USERS GUIDE

(EXPERIMENTAL)

How to create a map?

The most important part of interface is layer list. Create your map by making some layers visible. After making changes, you must click the Refresh Map button for your changes to be reflected on display area.

You may zoom in to the area of the map that you click or drag a box around (click zoom in tool first). You may zoom out (click zoom out tool first) by clicking on the map. You may also pan (click pan tool first) the display in the direction that you drag the mouse pointer. In the left corner the overview map is displayed. Using toggle overview map button you may add or remove it from the map display area. You may also toggle between legend and layer list using toggle legend button.

How to print or save a map?

Click the print tool than input the map title and click Create Print Page button. You may print created map or save any its part as a picture. (press right mause button and choose Save Picture As.

How to get information about a map features?

What is a depth in this place? What kind of sediments are at given locations? Using identify tool (click it first) you display attribute information for the features that you cliked. You may get this information for any geographic position (it is displayed in status Bar) just moving the pointer where you need. First the atributes of active layer are displayed next all attribiutes of all visible layers.

How to quary a layer?

Searching for features is based on a query expression. You quary features in similar way as in traditional database. First click Active beside a layer to make it active. Only one layer can be active. The active layer is the layer against which querying, buffering and so on will be performed. Click quary tool. Click the Field dropdown arrow to select field in data base (see description of layers in the end of this guide). Write quary string and click on Execute Button (quary string may use several fields of active layer). Selected features will be highlighted and list of features matching your search criteria appears in the box below the map display area. To clear the selected set of features

How to measure distances on a map?

Click measure tool on the toolbar (to set display units use Set Units tool). Then click the starting point on your map and add a second point creating a line segment (you may continue this procedure). The total distance of all of the line segments appears in the text box. To clear the box and remove segments from the map click Clear Selection on the toolbar.

LAYERS DESCRIPTION

Sediments (field sediments)

1 coarse-grained sand

2 medium-grained sand

3 vari-grained sand

4 fine-grained sand

5 silty sand

6 silt-clay-sand

7 silt

8 clay

9 anthropogenic sand and silt