NEW LOOK OF RAPIDMAP! Below is how the RapidMap interface will look when it is initially opened.

NEW LOOK OF RAPIDMAP! Below is how the RapidMap interface will look when it is initially opened.

MAP LAYERS When the arrow to the left of the Search For button is clicked, a Map Layers panel will slide open allowing access to all the layers available within RapidMap. Click on the plus sign to see the layers within each category. If the layer is grayed out it means the layer is not available for viewing at the current map scale. If you click on the grayed out layer a callout box will appear telling you that layers visible scale range. It will give you the option to zoom to the extent the layer would be visible at. (see image below) There are two locations to turn the imagery on: One is in the Map Layers panel and the other is on the Base Maps drop down button in the upper right corner of the map. Something new in this version is the addition of transparency for the imagery. Turn the imagery on and adjust the transparency in the Map Layers panel. At the bottom of the Map Layers panel is a search box. This allows you to search for a particular layer instead of opening up each category. If you are looking for contours, just type contour into the search box. All layers will be cleared from the Map Layers panel except the two available contour layers. Also located at the bottom of the Map Layers panel is the Legend button. Click the button and a legend of currently visible layers will appear.

SEARCHES Click the Search For drop down to see a list of searches available. Clicking on one of the search options opens up the search panel. Enter the required information and click Search. If there are any results they will show up within the panel. Click just above or below the star of the result to have the map zoom to the location of that result. To view additional information right click the result in the panel and choose Show Feature Details ; or you can double click the result. A box will pop up with the additional fields that can be viewed and any links that may be associated with that layer.

AVALIABLE TOOLBARS: Above are all the available tools that can be used within RapidMap. Below is a detailed description of each tool within each toolbar.

GETTING AROUND TAB The first 5 tools are ways in which you can get around the map; the titles of the tools are self explanatory. By default the Pan tool is the active tool. The next 3 tools are various ways you can identify a feature on the map. To the right of those tools is a drop down feature called Display For. This drop down allows you to preselect which layers to identify. This can also be done after you have identified a feature by hitting the Refine Results link in the Results panel. By default, the identify tools will identify all visible layers. Below the Display For tab is the Buffered Identify Box. The Buffered Identify check box allows you to identify a distance beyond where you clicked. If this is checked, once you click on the map a box will appear asking how far out you want to identify. The distance is in feet. The next set of tools are the Parcel Selection Tools. These 2 tools allow you to select and identify parcels only. The next tool is the Map Scale drop down. This allows you to select a specific scale, or enter one of your own. The scale is also shown in the bottom left corner of the map. Below the Map Scale drop down is the Jump to Bookmark feature. Here you can jump to a predefined bookmark or you can set one of your own. The user defined bookmark will remain in the list if the browser is reopened. If you delete your temporary internet files the user defined bookmark will be deleted as well. MAPS & DATA SOURCES TAB The Show Layers button does just that. It s an alternate way to access the layers available to view. The Bing and Google buttons allow you to see the photography from those sites for the specific area shown in RapidMap. Zoom to the area you are interested in, then click on one of the buttons. A new window will open showing that same area in either Bing Birds Eye View or Google Street View. If you pan around in Bing or Google then RapidMap will update to keep the 2 sites in sync.

TASKS TAB Print Map allows you to create a PDF of a map. The map is complete with a scale, title, disclaimer and legend. The map will open up in a new window. Note that, when returning to RapidMap you will need to close the print map window as this does not close on its own. Next to Print Map is Reports. Currently there are 3 report options: Parcel Report, Information Report and Mailing Labels. There are 3 ways to go about printing a report. If you Identify or Search on a property you can get to the Reports from the Table View (located in the results panel). Another way is to select Reports from the Tasks tab. Choose the report and choose the selection tool. Click the parcel(s) you would like a report on. The 3 rd option is the Parcel Selection tool. This tool works like drawing a polygon. Click once to start your polygon, click again to add additional vertices and double click to end. Just like the identify tools you need to go to the table view and select reports. See the images on the next page. All reports will be in PDF form so you can save them for future use. The next tool is Export Map. This tool allows you to export the map that is currently on your screen. Anything within the map window, graphics and all, will be exported to the file format chosen. There are 5 image formats to choose from. The export will open a new window. You can then save the file at that point by right clicking on the image and choosing Save Picture As. To the right of the Export Map Tool is the Printable Legend. This button allows you to print off a static legend. Click the button once to open up a PDF of a legend that will show all layers that can be displayed on the map. From here you can save the PDF or print it off. The next group of tools are the Drawing Tools. When you select one of the drawing tools you will have some options such as style, size, color, border, etc. For example, with the Polygon tool you can choose the border color and transparency, the fill color and transparency, and the border thickness. Once drawn on the map there are 3 more tools that become active: Edit Drawing, Erase Drawing and Clear All Drawings. Also, a graphics layer will be added to the Map Layers allowing you to turn the drawings on and off after they have been completed. See image on next page.

ANALYSIS TAB The first set of tools on the Analysis Toolbar is the Measurement Tools. You have the option to Measure Distance or Measure Area. To Measure Distance or Area, select the Measure Distance button (or the Measure Area button) and click once on the map. Click again to add additional vertices, and then double click to end the line or polygon. The total distance/area is shown in the measurement info on the Analysis Toolbar. Labels are put on to the map automatically. If you want to use a different unit of measurement just go up to the units drop down and select the new one. All measurements will update with the new unit of measurement. To save this measurement, select the Add as Drawing button on the toolbar. This will add a Graphics Layer to the Map Layers panel allowing you to turn the measurements on and off. Next to the Measurement tools are the Coordinate Tools. You can either Enter Coordinates or Plot Coordinates. To Plot Coordinates, just select that tool and click any place on the map. A balloon callout will appear with the coordinates. The coordinate system can also be changed on the fly. For example you can switch from Decimal Degree to Degrees, Minutes, Seconds.

TIPS AND TRICKS: When you first open the map the active tool is pan. If you want to zoom in without having to open up the toolbox to select the zoom tool, you can just hold down the shift key and draw a box. The pan tool will still be active after the map zooms in. If you are zoomed into a location on the map and you have the identify tool or any other tool active (will be highlighted orange on the toolbar) and you want to pan around, just hold down the space bar to activate the pan tool. Once you release the spacebar it goes back to the previous active tool. Another way to zoom in and out on the map is with the use of the scroll wheel on your mouse. Moving the mouse wheel towards you will zoom out on the map and moving the mouse wheel away from you will zoom in on the map.