Interactive Map Tools
The Interactive Map comes with two toolbars:
The Main toolbar - The toolbar that displays on top of the map.
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Action Toolbar | Hides/Displays the Advanced toolbar on the left side of the map. |
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Lookup | Displays the Search pop-up window and lets you search for an address, geography, or analysis area. |
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Zoom In | Enlarges the map display in increments. |
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Zoom Out | Reduces the map display in increments. |
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Custom Zoom | Displays the map based on a specified/customized scale |
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Zoom to Box | Displays the map to a rectangular area drawn on the map |
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Layer Control | Displays the Layer Control pop-up window, which allows you to show or hide map layers, set map layer styles and specify which layers you want included in the map legend. |
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Show Measure | Displays the Measurements pop-up window and lets you measure the distance between two or more map points. |
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Legend | Displays a map legend showing all open layers, labels (and/or ranges) for color-coded analysis areas. |
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Basemap | Displays the map in default 2D, World Imagery, or Hybrid view. |
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Select | Displays the Selections pop-up window, which allows you to select locations, areas, or geographies on the map. |
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Unselect | Lets you deselect location(s), geographies, or area(s) that appear selected on the map. |
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Clear Map within Extent | Removes all selections and layers from the current map view. |
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Reset Map | Returns the map view to the default map view. |
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Save Map Image | Lets you create an output of the current map image as a .PDF, .EPS, .GIF, .JPEG, or .SVG file, as well as print the map. |


Tool | Icon Name | Description |
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Open Map Session | Opens a previously saved map session. |
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Save Map Session | Saves the currently displayed map session. |
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InfoBox | Displays details about the displayed location or area on the map. |
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Analysis Area Builder | Displays the Analysis Area Builder pane, which allows you to create analysis areas from the selections on the map. |
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Theme Manager | Displays the Theme Manager pane, which allows you to create color-coded themes and other graphic divisions on the analysis areas or geographies on the map. |
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Export Layers | Displays the Export Layers pane, which allows you to export specific map layers that you want to export in .TAB, .SHP, .MIF, .KML, and ESRI-FSG format. |
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Add Layer |
Displays the Add Layers pane, which allows you to add saved analysis areas, standard geographies, point-level data, and previously filtered locations as layers. |
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Execute Reports |
Opens the Report Builder pane and lets you generate a report. |
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Annotations | Lets you add annotations to the map using the Annotation Properties window. |
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