects e Standard Queries cqknt cqkn net CGaological Prewinces Populated Areas Cultural Areas Utility Lines Lat Lon Grid Airports Transportation Points Cultural Places Transportation Structures foe ee 1400046117316 MAIS OTD Map Received 2 Zooming into and selecting an area of interest AOI from the map interface After selecting an AOI click the FindData button to begin your search Exploring The MapPlace 43 British Columbia E Select Databases En Search Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Government of British Columbia a NER ee ee an m Canadian Geoscience Knowledge Networ CGKN Data Catalogue Select Databases to Search Alberta Publications BC Geological Survey public ahions CARTEREA HIGH RESOLUTION KONOS IMAGERY GSC Borehole Geophysics GSC Canadian Archeological Eadiocarbon Database GSC Canadian Landscapes Photo Collection GSC Landslide Disasters m Canada 1840 1999 jg n5 8 n 4 GSC Then E Cannes National Capital GSC Atlante expedition station data GSC Digital Maps GSC Pubhcahions LANDSAT ETM LITHOPROBE Seismic and Electromagnetic Data New Brunswick Publications and Dista
28. DU po lt Ro 2 Regional Geochemistry RGS 37 elements pH F amp U in water Mineral Tenure Crown Grants Lot Search Petroleum Tenure amp Wells PNG Grid Oil amp Gas Fields Pipelines Geothermal Hotsprings Boreholes Rotary Boreholes amp Potential i 44 ie complete data download olygon 40 405 weekly data report amp links to MIDA lt 1M lt 3M MEM MTB Raster image 100 periodically View amp TIFF file downloads lt 200K MEM MTB 14 405 wells Point Polygon 109 hotsprings 158 boreholes 2002 none all scales MEM PTB 18 rotary boreholes 37 potential areas Topography 1 6M 2M 1M 250K 50K Points very large variable TRIM some downloads variable scales for different MSRM WLAP 20K resolution Colour Contours TRIM Polygon Line 7000 TRIM maps resolutions Contours Roads Rail Rivers Lakes Glaciers Coast Bathymetry Aquifers Geographic Locations Map Grids Gazetteer Municipalities Parks Forestry LRMP areas Districts MOF NRCan CCRS lt m C 00 2 D O o 2 U U U o 5 5 or mp y o lt 5 1122 aquifers Aeromagnetics Gravity 85 100 2000 1999 all scales 300K 1M NRCan GDC Orthophotos 1 metre pixel 2001 all scales 10K 50K McElhanney Abbreviations MEM BC Ministry of Energy and Mines GSB Geological Survey Branch MTB Mineral Titles Branch PLB Petroleum Lands Branch OGC Oil and Gas Commission MSRM BC Mini
29. FAQs 5 Toolbar amp Popup Menu 6 Comment on MapPlace 7 Links to Data and Maps Geospatial Data Downloads 8 POF Help 3 The MapPlace FAQs 1 of 6 Ministry Home Government of British Columbia Programs amp Services O Ministry News Ministry Search Reports amp Publications Site Map Contacts The MapPlace FAQs The MapPlace Frequently Asked Questions Contents Also visit Autodesk MapGuide news discussion autodesk com autodesk mapguide general and Release Notes of Known Issues in Autodesk MapGuide Viewer R6 Help or R5 Help Geology Downloads Other Links How to plot or print to an exact scale How can the access time be reduced How is the compiled geology downloaded or viewed How can I display the maps in Transverse Mercator Projection How do I see 1 20 000 features How to make a buffer around a map feature Why did the map of BC change orientations How can I find the location of a place in BC Can 1 run the MapPlace on a Mac 10 MapGuide Version 5 0 and Internet Explorer ll MapGuide Version 5 0 and CorelDraw MS Word 12 How do I capture the map and legend 13 How do I capture the geochemistry data 14 How do I select objects 15 How dol view or get Crown Grant Raster maps l6 Internet Explorer 5 5 or Netscape 4 7 crashes using MapGuide 5 0 17 Exploration Assistant and Netscape 6 0 18 How do I use Map Bookmarks 19 Why dol get errors when try
30. More Themes Available As you ZOOM IN to an area more themes and layers become available or unavailable depending on the scale you are viewing the map Watch the legend on the lower left hand side to see which layers can be viewed at any given scale Exploring The MapPlace 9 British Columbia Layers are Displayed According to their Position Layers are displayed on the map according to their position in the legend Some layers especially polygon layers will hide information from other layers and consideration must be given when you create your maps In Figure 7a the DEM Image Hillside layer is visible because only the Minpot Track Outline was selected In Figure 7b the DEM Image Hillside layer is not visible because the Minpot Metals Solid layer was selected and due to its higher position in the legend it hides the DEM layer a a Tecta 2 9 aa gee dci d ac WE HE a 1 m E at hito ac Ex ca vapper repo Pad Lice 1 jaima at hito ebony go ca vapper renpli chs I Urka DO Gag mage polggnra 1 Dad t 23K mapa laii SSA PN EES ti Fou k Say nM t hr NA h IS cy y DEH kaiga hilibade HIH A T oll i i O KIH M Ene EUR 17 0 i hel E ae wee T1 Amores 8 bier 4 r LT Gn ET ee EAM ER E Ce ni hoo TN SST a
31. Theme Maps available Exploring The MapPlace 25 British Columbia Exercise 4 BCGS Geology Map E Available Maps Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Government of British Columbia File Edit View Favorites Tools e 25 Qad amd 5 A a H Address e http www em gov bc ca Mining Geolsurv M apPlace maps htm Go Ministry Home Government of British Columbia Programs amp Services Ministry News Ministry Search Reports amp Publications Site Map Contacts Available Maps Available Maps General Map B Selected Theme Maps MapPlace Home Geology Map B Summary of Data Available Exploration Assistant Complete Table of Maps Mineral Titles mu BCGS Geology Map The BCGS Geology Map has all the available provincial datasets including 1 20K TRIM visible at 1 50K The map also has DEM Hillshade LandSat and Aeromag A Java Version for Mac is available Geology Maps and Crown Grant rasters are downloadable from this map New geology layers and reports are displayed by age and rock type Other Links Available Maps Selected Theme Maps Selected Mapper Maps Overview of MapPlace Summary Data Available Updates on MapPlace The MapPlace FAQs Toolbar amp Popup Menu Comment on MapPlace Links to Data and Maps B More Details Mineral Tenure Notice Assistant Hl Use this Provincial Map to query exploration related datasets 24 More Details m ee ee ee ee 1 Open th
32. World Maps Virtual World Map This is a MapGuide demonstration map of the World It provides excellent information for the whole world including 1000 contours for most places roads towns railways etc Virtual Canada Map This is a MapGuide demonstration map of Canada It provides a good reference map of Canada with strong location search capabilities such as the ZOOM GOTO Places or Airports anywhere in Canada Street names are also available for major cities Virtual USA Map This is a MapGuide demonstration Map Data of the USA with Demographics The ZOOM GOTO feature allows you to view locations by Street Addresses Places or Zipcodes anywhere in the USA View Interstates Recreational areas Major Retail Areas and much more Demographic reports can be generated from selected objects Selected Theme Maps There are 17 Selected Theme Maps and they contain most of the layers found in the BCGS Geology Map but also contain layers unique to their theme Some of these maps when opened will already be zoomed into an associated geographical area Jennings River Geology Map CE acm ere This map is displayed in Albers Equal Area projection and includes the Jennings River area Et NTS 1040 14 and 15 geology The detailed map features Station Points Features and m 9 Ni Labels Geology Lines Polygons stippled and solid and Labels Outcrops and Eskers The d d Ce b r geology of Open File 2001 6 was
33. and the NTS area will be displayed To view the geology data zoom into an area of interest and activate the Geology Linework Geology Layered Rocks and Geology Intrusive Rocks The Geology Description and Legend can be viewed by selecting features on the map and appropriate report For more information on the compiled geology contact see the GSB Mineral Potential Program _ 4 How can I display the maps in Transverse Mercator Projection To switch from the standard Albers projection to Transverse Mercator projection go to the BCGS Geology map and double click on the mapsheet desired The top theme Geology Download amp TM Proj must be active The resultant page display will provide access to the a map view of that 1 250 000 mapsheet in either Albers or Transverse Mercator Projection To get UTM coordinate readouts from the cursor position set your Preferences to Map Coordinates Caution must be exercise in not panning out side of a zone or invalid displays will result To change zones go back to the BCGS Geology map and pick a mapsheet in the new zone rot TOP 5 How do I see 1 20 features do not appear when called The 1 20 000 features are set to be visible at 1 50K or 1 100K depending on the map Zoom to that scale and they should appear in the legend You can then turn on the appropriate layers The contours are split into two layers if one doesn t work try the other TOP 6 How to 1 make
34. appear to overlap or cover up some of the data from the lower positioned layers In general the maps are authored to place raster layers at the bottom vector layers in the middle and point layers at the top Rivers Layer Coal Boreholes Layer BC Mining Divisions Layer Ministry of Energy and Mines BUT a A Figure Layer example selected individually File Edit View Favorites Tools Coli pse taye d Layers Remove Frame Siap Pla ce B CGS home e Mx RRES autodesk v amp 3 File Download Layers BC Administrative Area Layers BC Communities BC Municipalities Regional Mines Offices gt Administrative Boundaries O Regional Districts v BC Mining Divisions ea BC Mining Regions Shade BC Mining Regions Solid v 3 First Nations Layers v 3 Parks Layers v amp 3 Forestry Layers v i Mineral Inventory Layers v Regional Geochem Layers v Coal Layers gt Coal Assessment Reports v Coal Boreholes Coal Trenches gt Coal Bulk Samples NI Yi 7 Ld 2 Bie BS SEA M v 3 Topographic Layers v 3 Grid Layers v BCGS Geology Layers O Hat Creek Geology Layers Solid E GSC Geology Layers Raster Layers 3 BC Border Layers CS 1 9812 499 1 874 x 1 459 Km Lat 4
35. area desired As the required scale is reached features such as contours rivers lakes geology and nickel geochemistry can be turned on with the level of detail dependent on the scale The map produced can then be printed with the desired title legend format and scale MapPlace and the Environmental Consultant How can the MapPlace assist the environmental project manager Pottinger Gaherty Environmental Consultants PGL of Vancouver has found the various datasets available on the MapPlace useful in characterizing the environmental settings of rural and especially remote sites for which data are often not easily available for example e The regional geochemical survey RGS database has been helpful in determining potential natural sources of metals contamination e Mineral tenure data taken from the assessment report indexes ARIS database has been used to identify users of resource roads proposed for deactivation e geographical data can provide a quick reproducible satellite image LandSat map of any proposed study area in the province e Bedrock and surficial geology data provided on the website from a combination of digital geological maps and mineral occurrence and aggregate deposit descriptions MINFILE help in the interpretation of potential slope Innovation June 2001 Volume 5 Number 5 2 stability hazards They also provide a basis for the development of a preliminary hydrogeological model of an area e Best of
36. available and unavailable Now copy your current map view using your toolbar button Open up Microsoft Word EDIT gt PASTE Experiment by adding any symbols or text to the map Now Print using FILE gt Print in Microsoft Word Exercise 9 Exploration Assistant Open the Exploration Assistant Use ZOOM GOTO BC Communities Nelson with a zoom to width of 100km Query Geology with Jurassic age rocks with a volcanic lithology of any terrane Maps can be saved as an html file and can be viewed with your browser Use the SAVE AS command on the browser file menu Name and click OK Mineral Titles Map Mineral Placer and Coal tenure layers are unique layers to this map and can be viewed at a scale of 1 3 000 000 or less This map is viewed along with an additional window frame to allow users to conduct a number of Mineral related searches Exercise 10 continued What is the claim name What mining division is it located What map sheet is it primarily located Who is the owner of this claim What is the expiry data Exercise 11 Using ArcExplorer amp Geospatial Download Data From the Geospatial Download page download and unzip one or more datasets in BC Albers projection Download and install ESRI ArcExplorer if available following the links at www esri com software arcexplorer index html Add layers in ArcExplorer set layer properties double click layer name in left hand frame z
37. by J Nelson T Harms C Roots M Mihalynuk and M de Ud Keijzer EE ics Barkerville Geology Map This map covers the Barkerville area NTS maps 093A and H and unique layers include the Barkerville Cariboo and Kootenay terranes m T FHT 1 T Lillooet LRMP Map papi e This map covers NTS maps 092IW 092J and 0920 south and is displayed in the Universal v Transverse Mercator projection In addition to the standard data sets this map has a Lillooet LRMP layer DEM image hillshade layer a magnetics map layer and a magnetics raster map with legend Guichon Batholith Map This map covers NTS map 921 and is displayed in BC Albers projection Unique data layers include the Guichon Magnetic Linears Guichon Geology Transparent and Guichon Geology Mapping was performed by W J McMillan J D Blanch Flower P McAndless D Coombes P Garvin 1969 1974 and linework digitally captured by Cominco Ltd a em OR eS n UR et HB ij i n L i Vernon Geology This map covers NTS maps 082L03 06 11 13 14 and is displayed in the Universal Transverse Mercator projection Unique layers to this map are Geology Unit Lines Structures Mapping Stations and Ages in the Vernon Area Exploring The MapPlace 17 British Columbia Aggregate Potential Map This map displays the results of five aggregate potential study areas Prince George Okanagan Nanaimo Sea to Sky a
38. can also copy the current view of the map as a URL This is useful if you want to create a link from a Web page to this view of the map and you need to know the URL to link to Note Copying the map view to the Clipboard is not supported in the Java Edition of Autodesk MapGuide Viewer but copying the map view as a URL is supported To copy and paste the map view 1 Use the Zoom and Pan commands from the popup menu or from the toolbar to display only the portion of the map you want to see For more information about zooming and panning see Changing the Map View Right click in the map and then choose Copy gt Copy from the popup menu or click the Copy button on the toolbar The map view is now copied to the Clipboard Note The Windows keyboard shortcuts for Copy and Cut are not available in Autodesk MapGuide Viewer for copying or cutting maps Switch to the application in which you want to paste the map view Choose Edit gt Paste The view of the map you copied now appears in the application To copy the map view as a URL 1 Use the Zoom and Pan commands from the popup menu or from the toolbar to display only the portion of the map you want to see 2 Right click in the map and then choose Copy gt As URL from the popup menu The URL describing the map view is now copied to the Clipboard Improving Performance You can improve the performance of Autodesk MapGuide Viewer by improving processing speed raster display qual
39. com Click on Download the Viewer fill in contact info select operating system and the last line has the download link System requirements for Power Macintosh Java Edition Mac OS 8 5 9 Mac OS Runtime for Java 2 2 download from http www apple com 32MB RAM 10MB free hard disk space minimum Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 5 Does not run on IE 5 x Instructions are available at http www mapguide com javaedition en ie mac mrj index htm http www mapguide com javaedition en index htm Java Version for Netscape and IE A Java Version of the BCGS Geology map is available for the MacOS 2 of 6 2002 10 08 2 32 PM The MapPlace FAQs http www em gov bc ca Mining Geolsurv MapPlace faq htm http ebony gov bc ca mapplace minpot bcgs_java cfm _ 10 MapGuide Version 5 0 and I nternet Explorer With Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 0 or 5 0 if you set security to High you will not be able to view maps To remedy this problem in Microsoft Internet Explorer choose View gt Internet Options and then set security to Medium Other issues and on line help for MG 5 0 can be found at http www mapguide com r5 help ver5 viewer en index htm JH TOP 11 MapGuide Version 5 0 and CorelDraw MS Word With MG 4 Viewer you can copy paste the map via clipboard from Windows into CorelDraw 5 7 8 and MS Word With MG5 Viewer it is not possible to copy paste into CorelDraw 5 8 or 9 but it is possible to copy paste into
40. fall within the polygon s you selected in Step 1 and then click OK For example if you selected a buffer feature in step 1 that represents a specific distance from a customer s location and you want to find all Acme Widget resellers within that specified distance from the customer s location you would select the layer that contains the reseller locations All map features from the specified layer that fall within the previously selected polygon s are now selected Selecting Features Within a Specified Distance from Other Map Features View Buffers Command By creating a buffer around selected map features you can view all features that fall within that buffer This is particularly useful in site selection For example you could create a buffer to find all vacant lots within two miles of your stores or using a report that will calculate area you could determine the total area within the buffers around your stores To select features within a specified distance from other map features 1 Select the map features around which you want to create buffers 2 Right click in the map and then choose View gt Buffer from the popup menu The View Buffer dialog box appears 16 Autodesk MapGuide Ifyou chose a hatch pattern for the fill the color you specified is for the pattern so you need to specify View Buffer settings for the background behind the pattern In this case in the Background area specify whether the back
41. from the drop down list Select Map Features For example to find all features within two miles of your stores type 2 in the text box and choose mi Map layers Map features from the unit list Note that you can also use the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the Alabama distance Arizona OK Cancel To treat all of the buffer areas as a single feature instead of treating each buffer area as a separate California feature select the Construct One Buffer For All Selected Map Features check box Mas Delaware This is particularly useful if any of your buffers overlap and you do not want the overlapping area Florida Al counted twice For example if you want to determine the total area around your stores and two stores Georgia are close enough that their buffers overlap you would not want to count the overlapping area twice Y Overlapping buffers will also appear differently on the screen For example if you did not select this check box overlapping buffers might display like this 2 In the Map Layers list box select the map layer that contains the map features you want to select 3 In Map Features list box select the map features you want by doing one or more of the following Click a single map feature For example click Connecticut to select it Shift click to select multiple contiguous features For example click Arizona and then Shift If you did select this check box however t
42. help determine the chromium and nickel present in sands concentrated within the alluvial beds by natural stream sedimentation processes By using MapPlace a professional geoscientist could first determine that tholeiitic basalts often elevated in nickel and chromium underlie the stream catchment area immediately surrounding the subject site With plots from the Regional Geochemical Survey data the MapPlace can provide support to the argument that the elevated metals present on the subject site are from natural sources A plot of nickel anomalies in stream sediment samples collected by the BC Geological Survey showing an anomaly of 186 parts per million along the stream adjacent to the site could help to save significant costs and effort Figure 3 Conclusion Pottinger Gaherty Environmental Consultants has successfully used the MapPlace website to the overall benefit of clients during the initial data compilation phase of many work programs The result has been repeated positive feedback on the level of relevant detail provided detail often not considered or reported because of a lack of easily available data Now operational for over four years the MapPlace has proven itself as an efficient and effective way to disseminate map based information and its flexibility gives users including professional geoscientists and engineers in the environmental field a powerful tool for quickly building their own custom maps Innovation June 2
43. if you are in the map that the bookmark was created and if the layers are already turned on when you go to a bookmark those layers will stay on in the new location Bookmarks are connected to the map they were created in For example if you create a bookmark in the Mineral Title map and later open the BCGS Geology map and use the bookmark it will take you back to the Mineral Title map The Viewer help also describes using URL Parameters to customize map views Look under Advanced Topics in http www mapguide com help ver6 viewer en index htm Saving Maps To save a map while in The MapPlace use the SAVE AS command on the Browser File menu Name the map and click OK The map is saved as an html file and can be viewed with your browser by double clicking on the file or opening the file from your browser You can also use your browser bookmarks or favorites feature Printing Maps 10 Geological Survey Branch Ministry of Energy and Mines There are two methods of printing your maps One method is using the PRINT function on your browser toolbar This method prints the entire browser display For a more professional display choose PAGE SETUP on your Viewer s popup menu A dialogue box appears and allows you to rename your map show legend scale date and time URL north arrow and specify the map size by scale Once you are satisfied with the page setup select the PRINT feature in the popup menu and press OK Copying Maps To copy a map
44. in Map size to 1 1 300 000 Press OK Print using the popup menu Try Buffer Exercise in notes More layers available As you ZOOM in on an area layers become available or unavailable Watch the legend on the left hand side to see which areas can be viewed at any given scale To find out what scale is currently displayed look in the lower right corner of the window Exploration Assistant e Performs detailed queries to be displayed on the map such as Gazetteer to find location Discovery Potential where Mineral Resource Assessment program predicted new deposits of specific types will be found MINFILE by commodity or deposit type or name Regional Geochemistry by provincial or map sheet threshold Geology by age lithology and terrane Mineral Titles by claim name and anniversary date Viewing Coordinates Try this e To determine the coordinates of a location place your cursor over the object The coordinate system should appear in the lower left hand corner of the screen e To change or to display the coordinate system use the popup menu and click ABOUT and then PREFERENCES Here you can can choose the type of units you would like to display Exercise 8 Zoom amp Copy Open the World Map ZOOM to show the entire Canadian borders What layer appears ZOOM to the Vancouver area What layers are available now Practice with zooming to different scales to see which layers become
45. include Gazetteer to find a location Discovery Potential where Mineral Resource Assessment program predicted new deposits of specific types will be found MINFILE by commodity or deposit type or name Regional Geochemistry by provincial or mapsheet threshold Geology by age lithology and terrane and Mineral Titles by claim name and anniversary date This map has access to other databases such as BC Localities and Communities Regional Districts Regional Geochemical Surveys Assessment Reports Road Railways Rivers Parks and many others The following are examples of queries that can be performed through the Exploration Assistant find a particular settlement such as Gold Creek display areas favourable for garnet skarns show the location of the Eskay Creek deposit plot all Jade occurrences plot the Placer deposits zoom into an area and display Cretaceous age sedimentary rocks within any terrane find the Flan claim display all claims in an area with an anniversary date in the next 40 days The Exploration Assistant 15 shown with a selection criteria and access tools in Figure 9 Copy to other graphic packager t search tool Exploration Assistant Pan Report for selected object O pai bi ROE ee ie Bedae 2 Loco papei cm JavaScript frame Exploration Si urea provides search ici Teexwhelme Assi
46. into another application choose the COPY toolbar button or right click and choose COPY from the popup menu Once you have copied your map switch to the application in which you want to paste the map view Choose EDIT then PASTE You are now ready to manipulate the map with the tools of your target application such as CorelDraw This process will not copy over the map legend To copy the entire Viewer display press the PRINT SCREEN Key on your keyboard Switch to the application that you want to paste this view then choose EDIT then PASTE NOTE With MG 6 Viewer it is not possible to copy paste into CorelDraw 5 8 9 or 10 but it is possible to copy paste into CorelDraw 4 or 7 MG 5 copies to the clipboard as EMF enhanced metafile Earlier versions copied as WMF windows metafile Software e g Metafile Companion http www companionsoftware com is available to translate file formats from EMF to WMF With this software you can cut paste from the MapPlace to Metafile Companion to Corel in a two step process Objects can also be inserted into Corel use Edit Insert New Object Enhanced Metafile Metafile Companion handles the vector layers well but not raster Pasting maps into MS Word or PowerPoint are also good options to consider Success with vector and raster layers can be achieved by using Adobe Acrobat to print as a PDF file and importing the file to applications such as Corel To capture the Legend create your map in MapPlace and print
47. layer at a time downloading time can be reduced by holding down the CTRL key and highlighting the Layer Name Next click the adjacent box of one of the highlighted layers This turns on all the selected layers The same process can be used when deselecting layers TO 3 How is the compiled geology downloaded or viewed P The digital geology for the province is available by 1 250 000 mapsheet for all areas except Queen Charlotte Islands To get this data go the BCGS GEOLOGY map activate the top layer Geology Download TM Proj and double click on the mapsheet desired The resultant page display will provide access to the digital files in Arclnfo EXPORT E00 format in either Albers Equal Area Polyconic or Geographic http www em gov bc ca Mining Geolsurv MapPlace faq htm 2002 10 08 2 32 PM The MapPlace FAQs http www em gov bc ca Mining Geolsurv MapPlace faq htm decimal degrees projections The datum is NAD83 Click on the item you require to download the zipped files To use the files as shape files they can be translated using the Import71 utility that comes with Arcview Metadata for the geology of the whole province is also available on this page as a downloadable file geolmeta zip A readme file describes the download files Digital bedrock geology for each map area is also available for interactive viewing and analysis using the MapGuide Viewer Select the Interactive View of the map sheet in either projection
48. map features Zooming to the previous view Zooming out by a magnification factor of two Zooming out to display the entire map Moving up down left or right panning Saving the current view in a bookmark Viewing a bookmark Deleting a bookmark Zooming to a Specific Location or US Street Address Zoom Goto Command You can use the Zoom Goto dialog box to zoom to a location such as an airport or to a US street address or ZIP code To display the Zoom Goto dialog box click the Zoom Goto button on the toolbar or right click in the map and choose Zoom gt Goto from the popup menu 6 Autodesk MapGuide Location US Street Address Category us Place Location New York Zoom to width fi 00 mi Select a category then enter a location to goto Cancel Help You can now do one of the following tasks To zoom to a location 1 2 Click the Location tab and then select a category from the Category list Type a location name to use as the center of the map type the map width to display and then click OK You can enter just a portion of the name you are looking for Autodesk MapGuide will return a list of places that contain the text you entered For example to find San Francisco you could type San to receive a list of all places that begin with San and then choose San Francisco from the list Note You specify the width in the current display units If the location you re zooming to is a po
49. most of the British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines geospatial data including bedrock geology surficial geology metallic and industrial mineral potential ranking regional silt and water geochemical surveys RGS mineral occurrences MINFILE assessment reports ARIS and mineral title locations These themes can be combined with other available georeferenced datasets such as administrative boundaries topographic features and other related map based information including raster images such as digital elevation model DEM shaded relief satellite LandSat and aeromagnetics to produce user defined maps Table 2 is summary of major datasets accessible through the MapPlace 7 The MapPlace Netscape File Edt View Go Cormmuricator Help wf Bookmarks A Location http wwew em gov bc ca Mining Geolsurv MapPlace default htm ED What s Related DY VEITCH The MapPlace avaliable Date Last Updated Overview of MapPlace Available Maps mmary of Availabl Selected Theme Maps Tour of MapPlace Selected Mapper Maps FAQs Comment amp Support The Toolbar amp Popup Menu Updates to the MapPlace Overview of MapPlace Summary Data Available 55955555535 Updates MapPlace Mineral Tenure Notice The MapPlace FAQs Geospatial Data Downloads NEW Toolbar amp Popup Menu The FREE Autodesk MapGuide viewer is required to access The or Mapelaca Map Place Click on the Autodesk icon at the
50. not support more than 16 colors the colors in some raster images will not display properly To change the color palette setting 1 In Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT or Windows 2000 click the Start button click Settings and then click Control Panel Double click the Display icon Click the Settings tab and then choose the highest color setting in the Color Palette box In some cases using True Color mode can cause intermittent problems with Netscape Navigator so you should use the next highest setting instead For details see Known Issues Note If you are using the Java Edition of Autodesk MapGuide Viewer the quality of the colors displayed can vary depending on your system Improving Buffer Processing When you use the Construct One Buffer For AII Selected Map Features option when creating buffers and the buffering process fails with a message indicating low memory try decreasing the buffer offset distance If that is not possible try creating a large single buffer To create a large single buffer 1 Follow the steps for creating buffers but in step 1 select only half of the features you originally selected After creating the buffer for these features select the remaining features that you want to buffer Create a buffer around these features Shift click to select both buffers MGViewerHelp doc 25 5 Create a new buffer around the two existing buffers Use a very small value for the buffer offset dis
51. professional geoscientist to highlight additional features to be investigated by the person in the field many of which require only a quick visual inspection that might not otherwise have been part of the routine investigation Innovation June 2001 Volume 5 Number 5 3 RS Ll E s d 4 Figure 3 Vancouver image showing contours watersheds copper data and park boundaries An example site could be a fish hatchery The data provided prior to the field investigation could be limited to a simple location map legal description and site survey plan and a couple of well descriptions from the provincial well registry located for properties in the vicinity Using the MapPlace within an hour the prefield investigation file would include topographic LandSat image and geologic maps Figures 1 3 and 4 reproduced in colour at the appropriate scale along with available detailed bedrock or surficial geological descriptions The result is a preliminary hydrogeological model based on an understanding that the site 15 very gently sloping has abundant surface water is underlain by massive granodiorite intrusives and is overlain by a blanket of impermeable clay rich silty moraine greater than 5 m thick Another example might be a rural site with limited development and no known metal contamination sources but one that exhibits elevated chromium and nickel levels in soils derived from alluvial sediments Expensive analytical techniques could
52. right to acquire the Links to Data and Maps Geospatial Data Downloads V e Wer PDF Help B n ructi 1 Ma uide Viewer Guides R6 RS Demo Site Tutorial Sx Data Updates Netscape Features of the MapPlace Database tLastUpdated Mineral Titles May 13 2002 RIS A nd vin Create your own maps using interactive data sets ARIS has 7 2002 Wb Create reports from selected themes and objects Petroleum Tenure amp Wells April 16 2002 r M in BC Parks Nov 2001 February 18 2002 nomi with EXPLORATION ASSISTANT you can search by Geothermal January 30 2002 Exploration Services WP Mineral Potential TRACTS er Oris int te UM GSB Publications Catalog MINFILE commodities names and deposit types res May 31 2001 ience R r GEOLOGY age lithology and terrains Crown Grants December 12 2000 Geochemistry B CLAIMS anniversary dates SEIS Partnerships Links to other Data Sources and Information IEEE ERES The MapPlace Geospatial Data Downloads ARC Shapefiles Mineral Potential W Complete Table of Maps MINFILE Mineral Inventory General Map of BC Public Education Surficial Hazards Mapping For questions or more information on geology and minerals in British Columbia Terrain Map Library please contact GSB Mailbox or use the toll free number B C residents only What s New 2i a Document Done sl Figure The MapPlace Website 2 Geological Survey Branch Ministry of Energy and Mines
53. second number in the scale ratio is the more you will zoom out so you will display a larger area with less detail The smaller the second number is the more you will zoom in so you will display a smaller area with more detail 8 Autodesk MapGuide To zoom to a map scale 1 Right click in the map and then choose Zoom gt Scale from the popup menu to display the Zoom Scale dialog box Zoom Scale Ed Current Scale 1 40 532 306 New Scale b 40532306 Cancel Help In the text box type the scale ratio you want to use For example to zoom to a scale of 1 200000 type 200000 in the text box Click OK The map zooms in or out to the scale you specified retaining the current center of the map Zooming In by a Magnification Factor of Two You can click a point in the map to zoom in on that point To zoom in by a magnification factor of two 1 Click the Zoom button on the toolbar or right click in the map and choose Zoom gt Zoom from the popup menu Click a point to be the center of the redrawn map The map zooms in on the point you clicked to display the map at twice the previous magnification You can continue to zoom in by clicking another point in the map When you finish zooming press ESC click the Select button on the toolbar or choose Select gt Select from the Map Window popup menu Note that pressing ESC does not work if you are using the Java Edition of the Viewer on an Apple Macintosh com
54. some of the values you want to use for particular parameters such as the latitude longitude of the center of the map you can type them directly into the URL box in your browser rather than manually moving the map For example if you know that the map name is amap mwf and is located on www mapguide com and you know the center point map width and map units you could type the following URL http www mapguide com amap mwf Lat 110 0 amp Lon 43 1 amp Width 100 amp Units mi amp ext mwf The format of the URL should always be the URL of the map followed by a question mark followed by the parameters you want to use each separated by amp and lastly followed by amp ext mwf The following list shows all available URL parameters for Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Default values are shown in bold Parameters that include Target in their name accept reserved target names See the Reserved Target Window Names table following the Parameter table Parameter Description StatusBar Specifies whether to display the status bar On Off ToolBar Specifies whether to display the toolbar On Big Off LayersViewWidth Specifies the width of the map layer legend in pixels A value of zero completely hides the map layer legend Default 150 Lat Latitude of the center of the area to display Specify the value in decimal degrees You must use a period as the delimiter for example 25 333333 This parameter works only when used with the Lo
55. the BCGS Publications database On the Search Specifications page click Search Return to the map window Check the Footprint button for reports of interest to show their location on the map Select the Full Result Set hypertext to open an FGDC metadata listing for the selected publication A Few Tips Tip 2 To Reduce Downloading Time Try this When selecting more than one layer at a time downloading time can be reduced by highlighting each layer title with your mouse cursor while holding down the CTRL key Wext select one of the adjacent highlighted layer boxes The result will be the selection of all the layers at once The same process can be used when deselecting layers Summary gt In this seminar you have completed the following functions Downloaded Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Aware of available maps amp data Used the ZOOM features Saved as html Measured distance Created a buffer layer Printed to scale Printed using your browser Created a bookmark Found selected and displayed information And much more 1 e Consult the Frequently Asked Questions FAQ on the MapPlace You will probably find you question answered here Now check it out 1 Go to the MapPlace home page 2 Open Frequently Asked Questions link 3 Browse through some of the questions Tip 3 If you are going to ZOOM IN to an area downloading time can be reduced if yo
56. to select all map features that fall within that rectangular area To select all map features in a rectangular area 1 Turn on Selection mode by clicking the Select tool on the toolbar or by choosing Select gt Select from the popup menu Click the left mouse button drag the mouse pointer diagonally until the rectangle covers the area you want and then release the mouse button All map features that are within the rectangular area are now selected Selecting All Map Features in a Circular Area You can draw a circle to select all map features that fall within that circular area To select all map features in a circular area 1 Right click in the map and then choose Select gt Radius from the popup menu 2 Press and hold the left mouse button on a center point drag to define the radius and then release the mouse button The radius appears dynamically on the status bar at the bottom of the map as you drag the pointer When the pointer stops the radius also appears as a MapTip All map features that are within the circular area are now selected Selecting All Map Features in a Polygonal Area You can draw a polygon to select all map features that fall within that polygonal area To select all map features in a polygonal area 1 Right click in the map and choose Select gt Polygon from the popup menu 2 With the left mouse button click each point that you want to use as a vertex of the polygon 3 On the last vertex you w
57. updating of the map display PopUp Right click on the map HELP to link to the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Help Website Exercise 6 Linked Reports amp Downloads Refresh your BCGS Geology Map by using your BROWSER REFRESH toolbar button Experiment with the ZOOM ZOOM IN ZOOM OUT ZOOM PREVIOUS PAN toolbar button features Using the ZOOM GOTO feature type in the category field NTS map sheet and in location type 082F Press OK Select or turn on ARIS reports by year layer Select one of the ARIS reports by year points on the Viewer window The VIEW REPORT toolbar button should appear active click on it A window will appear click on ARIS linked report Popup Menu Is a menu that appears by right clicking the mouse button anywhere in the map window Commands can be selected by clicking on one of the items in the menu The Popup Menu Provides Additional Features to the Toolbar Buttons Additional features include ZOOM WIDTH user defined map width at the place of a curser ZOOM SCALE user defined map scale view BOOKMARKS to add amp delete bookmark names for displayed map views SELECT criteria such as OBJ ECTS RADI US POLYGON amp WITHIN specified map objects VIEW DISTANCE between two or more locations amp BUFFERS allows users to create their own buffers around selected objects ABOUT PREFERENCES allows users to choose the type of map units Metric or USA units amp coordinate system
58. using the Acrobat PDFWriter driver This will write a PDF file with the legend and map Use the Text or Graphic Select Tool in Adobe Acrobat to capture the legend or map in the PDF file It can then be pasted into other applications This method copies maps to PowerPoint then Corel Create a map view in MapPlace Right click on the map and copy the image into the clipboard Open a blank presentation and blank slide in PowerPoint Convert the imported picture into a Microsoft Office drawing object This can be done by Edit Picture Object or right click and select Grouping Ungroup Select All objects on the image and paste into Corel AVAILABLE MAPS The MapPlace has 22 theme based maps The BCGS Geology Map can access all available provincial datasets whereas the other maps focus on particular areas or themes such as detailed and surficial geology geophysics and geology map indexes Other maps such as the Exploration Assistant allow users to search and display elements of 4 main databases Each map has a link to more details which provide further information such as unique layers special instructions to view certain features type of projection used etc Descriptions of these maps with examples of their use are presented here Maps Currently Available BCGS Geology Terrain Map Index Exploration Assistant Digital Terrain Map Library Mineral Titles Regional Geophysics World Relief and Rad
59. well with previous versions of Netscape If you are having problems with the Javascript searches on the Analysis Tool window we suggest uninstalling and downloading installing the latest version of MapGuide also see solution in 16 Pot TOP 18 How do I use Map Bookmarks Bookmarks are used to save and return to a view of a defined map area Right click on the map and choose Bookmark Add Bookmark Bookmarks do not save whether layers are turned on or off The bookmark will take you to the map area but you have to turn on the various layers Note that if you are in the map that the bookmark was created and if the layers are already turned on when you go to a bookmark those layers will stay on in the new location Bookmarks are connected to the map they were created in For example if you create a bookmark in the Mineral Title map and later open the BCGS Geology map and use the bookmark it will take you back to the Mineral Title map The Viewer help also describes using URL Parameters to customize map views Look under Advanced Topics in http www mapguide com help viewer5 en index htm 19 Why do I get errors when trying to open maps or layers Typical errors will be HTTP Error 405 or Autodesk MapGuide Server Error 5001 Unable to connect to data source For further information please contact Older maps are likely being used possibly through outdated browser bookmarks Please update browser bookma
60. you customize the number time date or currency options however the Java Edition will not recognize them Internet Explorer If you are using the Java Edition of Autodesk MapGuide Viewer with Internet Explorer and you click outside any Autodesk MapGuide Viewer dialog box the dialog box will go behind the Internet Explorer window MG ViewerHelp doc 5 Using Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Opening a Map When you open a map in your Web browser it launches Autodesk MapGuide Viewer to display the map You can then change the view of the map by zooming panning or using bookmarks to see the exact portion of the map you want To open a map 1 Choose File gt Open Location in Netscape Navigator in Navigator 4 06 choose File gt Open Page or choose File gt Open in Microsoft Internet Explorer Enter the map s URL and then click OK in Navigator 4 06 click Open If any of the initial layers in the map are password protected you are prompted for a password At the prompt type your user name and password in the provided boxes If you do not have a password check with the author of the map The map appears in the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer window Changing the Map View You can do any of the following operations to change the view of a map Zooming to a Specific Location or Address Zooming to a map width Zooming to a map scale Zooming in by a magnification factor of two Zooming to a rectangular area Zooming to selected
61. 001 Volume 5 Number 5 4 Regional Geochem Layers RGS Zinc 1M 5Oth Percentile foni Percentia Sth Percentile B 95th Percentile I Greater than 351h AJ Olhers Mineral Inventory Layers Minfie status w Developed Prospect Past Producer Topographic Layers C Grid 1 250K maps Rivers 1 250K lt 2 Lakes 1 250 lt 2 Geology Layers Geology linework Geology labels Border 1 250K 2M Figure 4 Map showing geology complete with Regional Geochemistry and MINFILE mineral occurrence site locations each hot linked to information about the site GAS 1 N e F oS 7 KILOMETERS Figure 5 Map showing 1 20 000 TRIM and MINFILE Innovation June 2001 Volume 5 Number 5 References MacIntyre D G L D Jones and W E Kilby 2001 The MapPlace an Award Winning Internet Exploration Service for BC Geolog Vol 30 Part 1 pp 12 13 Kilby W E 1999 The MapPlace Web Based GIS Access to British Columbia Mineral Exploration Information Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Applied Geologic Remote Sensing Vol 1 pp 204 212 David Tupper PGeo a geologist working in association with Pottinger Gaherty Environmental Consultants Ltd can be reached at 604 682 3707 or dtupper pggroup com Larry Jones PGeo a geologist with the BC Ministry of Energy and Mines currently manages the MapPlace system Ward Kilby PGeo a geo
62. 26 18 117 18 09 Producer GREAT EASTERN L 4152 GREAT WESTERN ABERDEEN Past AG 105 49 27606 117 18 13 Producer STARLIGHT L 684 GREAT WESTERN GROUP Past AU AG CU 105 48 25 55 117 18 41 Praducer DAYLIGHT BERLIM DAYLIGHT L 907 BERLIN L 3251 Past AU AG PB ZN CU 49 25 30 117 17 44 Producer GOLD MOUNTAIN GOLD MOUNTAIN KENA Prospect AU CU MO LOZ 492609 117 17 01 KENA GOLD KENA MAIN KENA NEIL KENA 7 COTTONWOOD Prospect AU CU PB ZM LOS 105 4925 39 117 1607 1 GOLD MTM 3 NORTH STAR L 4149 NORTHSTAR GREAT WESTERN GROUP Showing AL 101 105 49 26 14 117 18 45 STAR OF THE WEST L 1311 NEW BICYCLE TEE M4S COT STAR OF THE Showing AG PB ZH AU 105 49 26 31 117 17 09 EAST L 1312 SHAFT CAT KEMA MAGPIE ELDORADO DOLLY Showing AU CU Los 40 25 55 117 16 43 KENA COPPER KENA KENA SOUTH GOLD KENA Showing CU AU LO3 40 2441 117 14 57 20 25 K GROUP COTTONWOOD HALL SCHIST GREAT WESTERN GREAT WESTERN GROUP WHITE WITCH Prospect AU CU 03 49 26 17 117 18 51 L 3595 THISTLE L 2233 GREAT WESTERN L 4148 4BERDEEM GIVEOLT CREEK BLACK WITCH iti abi n f Mi Geological Survey Branch si Mme o Bifjexercise7 doc Mcr amp Yeces Geology Map GY G LIONES Nelson iii Core PHOTO PAINT Assessment Reno xa re 39 1215 a f ee 35 British Columbia Exercise 8 Zoom amp Copy World Data of the entire world Zoom to Places or Airports anywhere in the world Canad
63. 6 1 515 51 17 601 36 36 372 02 37 182 78 57 769 54 166 246 36 2 959 38 10 749 10 40 925 42 5 948 02 6 576 27 bam A Cua 5 Select the report button and ARIS linked report from the list of reports available This opens a window with a list of Assessment Reports occurring within the buffer ds w MIMFILE Report Netscape Fie Edt View Go Communicator Help 7 wu Bookmarks J Location Htp 7ebony gov bc ca mapplace minpot minfle cim MINFILE No OB2FSY18 SeFSWI6S OBeFSWI 4 B2FSW175 Q B2FSw3a79 _ Done 6 A similar report be created for MINFILE occurrences Exploring The MapPlace Ministry of Energy and Mines ale x Edit View Favorites Tools Click on MINFILE Number link for more details Click on Commodities or Deposit Type label for definitions EE CORE BST ETHER Latitude Longitude VENUS L 4293 JUNO L 3161 Past All AG PB CU ZN 105 40 27 17 117 19 50 Praducer ATHABASCA L 1569 MANITOBA L 1572 ALBERTA L 1571 ALGOMA Past AU AG PB ZN CU 101 105 112 102 49 27 29 117 18 46 L 1570 Producer WO CALIFORNIA L 1677 DEADWOOD L 2232 UNION Past AU AG PB ZN CU 105 101 49 27 13 1171747 L 8324 CABIN EXCHEQUER L 391 CREEK HILLSIDE L 2238 CLIFF Producer FR L 15029 CLEOPATRA L 387 CAL 3 6 CAL 8 SHAMROCK L 2234 Past AG PB ZN AU 105 49 2650 117 1859 Producer IRENE L 4151 GREAT WESTERN 4BERDEEN Past AL AG 105 49
64. 7 x XXXXXXXXX Y XXX seppie MED RXXX XXXX XXX A MEO EEEE EREE E Ta XXXXXXXXX x XXXXXXXX MGE RR EN x XXXX XXXXXXXXXNX XX PHE XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX KNXXXXXX XXK The MapTip disappears when you move the mouse again If a name has not been provided for this feature on this map the MapTip does not appear Also if the map has a status bar you will see the layer name and the name of the map feature displayed on the status bar when you pause the mouse pointer over the map feature as shown in the following illustration XEXXXXXXXXX XX Major Cities Washington Autodesk MapGuide In this illustration the status bar indicates that the mouse is currently positioned over Washington which is on the Major Cities layer Measuring Distances You can measure the distance between two points on the map You can also measure the distance between several points to get a cumulative total distance For example if you want to know approximately how far you would travel if you flew from Paris to London to New York you could measure each leg of the trip and get a cumulative total Note that depending on which map projection the author of the map chose the distances measured may vary in accuracy For example if the map author chose a projection that provides the most accurate results when you measure the distance between two points in France the accuracy will decrease if you measure the distance b
65. 8 097470 Lon 129 023455 zi ep zone Figure 3b All 3 layers in Figure 3a were selected together and are displayed on one map To further organize the data layers have been grouped by themes For example Figure 4a contains the BC Communities layer which is a layer within the BC Administrative Layers group Layer Groups can either be collapsed or expanded by double clicking on the layer group title To select a layer group or a layer use your mouse to click on the box adjacent to the layer or layer group Selection will be indicated by a checkmark in the box Layers will only be displayed in the map Viewer if the Layer Group has been selected first As each layer group is selected different layers become available and can be selected and deselected with the user s needs Zooming in on a map area also produces more layer choices and the detail of the map increases This is demonstrated by comparing the available layers in Figure 4a with Figure 4b The ZOOM IN feature used to produce the map in Figure 4b allows for the BC Localities layer to be available and selected Exploring The MapPlace 5 British Columbia 14 en ee am me e e m ee eae oe Li De LOW PMG Figure 4a BCGS Geology Map viewed at full size BC Communities and BC Mining Regions Shade are selected layers within the BC Administration Layer Group Metrocall Iniermel Explorer provided by bovernment of Bitish Labumbra
66. Click on OK to continue Exploring The MapPlace 33 British Columbia TJ ECGS Geology Map Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Government of British Columbia E E lj x Fie Edt Wew Favortes Took EJ deak O G Bitctory be op Address 8 qe be ca mapplace minpat begs cfm oo Coll pre Laye Expand Layers Remove Frame MipPiyce home HCGS tome Bik Maa Reg autodesk b 21 File Downoad Layers BC Adminetrative Area Layers First Nations Layers Paks Layers Be Forestry Layers O Aggregate 0 ARIS reports by year ARIS number label O ARIS expenditure O Coal Assessment Reports UO Coal Report Label fl MINFILE Producer Past Producer Developed Prospect A Prospect Showing m All Others O WINFILE number laba O HIMFILE hestone production Ci Regonal Geochem Layers Mineral Tiles Layers 3 Landuze Planning Layers Eney Layers Mineral Potential Layers Hatched Topographic Layesz nd BOGS Geology Layers Buffer layer 4 el C EU E La ka 49 420605 Lon 117 283634 Buffer layer Buffer zone offset distance 1 00 Km 3 Bedrock geology by age and rock das 1 78 631 115 0 x 10 8 Km i internet 3 Buffer created at a distance of I kilometre around three selected plutons dark shading i
67. Columbia 3 Minlsthyot P Programs amp Services Energy amp Mines Ministry News Ministry Search Reports amp Publications Site Map Contacts Geospatial Data Downloads Contents G eosp atial Data Downloads The table below lists the files available for downloading File formats are zipped ARC Shapefiles in MAD 83 and either BC Albers or Geographic decimal degrees projection Some files are in dBASE formal These files can be used with most GIS systems or the free ArcExplorer See Notes amp Links Metadata for ARIS DBF Other Links ARC Shapefiles ARC Shapefiles Available Maps Acts Sen grape ele Theme Maps elected Mapper Maps 2 Badrock Geology Dvaragw nf hMapPlace n Breves Data Files in BOO format Tectonic Azramblage Geology Tectonic Belk A Tamanaes Geospatial Data Downloads PDF Hel Te Meade minpol be albzip pied nea D ecgmen cs Pia E mem mut ew TT 4 17 emm ros pem 2001 Aczessmment Report index ae mot ae 7H xj 2 NEM Jpimjmnap 387 21 E ste A Exercise doc Microso fit exercised 10 doc micros E Data Downl 1 Geospatial data download page showing files available for download and use in ArcExplorer and other GIS mapping systems This page also has a link to the ESRI ArcExplorer home page d ArcE plorer ESRI s Free GIS Data View
68. CorelDraw 7 and MS Word MG 5 copies to the clipboard as EMF enhanced metafile by default Earlier versions copied as WMF windows metafile Software e g Metafile Companion http www companionsoftware com is available to translate file formats from EMF to WMF With this software you can cut paste from the MapPlace to Metafile Companion to Corel in a two step process Objects can also be inserted into Corel use Edit Insert New Object Enhanced Metafile Metafile Companion handles the vector layers well but not raster Success with vector and raster layers can be achieved by printing as a PDF file see next section on use of Adobe Acrobat and importing the file to an applications such as Corel Copy the map via MS Word copy the map window to the clipboard paste it into Word paste as enhanced metafile ungroup the map in Word copy it into the clipboard and paste it into Corel using paste as enhanced metafile See Method to copy paste from MapPlace to PowerPoint to Corel TOP 12 How do I capture the map or legend To copy the map view use the Copy Button on the MG tool bar or right click and choose Copy do not use the Edit Copy function from the browser toolbar Switch to the application in which you want to paste the map view Choose Edit then Paste Successive pastes of different layers will place the data into various layers To capture the Legend you need to install Adobe Acrobat Create your map in MapPl
69. Downloads Click Here to Download Complete RGS Data Set then cinere 7 ME sin fit RGS Summary OR Insert the Client Humber of the person or company The B C Ministry of Energy Mines and Petroleum Resources MEMPR Shortcuts Han Menu Fees Maver Teniurce Humber cheer Locate clar hama Number Let has been involved in reconnarssance scale stream sediment and water surveys since 1976 This joint federal provincial initiative was originally Last date page updated July 04 2001 referred ta as the Uranium Reconnaissance Program URP In 1978 the provincial program was renamed the Regional Geochemical Survey RGS and in 1987 the Province began to independently administer surveys conducted in British Columbia As part of Canada s National Geochemical Reconnaissance NGR program the RGS program continues to maintain sample collection preparation and analytical 4 Visit Mineral Titles Search Pages A GM2002 1 Geological Survey Branch Mapping Project Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Government of British Columbia File View Favotites Tools Help EJ 2 999 Rad Address E hitp wvew em gov be ca Mining Geolsurv bedrock mapsonline dwfs GM 2002 1 htm Geoscience Map 2002 1 Intrusion Related Mineral Occurrences of the Cretaceous Bayonne Magmatic Belt Southeast British Columbia NTS 82 E F G J K L M N Compilation
70. IP download fle Added naw General BC Map without goscie data layers Added BOGS Geology Index flle dbf format to Gacspatial Data bramosi Linked Badrock Mueema Index bayor and report to avadabis wash publcatienn Updated Morera Titles layer Added new aided naw Mineral Titles dowrigad layer to link fo O82F MiG Geology Map PDF maps visible at 1 1 5M Added now Mineral Titles Clam Meme Tetles Man yar visite ab 1 100 Added new Geospatial Data Dawricad page for province wide ARC Dara Shapefias Dosrioqd s Bee eee bis Bisig p Be 7 Viewer Download amp Installation Instructions 8 MapPlace Update log 24 Geological Survey Branch Ministry of Energy and Mines Exercise 3 Available Maps amp Theme Maps Available Maps Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Government of British Columbia File Edit View Favorites Tools Help e QO dS dib5 4 3a H Address e http www em gov bc ca Mining Geolsurv M apPlace maps htm Go Links 2 General Map B Selected Theme Maps MapPlace Home Geology Map B Summary of Data Available Exploration Assistant omplete Table of Maps Mineral Titles e BCGS Geology Ma The BCGS Geology Map has all the available provincial datasets including 1 20K TRIM visible at 1 50K The map also has DEM Hillshade LandSat and Aeromag A Java Version for Mac is available Geology Maps and Crown Selected Mapper Maps Grant
71. ITES amp AutoLinkTarget BILLBOARD amp AutoLinkDelay 10 amp LAT 110 0 amp Lon 43 1 amp Width 100 amp Units mi amp ext mwf Downloading and Installing the Autodesk MapGuide ActiveX Control Automatically When Web page authors add maps to their Web pages they can also set up the pages so that the Autodesk MapGuide ActiveX Control is automatically downloaded and installed on your machine when you access those Web pages If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 x the ActiveX Control will be installed in a folder named Downloaded Program Files under the Windows or Winnt folder Removing the Autodesk MapGuide ActiveX Control Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 x provides an automated method for removing the Autodesk MapGuide ActiveX Control To remove the Autodesk MapGuide ActiveX Control Use Windows Explorer to navigate to the Downloaded Program Files folder 2 Click the Autodesk MapGuide ActiveX Control item in the folder and then right click and choose Remove from the popup menu This deletes the file and removes it from your Windows Registry Updating the Autodesk MapGuide ActiveX Control If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 x you can automatically update the Autodesk MapGuide ActiveX Control To update the Autodesk MapGuide ActiveX Control n Windows Explorer click the ActiveX Control and then right click and choose Update from the popup menu The program then checks the site from which you downloaded the ActiveX Co
72. M Polygon Line 72 000 180 570 1994 legend reports 1M 2M incremental to 10M MEM GSB 250K resolution Geology Map Index 1998 data report and download Geology Download 100 1 250K maps 1998 E00 file downloads e00 1998 Aggregate Point Polygon 725 pts Nanaimo monthly table download all scales George MINFILE links to MINFILE links to ARIS RGS lt lt zl lt lt lt zzz mMm m m m m TI mm mimi v S S z lt Sg SSQ SE lt lt O AID OIOI 5 WN WN UVIVU VIO VIO 00 00 00 00 oJ UJ W JJ JJ UJ Mineral Tenure Polygon 127 000 monthly data report and links to MIDA 100 periodically TIFF file downloads lt 200K lt m U Z 20 2 Topography 6M 2M 1M Points Polygon very large 7000 TRIM variable none variable scales for different 250K 50K 20K resolution Line maps TRIM 1996 resolutions Colour Contours TRIM Contours Roads Rail Rivers Lakes Glaciers Coast Bathymetry Grids Gazeteer Nato Pa For Nd Nations Parks Forestry LRMP areas 212 lt lt lt HI M ELP NRCan LandSat_ Rasterimage ELP NRCan RCan Gravit 100 1999 noe alscaes X NRCan Abbreviations MEM BC Ministry of Energy and Mines GSB Geological Survey Branch MTB Mineral Titles Branch MELP BC Ministry of Environment Lands and Parks MOF BC Ministry of Forests NRCanzNatural Resources Can
73. Maps 1 MapGuide Commands The MapGuide viewer uses either toolbar buttons or Ehe popup menu The toolbar the buttons across the top of the window For a descripbon of each of the buttons on the toolbar see Toolbar Rm dm a a The map wirde popup nena is a menu that appears you dik the nghit hand button on your mouse referred to as right ckdong anywhere in the map window Viewer Download Instruc tions Netscape Mial Fa Updated Tikri Laver Updated Aggregate Project Webiite mcludend dowrnkcach t Aggregata feicorce Pobentil Mapt in priki Vpdatbed MINFILE and ARIS Gate e GA Geology Man Added NE Oll amp Gos Fields layers with Labels and ZoomGoto tool Petroleum Map Updated Mineral Tithes Lar Updated Patroleum Tithez layer attribuibo data and rmperts Hue Coalfiald maps i PDF format are irked to a new Coal PDF Maps Coal layer To virer the mapi tum on the Coa POF stage layer i the Fab Dowedad Layers group and double chek gach area This ned report with a pummary of the Coafield t5 coa depont deicrpliong i MINFILE aed the Coafield mapi in POE format 4 Gurchine Coast Aggregate Potential Land orms Guth bedrock Patentud Pit Potential Dnllhole and Label layers bo Map Linked Aggregate P and photos Ace Maecenas LEMP Layer Updated Mere Tithes L r Added new Metadata nage for ARIS_DBF 2
74. Microsoft word Exploring The MapPlace 37 British Columbia Exercise 9 Exploration Assistant Deposit Finder in Frames Netscape 4 Location hp ebony gov be ca mapplace minpot ex_assest ctm EI Wha Related reals Mineral Potential Hal Topographic Layers Gnd Layers e BCGS Geology Laye 0 Date Index G5 LJ Scale Index 6 0 Type Index GS ROCK Finder Selected Rock Unknown Map und labels O Fauts and cont O Volcanic rocks E Sedimentary roc O Metamorphic roc Intrusive rocks E O Ultramafic rocks B Volcanic rocks t Exploration Assistant Geology Selection visible at 274 000 000 scale CL Layered rocks b v GSC Geology Layers Mineral Potential Sol v 3 Raster Layers Contour map ins ES BC Border Layers E BC Boeder 1 50k Discovery Potential jJ M ELE Lat 49437089 Lon 117 280143 MINFILE st fi 203842 23 233284 ik Geochemitry Mineral Titles Jurassic age rocks with lithology of Volcanic in ANY TERRANE terrane Analysis Tools a ERE Ieee gov bc Ga magne rch euch cim modescapbiblnfinos ROFSW3TS TS 45 aD ra xe I Geology Query in Kena area Deposit Finder in Frames Netscape File Edt View Go Communicate Help E 2 d 2 rS a 31 Home Search Netscape Prt Siop z
75. Ministry s website The MapPlace provides interactive map access to most of the BC Ministry of Energy and Mines geospatial data holdings including bedrock and surficial geology metallic and industrial mineral potential ranking regional silt and water geochemical surveys RGS mineral occurrences MINFILE assessment reports ARIS and mineral title locations The user can produce user defined map views by combining these themes with other georeferenced datasets and related map based information vector and raster based including administrative boundaries topographic features TRIM digital elevation model DEM shaded relief satellite LandSat and aeromagnetics Final maps can then be printed or pasted into common graphics packages In addition many of the features that can be displayed on the MapPlace are linked to supporting database tables thus allowing the discovery retrieval and reporting of valuable attribute data linked to individual map objects For some themes clicking on an object links to a separate web site such as MINFILE or Mineral Titles allowing further search and retrieval capabilities The power of the system is that it provides some near GIS options such as buffering and retrieving attributes for polygons or points With the MapGuide Author software the user has nearly complete control of how data is displayed thus allowing further customization of the resultant map The BC Mapper application on the MapPlace site also allow
76. OSPATIAL DATA DOWNLOADS amp LINKS Geospatial files are available for downloading File formats are zipped ARC Shapefiles in NAD 83 and either BC Albers or Geographic decimal degrees projection Some files are in dBASE format These files can be used with most GIS systems or the free ArcExplorer ARC Shapefiles ARC Shapefiles Data BC Albers Geographic with Home Page links amp more downloads i io sho MB i io sho MB Dec 2001 Bedrock Geology bedrock bc alb zip bedrock bc dd zip ArcView Data Files in E00 format 32 150 26 150 faults bc alb zi faults bc dd zi 4 39 3 38 1998 Tectonic Assemblage tectassem bc alb zip tectassem bc dd zip 14 18 16 18 Geology Tectonic Belts amp Terranes tecbelts bc alb zip tecbelts bc dd zip geoterranes bc alb zip geoterranes bc dd zip 1998 BCGS Geology Map Index gsbindex dbf zip 1998 Mineral Potential polygons minpot bc alb zip minpot bc dd zip 6 9 5 9 Dec 2001 Mineral Occurrences MINFILE minfile bc alb zip minfile bc dd zip more downloads 1 17 1 17 minfile dbf zip 1 9 Dec 2001 Assessment Report Index ARIS aris bc alb zip aris bc dd zip more downloads 1 6 1 6 report downloads aris dbf zip 2 17 Metadata for ARIS DBF Feb 28 2001 Mineral Occurrences MINFILE in DBF format minfile dbf zip 1 9 Assessment Report Index ARIS in DBF format aris dbf zip 2 17 May 2001 Regional Geochemistry rgs bc alb zip rgs bc dd zip RGS S
77. Petroleum Tenure amp Wells opui a Re 18 GEI TDI H IR 18 BC aC OO Np Inde X eniro abes herbe ed cue bu Nate deca Be causa EA Ec Let 19 m GSC GSB Geology Map Indexes issih wet E E R A E Meum one 19 Mineral NCU VIL VIA DS M TE 19 m Genera BC assis on ts elle an hae ead seen ect acter alu 19 GEOSPATIAL DATA DOWNLOADS amp 11 20 WORKING EXAMPLES ecc SASEN 21 APPENDICES arere EE E EE EE 47 e Appendix 1 Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Help 40 pages e Appendix 2 The MapPlace Toolbar and Popup Menu 4 pages e Appendix 3 The MapPlace Frequently Asked Questions cccccccccccccceeceeeesssseeeseeeeeeeeeseeeeeeaas 6 pages e Appendix 4 The MapPlace An award winning Internet exploration service for BC 4 pages e Appendix 5 Using Web Based Mineral Exploration Data as an Environmental Tool 6 pages e Appendix 6 Power Point Presentation SlIde S cccsssssssecceeccccccceceseaaeeeessssseeeeceecceseeeeeeeanags 10 pages e Appendix 7 Overview Of ATCEX PlOrer 4 itas tibt tt E IR 2 pages Exploring
78. The MapPlace 1 British Columbia INTRODUCTION The MapPlace is an Internet based system that provides users free access to British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines geospatial data with links to attribute data This document describes The MapPlace and its components Downloading and installing the free Autodesk MapGuide Viewer is explained Notes on the viewer tools and popup menus show users how to interactively view create bookmark print and copy their own maps Reports and data downloads are covered Examples and hands on exercises will familiarize users with available maps such as the BCGS Geology Map Exploration Assistant Mineral Titles Map and Selected Theme Maps Each map has a legend representing various data layers in point polygon or raster format These workshop notes are of interest to prospectors geoscientists explorationists and land planners who want to save research time access provincial geoscience databases and learn more about the BC Geological Survey website Ward Kilby is acknowledged as the developer of MapPlace from 1997 until 2000 Tara Tompkins is acknowledged in preparing the workshop notes and presentation material THE MAPPLACE What is it The MapPlace is an Internet based system providing users access to vast amounts of free geospatial data With the free Autodesk MapGuide Viewer users can download data interactively view create print and copy their own maps and reports The MapPlace provides access to
79. To access this layer turn on the Crown Grant Raster Index Layer and double click on the map area of interest The lower frame window provides the user with the option to download one of the two possible half sheets for use in some graphics program the window can also be used to view the maps interactively and integrated with other MapPlace data When choosing to interactively view the Crown Grant Raster Index Layer a new Viewer window will open up allowing further data to be added The Crown Grant Raster maps are displayed with a UTMS3 projection so caution must be exercised as one nears the UTM zone boundary A Mineral Titles download layer to link to 082F Mineral Titles maps in PDF format full coverage will follow is available at a 1 1 5M scale Turn on the Mineral Titles PDF 082F layer in the File Download Layers group at top of the legend Double click on the 1 20K map area and the PDF file will open in the lower frame Frames can be adjusted for viewing Adobe Reader must be installed for this feature See Figure 13 for and example of the PDF map and Figure 14 for the same area in MapPlace 14 Geological Survey Branch Ministry of Energy and Mines Mineral Titles Map and MIDA Linked Microsoft Intenet Explorer provided by Government of British Columbia Fm Edt View Favades Took Heb E ebony gov becaimapplacelmnpaimn en TE autodesk Es x 40 Gr ae a 8 Ie File Downlo
80. a emm of MapPlace Summary Data Available Updates on MapPlace Ihe MapPlace FAQs Toolbar amp Popup Menu i M Links to Data and Maps Geospatial Data Downloads 1 MapGuide Commands The MapGuide viewer uses either toolbar buttons or the popup menu The toolbar buttons are the buttons across the top of the window For a description of each of the buttons on the toolbar see Toolbar The map window popup menu is a menu that appears when you click the right hand button on your mouse referred to as right clicking anywhere in the map window aD Iosue Done 2 A 4 See Appendix 2 for details on Toolbar amp PopUp Menu Colis pse Laye i Expan d Laye Rem ove Fra me Ree meae Mineral Potential Solid Shade 23 Raster Layers BC Border Layers E File Download Layers v 3 BC Administrative Area Layers 3 First Nations Layers Page Setup 3 Parks Layers Print 3 Forestry Layers Pan 3 Mineral Inventory Layers Reload 4 Regional Geochem Layers m Si 3 Mineral Titles Layers am Landuse Planning Layers Bess Energy Layers Bookmarks gt Zoom Dn Mineral Potential Layers Hatched Select Zoom Width 4 Topographic Layers View gt Zoom Scale 3 Grid Layers Xp s Zoom selected BCGS Geology Layers Zoom Previous GSC Geology Layers Zoom Out UnZoom 5 Collapsed layers show only Groups To
81. a Map Data of Canada View street networks of urban areas Zoom to Places or Airports anywhere in Canada USA Map Data of the USA with Demographics Zoom to Geocoded Street Addresses Places Zipcodes or Airports anywhere in the USA View street networks of the entire country Generate demographic reports on selected areas 2 Zoom to show the Nelson area 36 Geological Survey Branch Ministry of Energy and Mines Fie Edt View Go Communicator Help 2 uf Bookmarks Location hibp vevew gidrah com vir demo M aps vearkd raf a Rk Hara eom Body Labels Regional Label Abc Major Cities Cites Airports Major Highways aren ond MN H b Political Boundaries m Rivers V e Coast Line i e Inland Water Urban Areas 2 e e Elevation 11000 and um m Elevation 7007 111 ES I Elevation 3000 to 70 Zoom f Bookmarks JA Elevation 100 to 30 gt Select View Elevation Below sea Land E re gt 7 i AE Oe Se Copy the Current Map Image to the Clipboard 108 956 00 lai an ln Sw Oa 3 Note the layers that are available now Use the copy tool to copy the map into the clipboard SSE YE P 2 A LU NA 6 gr 7 4 Result of copy using toolbar button and paste into
82. a buffer around a map feature Buffering is available on most MapPlace maps To make a buffer 1 select object or series of objects to be buffered then select VIEW BUFFERS in the pop up menu Complete the dialog box and then the buffer will appear Buffers can be turned off and on or removed They will disappear when browser turned off 7 Why did the map of BC change orientations The primary display projection used in MapPlace was changed from the Canadian Albers Equal Area Projection to the standard BC Albers Equal Area Projection 8 How can I find the location of a place in BC The locations of over 40 000 locations in the province are available to help users quickly position themselves Only communities actually appear on the map but the names of most common geographic features can be used with the ZOOM GOTO option To use this feature click on the ZOOM GOTO button on the toolbar In the pick menu select geographic locations Type in part of the name of the feature you are looking for and enter a map size All location features containing the string you entered will be returned Simply pick the feature you wanted and press ok The map view will now be centered on the feature Turn on the desired layers to construct the map you want TOP 9 Can I run the MapPlace on The Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Java Edition for Microsoft Internet Explorer MacOS is downloadable from http www mapguide
83. ace and print using the Acrobat PDFWriter driver This will write a PDF file with the legend and map Use the Text or Graphic Select Tool in Adobe Acrobat to capture the legend or map in the PDF file It can then be pasted into other applications TOP 13 How do I capture the geochemistry data Use the select tool to select the geochemistry points View Report Geochem dump to Excel You may be able to open the file in Excel Internet Explorer tries to resolve the dbml exe as an executable when in fact it is a text ASCII file When it asks you What would you like to do with this file Save this file to disk with extension xls or txt Then open the file in Excel or other database program sh TOP 14 How do I select objects Use the select tool and point and drag over an area to select objects You can also right click and Select within existing Polygon MapGuide R5 no longer defaults to the select tool but sticks with the one last used such as zoom Tables downloads and reports are attached to some objects You can double click on some objects mineral occurrences and mineral titles and go directly to a report of the object Double click does not work with Assessment Reports as some have the exact same location In this case you must first select the report dot and use reports to view the data 15 How do I view or get Crown Grant Raster maps Select the Mineral Titles Map 3rd one on Available Map
84. ad in Display Settings in the Control Panel change your color palette mode to 65536 or any setting other than True Color mode Issues with the Java Edition of the Viewer The following notes relate specifically to using the Java Edition of the Viewer Problems Using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 x with Mac OS The Java Edition of the Viewer does not run if you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 x with Mac OS Runtime for Java MRJ 2 2 You need to upgrade to MRJ 2 2 4 or later Problems Printing Zoomed Maps If you zoom in on a map and then print the map the printed map will appear as if you had not zoomed in Cursor Stays in Busy State Hourglass Using certain commands such as Zoom Goto in the Java Edition can cause the cursor to go into a perpetual busy state displaying an hourglass when the cursor is over the map window To remedy this problem click the Select button on the toolbar Java Viewer and Internet Explorer If you are using the Java Edition of Autodesk MapGuide Viewer with Internet Explorer and you click outside any Autodesk MapGuide Viewer dialog box the dialog box will go behind the Internet Explorer window Map Does Not Load in Java Edition in IE 5 x When using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 x you might have trouble loading maps in the Java Edition of Autodesk MapGuide Viewer This can happen when your Web page uses percentages instead of fixed width and height values to display the Java Edition Viewer You can
85. ad Layers O Geology Download TM Proj Crown Grant Raster Index e BC Admaistrative Area Lagerz e i First Naane Lagerz e Parks Layers 3 Forestry Layers E i BOGS Geology Layers GSC Geology Layers Mineral Potential Solid Shade v 3 Raster Layers e 3 BC Border Layers e BC Border 1 5M Ministry Home Programs amp Services Select category then enter a location 1o goto Government of British Columbia Ministhyot 2 envoy A Mines Ministry News Ministry Search Reports amp Publications SiteMap Contacts Mineral Titles Search zj Figure 11 ZOOM GOTO window displayed with an example of information required to view a particular Mineral Tenure Number on the map Edt View Favorites Took Help F Mineral Titles Map and MIDA Linked Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Gc ig E http ebony gov bc ca mapplace maps minpot mlilles 28 mw L View Dj x Edt View Favores Toots Address hitp ebony gov bc ca mapolace minpot min ttl clem Sik VK oe ALL titles outline 1M ALL titles outline labelled lt 200K ALL solid 3M Coal Licenses Mineral Claims Placer Claims Clam Part ALL solid recently non active lt MINERAL titles outline c1M MINERAL titles outline labelled 2001 0 MINERAL titles sobd 3
86. ada Article from GEOLOG Spring 2001 Vol 30 Pt 1 The MapPlace Using Web Based Mineral Exploration Data as an Environmental Tool David Tupper PGeo Larry Jones PGeo Pottinger Gaherty Environmental Consultants Ltd BC Ministry of Energy and Mines Ward Kilby PGeo Don MacIntyre PEng PhD Cal Data Ltd BC Ministry of Energy and Mines Reprint from Innovation June 2001 Volume 5 Number 5 Within the realm of environmental services whether related to contaminated sites remediation or environmental planning the job of the professional environmental consultant is often a hectic one Many projects in particular preliminary environmental site assessments and investigations Phase 1 and Phase 2 are characterized by short time frames and tight budgets This means that any tool that can potentially be used to save time and money is an asset to both the professional geoscientist or engineer who conducts the work and the client One such tool has recently been used to save research time and provide access to a database not generally available in the offices of most large consultancies let alone an independent operator working in rural BC This resource is the MapPlace a BC Ministry of Energy and Mines internet site that provides efficient speedy and free interactive access to government geographical geological and mineral exploration datasets that would otherwise require a small well financed library Originally designed by the BC Geological S
87. all the MapPlace does all this in about the same amount of the time required to find with luck the right 1 50 000 scale topographic map in the office flat file Netscape Microsoft MapGuide Viewer E apa cordlink gsc nrcan gc ca cordlink1 ntserv gis nrcan gc ca cgpd www em gov bc ca Mining ra Geolsurv Minfile mmsd1 mms nrcan gc ca maps www em gov bc ca MiDa www em gov bc ca MapPlace Microsoft s Internet Info Server CGI Gateway Interface MapGuide Server Figure 2 MapPlace components PGL has conducted a variety of studies for both industry and government clients that have required preliminary investigations for potential contaminants Phase 1 often as part of a single phase of work on numerous rural to remote sites spread over a broad geographic area Each specific site requires a description of the hydrogeological setting but it is neither practical nor cost effective to send a hydrologist to every site However using geological data derived from the MapPlace combined with other collected data site investigation field notes and photographs interview notes of onsite personnel available well logs aerial photographs it can be possible to provide a technically sound and very cost effective preliminary assessment of the hydrogeology of every site investigated Prefield Compilation Examples Using the MapPlace as part of the prefield compilation effort 1s especially beneficial It allows a
88. an also double click the layer or group label to expand and collapse individual layers or groups These buttons will leave the Map and return to either the MapPlace or the Geological Survey Branch home page TOP 3 PopUp Menu Summary The following table describes the commands that might appear in the map window PopUp Menu when you right click in the map window O Move the map around to display areas that are outside of the current view Reload Reload the current map at the current zoom scale Print Page Setup Display the Page Setup dialog box where you can specify settings for printing the map Print Print the map i Copy the current map view to the clipboard Copy as Bookmark or Copy the current map location to the clipboard as a URL URL Zoom Zoom Zoom in by a magnification factor of two on the point that you click or zoom in to the rectangular area you draw with the mouse Zoom Goto Display the Zoom Goto dialog box where you specify the location to zoom to The types of locations you can specify in this dialog box vary depending on the way the map was authored Use as a wildcard Zoom Width Display the Zoom Width dialog box where you specify the width in current units of the area that you want to display in the map window Zoom Scale Display the Zoom Scale dialog box where you specify 2 of 4 2002 10 08 2 34 PM Toolbar amp Po
89. ant to use double click using the left mouse button All map features that are within the polygonal area are now selected MGViewerHelp doc 19 Deselecting Map Features You can deselect map features after you have selected them To deselect one feature while leaving the other features selected Shift click the feature you want to deselect To deselect all features Do one of the following Right click in the map and then choose Select gt Clear from the popup menu Press ESC Note that this does not work if you are using the Java Edition of the Viewer on an Apple Macintosh computer Working with Layers and Layer Groups The map legend displays layers and groups of layers called layer groups You can control the layers and layer groups in the following ways Display or hide layers or layer groups Display or hide the list of layers a layer group Turn on or off all the layers in a layer group Rebuild layers Show or hide a list of styles for a layer Show or hide a list of theme categories for a layer In the following illustration Cities is a layer group and the other items are layers 23 Cities Major cities gt US capitals gt Major City Names Abc gt US census tracts Displaying or Hiding Layers or Layer Groups You can display or hide the features on a map layer by turning the layer on or off This is useful for viewing exactly the features you want to see To turn on a lay
90. ap TELE 1 10 412 861 T l N 3 BCGS Geology Map Topographic layers Lake 1 6M and Rivers 1 6M are turned on as well as the Grid layer GRID 1 250 maps and BC Border layer BC Border 1 6M Geology Helscape Rem ove Frame 1000000 _ Lal NI At L DOOO A Nelson Im p 4 Lakes and Rivers layer are deselected and BC Communities layer is turned on Exploring The MapPlace 27 British Columbia Exercise 5 Layers Groups Toolbar amp PopUp Menu I BCGS Geology Map with BC Communities layer turned on a 067 1628 Oo z I 2 View of BCGS geology Map with BC Administrative layer GROUP deselected 3 View of BCGS Geology Maps with First Nations and Forestry Layers groups collapsed 28 Geological Survey Branch Ministry of Energy and Mines oh amp Popup Menu cape _ Edt se veau Help JE Location ntp wemw em gov be ca Mining Geolsurv MapPlace menudese him 37 What s Related i Toolbar amp Popup Menu If you have not done so already download the latest version of the Follow instructions to ensure the right plug in is downloaded and installed for your browser See overview of MapGuide to see which version of the MapGuide Viewer is appropriate 1 MapGuide Commands Toolbar n 3 Popup Menu ele ner M
91. ar Southeast BC Geophysics USA Map Petroleum Tenure amp Wells Jennings River Geology 1 Barkerville Geology Map BC Geology Map Index Lillooet LRMP Map GSC amp GSB Geology Map Indexes Guichon Batholith Mineral Activity Maps Coal Operations Metal Operations Vernon Geology Refining amp Smelting Industrial Minerals Aggregate Potential 1 BCGS Geology This map is projected in Albers Equal Area for BC It provides access to all provincial datasets and geology layers Figure 8 displays the available layer groups collapsed This map provides the most flexibility for the combination of available datasets The Legend Window to the left of the map is organized into Layer Groups Look for the expanded geology mineral occurrence ARIS and mineral title layers at the bottom of the legend window Administrative layers are at the top Topographic layers including TRIM are in the middle of the legend window Two sets of Mineral Potential layers are available a shaded version above the geology layers and a solid version below the geology layers Map codes were recently Exploring The MapPlace 11 British Columbia rationalized and new updated sedimentary volcanic metamorphic intrusive and ultramafic geology layers were added Lithologies are displayed and reported by age and rock type Geology is
92. ault the report appears in a separate browser window To view a report about a specific point 1 Right click in the map and then choose View gt Report from the popup menu or click the Report button on the toolbar to display the View Report dialog box 2 Choose the report you want to view 3 Click a point in the map By default the report displays in a separate browser window Customizing the Display You can use the Preferences dialog box to customize the selection mode and the status bar You can also use the Preferences dialog box to specify the selection mode for more information see Specifying the selection mode The preferences you specify are stored with your copy of Autodesk MapGuide Viewer so all maps you view will use these settings and you do not need to set preferences for every map Note however that some of these settings can be controlled by API methods so an application developer may have changed one or more of these settings If a map author created a map without a status bar the status bar preferences you specified are ignored when you display that map If the current map was published without a Help gt Preferences command on the popup menu you will not be able to set preferences while viewing this map Instead view a map that does contain the Help gt Preferences command and then set the preferences To customize the display 1 Right click in the map and then choose Help gt Preferences from th
93. ava Edition of Autodesk MapGuide Viewer You can download and install more than one version of the Viewer For example if you want to use Autodesk MapGuide Viewer with both Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer download and install both the Plug In and the ActiveX Control When you access certain Web pages the Autodesk MapGuide ActiveX Control is automatically downloaded to your machine if it is not already installed For more information including information about how to delete the ActiveX Control see Downloading and Installing the Autodesk MapGuide ActiveX Control Automatically Copyright Information Apple and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc registered in the U S and other countries Java all Java based trademarks and logos Sun and Solaris are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States and other countries Netscape and Netscape Navigator are registered trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation in the United States and other countries Microsoft Windows and ActiveX are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries All other brand names product names or trademarks are the property of their respective holders About the Java Edition of Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Because the Java Edition of Autodesk MapGuide Viewer is based on Java technology you have the flexibility of viewing maps on platforms other than W
94. bar amp Popup Menu If you have not done so already download the latest version of the MapGuide Viewer Follow instructions to ensure the right Viewer is downloaded and installed for your browser See overview of Contents MapGuide to see which version of the MapGuide Viewer is appropriate T Other Links 1 MapGuide Commands 2 Toolbar Buttons Overview of MapPlace 3 PopUp Menu Summar Toolbar amp Popup Menu 4 Steps to Create Save and Print Maps Summary Data Available Exploring the MapPlace 1 MapGuide Commands Tour of the MapPlace The MapPlace FAQs The MapGuide viewer uses either toolbar buttons or the popup menu The toolbar buttons are the buttons Comment on MapPlace across the top of the window PDF Help BS i oy OF amp co ee a For a description of each of the buttons on the toolbar click on the toolbar button or see the Toolbar Button summary below The map window popup menu is a menu that appears when you click the right hand button on your mouse referred to as right clicking anywhere in the map window After you right click to display the popup menu you can click on one of the items in the menu to choose that command Those commands that have a right arrow next to them such as Copy display a secondary popup menu when you click on them Pan Reload Page Setup Copy k Print oom b Bookmarks Select View b Help b See 3 PopUp Menu Summary TOP 2 Toolbar B
95. ber to use button and not the Edit Copy function from the browser toolbar To copy and paste the map view do the following 2 Right click and then choose COPY gt COPY or 3 Switch to the application in which you want to paste the map view 4 Choose EDIT gt PASTE 4 3 To Save a Map You can save documents by using the Save As command on the File menu Name the map and click OK The map is saved as a html file and can be viewed with your browser by double clicking on the file or opening the file from your browser 4 4 To Print a Map Right click on the map to get the Popup Menu and select Print You can use the Page Setup dialog box to specify settings for printing the map You can also print the whole screen to you clipboard by using your Print Screen button on your keyboard Note Do not use the File Print menu or button on your browser toolbar You will get a web page with no map TOP Return to Online Help amp Documents Date page last updated July 29 2002 Disclaimer Privacy Feedback 2002 10 08 2 34 Appendix 3 The MapPlace Frequently Asked Questions http www em gov bc ca Mining Geolsurv MapPlace faq htm The MapPlace Frequently Asked Questions Abo visit Autodesk MapGuide news discussion autodes PUDONG SPC Ue Ce ers And Release Notes of Known Issues In Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Help or ES Help i 2 3 4 Updates on MapPlace The MapPlace
96. by James Logan Mc al ore eM T It hit PT a E83 TIN WA Lo RII nmi ET oT mj DH A vU EN 2 4 ans z E K T i al CL ISTUD Re DS Ps Ld he ae LT JA Eek Sess Crean ens pt TIEN LE A Neo 22 LRL e 187 28 Ld rtr sd Dee E E m Ek Ad prium NE SEU S Hiskia URLE Shit eG LL CE Cult EE eer ATE TAE Copy 7 Save As About WHIP Forward Back 1 1 SS SS a 2 14 Rubber Band Box Zoom ag Intemet zone 6 Visit Bedrock Mapping for ACAD Maps Online Pier re iL 4 22 Geological Survey Branch Ministry of Energy and Mines Exercise 2 Download Viewer amp Support Documents The MapPlace Netscape j F Bookmarks Location gov be ca Mining Geolsurv MapPlace detaukt him gt m The MapPlace Contents Available Maps Data Last Updated Overview of MapPlace Summary of Data Available Tour of MapPlace FAQs Comment amp Support D Updates to the MapPlace Ww Mineral Tenure Notice Geospatial Data Downloads Ka Toolbar amp Popup Menu The FREE Autodesk MapGuide viewer is required to access The Comment on MapPlace Map Place Cli
97. c ca Mining Geolsurv M apPlace menudesc htm TERRE a ee Toolbar amp Popup Menu Contents If you have not done so already download the latest version of the Follow instructions to ensure the right plug in is Gihar Links downloaded and installed for your browser See overview of men MapGuide to see which version of the MapGuide Viewer is appropriate 1 MapGuide Commands Selected Theme Maps 2 Toolbar Button Selected Mapper Maps 3 Popup Menu Overview of MapPlace 4 Steps to Create Save and Print Maps momar Avail Modaies on Manplace 1 MapGuide Commands Ihe MapPlace FAQS Toolbar amp Popup ide The MapGuide viewer uses either toolbar buttons or the popup menu comment on MapFiace The toolbar buttons are the buttons across the top of the window ADEA prey MAR PDF Help Bl eJ For a description of each of the buttons on the toolbar see Toolbar The map window popup menu is a menu that appears when you click the right hand button on your mouse referred to as right clicking anywhere in the map window Fan Reload Copy k Zoom Bookmai c Select View 1 _ xl E Document Done pup Ug eye ur Toolbar amp Popup Menu http www em gov bc ca Mining Geolsurv MapPlace menudesc htm 1 of 4 Ministry Home Government of British Columbia Programs amp Services Ministry News Ministry Search Reports amp Publications Site Contacts Tool
98. ch Ministry of Energy and Mines LONG ZN_ACU_ AG AUI NA SB_NA AS NA BA NA BR NA CE NA CS 117 307 70 50 19 20 13 01 12 640 13 117 281 132 56 8 24 15 03 Y 1 850 45 117282 80 60 6 24 16 01 92 7 1 940 51 117 245 52 26 880 3 117 229 72 102 21 104 18 02 150 430 117 234 13 22 530 117 159 35 500 117188 215 64 39 880 2117353 13 1 117 147 590 117 147 117 31 117 31 2 A73 117 295 9 117 265 117 282 117 27 181 117 226 117 181 117 192 117149 117 151 117 162 117 162 9 117204 L Ya wn k Sea BY eg Division rode SS ue Latitude Tu lu 5478200 477412 Longitude Commodities Deposit Types Au quartz veins 105 Polymetallic veins Ag Pb Zn Au 112 W veins 1102 Intrusion related Au pyrrhotite veins Tectonic Belt Omineca Terranes Quesnel Ai Plutonic Rocks Capsule The Athabasca vein is located on the slopes of Toad Mountain 3 kilometres southwest of Nelson The vein was Geology initially discovered in 1896 The area is underlain by schistose augite basalt flows and flow breccias of the Lower Jurassic Elise Formation unit Je4 of the Rossland Group these are in contact with a granodiorite stock of the Middle to Late Jurassic Nelson Intrusions and have been intruded by feldspar porphyry of the Jurassic Silver King Intrusions The Athaba
99. ck on the Autodesk icon at the right to acquire the Links to Data and Maps Geospatial Data Downloads yw PDE Help 3 R6 RS Demo Site Tutorial Go to Autodesk MapGuide Site Features of the MapPlace Create your own maps using interactive data sets ARIS Assessment Reports reate reports from selected themes and objects Bedrock M c fr lected th d ob Economic Geology with EXPLORATION ASSISTANT you can search by Exploration Seryices m Mineral Potential TRACTS GSB Publications Catalog MINFILE commodities names and deposit types Geoscience Resources GEOLOGY age lithology and terrains Geochemistry CLAIMS anniversary dates Partnerships Links to other Data Sources and Information The MapPlace 2 Geospatial Data Downloads ARC Shapefiles Mineral Potential Complete Table of Maps Mineral invante General Map of BC or mene For questions or more information on geology and minerals in British Columbia Terrain Map Library please contact GSB Mailbox or use the toll free number B C residents only What s New a WS htp mapguide com e wo ra 1 I View of the first page of the MapPlace web site with the ICON link to Autodesk MapGuide to download the plug in for the MapGuide viewer W Autodesk Autodesk MapGuide Helzcape v Autodesk MapGuide Autodesk MapGuide _ Product Information Customer Sites esu Get the leading solution for distributing maps and designs on the Purchase Options wey
100. compiled at a 1 250K scale Compilation scales may be shown with the legend label scales in brackets e g lt 1 1 2M or lt 300K are the scales shown in the lower right part of the map at which the layer is visible Bedrock geology layers are visible under 1 1 5 million scale Legend reports are attached to the layers which included Faults and Contacts Geology polygons coloured by age and rock class sedimentary intrusive etc Geology polygons hatched by rock type this hatch pattern is transparent and can be superimposed on raster images Geology labels based on the lithostratigraphic map unit The cursor flyout also has information on the map unit represented by each polygon plus it gives the poly id and previous keycode so that geologic revisions can be done for specific polygons iT BCGS Geology Map Netscape Fie Edt View Go Communicator i Bookmarks Location http ebory gov bc ca mapplace minpot bcgs cfmi What s Related Coli pse Laye Expand Layers Rem ove Frame Mbp Pia ce home B CGS home aree acie autodesk v File Download Layers 0 Geology Download TM Proj Crown Grant Raster Index Orthophoto Coverage i BC Administrative Area Layers v First Nations Layers Paks Layers Forestry Layers v Mineral Inventory Layers lt gt Aggregate Inventory Private Pits lt ARIS reports by pear ARIS expenditure lt Coal Assessment R
101. d the data to specify what you want to display you can copy the current map view into a report or print it giving your reports and presentations greater impact and clarity Contents of the Maps The maps you work with in Autodesk MapGuide Viewer were assembled and edited in Autodesk MapGuide Author a program in which the person creating the map who is referred to as the map author specifies the data that will be on the map The map author can create display themes that vary the display of map features according to certain values For example one theme might display counties in a range of colors to indicate population allowing you to quickly spot the counties with the lowest or highest populations The map author also specifies the commands that appear in the popup menu the data you can access how far you can zoom in and get detail the reports associated with the map and more Autodesk MapGuide Viewer displays only the popup menus data and reports that the map author included when creating the map If you need data that is not included in the map you are viewing we recommend that you contact the author of the map Organization of Data into Layers The map author organizes the data in a map into map layers Layers are like transparencies that can be stacked and viewed at one time or viewed separately For example there might be one layer that contains roads another that contains cities and another that contains state boundaries When y
102. de Viewer ActiveX Control resides To remedy this problem use the Print Print command if available from the popup menu in Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Print Preview Does Not Work The Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 5 Print Preview command does not work with Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Stopping Microsoft Internet Explorer If you click the Stop button on the Microsoft Internet Explorer toolbar while the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer ActiveX Control is downloading map data the download process will terminate However the ActiveX Control will continue to display the hourglass cursor To remedy this click the Stop button on the ActiveX Control toolbar to restore the normal cursor 36 Autodesk MapGuide Browsing to an MWF Not Supported With Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 x if you enter the path name of a map window file MWF in the address field such as c maps tutorial mwf or if you browse to it the browser will not display the map To work around this limitation embed the MWF file in an HTML page or add a link to the MWF file from an HTML page Issues with Netscape Navigator The following notes relate specifically to using Netscape Navigator Problems Using True Color Mode If you are running Windows NT 4 with Service Pack 3 and you are using Netscape Navigator 4 03 or 4 04 as your browser you should not use True Color mode as your display color palette as it can cause intermittent problems using Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Inste
103. e AutoLinkTarget window Default value is 20 If seconds is specified as the delay the automatic timed update feature will be disabled and the AutoLinkTarget window will be updated when the mouse passes over a map feature on an AutoLinkLayer Reserved Target Window Names All of the target option parameters also accept the following reserved target window names Target Name Description _blank Loads the link into a new blank browser window The window has no name _parent Loads the link into the immediate parent of the window in which the link was clicked self Loads the link into the same window as the one in which the link was clicked top Loads the link into the full body of the window in which the link was clicked Examples The following examples show map URLs with parameters added to them http www mapguide com maps usa mwf SelobjszStates CA DX amp ext mwf http www mapguide com maps world mwf Lat 50 0 amp Lon 43 1 amp Width 10000 amp Units mi amp ext mwf http www mapguide com maps usa mwf Lat 39 86 amp Lon 106 76 amp Scale 6000000 00 amp ext mwf MGViewerHelp doc 29 http www mapguide com amap mwf StatusBar On amp URLList On amp Layers ViewWidth 0 amp DefaultTarge t MAINAREA amp LAT 110 0 amp Lon 43 1 amp Width 100 amp Units mi amp ext mwf http www mapguide com amap mwf StatusBar On amp URLList On amp AutoLinkLayers Billboards amp Layers ViewWidth 1 amp DefaultTargetZMAINAREA amp URLListTarget WEBS
104. e BCGS GEOLOGY MAP by putting the cursor on the map and click t BEB5 Geology Map Netscape fie Edt View Go Communicator Help sak Bookmarks Location http www em gov be ca mining Geolsurv MapPlace MoreD etals geology him En MapPlace BCGS Geology Map Details This map has all the datasets and expanded geology layers The Legend Window to the left of the map is organized into Layer Groups Look for the expanded geology mineral occurrence ARIS and mineral title layers at the bottom of the legend window Administrative layers are at the top Topographic layers including TRIM are in the middle of the legend window Two sets of Mineral Potential layers are available a shaded version above the geology layers and a solid version below the geology layers Map codes were recently rationalized and new updated sedimentary volcanic metamorphic intrusive and ultramafic geology layers were added Lithologies are displayed and reported by age and rock type Geology Is compiled at a 1 250K scale Compilation scales may be shown with the legend label scales in brackets e g lt 1 1 2M or 300K are the scales shown in the lower right part of the map at which the layer is visible MEN The Bedrock Mapping Index Date Scale Type layer and report are directly linked to web publications if available Currently only 12 are available others will be added as the list of publications is updated The links may be HTML PDF or DWF doc
105. e Printer Properties screen click the Properties button in any standard Print dialog box click the Graphics tab and then select Use Raster Graphics instead of Use Vector Graphics Note The Graphics tab may not be available depending on your access rights to it If you get a Print Overrun Error message on your printer increase the Printer memory This setting is also in the Printer Properties dialog box Printing Problems with PCL Printer Drivers When printing a map from Autodesk MapGuide Viewer some of the text labels and line breaks that are near the edge of the map may print outside of the map boundary and may not clip properly Also text may overprint other features in the map These problems happen only on LaserJet printers that are using older Win95 WinNT PCL printer drivers Viewing a Report for Multiple Features For each Web site and CGI gateway there is a limit to the number of features that can be processed If the CGI gateway does not process all selected features that is you failed to receive the report you requested for all selected features you have selected too many features for the present Web site and gateway to handle To remedy this problem select fewer features and then run the report again Error Message Missing parameter ITEM If you receive this error message the Autodesk MapGuide Server that provides the data for the map you are viewing is probably using a slow connection To remedy this problem
106. e popup menu to display the Preferences dialog box Preferences Map Units Selection Mode usa Units Centroid Cancel Status Bar Help M Display mouse position Display Map Scale Units Latitude Longitude Display Map Width In the Map Units box choose USA Units to display distances and map widths in feet miles or choose Metric to display distances and map widths in meters kilometers 3 To display the coordinates of the mouse pointer s position on the status bar as you move the mouse around on the map select the Display Mouse Position check box and then select the type of coordinates you want from the Units drop down list If you select Mapping Coordinate System the coordinates will be displayed in the units from the map s coordinate system MGViewerHelp doc 23 Tip If there is not enough room on the status bar to display the mouse coordinates clear the Display Map Scale check box and or the Display Map Width check box to make more room To display the map scale on the status bar select the Display Map Scale check box To display the map width on the status bar select the Display Map Width check box Click OK Copying and Pasting Maps You can copy the current map view in Autodesk MapGuide Viewer and then paste it into another application When you copy the map view it is copied to the Windows Clipboard so that you can then paste the map view into another Windows application You
107. eas that are outside of the current view ZOOM to an area that is user defined either with a center point or a rectangle ZOOM OUT from the area defined by a center point ZOOM PREVIOUS view that was displayed ZOOM GOTO a specified location UNZOOM to display the full extents of the map VIEW REPORTS associated with the selected map objects STOP or interrupt the updating of the map display and HELP to link to the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Help Website The popup menu provides additional features to the toolbar buttons such as the PAGE SETUP dialogue box where map size can be specified by scale PRINT the current map displayed RELOAD the viewer to display the original map layout ZOOM WIDTH dialog box where map width can be specified at the place of the curser ZOOM SCALE dialog box where the scale of the map can be defined ZOOM SELECTED to selected object s BOOKMARKS to add and delete bookmark names for displayed map views SELECT criteria such as OBJECTS RADIUS POLYGON and WITHIN specified map objects VIEW DISTANCE between two points VIEW BUFFER to create buffers around selected areas and ABOUT which links you to Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Help website and allows you to change PROPERTIES such as viewing scale and map coordinates Exploring The MapPlace Ministry of Energy and Mines A Few Tips Once the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer is downloaded and installed the user has the ability to create a map through the MapPlace Appendix I Autode
108. ection area However you can specify that you also want to select features that intersect the selection area To specify the selection mode 1 Right click in the map and then choose Help gt Preferences from the popup menu to display the Preferences dialog box Map Units Selection Made 05 Units Centroid Cancel Status Bar Help v Display mouse position v Display Map Scale Units Latitude Longitude Display Map Width Click the Selection Mode drop down list and then choose the method you want to use for selecting features inside of other features If you choose Centroid the default only those features whose centroids are within the selection area will be selected If you choose Intersection features that touch intersect or are within the selection area will be selected Selecting Features Within Other Map Features Autodesk MapGuide Viewer can select all map features that are within selected polygon map features The polygons should be on their own layer in order for this command to work effectively To select features within other map features 1 Select the polygon map feature s containing the map features you want to select 2 Right click in the map and then choose Select Within from the popup menu to display the Select Within dialog box MGViewerHelp doc 15 Select Within Web Sites Cancel Help Choose the map layer containing the map features you want to select should they
109. ent configurations of software and hardware that could be used to deliver the MapPlace Figure 1 illustrates our current configuration Both the MapGuide Server and ColdFusion run as services on Intel based PCs using the NT operating system Figure 1 illustrates the distributed nature of the system Several of the datasets displayed on MapPlace including the Tectonic Assemblage Map geology reside on MapGuide servers at Natural Resources Canada This integration of data from different sources and custodianships is one of the most powerful features of distributed systems The only requirement for end users of the MapPlace is that they have a Web browser e g Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape and a free viewer plug in that can be downloaded fro Autodesk The MapGuide Viewer enables the clients computer to perform many of the display functions independent of any one server Using toolbar buttons and popup menus to interact with simple or complex maps you can zoom pan zoom out and get custom reports Object display is controlled by the zoom scale so that increasingly complex map objects are only displayed when the scale is appropriate Objects on the map may be linked back to the source database on the server or across the Internet In addition to these links one can download files and tables Databases accessible this way include digital geological maps mineral potential information mineral occurrences MINFILE mineral and petroleum tenure a
110. eports lt gt MINFILE status lt gt MINFILE histone production Regional Geochem Layers Landuse Planning Layers Energy Layers Mineral Potential Layers Hatched Topographic Layers Grid Layers BCGS Geology Layers Date Index GSB Bedrock Mapping lt Scale Index GSB Bedrock Mapping lt gt Type Index GSB Bedrock Mapping Faults Tectonic Assemblages BC lt gt Tectonic Assemblages Yukon GSC Geology Layers Mineral Potential Solid Shade Raster Layers O Landsat image O DEM image hillshade CL Aeromag lt BC Border Layers amp S C S S S S ooo ow Ge C DDR s amp S 3 5 b R 1 E 3 1 L LI N n u 1 d E e ih 4 i Lat 49 781448 117 213098 TectonicAssemblages BC MJQN 4 86441 TAA Km a EDS a SEI Figure 8 Available layer groups collapsed for the BCGS Geology Map are shown in the left hand of the window frame To access the Geology Downloads click on the appropriate theme at the top of the legend and double click on the map area of interest The resultant page display will provide access to the digital files in ArcInfo EXPORT E00 format in either Albers Equal Area Polyconic or Geographic decimal degrees projections The datum is NAD83 Click on the item you require to download the zipped files To use the files as shape files they can be translated using the Import71 utility that comes with Arcview Metadata for t
111. er Micros off Internet Explorer provided by Government of British Columbia rones Beor 1 8 8 C TUM data books enline SUP Por educ noon E Training industry solutions panner Cent act E ET ArcExplorer Technical What s New Information 1 Download Overview of ArcExplorer 2 Windows Edition Overview of ArcExplorer4 Java Editon e FAC View and download date for ArcExplorer is lightweight GIS data viewer developed by ESRI This freely available software offers an easy way to info perform basic GIS functions ArcExplorer is used for a variety of display query and data retrieval applications and supports a wide variety of standard data sources It can be used an its own with local data sets or as a client to Internet data and map servers Among its many uses ArcExplorer is an excellent vehicle for publishing your data You can distribute the ArcExplorer setup and your data on CDs Users can then use the CD to install ArcExplorer on their machines and view your data easily and il oW mee ae Ba Exercise 11 doc ti jexercise 10 doc micros E JArcEnplorer ESRI s Ou QMS 130 2 ESRI ArcExplorer home page http www esri com software arcexplorer index html es smh a Bom he b eb ems RR Exploring The MapPlace 4 British Columbia ArcERplorer 3 1 Untit
112. er or layer group Select the check box next to the layer or layer group s name in the legend To turn off a layer or layer group Clear that check box next to the layer or layer group s name in the legend 20 Autodesk MapGuide Note If you select more than one layer or layer group and then select or clear the check box the display status of all the selected items will be the same Displaying or Hiding the List of Layers in a Layer Group You can show or hide the list of layers in a layer group Note that showing or hiding the list of layers does not turn the layers on or off it simply displays the layer names in the legend To show the list of layers in a layer group Right click the layer group and choose Expand from the popup menu or simply double click the layer group To hide the list of layers in a layer group Right click the layer group and choose Collapse from the popup menu or simply double click the layer group To change the status of multiple layer groups Select multiple layer groups and then choose Expand or Collapse from the popup menu Turning On or Off All the Layers in a Layer Group You can turn on or off all of the layers in a layer group with a single command To turn on all the layers in a layer group Right click the layer group and choose Turn On All Layers from the popup menu To turn off all the layers in a layer group Right click the layer group and choose Turn Off All Layers
113. etween points across the world For more information contact the author of the map To measure the distance between points on a map 1 Right click in the map and then choose View gt Distance from the popup menu 2 To measure the distance between two points click the first point and then pause the mouse pointer over the second point As you move the pointer the measurement of the distance appears dynamically in a MapTip the yellow box as shown in the illustration below If the Display Mouse Position check box is selected in the Preferences dialog box the coordinates of the cursor are displayed in the status bar A soe 7 autodesk lt x Water Body Labels 4 Abe lt Regional Labels Abc gt Major Cities gt Cities gt Airports gt Major Highways Primary Roads gt Railroads He gt Political Boundaries Rivers ae zc nastli ORIY 49 010380 Lon 2 58 1 417 567 30 0 x 23 8 You may notice when you measure distances in some maps that the MapTip displays Great Circle Distance rather than Distance This means that the map author specified that the Great Circle distance formula be used for measuring distances instead of the default Euclidean formula Great Circle distance measurement is more accurate than Euclidean measurement for maps that use geographic coordinate systems In rare circumstances you may notice that the MapTip for distance
114. f the following methods to print a map Use the Print gt Print command from the map window s popup menu in Autodesk MapGuide Viewer When you use this command the map prints according to the current Page Setup settings Note that if the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer is embedded in a Web page this command prints only the map not the entire page Use the File gt Print command in your Web browser Note that if the Plug In version of Autodesk MapGuide Viewer is embedded in a Web page this command prints only the map not the entire page To print the map 1 Click in the map to ensure that the frame to be printed is active 2 Usethe Zoom and Pan commands to adjust the view in the map window to the area you want to print or go to an existing bookmark 3 Useone of the methods described above to activate the Print command 4 Specify the settings you want in the Print dialog box and then click OK If you are using the Java Edition of Autodesk MapGuide Viewer you will first need to specify the page dimensions in the Page Setup dialog box MGViewerHelp doc 27 Advanced Topics URL Parameters When you create a bookmark you are simply saving the URL of the map with a set of parameters that indicate the map width center point and more When you use a bookmark Autodesk MapGuide Viewer reloads this URL with all the parameters that indicate exactly how to display the map If you know the URL of the map you want to view and you know
115. ffices O Administrative Boundaries Regional Districts BC Mining Divisions Li AS c LA 2 O lt BC Mining Regions Shade e ae af BC Mining Regions Sold ms RES 4 First Nations Layers Lio EON AK NA YKENA 7 3 ae EIE Nov 2001 outline TH bo 2 KS comm RI Parks Aug 99 hatched by type EEE ies Es v Forestry Layers HILL T wre o v amp Mineral Inventory Layers H HH gn O Aggregate Inventory Frwate Fits Shoreacres TI Wed ARIS reports by year O ARIS number label ARIS expenditure O Coal Assessment Reports H MINFILE number label O MINFILE historic production gt v Regional Geochem Layers v i Mineral Titles Layers 7 Mineral titles outline Eau All Others O Mineral biles solid 3M Mineral titles solid recently non activ Mineral titles labelled lt 200 v 3 Landuse Planning Layers 4d LRMP s outlines T seine Lat 43 428015 Lor 117 268373 MINFILE status 082FSW237 KENA GOLD KENA MAINJKENA NE LN zl hilp www em gov bc ca cf minfile search search cfm modescapbib amp minfilnos082F Sw 237 ag Intemet zone Figure 6 Decrease downloading time by highlighting all necessary layers and then just select one layers box This will select all layers at once
116. from the popup menu Rebuilding Layers If a layer is not displaying properly such as during a server error you can rebuild it If the map contains layer groups you can rebuild all of the layers in the layer group You can rebuild any layer except a buffer or redline layer The following illustration shows a layer that did not download correctly indicated by the icon to the left of the layer name 3 Major Roads To rebuild layers 1 Select one or more layers or layer groups in the legend 2 Right click and choose Rebuild from the popup menu Showing or Hiding a List of Styles for a Layer If a map layer has styles assigned to it you can show or hide the list of styles for the layer MGViewerHelp doc 21 To show the list of styles for a layer 1 Select one or more layers in the legend 2 Right click and choose Expand from the popup menu To hide the list of styles for a layer 1 Select one or more layers in the legend 2 Right click and choose Collapse from the popup menu Showing or Hiding a List of Theme Categories for a Layer If the map author created a theme for a layer the categories for that theme appear below the layer name in the legend You can choose whether or not to display the names of these theme categories in the legend by expanding or collapsing the list To show or hide a layer s theme categories To expand a list right click the layer name in the legend and then choose Expand or simply d
117. gov bc ca MapPlace Investigate Support Documents on the Autodesk and MapPlace sites Other available data Includes Administrative boundaries Topographic features such as roads rivers and contours Raster images such as digital elevation model DEM shaded relief satellite LandSat and aeromagnetics All available to create user defined maps Available Versions of the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer MapPlace uses Autodesk MapGuide Version 6 Requires Microsoft Windows 95 98 2000 or NT 4 0 Available as a Netscape Navigator plug in or a Microsoft I nternet Explorer Active X control Netscape 6 x and IE 6 x not supported Java Editions available for Netscape IE and Mac OS 8 5 or 9 Available Data from the BC Ministry of Energy and Mines gt The MapPlace provides access to most of BC Ministry of Energy and Mines geospatial data Metallic and industrial mineral potential ranking Regional silt amp water geochemistry Bedrock amp surficial geology Mineral occurrences MI NFI LE Assessment reports ARI S Mineral Titles dms ce chegy Lap he erm apdores provided by Gormorrusent of Bt mh Cobain aot QUATERMAR TO o 4 deme uA Ha Ll LES B mda nets CAL Tact ous 10 risa et wren a 45 Lam 11 4314 ho gecoge by ani oo ees Fatum 0 Penes ected SS a 4
118. ground should be opaque buffers cover the map features or transparent map features show through the buffers and the color to use for the background Buffer offset distance Ki ni Cancel In the Edge area specify the style color and thickness to use for drawing the outer line around the Create buffer on Butter layer buffer areas Construct one buffer for all selected map features Click OK Autodesk MapGuide creates the buffers around the selected features To select the features within the Fil 17 Edge buffers you select the buffers and then use the Select Within command to select map features from Style Style other layers that fall within the buffers None tsi 5 Preview Hone If you receive an error message about low memory while processing the buffers see Improving Buffer Foreground Color Processing E Selecting Map Features by Backoround Thickness Transparent If you know the names of the map features you want to select you can select them from a list To select map features by name 1 Right click in the map and then choose Select gt Select Map Features from the popup menu to display In the Buffer Offset Distance text box type the distance you want the buffers to extend from the the Select Map Features dialog box selected features and then select the unit such as miles or kilometers you want to use
119. he Page Setup dialog box where you can specify settings for printing the map Print gt Print Prints the map Copy gt Copy Copies the current map view to the Clipboard not available in the Java Edition Copy gt Copy As URL Copies the current map location to the Clipboard as a URL Zoom gt Zoom Zooms in by a magnification factor of two on the point that you click or zoom in to the rectangular area you draw with the mouse Zoom gt Zoom Goto Displays the Zoom Goto dialog box where you specify the location or US street address you want to zoom to The author of the map specifies the types of locations so the types of locations in this dialog box vary Zoom gt Zoom Width Displays the Zoom Width dialog box where you specify the width in current units of the area that you want to display in the map window Zoom gt Zoom Scale Displays the Zoom Scale dialog box where you specify the scale at which you want to view the map Zoom gt Zoom Selected Zooms to display all of the selected features Zoom gt Zoom Previous Zooms to the previous zoom magnification and location Zoom gt Zoom Out Zooms out by a magnification factor of two from the point you click to display a larger area of the map Zoom gt Unzoom Zooms out to display the entire map Bookmarks gt Add Bookmark Displays the Add Bookmark dialog box where you can specify a bookmark name for the current map view and save it as a bookmark Bookmarks gt Dele
120. he geology of the whole province is also available on this page as a downloadable file geolmeta zip A readme file describes the download files To interactively view the bedrock geology with MapPlace select the Interactive View of the map sheet in either projection and the NTS area will be displayed The TRIM Terrain Resource Information Management layers are visible at a zoomed scale of 1 100 000 include Transport Structures Rail Roads Rivers Lakes Land Cover and Contours in two layers Aquifers in British Columbia from Ministry of Water Land and Air Protection are available in two layers above 1 2 million and below 1 2 million scale Some of the aquifers are directly linked double click to the Aquifer Image Portfolio 12 Geological Survey Branch Ministry of Energy and Mines Recent additions to the BCGS Geology map include Geologic Terranes and Geologic Tectonic Assemblage layers links to 85 metre pixel digital orthophotos turn on the Orthophoto Coverage layer at the top of the legend and double click the area of interest pH of Waters F in Waters and U in Waters layers Geothermal Hotsprings Boreholes Rotary Boreholes and Potential layers Additions being worked on include links to Mineral Titles maps in PDF format and links from the Bedrock Mapping Index layer to web publications Exploration Assistant This theme map offers 5 different features to perform detailed queries that are displayed on the map These features
121. he same buffers would display like this click California Arizona Arkansas and California are all selected Ctrl click to select multiple non contiguous features For example after selecting Arizona through California you could Ctrl click Connecticut to add it to the selection without adding Colorado as well You can also Ctrl click to deselect individual features from the group of cp selected features a Click All to select all features in the list In the Create Buffer On list select the map layer on which you want to create the buffers or type a new name to create a new map layer that contains only the buffers Click Clear to deselect all features in the list 4 When you finish selecting the map features you want click OK 6 In the Fill area specify the style color and pattern to use for filling the buffer areas MGViewerHelp doc 17 18 Autodesk MapGuide Selecting Individual Map Features You can easily select an individual map feature To select individual map features Do one of the following Turn on Selection mode by clicking the Select tool on the toolbar or by choosing Select gt Select from the popup menu and then click the feature This selects the feature and deselects all previously selected features While in Selection mode Shift click the feature This adds the feature to the group of previously selected features Selecting All Map Features in a Rectangular Area You can draw a rectangle
122. he top of the map select the Title check box and type the title in the Title text box You can enter multiple lines for the title by inserting n where you want line breaks To print the legend with the map select the Legend check box If you chose to print the legend note that the printed legend includes only visible layers If the layer names are too long they may be truncated To print a bar showing the scale of the map select the Scale Bar check box To print a North arrow on the map select the North Arrow check box If the map uses arbitrary XY coordinates this option is cleared by default but is still available To include the map s URL in the footer of the printed map select the URL check box 26 Autodesk MapGuide 7 To include the current date and time in the footer of the printed map select the Date And Time check box To print the map at a specific map scale click Specify Scale and then select the scale you want from the Scale list To scale the map to fit the printed page click Fit To Page No matter what scale you select only the currently displayed map area prints If the map is displayed at 1 40 000 and you specify that it should print at 1 70 000 the printed map will not show the larger area that would display at 1 70 000 Instead only the area that is displayed at 1 40 000 is printed at the scale of 1 70 000 9 Click OK You are now ready to print the map Printing a Map You can use either o
123. ical Survey of Canada and its provincial territorial and academic partners in western Canada Relief and Radar Map The Relief and Radar Map contains a colour shaded relief map based on the GTOPO30 data set and a radar mosaic for the southern portion of the province More detailed colour relief radar mosaic and digital elevation model DEM layers are available for Vancouver Island These raster layers are from GeoGratis National Resources of Canada a web site and FIP site that distribute geospatial data of Canada free of charge Southeast BC Geophysics Map The Southeast BC Geophysics map is displayed in UTM NAD 83 projection and contains three unique layers geophysical layers Kootmag Magnetics and Thorium ratios These layers are from the Geological Survey of Canada Pacific Geoscience Centre A sample detailed orthophoto 1 metre pixels is available for area 082F 099 at scale of 1 35 000 Petroleum Tenure amp Wells Map This map displays northeastern BC Petroleum and Natural Gas well locations tenure PNG grid oil amp gas fields and major pipelines displays northeastern BC Petroleum and Natural Gas well locations tenure and major pipelines Tools allow users to query tenure owner tenure number range of tenure numbers or BC Gazetteer locations in the right window frame This queried information can be displayed on the map Coal Map This map features Coal Geology layers databases from COALFILE and links to Coal Assessment Repor
124. ication Developer Center ie development flexibility Product E mail Updates Autodesk Mapguide 1s Best of Breed Check out this GI News Review of Autodesk MapGuide Upgrades Made Easier the new Autodesk Subscription Interactive Overview Find out how Autodesk MapGuide can help you in this Flash overview Take the Quick Tour HelpTop Online Help and Manuals Discover what s new in D View online or download Autodesk MapGuide 6 and manuals online help why you should upgrade readme files and more Ww Sample Applications Buy or Upgrade B See Autodesk MapGuide in 0 Get the latest functionality action on featured customer and improved performance sites of Autodesk MapGuide 6 Download the Free Viewer The Autodesk MapGuide 6 Viewer will work with your Autodesk MapGuide 5 site 4r FEA ocument Done Uu A ra sd Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Welcome to Autodesk Eun eae 2 2 DECIES 2 COTES te MA DS a UR ete cece OE 2 Of Data 1M OLA Vers ine ote ete nep ties ET E E uu em ec eed textu edu dud 2 ACCOSSIDP 3 Available Versions of Autodesk MapGuide Viewer 4 C opyieht INlOMna HOM i ii EEE O E EE EEA 4 About the Java Edition of Autodesk MapGuide Viewet
125. in the legend shows all of the types of objects in the map layer this command collapses the list to just the name of the layer Collapse layer group Collapse the list of layers in the layer group displaying only the layer group name You can also double click the layer or group label to expand and collapse the layer or group Turn On All Layers Available only for layer groups turn on all the layers in 3 of 4 2002 10 08 2 34 PM Toolbar amp Popup Menu 4 of 4 Copyrighl http www em gov bc ca Mining Geolsurv MapPlace menudesc htm la layer group Turn Off All Layers Available only for layer groups turn off M TOP 4 Steps to Create Save and Print Maps 4 1 Select a Map Area for Viewin 4 2 Copying and Pasting a Ma 4 3 To Save a Ma 4 4 To Print a Ma 4 1 Select a Map Area for Viewing Zoom using or amp into the area you would like to see This will decrease download time when the theme or themes you want to see are retrieved from their data bases If you need to ZOOM OUT turn off the unnecessary layers so download time will be decreased Remember the more you Zoom in the more themes you will be able to choose from Watch the legend on the lefthand side to see which areas can be viewed at any given scale Use the Pan to move the map around and get the area you want to view save or print 4 2 Copying and Pasting Maps 85 Windows application Remem
126. indows but some features do not work the same way as they do using the Plug In or ActiveX Control versions of Autodesk MapGuide Viewer The following traits are unique to the Java Edition Printing Before you print you must enter the size of the page to print in the Page Setup dialog box 4 Autodesk MapGuide Title IV Include Map Legend OK MapGuide USA Cancel Scale C Specify Scale Scale 1 43 305 401 Scale plot to fit page Page Dimension Width pixels 1750 Print Test Page Height pixels 1000 You can click the Print Test Page button to print a sample page that shows rectangles of different sizes to determine the best printing size You then enter these dimensions in the Page Dimension text boxes in the Page Setup dialog box Bookmarks If you are using the Plug In and or ActiveX Control in addition to the Java Edition and you have created bookmarks for the Plug In or ActiveX Control you cannot access those bookmarks with the Java Edition Copying Java provides no mechanism for copying maps to the Clipboard Thus the Copy gt Copy command does not appear in the popup menu and the Copy button does not appear on the toolbar Colors Depending on your system the quality of the colors displayed may vary Regional Customizations The Java Edition will recognize changes you make to your Regional Settings or Input Locales for your system as long as you use the default options If
127. ine clastic sedimentary rocks Source Open File 1994 8 Geology of the Kootnay River Map Area Author s T Hoy A Legun B N Church G Gibson Glover and J O Wheeler This Database Last Updated January 1998 5 Geology Legend Reports 32 Geological Survey Branch Exercise 7 Buffers ECGS Geology Map Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Government of British Columbia File Edt View Favorites Tools Help ZIE A 521 a Favorites xd ristory Fete E i 1 Ministry of Energy and Mines Address E hetp jiebony gev bc ca mapplace minpetibegs cima pee Laye ts 9 Laye rs Remove Frame Mp Pie ce HOGS home Bi keane autodesk be File Download Layers A fl BC Administrative Area Layer pe 3 Fan Nations Layers fel s Parks Forsetry Layer Mineral lnventoy Lagess O ARIS reports by year O lt gt ARIS number label lt gt Coal Assesemert Repeats Lae O MINFILE number babel O MINFILE histone production fe Mineral Tiles Layers be Landuse Planning Layers Ub E Enengy Layers e Mineral Potential Layers Hatched Bl Topographic Layers be Gnd Lape BCBS Geology Layers gt GSC Geology Layer i Mineral Potential Sold Shade Raster Layers FDP 1 maim 49 411216 Lon 117 248154 MINFILE
128. ing PDF files 1 Open the BCGS Geology Map and turn on the Geology Download TM Proj layer at the top Double click on the NTS map of interest 2 In the View or Download Compiled Geology report select Interactive View Transverse Mercator Projection of NTS Mapsheet This links to a map in UTM projection 3 Use zoom tools and layer toggles to create a map Turn on one of the Grid Layers e g Grid 1 20K to help in the registration 4 Open AutoCAD Go back to the MapPlace and right click on the map and copy the image into the clipboard 5 Use Edit Paste Special in AutoCAD and paste as AutoCAD Entities 6 Return to the MapPlace and record the UTM location of 3 corners of the grid To display the UTM coordinates in the lower left of the MapPlace right click on the map and select About Preferences Display mouse position with Units Mapping Coordinate System x y coordinates Zoom into the corners of the grid for accuracy use Zoom Previous button to zoom back 7 Use AutoCAD commands to register the maps to the grid corners e g align select objects all enter specify 1st source point int of shift right click and choose intersection specify 1st destination point x y coordinates specify 2nd and 3rd source and destination points similarly This registers the map 8 In AutoCAD the map can be exploded to edit objects Layers in the MapPlace can also be systematically pasted into AutoCAD to place them on differe
129. ing to open maps or layers 20 How do view the coordinates of my mouse position 21 Method to copy paste from MapPlace to PowerPoint to Corel 22 Viewing PDF files 23 How to import and register a map in AutoCAD 24 How dol extract MI NFI LE data in an area Overview of MapPlace Toolbar amp Popup Menu Summary Data Available Exploring the MapPlace Tour of the MapPlace The MapPlace FAQs Comment on MapPlace PDF Help Seo HM ae d Ter 1 How to plot or print to an exact scale Once the required maps has been obtained and is visible in the map window press the right mouse button when the cursor is over the map to get the Popup Menu Select the Page Setup feature and enter the desired scale and other features Press OK Then select the Print Page option in the Popup Menu If you are changing output devices select it with the Print Page option before going to the Page Setup area TOP 2 How can the access time be reduced There are a couple of ways to economize your time 1 If you are going to ZOOM IN to an area downloading time can be reduced if you select or turn on the desired layers after ZOOMING into an area The same process can be used when deselecting layers 2 Deselect or turn off layers before you ZOOM OUT too far or some very large data sets will be downloaded You can try using the STOP button if this occurs but this may not work all the time so plan ahead 3 When selecting more than one
130. int or text feature type the width of the area you want to display in the map window If the location is not a point or text feature and you specify a width the width setting will be ignored If the zoom location has an access key assigned to it enter the access key You will need to contact the author of the map if you do not know the access key To zoom to a street address or ZIP code LE Click the US Street Address tab not available on all maps and then enter a complete US street address address city and state or a ZIP code MGViewerHelp doc 7 Location US Street Address Address City State Zip Code 34903 Zoom to width 40 mi Address City and State or Zip Code must be specified Zip Code may be zzzzz 222224444 or 22222 4444 Cancel Help 2 Type the map width to display and then click OK Note You specify the width in the current display units Zooming to a Map Width You can zoom to a specific width in a map Note You specify the width in the current display units To zoom to a map width 1 Right click in the map and then choose Zoom gt Width from the popup menu to display the Zoom Width dialog box Zoom to width 3971 5 mi Enter a value in the Zoom Width dialog box and then click OK The map zooms in or out to the width you specified retaining the current center of the map Zooming to a Map Scale You can specify the map scale to zoom to Remember that the larger the
131. ious Releate Autodesk Mapcnude SDF Loader Help Privacy Policy Autodesk Magione Author Toolkit Hel The Help files for several Autodesk MapOuide products available for download from ihis page You can also install these Help files when you products from the Autodesk MapOuide CD reni Select your opdions below Default valies are pre selected Of Windows S200 NTO MOTE After downlosing Help Files double click the exe file bo metal Browser Netscape 8 ihe help file on your computer L NOTE To cave Adobe Acrobat versions bo your computer right click on anguage English 3 links and use your browser s Save Link Az or Save Target As command Viewer Type Plugin Viewer IDocumeni Done IDE Wa i 3 Go through step one to four and pick the correct viewer to download Once the executable viewer file is downloaded double click on it to install the viewer Autodesk Help The MapPlace Frequently Asked Questions If you have not done so already deerioad the latest version of the Map 3e Follow inttructons to ensure the right plug in is J And Release Notes af Known issues in Autodesk Viewer coerced and installed for your browser Ses overview of R Help ar B5 Help MapGuide to see which version of the MapGuide viewer is appropiate 1 Commands Z Toolbar Button 3 Popup Menu 4 Steps to Create Save and Print
132. ity and buffer processing Improving processing speed Improving raster display quality Improving buffer processing 24 Autodesk MapGuide Improving Processing Speed There are a number of factors that can affect speed some of which are known issues with specific Web browsers The best way to improve performance is to author your maps with performance in mind See the Autodesk MapGuide User s Guide and online help for more information Improving Raster Display Quality Raster images are pictures such as photographs that are made up of small pixels or cells Raster images display differently from the vector line and point based drawing data in the map such as roads and cities If a raster image displays poorly do one of the following To change the resolution of a raster image Ifa raster image appears to be at the wrong resolution right click the layer that contains the raster image and then choose Rebuild from the legend popup menu To rebuild multiple layers at one time select the layers before choosing Rebuild To rebuild all the layers in one or more layer groups select the layer group or groups before choosing Rebuild To change the colors in a raster image Ifthe colors in a raster image do not display correctly minimize your Web browser window and then maximize it again If the colors still do not display properly set your Windows color palette to the highest number of colors If your graphics card does
133. l Products Newfoundland and Labrador Files Newfoundland and Labrador Public ations NWT and Nunavut Assessment Reports Publications Other References Search 2 Select All X Unselect All X Cancel E Clearinghouse Search Specification Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Government of British Columbia CGKN Data Catalogue Clearinghouse Search Specification Ap Tete F a i t a que 49 46 35 N 117 40 30 Ey 48 45 35 N 116 54 19 W Defined rea 5 11 N 116 54 19u 49 03 11 N 117 40 30 gj Use Spahal Coverage C Do Not Use Spahal Coverage Temporal Search Start Date h x 7 C Publication Date End Date January E 2020 C Publication Date equal to January fi 1970 Date Search Ke yword amp Fielded Search Aner Keywords parameters etc fo search for in metadata reconis Texi Search FurTex contains FullText contains Numeric Search Scale of Source Q Search SReturn BY Sove Criteria I Save Stondord Query Cancel Ast AE 4 Search specifications page with dened area set to selected AOI Geological Survey Branch Ministry of Energy and Mines I JC GKN Data C ata
134. l Statistics Guichon Batholith z Vernon Geology Detailed Geology Maps Aggregate Potential Map ee Jennings River Geology of North Central Jennings River Open File 1992 13 Regional Geophysics Relief and Radar Southeast BC Geophysics Petroleum Titles Map Coal Map BC Geology Map Index GSC amp GSB Map Indexes Mineral Statistics Maps Colour Palette Other Links Available Maps Selected Theme Maps Selected Mapper Maps Overview of MapPlace Summary Data Available Updates on MapPlace The MapPlace FAQs Toolbar amp Popup Menu Comment on MapPlace Links to Data and Maps Map Area NTS 104014E 15 from Open File 2001 6 by J Nelson T Harms C Roots M Mihalynuk and M de Keijzer bos more details Barkerville Area The Barkerville area NTS 093A H and adjacent maps map features geology layers of the Barkerville Cariboo and Kootenay terranes more details Lillooet LRMP Area Includes a shaded relief image DEM layer and a magnetics map combined with shaded relief map Magtopo layer NTS 092J 0920 5 09210 more details Guichon Batholith Mapping performed by WV J McMillan J D Blanch Flower McAndless D Coombes P Garvin 1969 1974 Linework digitally captured by Cominco is RS more details Vernon Area Displays Geology Unit Lines Structures Mapping Stations and Ages in the Vernon Area NTS 082L03 06 11 13 14 more details zi Intemetzone 2 Selected
135. l Titles Layers T TAN SQA An Ones l2 a l 2 ALL titles putine labelled 200K 5 FAN NN Mineral lites Claim Names c 100K d Others i E i Yn el NY tl T NS X M SATS WE an p li j h E l ae i S PAN PE F AAT AAN Wes 5 LAYS 22 O ALL titles solid 3M O ALL titles solid recently norcactive lt Ue MINERAL titles outline 71M O MINERAL tiles outline labeled 2001 L Te Mes L NE KT EET j net Y S ed e e A E S inc MMC LIO Rs Sa Ha al tb ae ES MESE Lat 49427637 Lor 117 268707 MINFILE status 92 5 237 GOLD KENA MAINJKENA 275 5 50 x 3 39 Km Name KENA GOLD Nelson c Latitude 49 25 39N UTM 11 5474800 480600 Longitude 117 16 03 W Commodities Gold Deposit Types LOS Alkalic porphyry Cu Au Copper 105 Polymetallic veins Ag Fb Zn3Au ead I 8 http www em gov be ca cf minfile searchi search cfm modescapbiblninfinos082F5W 237 SHE Una pap s Figure 14 Mineral Titles maps in MapPlace showing contours claim name labels and link to MINFILE 16 Geological Survey Branch Ministry of Energy and Mines Virtual
136. led File Edi View Layer Tools Help su asBUe onacntiag onim W tectassem br al B cor ll conc CDRCA B cw Bl B cra E ocr Bl pcnc E owe Symbols Labels Generai LJ m onec Unique Symbols Bl omeca E Field for values TA UNIT ate Color Schame Random Style Solid fill me Remove Outline Bl ocu Bl pprr Bl pes Drg ora O pet B pPum B ous Bl prs E o p Banj 4E bronco rns Herez abcr or fAarctrolore _Secatsog Syrio PERM usw 3 ArcExplorer map window showing tectonic assemblage geology for BC and layer properties popup window used to assign theme properties such as colour fill line types and symbols To open this window double click on the layer name in the left hand frame Arcplorer Ji Untitled File Edi t View Layer Tools Help JLN SOS KORENA kane cesses 480723 5474828 d W Showing Mies br albo 082 0 CU PB ZN GOLD KE 103105 Melson ntsgnd_be_alb Pittga hata er g Layer minfile bc alb V border bc alb Wi roads brc alb w lakes bc alb wi fpectassem bc all B cor Bl conc cprca B cu Bl Bl cra E ocr E pcnc B 11 dox Microso M Exercise2 10 doc Micros f ArcEnplorer 3 1 BEATO 1 4 d CURE map
137. logist with Cal Data Ltd can be reached at 604 879 6608 or wkilby telus net Don MacIntyre PEng geologist with the BC Ministry of Energy and Mines currently manages geoscience databases and digital mapping systems in support of mineral exploration and land use planning Innovation June 2001 Volume 5 Number 5 6 Appendix 6 Power Point Presentation Slides Explore the MapPlace Larry D J ones MapPlace amp Geoscience Databases Don ntyre Corporate GIS Pat Desjardins Digital Mapping Ministry of Energy and Mines Ward Kilby is acknowledged as the early developer of MapPlace Exercise 1 GSB Website 1 Open the MapPlace www em gov bc ca MapPlace 2 Make this your home page or favourite bookmark 3 Investigate the GSB website Autodesk MapGuide Components e Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Autodesk MapGuide Viewer is the user front end It is used to view and query the map data provided through Autodesk MapGuide Server Autodesk MapGuide Author Autodesk MapGuide Author is used for preparing data to be published over an intranet or the Internet Autodesk MapGuide Server Autodesk MapGuide Server is a utility that serves map data prepared with Autodesk MapGuide Author from a web server Workshop Agenda What is the MapPlace Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Available data and maps Organization of Data Accessing Commands BCGS Geology Map Exploration Assistant Mineral Titles Map Downloads amp Repo
138. logue HTML D V3 0 Mic rosoft Internet Explorer provided by Government of British Columbia ee Qu nadia Geosci ence amp now edge Netwol Kl Data Cata logue Ue ju P e 2 OB s Zoomin Zoom Out Full Extent Footprint Select AGL Calc ACH info Print Data FindData Qu Online Data Q Projects QR Standard Queries Layers Edit Legend cgkn1 cqkn net 7 0090950909000 Geological Provinces Populated Areas Cultural Areas utility Lines Lal Lon Grid Airports Transportation Points Cultural Places Transportation Structures ee d IT a Geology ofthe Ainsworth Kaslo Area British Columbia Preliminary Geology and Mineral Occurrences in the Rossland Group Between Nelson and 49 258 49 439 Southeastern British Columbia 82F 6 117 317 117 151 5 Search results bottom frame and map window showing location footprint of publications selected from the list To access metadata click on the Full Result Set hypertext d Preliminary Geology and Mineral Occurrences in Ehe Rossland Group Between Nelson and Ymir Sout Microsoft Internet Esplorer p This page contams FGDC GEO Profile compliant metadata for Preliminary Geology and Mineral Occurrences in the Rossland Group Between Nelson and Ymir Southeastern British Columbia
139. measurements changes from Great Circle Distance to Distance within the same map If this happens it means that MGViewerHelp doc 13 you have a selected a point that cannot be measured using the Great Circle method because it is outside the mathematical range of the map projection To measure the distance from the second point to a third point click the second point and then pause the pointer over the third point The distance between the second and third point appears on the status bar and in the MapTip display along with the total of all distances measured To clear the cumulative distance and exit the View gt Distance function click the right mouse button double click the left mouse button or press ESC Note that pressing ESC does not work if you are using the Java Edition of the Viewer on an Apple Macintosh computer Following Links to Web Pages When you pause the mouse pointer over a feature that is linked to a Web page the pointer changes from an arrow to a pointing hand as Shown in the following illustration By fp a Ot amp amp stall Software Developers Telecom MultiMedia Other Tech Firms Interet Firms HiTech Hardware Bio Tech Companies Charter Schools Schools Historic Landmarks Historic Landmarks Paramount Theatre The name of the feature appears in MapTip and the uniform resource locator URL of the Web page linked to this feature appears at the bottom of your Web brow
140. message while using the Java Edition Viewer be sure to close the error message before closing the browser Although you can close the error message after closing an Internet Explorer browser you cannot close the error message after closing a Netscape browser If you inadvertently close a Netscape browser while an error message is on the screen you will need to press CTRL ALT DEL and end the task Printing Page Settings Are Not Saved When you set page setup options such as changing the page orientation from Portrait to Landscape and print a map in the Java Edition Viewer the Page Setup options will be reset to their default state the next time you print the map To print the map again with the same settings you will need to specify the settings again before printing Printing Using Browser s Print Command Does Not Work Properly If you use your browser s Print command in the Java Edition Viewer you may get a blurry or blank printout To avoid this problem always use the Print command in the Viewer popup menu Printing Problems from Netscape 4 x When printing polypolygons from Netscape 4 x using the Print command in the Java Edition Viewer popup menu you may find connecting lines between the polypolygons on the printout To avoid this problem use a different browser Layer Names Truncated When Printing from Mac OS If you print using the Java Edition Viewer from a Macintosh OS computer you may notice that legend labels are cut off in
141. n and Scale parameters or with Lon Width and Units Longitude of the center of the area to display Specify the value in decimal degrees You must use a period as the delimiter for example 45 888888 This parameter works only when used with the Lat and Scale parameters or with Lat Width and Units The width of the area displayed in Autodesk MapGuide Viewer using the units defined by the Units parameter This parameter only works when used with the Lat Lon and Units parameters Scale of the initial display either a real or integer value This parameter works only when used with the Lat and Lon parameters If not specified a scale that displays the entire map within the map window is selected automatically This setting overrides the Width parameter if specified Units Units used to specify the width This parameter works only when used with the Lat Lon and Width parameters MI KM M FT Selobjs Specifies a list of map features to select after Autodesk MapGuide Viewer is loaded and has displayed the map The map features are identified by specitying the name of the layer that they are on followed by their keys Syntax Selobjs lt MapLayer gt lt Key_1 gt lt Key_N gt See examples below Autodesk MapGuide DefaultTarget Specifies the name of the target window where Autodesk MapGuide Viewer will display HTML documents as well as URLs referenced in the OpenUrl and OpenMap actions These actions can be defi
142. n how to download and install the Viewer as well as links to user guides on line tutorials interactive demos help functions and FAQs The Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Help guide provides an excellent resource for users and is reproduced in Appendix 1 Available Versions of the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer The MapPlace uses Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Release 6 to display maps The MapGuide Viewer is available for Netscape Navigator Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mac OS 8 5 9 Depending on which operating system or browser you are using download one of the following versions Operating System Microsoft Windows 95 98 2000 or Windows NT 4 0 Autodesk MapGuide Viewer for Download file Installation Notes Microsoft Internet Explorer 4x or later MGControl60 exe ActiveX component Netscape Navigator 4 x 6 x not supported MGPlugin60 exe Plugln component Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 x or later Java Edition Install Viewer from the Autodesk site Netscape Navigator 4 x Java Edition 1 Set display colors to 256 colors or more 2 Install Viewer from the AutoDesk site 3 Restart Browser Table 1 Viewer Download amp Installation Instructions Click the Autodesk MapGuide Icon to go to the Autodesk MapGuide Website Note if you are using Internet Explorer the ActiveX MapGuide Viewer is automatically installed on your computer Once at their Website click on the Free Viewer Download link Fill in the form select language operating system and b
143. n screen Another application is the Exploration Assistant which allows the user to specify what features to display in the map window For example the user could display all Cretaceous age sedimentary rocks within a terrane generate a map of mineral claims that may expire anniversary date in the next 30 days in any area of interest or look for prospective areas favourable for VMS type mineral deposits Conclusion The MapPlace has been operational for over four years providing free Internet access to mineral exploration related information to the mineral exploration industry land use planners government agencies and the general public It has proven to be an efficient and effective way to disseminate map based information and its flexibility gives users a powerful tool for building their own custom maps For more information visit the MapPlace at http www em gov bc ca MapPlace References Autodesk Inc 1998 Network centric GIS A new application architecture for the Internet paradigm http www autodesk com solution gis whtpaper wpamg2 exe Kilby W E 1999 THE MapPlace Web Based GIS Access to British Columbia Mineral Exploration Information n Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference Applied Geologic Remote Sensing Vol 1 pages 204 212 E http mapem gov bc ca mapsZminpot bcgs mwf L ayersViewWwidth 300 Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Government MEJ Bie Edt Favori
144. n the vicinity of the Kena prospect ECGS Geology Map Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Government of British Columbia l8i xi Fie Eat View Favorkes Tool EJ Back x Ga seach a jFavorites S Hstory Fe c i hitp iiebony ov be ca maeplace minpat cima Colts pse Laye Expaw d Layers Remove Frame home BCGS tome Blk eoque autodesk Fie Download Lopers BC Administrative Area Layers c Fra Nations Layers c Parks Layers a Rl E Foreshy Lagert Mineral Irveniton Layers Aggregate Inventory Private Fitz ARIS by year 1930 1350 1951 1970 1971 1980 1981 1990 158 2000 2001 2010 All Others ARIS number label ARIS expendituns gt Coal Axeersment Reports Coal Report Label Select within existing Polygon eee MINFILE number latal MIMFILE hishonc produchon Riegonal Geochem Layer Mineral Tiber Lasers Landuze Planning Layers Energy Laert Mineral Potential Layers Hatched Topographic Layers Gnd Layer USE OOOO ooo Pa aot Or Gade nie E Internet 4 Turn the ARIS reports by year layer select the buffer by clicking within the buffer polygon right click within the map window and choose Select within existing polygon from the pop up menu This buffering procedure can be used to find ma
145. nd Sunshine Coast The North Coast study is available for download Each of these study sites are organized into four layers under the Aggregate Potential layer Group Photos of aggregate pits are available mainly in the north part of the Sea to Sky study area To view the photos use the select tool and double click if a hand shows while on the pit symbol Links to the Aggregate Projects and downloads are available in the PopUp Menu on the Map Terrain Map Index This publication provides a compilation of data pertaining to surficial geology terrain maps of British Columbia This includes data on about 2000 maps covering territory within the provincial boundaries of B C The database is presented both as a tabulated listing and graphically in a series of provincial base maps The tabulated database presents the location in relation to the National Topographic System scale and agency involved This hardcopy report is available from Crown Publications Digital Terrain Map Library The Introductory Map acts as a graphical index to the Digital Terrain Map Library which provides terrain and slope stability related maps in digital format interactive viewing and raster downloads Regional Geophysics Map This map is projected in Lambert Conformal Conic NAD 27 Unique layers to this map are Gravity Aeromagnetics Landsat and DEM Shaded Relief These images come directly from the Cordlink a collaborative knowledge network initiative between the Geolog
146. ned when customizing the popup menu in Autodesk MapGuide Author Default blank ObjectLinkTarget Specifies the name of the target window where Autodesk MapGuide Viewer will display the URL associated with a map feature Default ObjectLink ReportTarget Specifies the name of the target window where Autodesk MapGuide Viewer will display reports returned from the View gt Report popup menu command Default Report ErrorTarget Specifies the name of the target window where Autodesk MapGuide Viewer will display error messages Default Error URLList Specifies whether Autodesk MapGuide Viewer should generate an HTML document that lists the names and links of the selected map features The HTML document is displayed in the URLListTarget window whenever the user selects map features that have URLs associated with them On Off URLListTarget Specifies the name of the target window where Autodesk MapGuide Viewer will display its URLList Default ObjectLink AutoLinkLayers Specifies the name of a map layer that automatically displays map feature URL link information in the AutoLinkTarget window The URLs are displayed in the AutoLinkTarget window AutolinkTarget Specifies the name of the target window where Autodesk MapGuide Viewer will display the URLs downloaded from the AutoLinkLayers Default ObjectLink AutoLinkDelay Specifies the number of seconds before the next URL associated with a map feature from an AutoLinkLayer will be displayed in th
147. nt layers A TOP 24 How do I extract MI NFI LE data in an area Follow these steps to select mineral occurrences within a polygon save the MINFILE list import the file into MINFILE www and create an Excel file with MINFILE data e g production or inventory data l Choose a map zoom to the area of interest and turn on a polygon layer such as an LRMP area Note that some polygons such as NTS grids may be outlines These polygons cannot be selected a filled polygon must be used 2 Turn on the MINFILE status layer which will display point data showing location of mineral occurrences 3 Use the select tool to select the polygon which will turn to a different colour Right click on the selected polygon and choose Select Select within existing Polygon 4 ASelect Within dialog box will appear with a list of available objects Choose MINFILE status then OK This will display selected MINFILE points within the polygon 5 Right click on the map or use the View Report button and choose View View Reports Select MINFILE Data Dump or MINFILE Number Dump reports to get a list of the MINFILE number If Excel is associated with your browser the MINFILE Data Dump report will open a spreadsheet of data Otherwise the file will have to be saved as an ASCII file Either way copy just the column of MINFILE numbers into Notepad and save the 5 of 6 2002 10 08 2 32 PM The MapPlace FAQs 6 of 6 MINFILE number list as a txt file
148. ntrol to see if there is a later version If there is it downloads and installs it Customizing Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Autodesk MapGuide Viewer exposes an API that allows you to develop highly specialized applications that can display and query maps for use on an intranet or the Internet You can use JScript or VBScript to develop applications for Microsoft Internet Explorer or use Java and JavaScript to develop applications for Netscape Navigator The documentation for the API Autodesk MapGuide Viewer API Help provides all of the information you need to begin developing applications It describes the different features methods properties and events in the API and includes several sample applications that you can use to get a quick start 30 Autodesk MapGuide Reference Toolbar Button Summary The following table shows each of the buttons on the toolbar their accompanying popup menu commands and a description of each Note that some of these buttons may not appear if the map author removed the corresponding commands from the popup menu Button Command Description Copy gt Copy Copies the current map view to the Clipboard not available in the Java Edition Select Selects a feature in the map Pan Moves the map around to display areas that are outside of the current view Zoom gt Zoom Zooms in by a magnification factor of two on the point that you click or zoom in to the rectangular area you draw with the mouse
149. olbar at top and right click on map for PopUp Menu Exploring The MapPlace 29 British Columbia Exercise 6 Linked Reports amp Downloads X Microsoft Excel V01A92MN exe 3 File Edit View Insert Format Tools Data Window Help 01518 ele zla 1987 55 96139 129 9169 3 520 16526 1987 55 99639 129 9003 4 003 3 855 16622 1987 55 99778 129 9103 12 940 12 442 16633 1988 55 99889 129 9311 33 000 30 387 17606 1388 55 96639 129 5853 6 512 5 996 18312 1989 55 95806 129 9186 36 656 32 305 19166 1989 55 95806 129 7353 4 523 4 060 19168 1383 55 99972 129 6686 34 976 31 397 19398 1989 55 99972 129 7519 9 800 8 737 13445 1989 55 93306 129 9686 7 900 7 092 19724 1989 5591639 123 8853 4 200 3 770 13728 1989 5599139 129 9853 3 000 2 633 13388 1990 55 93306 123 8853 11 704 3 734 20001 1330 55 93306 129 9686 1 600 1 339 20133 1330 55 94972 129 7019 931 466 321 311 20683 1330 55 91639 129 6686 2277 1 305 20811 1990 55 94972 129 9353 2 858 2 381 20371 1990 55 94972 129 7019 2 303 610 1 932 728 20331 1991 55 96633 129 9853 26 473 20 977 21101 1331 55 391633 129 8353 3278 2 597 21381 1991 55 9275 129 9672 1 438 1 139 21941 1331 55 99972 123 8158 3 284 2 602 21943 13931 5591639 123 8436 2 016 1 597 21966 1331 56 01639 123 6686 4 300 3 407 21972 1391 55 33306 123 8686 4 000 3 170 21375 1991 5599972 123 7686 23 508 23 461 22053 1331 56 00806
150. oom into selected areas Use the Query Builder to select features such as mineral occurrences or geology polygons Use the identify tool to retrieve attribute data Exercise 10 Mineral Titles Open the Mineral Titles Map Enlarge the bottom window Review the Mineral Title Related searches Reduce the size of the bottom window Use the ZOOM GOTO feature in Category choose Mineral Tenure Number in Location type in 386487 then click OK It may take over a minute to locate this tenure Turn on the Mineral Titles Claim Names layer Double click on the Mineral Tenure 386487 to view a report in the bottom frame Exercise 10a Crown Grant Rasters Refresh the Mineral Titles Map Use ZOOM GOTO NTS Map sheet 082 Turn on the Crown Grant Raster I ndex Layer Double click on 082 6 This will cause information to appear in the bottom window In the lower window choose Interactive Map with Crown Rasters This should cause another window to appear Experiment with viewing other layers with this Crown Raster Layer and then print using your BROWSER gt File Print Exercise 12 Finding Data using the CGKN I nternet Portal Go to CGKN and enter BCGS as the username and bcgs as the password or create your own username and password http www cgkn net cgi bin wes phtml login phtml Zoom into BC and select an area of interest AOI Click the Find Data button to begin search Click the Unselect All button then select
151. ou turn on all of the layers you see a single map with all of the data roads cities and states To see only the states and cities you can turn off the roads layer to hide the roads The map author can also separate different types of data into separate layers and even separate different levels of detail into separate layers Additionally because the map data is on separate layers you can easily select the features you want from a specific layer without selecting overlapping features from other layers A map can also contain groups of layers which are called layer groups With layer groups you can turn on or off all of the layers in the group at one time In the following illustration Cities is a layer group For more information about layers see Working with Layers and Layer Groups Autodesk MapGuide 223 Cities gt Major cities v US capitals Major City Names Abc US census tracts Accessing Commands You can access commands in Autodesk MapGuide Viewer using either the toolbar buttons or the map window popup menu The toolbar buttons appear across the top of the map window Bik MRA Mee g autodesk For a description of each of the buttons on the toolbar see the Toolbar Button Summary The map window popup menu appears when you click the right button on your mouse referred to as right clicking anywhere in the map Pan Reload Print Copy Zoom Bookmarks Select b b b b 4 4
152. ouble click the layer name The theme categories for the layer appear below their names in the legend compress list right click the layer name in the legend and then choose Collapse or simply double click the layer name The theme categories for the layer disappear so that only the layer name is displayed in the legend Note that although the list is collapsed the theme categories are still active on the map Viewing Reports Viewing a report provides information about selected map features or about a specified point When you view a report only information for the features you select appears in the report so you get only the information you need The reports available for the current map depend entirely on what reports the author of the map has set up and made available For example the author could set up a report that provides population and average household income so that when you select cities and view the report you will get the population and income information for those selected cities only To view a report for selected map features 1 Select the map features about which you want a report 2 Right click in the map and then choose View gt Report from the popup menu or click the Report button on the toolbar to display the View Report dialog box View Report 1990 States Demographic Data Report OK Cancel 22 Autodesk MapGuide 3 Choose the report you want to view and then click OK By def
153. ources and custodianships is one of the most powerful features of distributed systems Figure 2 Netscape Microsoft MapGuide Author MapGuide cordlink gsc nrcan gc ca cordlink1 ntserv gis nrcan gc ca cgpd www em gov bc ca geology mmsd1 mms nrcan gc ca maps www em gov bc ca MiDa Microsoft s Internet Info Server www em gov bc ca MapPlace CGI Gateway Interface MapGuide Server Gateway ColdFusion Access Figure 2 Diagrammatic view of the MapPlace configuration in relation to the Internet geographic data attribute databases other websites and other MapGuide sites Exploring The MapPlace 2 British Columbia USING THE AUTODESK MAPGUIDE VIEWER The Autodesk MapGuide Viewer transforms your browser e g Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape into a map viewer that works over the Internet As a type of geographic information system GIS the Viewer enables non technical users to zoom in and out on a map find select and display information about specific features collapse or expand layer groups make queries create buffers print to scale and much more The efficient Viewer only downloads the information required or selected to display a map The Viewer is under 3MB in size and is distributed to end users free of charge Autodesk MapGuide Viewer can be downloaded by going to www mapguide com or through the link at the MapPlace The MapPlace also contains a link to instructions o
154. ous from the popup menu or click the Zoom Previous button on the toolbar Zooming Out by a Magnification Factor of Two You can click a point on the map to recenter the map on that point and zoom out To zoom out by a magnification factor of two 1 Click the Zoom Out button on the toolbar or right click in the map and choose Zoom gt Out from the popup menu Click a point on which to center and redraw the map The map zooms out on the point you clicked and displays the map at half the previous magnification You can continue to zoom out by clicking another point in the map When you finish zooming out press ESC click the Select button on the toolbar or choose Select gt Select from the Map Window popup menu Note that pressing ESC does not work if you are using the Java Edition of the Viewer on an Apple Macintosh computer Zooming Out to Display the Entire Map You can zoom out to display the entire map To zoom out to display the entire map Click the Unzoom button on the toolbar or right click in the map and choose Zoom gt Unzoom from the popup menu Moving Up Down Left or Right Panning You can move the map around to display areas that are outside of the current view 10 Autodesk MapGuide To move up down left or right pan 1 Click the Pan button on the toolbar or right click in the map and choose Pan from the popup menu Notice that the cursor changes to a hand Press the mouse button and d
155. p features within a certain distance of one or more selected map objects polygons points lines 34 elect map features that Fal within the selected map features Buffer layer selected 78 0 15 0 10 8 Xm si Geological Survey Branch 3 Assessment Report Linked List Microsolt Internet Explorer provided by Government of British Columbia O A ere reote E S If E 0 Address 8 http jjebony gav be cafmapplsce mingot aris link istem AE Assessment Report Linked List Click on Assessment Report Number link for more details In 1986 Assessment Report Number Year Report Submitted 00008 1947 02508 1970 03303 1971 03304 1971 03719 1971 D470 1973 D5074 1974 05222 1974 56655 1975 D572 1975 06139 1976 06379 1977 D T6 1977 DO 54 1977 06945 1978 07377 1978 07393 1979 02614 1930 9461 1981 09476 1981 00503 1921 10605 1982 11027 1982 11720 1923 11783 1923 1983 B 7 amp Aa bou Work Amounting To 600 00 2 200 00 704 00 2 946 00 1 800 00 6 500 00 12 400 00 3 400 00 9 100 00 1 200 00 1 100 00 49 300 00 49 700 00 6 400 00 1 365 95 903 07 4 636 23 24 442 00 28 073 00 43 616 00 50 016 00 2477 00 43 997 00 36 219 00 5 264 00 5 220 00 3 221 66 7 006 77 2 206 90 9 235 11 5 642 63 18 055 56 31 077 69 2 521 30 20 588 24 2 714 93 2 315 79 18 128 65 18 905 38 12 475 63 2 443 5
156. pGuide Viewer R6 Help http www map guide com help ver6 viewer en index htm Appendix 2 The MapPlace Toolbar and Popup Menu http www em gov bc ca Mining Geolsurv MapPlace menudesc htm Appendix 3 The MapPlace Frequently Asked Questions http www em gov bc ca Mining Geolsurv MapPlace faq htm Appendix 4 The MapPlace An award winning Internet exploration service for BC Appendix 5 Using Web Based Mineral Exploration Data as an Environmental Tool Appendix 6 Power Point Presentation Slides Appendix 7 Overview of ArcExplorer http www esri com software arcexplorer index html Appendix 1 Autodesk MapGuide Viewer R6 Help http www mapguide com shelp ver6 viewer en index htm Autodesk Autodesk MapGuide Netscape Fie Edk View Go Communicator Help Bookmarks Location htp usa autodesk com adsk secton 0 939487 1231 12 00 hir Autodesk MapGuide Autodesk MapGuide Product Information Customer Sites News and Reviews Get the leading solution for distributing maps and designe on the gt Purchase Options web Consulting Services With Autodesk MapGuide software you can develop manage Previous Release maintain and deploy GIS and digital design data applications on the Internet your intranet or in the field Now faster than ever before Autodesk MapGuide features support for even more data formats including DWG and increased appl
157. please inform the server administrator that you have received this error message and that Autodesk MapGuide Server needs to be reconfigured to use the NSAPI or ISAPI version of the map agent Web Browser Window Displaying Behind Other Windows When Autodesk MapGuide Viewer asks your Web browser to display a URL in a window it has little control over how the window is displayed When a map is loaded the Web browser window is sometimes displayed behind other windows rather than in front as you would expect This often happens when you minimize a window This problem also occurs when Autodesk MapGuide displays an error message because error messages display in a separate window To remedy this problem close all other browser windows If no additional browser windows are open when Autodesk MapGuide Viewer creates a new window the new window automatically appears in front of any other program and document windows that are open MGViewerHelp doc 35 Map Scale Rounded Up or Down If are using a very small scale map such as 1 1 000 000 you may notice that the scale is not precisely what you specified With very small scale maps Autodesk MapGuide Viewer sometimes rounds the scale to a higher or lower value Legend Width in Plug In and Java Viewer The legend width of the ActiveX control Viewer can be controlled from the API by using an existing property The Plug In and Java Edition do not have corresponding methods to change the Legend Width
158. ploration datasets won the award for providing exceptional efficient and free access for B C explorationists The award was presented to the creator and innovator Ward Kilby of the B C Geological Survey This paper briefly describes what MapPlace is how it evolved how it works and what kind of GIS functionality is available What is it The MapPlace is an Internet based system that uses the world wide web WWW to provide free access to British Columbia mineral exploration information in a dynamic map format The MapPlace provides interactive map access to most of the British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines geospatial data holdings including bedrock geology surficial geology metallic and industrial mineral potential ranking regional silt and water geochemical surveys RGS mineral occurrences MINFILE assessment reports ARIS and mineral title locations that are useful to explorationists and landuse planners alike These themes can be combined with other georeferenced datasets such as administrative boundaries topographic features and other related map based information including raster images such as digital elevation model DEM shaded relief satellite LandSat and aeromagnetics to produce user defined map views These can then be printed or pasted into common graphics packages In addition many of the features that can be displayed on MapPlace are linked to supporting database tables thus allowing the discovery retrieval and repor
159. prevent this problem by not using percentages If you decide to use percentages and the problem does occur try the following procedure until the problem is remedied 1 Click the Refresh button to reload the map 2 Press the Shift key while clicking the Refresh button to reload the page Clear the browser s cache and then reenter the URL to load the page again Restart the computer Uninstall and reinstall the Java Edition Viewer restarting the computer if necessary MGViewerHelp doc 37 Additionally you should always wait for the map to load completely before exiting the browser as this can cause the application to fail Limited Cursors Unlike the Plug In and ActiveX Control the Java Edition Viewer does not display different cursors for many operations The Java Edition Viewer uses only a selection cursor a pan cursor and a general cursor for all other operations Regional Settings Not Recognized The Java Edition Viewer does not recognize changes you make using the Regional Settings Properties Control Panel For example if you change the date format or the decimal symbol the Java Edition Viewer will not use the new settings Refreshing Map from Browser Redraws Map at Current Scale If you zoom in on a map and then use the browser s Refresh or Reload command the map is redrawn at the current scale rather than returning to the original scale Error Messages Stay on Screen after Closing Browser If you receive an error
160. ps on the Available Maps page In the case of IE it is also possible that a previous version of the MapGuide Viewer ActiveX control has not been removed and the automatic download and installation of the new MapGuide 5 Viewer doesn t proceed Depending on how the previous version was installed automatically or manually it ActiveX control mgaxctrl dll file must be removed either from Control Panel gt Remove Add Programs or in c windows orWINNT downloaded program files or in c program files autodesk mapguide viewer Once the old version is removed MapPlace use the BCGS Geology map will automatically install the current MapGuide Viewer 5 0 SP2 5 5 1 2 which is also available at http www mapguide com update R5 Patch MC5512 exe Another possible workaround is to close all other open browser windows or close via Task Manager and start again Also consider installing and using Netscape with the Plug in Version of MapGuide Viewer as an alternate browser viewer combination If using Netscape try using IE as the browser of choice Check the Autodesk site www mapguide com for the latest version of the MapGuide Viewer R6 0 is now available and their download FAQs Pal TOP 17 Exploration Assistant and Netscape 6 0 Exploration Assistant doesn t work with Netscape 6 The full Javascript suite does not appear to be supported Also our double click links do not work well with Netscape 6 Exploration Assistant works
161. pup Menu http www em gov bc ca Mining Geolsurv MapPlace menudesc htm scale at which you want to view the map Zoom Selected Zoom to display all of the selected objects Zoom Previous Zoom to the area that was last displayed Zoom Out Zoom out by a magnification factor of two from the point you click to display a larger area of the map UnZoom Zoom out to display the entire map Bookmarks Add Bookmarks Display the Add Bookmark dialog box where you specify a bookmark name under which you want to save the current view Delete Bookmarks Display the Delete Bookmark dialog box where you can choose a bookmark to delete Bookmark Name Adjust the map view to display the area that was saved under this bookmark name Select Select Map Objects Display the Select Map Objects dialog box where you select from a list of the map objects that are within the current map view Select Radius Select the map features that fall within a circle with the radius you specify from a specific point Select Polygon Select the map objects that fall within a polygon you draw Select Within Select the map objects that fall within the specified map objects Select Clear Clear the currently selected map objects You can also press ESC to clear the selection View Buffer Create buffers around the selected map objects to view the objects that fall within a certain distance from the selected objects View Distance Display the dis
162. puter Zooming to a Rectangular Area You can use the mouse pointer to draw a rectangular area on the map and then zoom in to that area To zoom to a rectangular area Ts Click the Zoom button on the toolbar or right click in the map and choose Zoom gt Zoom from the popup menu Press the mouse button and drag to draw a rectangle over the area you want to display When you release the mouse button the rectangle disappears and the map zooms in to display the area within the rectangle at the highest possible magnification You can continue by zooming in on other rectangular areas MGViewerHelp doc 9 3 When you finish zooming press ESC click the Select button on the toolbar or choose Select gt Select from the popup menu Note that pressing ESC does not work if you are using the Java Edition of the Viewer on an Apple Macintosh computer Zooming to Selected Map Features After you select features in a map you can zoom in to display just enough of the map to show those features To zoom to selected map features 1 Select one or more features 2 Right click in the map and then choose Zoom gt Selected from the popup menu The map centers on the selected features and zooms in far enough to display only the selected features Zooming to the Previous View You can redraw the map at the previous zoom magnification and location To zoom to the previous view Right click in the map and then choose Zoom gt Previ
163. rag to move the map around Release the mouse button to redraw the map and show the new view You can continue panning by dragging the map again When you finish panning press ESC click the Select button on the toolbar or choose Select gt Select from the Map Window popup menu Note that pressing ESC does not work if you are using the Java Edition of the Viewer on an Apple Macintosh computer Saving the Current View in a Bookmark After you zoom and pan to position the map exactly as you want it you can save the current view of the map as a bookmark A bookmark saves all of the information about the current view of the map under a name you specify By using the bookmark in the future you can go directly to this same view of the map without having to zoom and pan again To save the current view as a bookmark do the following To save the current view in a bookmark 1 Right click in the map and then choose Bookmarks gt Add Bookmark from the popup menu to display the Add Bookmark dialog box Add Bookmark Please enter a name for the bookmark Tokyo Cancel Enter a name for this bookmark and then click Note Be sure to use a unique name for the bookmark If you use an existing name both bookmarks will appear in the menu under the same name with no way to tell them apart The name you type or select for your bookmark cannot contain any commas question marks ampersands amp or pound symbols
164. rasters are downloadable from this map New Overview of MapPlace f UU geology layers and reports are displayed by age Summary Data Available re and rock type Updates on MapPlace The MapPlace FAQs More Details Toolbar amp Popup Menu Mineral Tenure Notice Comment on MapPlace Links to Data and Maps 3 Exploration Assistant uus Use this Provincial Map to query exploration related datasets Other Links Available Maps Selected Theme Maps B More Details Mineral Tenure Notice Mineral Titles Map This Provincial Map contains geographic information and Mineral Placer and Coal tenures Crown Grant rasters are downloadable Layers include 1 20K TRIM DEM gi Hillshade LandSat and Aeromag new Zoom Goto gt gt Mineral Tenure Number is available amp More Details Mineral Tenure Notice z intermetzone 7 I On the MapPlace select Available Maps and view the maps available 3 Selected Theme Maps Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Government of British Columbia File Edit View Favorites Tools Help le Ob a QH 4 54 Address e http wvww em gov bc ca Mining Geolsurv M apPlace themeM aps htm Go Links Selected Theme Maps Jennings River Geology B MapPlace Home Detailed Geology B Geophysical Barkerville Geology Map Available Maps Surficial Geology B Oil Gas and Coal Lillooet LRMP Map Table of Maps B Geology Indexes Minera
165. red with an HP LaserJet 4M printer driver choose Start Settings Control Panel Printers and add a second printer that uses the HP LaserJet 5L PCL driver Selected Polygons Print in White on PostScript Printers If you select polygons using the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer ActiveX Control or Plug In and then print to a PostScript printer the selected polygon always prints with a white fill To solve this problem try using a different printer driver such as PCL driver or print to a non PostScript printer Dashed Lines Print as Solid Lines Some Hewlett Packard printers such as the 5N model print dashed lines as solid lines To fix this problem try any of the following Check if there are printer settings you can change to adjust dithering behavior Install a newer printer driver Print to a color printer or a different type of one color printer 34 Autodesk MapGuide Displaying Selected Features Under Raster Layers If your graphics card supports only 256 colors or less features selected under a raster layer may not be highlighted correctly VBA Not Supported in Release 6 Please note that VBA is not supported in Release 6 of Autodesk MapGuide and using the ActiveX Control with VBA may result in erratic behavior Problems with HP LaserJet Printers Some HP LaserJet printers require a specific Properties specification to support the ghosting feature If you have trouble using this feature on your LaserJet go to th
166. rencies and are displayed as a single map A Rivers Layer A Coal Boreholes Layer inesset padai loy Carer uf Layer Groups e Organizes the data e Groups can be collapsed or expanded double click on the group label e Layers can only be viewed if their Layer Group has been selected first BC Communities and BC Mining Regions Solid layers are within the BC Administrative Layers Group Exercise 5 Layers Groups Toolbar amp PopUp What Layer Group is the Coal Boreholes Layer located Accessing Commands Deselect BC Administrative Layer Group What happens to the BC Communities layer Collapse the First Nations Forest Inventory and Raster Layer Groups mmm Iba Accessing Commands qmi JI Buttons TE yy Ranta eases The MapGuide Allows users to Viewer uses COPY the current map view to the clipboard either the Toolbar e PAN slide the map around to display areas outside the current Buttons OR the view ZOOM to an area that is user defined either by a centre point or a Popup Menu to EE d Carry out ZOOM OUT from the area defined by a centre point commands e ZOOM PREVIOUS view that was just displayed ZOOM GOTO a specified location UNZOOM to display the full extents of the map VIEW REPORTS associated with the selected map objects Toolbar Across the top left side of the Viewer window STOP or interrupt the
167. rks with maps linked from the main page of Available Maps http www em gov bc ca Mining Geolsurv MapPlace maps htm The older maps will be removed from the site once they are updated See also note on map bookmarks above 2002 10 08 2 32 PM The MapPlace FAQs http www em gov bc ca Mining Geolsurv MapPlace faq htm 20 How do view the coordinates of my mouse position The coordinate position is displayed on the lower left hand corner of Autodesk MapGuide Viewer The coordinates displayed will change as you move your mouse over the map If the coordinate position is NOT visible right click on your mouse to display the Popup Menu and choose ABOUT gt PREFERENCES command and from the Status Bar select Display mouse position In PREFERENCES you can also choose the type of coordinate system either Latitude Longitude or Mapping Coordinate System The latter is the UTM location provided you are using the UTM projected maps see Section 4 Jb TOP 21 Method to copy paste from MapPlace to PowerPoint to Corel 1 Create a map view in MapPlace 2 Right click on the map and copy the image into the clipboard 3 Open blank presentation and blank slide in PowerPoint 4 Convert the imported picture into a Microsoft Office drawing object This can be done by Edit Picture Object or right click and select Grouping Ungroup 5 Select All objects on the image and paste into Corel 1 See Help on view
168. rowser and click Download Save the EXE file to a folder MGControl60 exe for ActiveX Internet Explorer or MGPlugin60 exe for Netscape Plug in remember this folder Install the Viewer open Windows Explorer and locate the file you ve just downloaded Once found double click the EXE file and follow instructions to install the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Quit and Restart your Web Browser Return to www em gov bc ca mapplace Now you can use The MapPlace Operating System Mac OS 8 5 or 9 Autodesk MapGuide Viewer for Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 x with MRJ2 2 Java Edition See online installation instructions Organization of Data into Layers Available data in the MapGuide Viewer is presented in the form of layers Each layer represents one entity such as rivers coal boreholes or BC Mining Divisions Figure 3a and performs a function similar to a transparency The types of data that are available for each map are listed in the legend on the left hand side of the Viewer Figure 3b When one or more layers are selected they appear like stacked transparencies and are displayed as a single map Figure 3b The order in which the layers are stacked or appear on the map is determined by their position in the legend Those layers that are located at the bottom are stacked first followed consecutively by selected layers above This means that the layer located at the top most part of the legend will be the last layer stacked and it may
169. rts A Few Tips Summary AND HANDS ON EXAMPLES THROUGHOUT What is The MapPlace An Internet based system that provides users access to vast amounts of free geospatial data through a GIS format Allows users to interactively view search and download datasets with the free Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Allows users to create copy and print their own maps and reports Links to on line sample applications and interactive demos Provides Help Functions and Frequently Asked Questions FAQs MapPlace Configuration n gc ca cordlink1 cordlink gsc xm m gov eolsui deg et hona www em gov bc ca MiDa www em gov bc ca MapPlace Microsoft s Internet Info Server CGI Gateway Interface Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Transforms your browser Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape into a map viewer that works over the Internet A user friendly geographic information system features View query report and interact with geographic data over the Internet Distributed to end users FREE of charge and is under 3MB in size Can be downloaded by going to www mapguide com OR through a link on the MapPlace A link to user guides is also available on the MapPlace Exercise 2 Download Viewer Download Autodesk MapGuide Viewer using the link on the MapPlace web site Install the Viewer and restart the browser Now you are ready to access maps through the MapPlace Return to the MapPlace www em
170. s users to input their own data on top of existing MapPlace themes by heads up digitizing of polygons points and lines on screen Using the MapPlace The MapPlace website was developed around several off the shelf software packages including Autodesk MapGuide Allaire ColdFusion Microsoft Access and the usual web server software Databases handle all the tabular information associated with the site ColdFusion is used as a web database manager report writer and sophisticated web toolkit MapGuide Server Author and Viewer software provide the map displays GIS functionality and development environment for this style of web presentation Several of the datasets displayed on the MapPlace including the tectonic assemblage map geology reside on MapGuide servers at Natural Resources Canada This integration of data from different sources and custodianships 1s one of the most powerful features of distributed systems Figure 2 After accessing the web site and downloading the free viewing application software provided online tutorials interactive demos help functions and FAQs are also available the user is presented with a host of choices under Available Maps found under Contents With the most appropriate starting point being the BC Geological Survey geology map it is then a simple task to access the required maps The first screen shows a map of BC divided into 1 250 000 scale NTS maps a zoom in feature allows isolation of the general
171. s command is available only when a single layer is selected Turn On All Layers Available only for layer groups turns on all the layers in a layer group Turn Off All Layers Available only for layer groups turns off all the layers in a layer group MGViewerHelp doc 33 Release Notes Known Issues The following general notes include known problems or issues with using Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Release 6 Transparent portions of bitmap symbols don t print properly on PostScript printers Selected polygons print in white on PostScript printers Dashed lines print as solid lines Displaying selected features under raster layers VBA not supported in Release 6 Problems with HP LaserJet printers Printing problems with PCL printer drivers Viewing a report for multiple features Error message Missing parameter ITEM Web browser window displaying behind other windows Map scale rounded up or down Legend width in Plug In and Java Viewer ActiveX Control cannot open reports whose names contain double quotation Marks Issues with Microsoft Internet Explorer Issues with Netscape Navigator Issues with the Java Edition of the Viewer Transparent Portions of Bitmap Symbols Don t Print Properly on PostScript Printers Print to a non PostScript printer or install a driver for your PostScript printer that supports Hewlett Packard Graphics Language HPGL or Printer Control Language PCL For example if your printer is currently configu
172. s page Zoom in to your area of interest click the Crown Grant Raster Index layer on use your select tool to double click the resulting grid which creates the NTS report The BCGS Geology Map also has the Crown Grant Raster Index layer The report Mineral Tenure Raster Map Download has links to the Interactive map with Crown Grant Rasters or you can Download Crown Grant Rasters TI FF format and load them into a graphic package 3 of 6 2002 10 08 2 32 PM The MapPlace FAQs 4 of 6 http www em gov bc ca Mining Geolsurv MapPlace faq htm If viewing the map interactively with the MapPlace and the image resolution is poor after a zoom it can be sharpened by right clicking on the Crown Grant Raster Map layer and Rebuilding the layer If the background is grey turn off the BC Border layer at the bottom of the legend TOP 16 Internet Explorer 5 5 or Nestcape 4 7 crashes using MapGuide 5 0 You may experience errors and crashes using IE 5 5 or Netscape 4 7 and MG 5 while printing and turning on layers IE or Netscape shuts down with an error message similar to this l EXPLORE caused an exception 10H in module MGAXCTRL DLL at or NETSCAPE caused an exception 10H in module NPMAPV32 DLL at In the case of IE the BCGS Geology Exploration Assistant and Mineral Titles maps have been updated to access the latest version of the MapGuide ActiveX Control mgaxctrl dll Adjust your bookmarks to use the updated ma
173. sca vein strikes at 045 degrees with a 30 to 50 degree northwest dip The vein is hosted within granodiorite and tends to flatten as it traverses the schistose volcanics to the south The vein comprises quartz gangue mineralized with pyrite some galena sphalerite and free gold The gold occurs as 80 per cent free gold and 20 per cent is associated with sphalerite The vein is a few centimetres to about 1 5 metres wide ging about 0 3 metres 4 MINFILE Reports Exploring The MapPlace 31 British Columbia Geology Legend MIDDLE JURASSIC MJB BONNINGTON PLUTON granodioritic intrusive rocks MJgr granite alkali feldspar granite intrusive rocks NELSON BATHOLITH MJNgd granodioritic intrusive rocks EARLY JURASSIC EAGLE CREEK PLUTONIC COMPLEX EJE dioritic to gabbroic intrusive rocks EJS SILVER KING INTRUSIONS feldspar porphyritic intrusive rocks LOWER JURASSIC ROSSLAND GROUP DRA ARCHIBALD FORMATION mudstone siltstone shale fine clastic sedimentary rocks URE ELISE FORMATION basaltic volcanic rocks IJRH HALL FORMATION mudstone siltstone shale fine clastic sedimentary rocks TRIASSIC TO JURASSIC YMIR GROUP TrJY limestone slate siltstone argillite UPPER MISSISSIPPIAN TO PERMIAN uMPM MILFORD FORMATION limestone slate siltstone argillite ORDOVICIAN OA ACTIVE FORMATION mudstone siltstone shale fine clastic sedimentary rocks CAMBRIAN TO DEVONIAN LARDEAU GROUP CmDLI INDEX FORMATION mudstone siltstone shale f
174. ser window To display the linked Web page double click the feature Selecting Map Features When you select features on a map you can then view a report that provides information about the selected features or you can adjust the map display to zoom to the selected features The number and type of selected features are displayed on the status bar at the bottom of the map Note When you select a map feature Autodesk MapGuide selects the feature by its key Therefore if you select a map feature that contains multiple points each of which has the same key each of those points will be selected Similarly if there are multiple features in the map with the same key selecting one of those features will select all features that share that same key You can do any of the following to select features on a map Specifying the selection mode Selecting features within other map features Selecting features within a specified distance from other map features View Buffers command Selecting map features by name Selecting individual map features Autodesk MapGuide Selecting all map features in a rectangular area Selecting all map features in a circular area Selecting all map features in a polygonal area Deselecting map features Specifying the Selection Mode By default when selecting features inside a rectangle circle polygon or buffer Autodesk MapGuide selects only those features whose centroids center points are within that sel
175. site Reports 1 the ability to import text files containing assessment report Mineral Statistics metals coal and industrial minerals numbers Al reports released after September 1998 are available for viewing Mineral Titles searching details on mineral tenures Surfiaal Hazards Mapping on this Web site and on CD Ihe MapPlace tively view MINFILE ther GSB New to our site are the codes utilized by the ARIS database databases Tour of the MapPlace Visit the MINFILE site for searching and information on Mineral Occurrences website for in e E tafe gt ph sb Ld Roundup 2001 2 Visit MINFILE Home Page 3 Visit ARIS Home Page Exploring The MapPlace 21 British Columbia Regional Geochemistry Cil ras jesse g ET Jl caen re corem cartam ee nee G twit En gt Click on Area of Interest to View Survey Data Programs amp Services Ministry Mews Ministry Search Reporte amp Publications Eho Map Contacts Mineral Titles Search by Owner The mineral tenure information at this sibe was last updated on the morning of May 27 2002 Tenure Type Standing AI All Mineral Only Good Standing Only Cc Placer Only Farfeited Only Coal Only Insert the name of the person or company Surname first eg Smith John Insert partial name for a list of al names beginning with the characters entered max 600 results Completed RGS Surveys Summary Table of
176. sk MapGuide Viewer Help and Appendix 3 Frequently Asked Questions are great reference tools to get you started and assist you with any problems you might have Reduce Downloading Time There are a couple of ways to decrease downloading time Downloading time is decreased if you ZOOM IN on a map area before choosing appropriate layers The same goes when you want to ZOOM OUT of a map area except you deselect layers before you ZOOM OUT Selecting multiple layers can also reduce downloading time Highlight individual layer titles while holding down the Ctrl key Figure 6 or by using the Shift key to highlight layer titles in sequence Once you have highlighted all the layers you want select any one of the adjacent highlighted layer boxes The result will be the selection of all the layers at once The same process can be used when deselecting more than one layer E ECGS Geology Map Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Government of British Columbia File Edt View Favorites Tools Help EI e Ond amd t 4 smu H 5 O O 47 hitp ebony gov bc ca mapplace minpot bcgs c m tn r Pnr r s n Coli Laye y Expand Laye rs Rem ove Frame M ipPfa ce home CGS home al YEA LVR E autodesk v i BC Administrative Area Layers ES i O BC Localities lt 500K O BC Municipalities BC Municipality labels Regional Mines O
177. ssessment report indexes ARIS and regional geochemical surveys RGS Other links will take you to map indexes Geological Survey of Canada databases terrain maps and more Netscape Microsoft MapGuide Author cordlink gsc nrcan gc ca cordlink1 www em gov bc ca Mining Geolsurv Minfile mmsd1 mms nrcan 2c ca maps www em gov bc ca MiDa www em gov bc ca MapPlace Microsoft s Internet Info Server CGI Gateway nterface MapGuide Server Figure 1 Diagrammatic view of the MapPlace configuration in relation to the Internet geographic data attribute databases other websites and other MapGuide sites ColdFusion GIS Functionality The power of the system is that it provides some near GIS options such as buffering around intrusions or faults retrieving attributes for polygons or points and displaying different sized symbols or polygon fills based on object attributes With the Mapguide Author software the user has nearly complete control of how data is displayed thus allowing further customization of the resultant map Further enhancements can be achieved by embedding the MapGuide window in a web page and accessing the Viewer s API through Javascript or VBscript The B C Mapper application on the MapPlace site 1s one such application that Article from GEOLOG Spring 2001 Vol 30 Pt 1 allows a user to input their own data on top of existing MapPlace themes by digitizing polygons points and lines o
178. st 5 gam capabilities ees Geology Selection we mt Ed ca he Age Print Page Setup PopUp Menu aj BI Litholegy X usetheright gt mouse button Boolanari 3 Select Select Map Objects Hew Select within polygon Select Radius About l Select Polygon Select Clear amp Cucnwer SS MB M ii enc owe neret Gecctemieny _ age rocks with thology of Volcanic in ANY desrey Mooy af Dp ewww ern po Dx cas Linie nag heec c the Sup a ee Di Cursor Position Viewing Scal Size of map window Figure 9 Exploration Assistant displaying Geology Selection Jurassic age volcanic lithology and any terrain with an aeromagnetic back drop Mineral Titles Map This map is viewed along with an additional window frame to allow users to conduct a number of Mineral Title related searches Tenure searches by number claim name tag number tenures staked by a person and tenure owned by a person or company Free Miner searches Maps searches for a list of all tenures on a specific map and Mineral Title Maps on the web Lot searches by number and Land District Form searches for Mineral Tenure Act Forms and Applications Other searches Map Index Tenure Statistics Links to Mineral Titles Information and Search Tips Exploring The MapPlace 13 British Columbia Mineral Placer and Coal tenures layers are unique to
179. status 082F5W332 kENA COPPER KENA KENA SOUTH 0 feature s selected 1 78 631 15 0 x 10 8 Km aw be cael nminFie search search cfeTmodeseapbiblaninfinoz0B2F 5W 332 Internet I Geology and MINFILE occurrences within 15 km of the Kena Gold showing south of Nelson BC gt Buller clisetdstence MEE H fem J O WINFILE number label buffer ori Brulfer kys O MINFILE production Regional Geochem Layers fF Construct one buffer lor all selected map features e Mineral Tiles Layers le 21 Landuse Planning Layers Fil F Edge f Eneng Layers FA Mineral Potential Layers Hatched 599 Topographic Layers Hone be 3 Bd Layers BOGS Geology Layers Date Index 558 Bedrock Mag Scale Index 558 Bedrock Ma Type Index 058 Bedrock O Contact lt 4 Faults 4M gj O Bedrock geology by lithology AGE UNKNOWN Bl melamonptec rocks CENGZOIC m rocks QUATERNARY RECENT aluvium til 3 Bedrock geology by age and rock dan li 78 531 15 0 x 10 8 Km ig Interne 2 Select the features to be buffered To select multiple features hold down the shift key while selecting then right click the mouse within the map window and select View Buffers from the popup menu On the View Buffer screen enter the buffer distance You can also change the buffer display properties and layer name
180. stry of Sustainable Resource Management WLAP BC Ministry of Water Land amp Air Protection MOF BC Ministry of Forests NRCan Natural Resources Canada GSC Geological Survey of Canada CCHS Canada Centre for Remote Sensing GDC Geophysical Data Centre SHIM Sensitive Habitat Inventory and Mapping Exploring The MapPlace 2 Accessing Commands The MapGuide Viewer uses either toolbar buttons or the popup menu to carry out various commands Figure 5 The toolbar buttons are situated across the top left side of the Viewer window The popup menu is a menu that appears by clicking the right hand button on the mouse referred to as right clicking anywhere in the map window Right clicking displays the popup menu and a command can be selected by clicking one of the items in the menu Those commands that have a right arrow next to them such as ZOOM display a secondary popup menu when selected Figure 5 Appendix 1 and 2 provide further information about the Toolbar Buttons and Popup Menu E http ebony gov bc ca mapplace maps minpot bcgs M WF L ayersViewW idth 250 amp toolbar big Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Go Links Address amp http ebony gov be ca mapplace maps minpot begs MWF LayersViewW idth 2250 amp toolbar big wv es ao X NE B lc autodesk Copy Select Pan Zoom ZoomOut ZoomPrev ZoomGoto Unzoom Report S
181. tance such as 0 01 to preserve the size of the two original buffers Preparing to Print a Map When you print a map you can include a title a legend the map s scale a North arrow the map s URL and the current date and time Also you can specify the scale of the map you want to print or you can have MapGuide automatically scale the map to fit the printed page The following steps explain how to print the map when you use the Print gt Print command from the popup menu in Autodesk MapGuide Viewer If your map is embedded if it appears within a Web page rather than appearing in its own window and you use your Web browser s print commands the settings you specify in the following steps will not affect the way the map prints Note If you are using the Java Edition of Autodesk MapGuide Viewer this dialog box will have some additional options you need to set For more information see About the Java Edition If you are using the Java Edition of Autodesk MapGuide Viewer with Internet Explorer and you click outside the Page Setup dialog box the dialog box will go behind the Internet Explorer window To prepare to print a map 1 Right click in the map and then choose Print gt Page Setup to display the Page Setup dialog box Page Setup x Include OK v Legend URL Help v Scale Bar v Date and Time v North Arrow Map Size Specify scale Fit to Page Print Setup To print a title at t
182. tance between two points as well as the cumulative distance of all measurements made View Reports Generate reports associated with the selected map objects Help About Display information about your version of the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Help Help Contents Display the Autodesk MapGuide Help or the Help created by the author of the map If you do not have the Help installed on your computer it will be opened from the Autodesk MapGuide Web site Preferences Display the preferences dialog box where you can specify the map units selection mode and status bar settings Stop Stop or interrupt the map display from updating and dynamic map layers from downloading This command is available in the Map Window popup menu if you right click in the map while the map is loading Continue Continue updating the map display and downloading dynamic map layers This command is available in the Map Window popup menu if you right click in the map while the map is loading mmn Following are the commands that appear in the legend popup menu when you right click in the legend CNN NENNEN T CON Rebuild Rebuild the selected layer or all the layers in a layer pe Expand layer If a map layer listed in the legend does not show all of the types of objects in that layer this command expands the list Expand layer group Display the list of layers in the layer group Collapse layer If a map layer listed
183. te Displays the Delete Bookmarks dialog box where you can choose a Bookmarks bookmark to delete Bookmarks gt bookmark name Adjusts the map view to display the area that was saved under this bookmark name Select gt Select Turns on Selection mode so that you can select one or more features in a map Select gt Select Map Features Displays the Select Map Features dialog box where you select from a list of the map features Select gt Select Radius Selects the map features that fall within a circle with the radius you specify from a specific point Select gt Select Polygon Selects the map features that fall within a polygon you draw Select gt Select Within Selects the map features that fall within the selected map features 32 Autodesk MapGuide Select gt Select Clear Clears the currently selected map features You can also press ESC to clear the selection Note that pressing ESC does not work if you are using the Java Edition of the Viewer on an Apple Macintosh computer View gt View Reports Generates a report for the selected map features View gt View Buffer Creates buffers around the selected map features View gt View Distance Displays the distance between two points as well as the cumulative distance of all measurements made Help gt Preferences Displays the Preferences dialog box where you can specify the map units selection mode and status bar settings Help gt Help Contents Displays the A
184. tes Toos He 8 It 25 9 B2 8 2 B Search Favorites History Mail smi Stop Refresh Home Address ie http mapem qo bc ca maps minpat begs mwf Laverssiewswidthz Ul BR File Download Layers BC Administrative Area Layers First Nations Layers Forestry Layers Parks Layers Landuse Planning Layers Mineral Titles Layers Mineral Inventory Layers Mineral Potential Layers Topographic Layers Geology Layers Haster Layers Border 1 250 22M uu 3 i TIA T id lec RR a p I amp S IST amp amp amp S amp ST ST ST amp T amp 1 1 415 459 181 x 142 Km amp Dene Internet df Start Microsoft ord Paper_ge le http mapem gov bc 1014 AM Figure 2 Screen image of a Mapguide window showing the geology and topography of the Rocky Mountains in northeast B C Also shown are park boundaries mineral occurrences and towns Layer groups collapsed are shown in the left hand frame The top bar has icons for the common zoom and panning tools the bottom bar shows the scale of the view and the height and width of the view in kilometres Article from GEOLOG Spring 2001 Vol 30 Pt 1 Table 1 Summary of major datasets accessible through the MapPlace No of Objects Date Reports Downloads and Visible Scales M million Sources of Layer Group or Name Object Type Coverage Updated Links K thousand Bedrock Geology 1 5M 1
185. the printed map Java Viewer Reports The API call to View Reports does not work on the MacOS MBJ 2 2 platform but does work for the View Reports button and popup menu Unlike Netscape and IE on the Windows platform Apple s MRJ virtual machine uses the standard JDK 1 1 applet security mechanism Unless the applet is signed or put into the Java Runtime library directory the applet will run inside a sandbox and will not have access to the local file system For more information see Apple s MRJ Technotes TN 1175 Applet signing with MRJ and JavaKey 38 Autodesk MapGuide Duplicate Commands Appear in Popup Menu If you are using the Java Edition Viewer with Microsoft Internet Explorer you may notice the same commands appearing multiple times in the popup menu If this happens you may need to update your version of the Java Virtual Machine Following are the versions of the Java Virtual Machine that are required for Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Version Java Virtual Machine Build Internet Explorer 5 Build 3193 Internet Explorer 5 01 Build 3240 You can download the Java Virtual Machine builds from the Microsoft Web site Revised September 19 2001 MGViewerHelp doc 39 Autodesk MapGuide Appendix 2 The MapPlace Toolbar and Popup Menu http www em gov bc ca Mining Geolsurv MapPlace menudesc htm t Toolbar amp Popup Menu Netscape Fie Edi View Go Communicator Help z T Bookmarks A Location em gov b
186. this map and can be viewed at scale of 1 3 000 000 or less Once these layers have been selected users can use the SELECTION function on the toolbar buttons and double click on any map tenure area to search the database for that particular tenure number Figure 10 The lower window frame will display related information about the selected tenure as well as provide links to gain access to further information a Mineral Titles Map and MIDA Linked Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Government of British Columbia Fie Ed amp View Favode Took EI Address E hitp ebory gov be ca mapplace minpot min_titl ctmn e ge F autodesk v i Mineral Tiles Layers 5 ET O ALL titles outline 21M ALL titles outline labelled 200K v ALL tilles solid 3M Claim Part ALL tiles solid recently non active lt O lt MINERAL tiles outline lt 1 O MINERAL tiles outline labelled 2001 O MINERAL ities solid lt 3 PLACER biles outline lt 1 O PLACER titles outline labelled lt 200K PLACER biles solid lt 3 COAL tiles cutine lt 1M E COAL titles outline labelled lt 200K QUI COAL titles solid lt 3M 104 AA O Claim Posts LA YAN e Gnd Layers v amp Mineral Potential Solid Shade v acter Laver Me E M i ofl TOKE Lat 58 732828 Lon 133 260557 ALL titles solid
187. ting of valuable attribute data that is linked to individual map objects For some themes clicking on an object links to a separate Internet site such as MINFILE or Mineral Titles allowing further search and retrieval capabilities How did it evolve The MapPlace has been operational for over four years now Its development is linked to the release of AutoDesk s MapGuide software in mid 1997 This product met our requirements for a cost effective and efficient method to display retrieve and analyze vector and polygon based map information over the Internet The site capabilities have met all our original requirements for data dissemination and have opened up the realm of online data analysis and distributed data input and maintenance Use of web based tools reduced our development costs and allows us to piggyback on evolving Internet tools and expertise How does it work The MapPlace website was developed around several off the self software packages Autodesk s MapGuide Allaire s ColdFusion and Microsoft s Access are the packages used on the site in addition to the normal WWW server software Databases are used to handle all the tabular information associated with the site ColdFusion is used as a WWW database manager report writer and sophisticated WWW toolkit MapGuide Server Author and Viewer software provide the map displays GIS functionality and development environment for this style of web presentation There are numerous differ
188. tions for effects such as highway shields o Locate an address o Incorporate image formats BMP TIFF PNG JPG and GIF o Save and retrieve projects o Print maps o Incorporate overview maps o View legends and scale bars o Quickly access the Geography Network a collaborative system that connects users with data and services via the Internet o Add ArcSDE layers ArcExplorer 4 also includes comprehensive on line help ArcExplorer and the Internet One of the unique features of ArcExplorer 4 is that you can display a MapService built with ArcIMS and perform GIS functions directly online without having to download data from the Web ArcExplorer 4 allows you to browse and query data on the Internet or your corporate Intranet Technical Information ArcExplorer 4 can be installed on a Windows UNIX or Linux operating system ArcExplorer User Manual To help you get the most out of ArcExplorer 4 you can download the user manual Using ArcExplorer 4 Java Edition in PDF format by going to http Awww esri com software arcexplorer using arcexplorer java pdf in your internet browser This helpful manual offers useful tips as well as complete instructions for installing ArcExplorer creating maps and saving projects You can also get user to user ArcExplorer help from the online discussion forum at http forums esri com forums asp c 24
189. top Help File Download Layers Te eee 1o ow gt z3 BC Administrative Area Layers First Nations Layers 3 Parks Layers i Forestry Layers 103l 093L 093K 093J z3 Mineral Inventory Layers Regional Geochem Layers Landuse Planning Layers Mineral Potential Hatched 103G 4034 0936 093F 093G ium Topographic Layers Grid Layers O Grid 1 50K maps gt Grid 1 250K maps 1038 1034 63D 093C 0938 0934 n lt Grid 1 250K labels O Grid 5 degrees T O gt UTM zones 1020 Provincial Geology Layers iod ie vee O Date Index GSB Bedrock Mapping Pace Set O Scale Index GSB Bedrock Mapping LE O Type Index GSB Bedrock Mapping Foe 0821 O Geology geomorphological belts Pan 1021 0921 092K 092 lt gt Geology GSC Assem 1 1 Reload O Geology GSC Canada 1 5M lt 8 Copy gt eee Solid Shade Foam NL Iu ES a A Bookmarks Zoom Goto 092E 092 0925 gt DEM image hillshade m ere View 2 Zoom Scale g 3 BC Border Layers About 2501 ales iar gt BC Border 1 6M Zoom Previous 092 0928 Zoom Out UnZoom F Zoom to a specific map window scale 1 5 801 120 1 162 x 929 Figure 5 Toolbar Buttons and Popup Menu Internet zone The toolbar buttons allow the user to COPY the current map view to the clipboard SELECT features PAN or slide the map around to display ar
190. ts in PDF format on the map Coalfield maps in PDF format are linked to reports with a summary of the Coalfield links to coal deposit descriptions in MINFILE and the Coalfield maps in PDF format 18 Geological Survey Branch Ministry of Energy and Mines BC Geology Map Index This map is displayed in Albers Equal Area Projection This map contains most of the layers NEES found in the BCGS map as well as the following Index Map layers Surficial Mapping Index amp Regional Geochemical Survey Index MINFILE Index and B C Geological Survey of Bedrock by Date Scale Type E Da d GSC amp GSB Geology Map Indexes This map of the World is zoomed into Canada and is displayed in Mercator projection This map gt contains map index layers from the Geological Survey of Canada GSC and B C Geological Survey GSB as well as a volcano world countries major cities layer U S Cities States and Interstates layers Mineral Activity Maps ER These maps display locations of mining coal industrial mineral refining and smelting ee Salt operations E General BC Map This map displays base map features without geoscience data This map is useful for viewing base map layers in BC It features Administrative First Nations Parks Forestry Topographic Aquifers and Grid layers It also has the LandSat and DEM Image Hillshade Raster layers Exploring The MapPlace 19 British Columbia GE
191. u turn on the desired layers after ZOOMING into an area The same idea applies when you ZOOM OUT of an area Except this time turn off the layers before you ZOOM OUT Thank you for your time 10 A BC Mining Divisions Layer All 3 layers combined amp displayed as a single map Exercise 4 BCGS Geology Map Open the BCGS Geology Map What layers are already selected Deselect or turn off the Lakes and Rivers 1 6M layers Layers are grouped by themes Select or turn on the BC Communities Layer Drag your mouse pointer over some of the communities yellow labels should appear Appendix 7 Overview of ArcExplorer http www esri com software arcexplorer index html Overview of ArcExplorer 4 Java Edition Features ArcExplorer 4 is a complete easy to use GIS data viewer that displays and queries locally stored GIS data as well as MapServices from ArcIMS ArcExplorer 4 is built with Java which allows you to enjoy cross platform support And as always ArcExplorer is absolutely free All you need to do to get started is to download ArcExplorer 4 from ESRI s Web site E uts TEDA 208470 OLAS ok With ArcExplorer 4 you can o and zoom through multiple map layers o Query spatial and attribute data o Create a buffer around selected features o Measure distances on a map o Create map layers with one symbol unique symbols and graduated symbols o Label map features with many op
192. uments in which case the appropriate viewer is required See Geological Maps Online for additional publication of DWF files KEN Mineral Titles download layer to link to OB2F Mineral Titles map in PDF format visible at 1 1 5M Zoom to 1 1 5M scale turn on the Mineral Titles PDF 082F layer in the File Download Layers group at top of the legend Double click on the 1 20K map area and the PDF file will open in a new window Adobe Reader rnust be installed for this feature A new Mineral Titles Clairn Name layers visible at 1 100K scale is also available in the Mineral Titles Layers group IU Geothermal Hotsprings Boreholes Rotary Boreholes and Potential layers under Energy Layer group NEW pH of Waters F in Waters and U in Waters layers under the Regional Geochem Layers group Geologic Tectonic Assemblage layer under the BCGS Geology Layers group NEW Digital Orthophotes 85 images These 1 metre pixel images are displayed in the UTM projected maps To link to the 5 UTM zone maps turn on the Orthophoto Coverage layer at the top of the legend double click on the area of interest and the appropriate Zone map will i iif aD 2 More Details describes the map including new features UR ae a s 26 Geological Survey Branch Ministry of Energy and Mines BCGS Geology Map Nelscape MEES 0 Benen See SEA pii A 38 L i Gn 1 250 m
193. ummary amp Downloads 6 63 6 63 Mineral Tenure Sample PDF Maps Contact Mineral Titles Branch 2001 Coal Report Index COALFILE coalrpts bc alb zip coalrpts bc dd zip more downloads coalflds bc alb zip coalflds bc dd zip Coalfields Aggregate Potential Data 1996 2002 Aggregate Potential Data RR HN Nov 2001 BC Parks parks bc alb zip parks bc dd zip 14 18 13 18 Rivers lakes roads coast cities 1 2M scale rivers bc alb zip rivers bc dd zip see GeoGratis NRCan lakes bc alb zip lakes bc dd zip roads bc alb zip roads bc dd zip coastline bc alb zip coastline bc dd zip 2 4 2 4 sea bc alb zip sea bc dd zip 3 4 2 4 cities bc alb zip cities bc dd zip Borders amp 1 250K NTS grid border bc alb zip border bc dd zip ntsgrid bc alb zip ntsgrid bc dd zip neatline bc alb zip neatline bc dd zip Notes amp Links Metadata is in compilation Figures in brackets are file sizes in megabytes MB of the zipped and unzipped SHP files respectively file sizes less than 1 MB are not shown ZIP files require PKUNZIP or WinZip available at www pkware com or www winzip com 20 Geological Survey Branch Ministry of Energy and Mines WORKING EXAMPLES Exercise 1 GSB Website gt he MapPlace Netscape File Edit View Go Communicator Help i f Bookmarks Location hitp wem em gov bc ca Mining Geolsuv M apPlace default him what s Related IS Pe The MapPlace mmar
194. urvey as a tool for mineral explorationists the service has also proven to be an excellent resource for agencies and stakeholder groups who require mineral potential inventories for purposes ranging from public land use planning to treaty negotiations As the MapPlace website continues to evolve it has also somewhat unexpectedly become an ideal geological based reference tool for professional geoscientists and engineers involved in environmental investigations and assessments a zs ee Xxx pH riu b xem TY CIAM TURNER Wee b CR uo LAM MERE e a obe city municipal and Indian reserve boundaries ve S to 5 e 5 yo gt 5 3 RS 5 lt z lt DM J z ya Innovation June 2001 Volume 5 Number 5 1 Features of the MapPlace The brainchild of Ward Kilby PGeo formerly of the Geological Survey the MapPlace www em gov bc ca mapplace is an award winning web based system that provides the mineral exploration industry land use planners government agencies and the general public with free access to BC mineral exploration information in a dynamic map format Its development was linked to the 1997 release of AutoDesk s MapGuide software which displays retrieves and analyzes vector and raster based map information over the internet and can be downloaded free of charge from the
195. utodesk MapGuide Help or the Help created by the author of the map If you do not have the Help installed on your computer it will be opened from the Autodesk MapGuide Web site Help gt About Displays information about your version of Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Stop Stops or interrupts the map display from updating and dynamic map layers from downloading This command is available in the Map Window popup menu if you right click in the map while the map is loading Continue Continues updating the map display and downloading dynamic map layers This command is available in the Map Window popup menu if you right click in the map while the map is loading The following table describes the commands that appear in the popup menu when you right click a layer or a layer group in the legend Command Description Rebuild Rebuilds the selected layer or all the layers in a layer group Expand layer Displays all of the styles for that layer Expand layer group Displays the list of layers in the layer group Collapse layer If a map layer listed in the legend shows all of the layer styles collapses the list to show only the layer names Collapse layer Collapses the list of layers in the layer group displaying only the layer group name group Expand Theme Displays the names of the theme categories for the layer This command is available only when a single layer is selected Collapse Theme Hides the list of theme categories for the layer Thi
196. uttons Click on the Command for more details When the buttons are selected they stick you can use the ESC key to get back to the Select button 2002 10 08 2 34 PM Toolbar amp Popup Menu http www em gov bc ca Mining Geolsurv MapPlace menudesc htm Bs Copy the current map view to the clipboard Le Select Select a feature in the map amy p Move the map around to display areas that are outside mE of the current view Zoom in by a magnification factor of two on the point that you click or zoom in to the rectangular area you draw with the mouse click drag and release the left mouse button my Zoom out by a magnification factor of two from the A Zoom Out point you click to display a larger area of the map oj Zoom Previous Return to the previous zoom magnification and location E Zoom to a specified location Select a Category fill in X zoom Sero the Location and Zoom to width la 1 UnZoom Zoom out to display the entire map an Benepe Generate reports associated with the selected map p objects Stop or interrupt the map display from updating and Stop dynamic map layers from downloading Opens the online Help to get information about viewing maps If you do not have the Help installed on your computer it will be opened from the Autodesk MapGuide Web site Help Contents These are custom buttons to Collapse or Expand all layers You c
197. window showing geology mineral occurrences and claims in the vue of the Kena prospect 42 Geological Survey Branch Ministry of Energy and Mines Exercise 12 Searching for Data using the Canadian Geoscience Knowledge Network CGKN I nternet Portal ET GEN Data Cataloque Leer Login Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Government of British Columbia Fie Edt View Favontes Toole Heip Q4 Qe unes Ch 2j x E Address 4 http vemos cckn neticoi bin wes shemllogn phtmi Canadian Geoscience Knowledge Network Data Catalogue CGKN Data Catalogue Welcome Se Pome you are not already a Data Catalogue Online user you can Register for an account iram IE you have a OGEN Data Catalogue Onkne account please enter your access information in the boxes to the left select your preferred chent for this session and select the Logn button Password Client Type HTML at 1024x758 Please review the Web Enterpnse Sute Onkne tutonal if you are a new user Forget your password Please note that JAVA chent is available If you wish to use this client please proceed to the JAVA LOGIN LE HELP download page to download and install the chent on your computer Once you have installed the client the Chent Type list box wil include a JAVA Chent option PET amp _ ejecevvete catalogue 1 The Canadian TE YE Weapon data catalogue logon page CGEN Data Catalogue HTML Client 3
198. y of Data Availabl Tour of MapPlace FAQs Comment amp Support The Toolbar amp P M Updates to the MapPlace Geospatial Data Downloads 4 heme Maps Selected Mapper Maps Summary Data Available Updates on MapPlace The MapPlace FAQs Toolbar amp P Men 99999999 The FREE Autodesk MapGuide viewer is required to access The Map Place Click on the Autodesk icon at the right to acquire the Autodesk whl viewer e 4 MapGuide MUS B wnl nstall Instruction gt ide Viewer Guides RE RS Demo Site Tutorial to Autodesk MapGuide Site Features of the MapPlace ntR B create your own maps using interactive data sets i Create reports from selected themes and objects ARIS Assessment Reports Bedrock Mapping with EXPLORATION ASSISTANT you can search by BP Mineral Potential TRACTS B MINFILE commodities names and deposit types Geoscience Resources GEOLOGY age lithology and terrains Geochemistry CLAIMS anniversary dates Partnerships The MapPlace Geospatial Data Downloads ARC Shapefiles Mineral Potential Complete Table of Maps MINFILE Mineral Inventory General Map of BC Public E ion Surficial Hazards Mapping For questions or more information on geology and minerals in British Columbia Terrain Map Library please contact GSB Mailbox or use the toll free number B C residents only Irnciaymnaza What s New

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