The Map Viewer is designed to allow both general map users and power users to view land-based information as layers “stacked” over a base map in an easy-to-use interface. This viewer also allows various map-based tools to be used, as well as custom themes and layers.

The Map Viewer provides a broad distribution of land-related information through a browser-based map display. The Map Viewer employs maps that are published through ESRI ArcGIS Server. Data contained within the Integral-LIS database can also be displayed in the Map Viewer. The Map Viewer is comprised of three main components:

• The Map Viewer including powerful filtering and querying forms (The Map Viewer is launched in the user interface of

Integral-LIS and is displayed to the user through the browser.),

• An Administration module to manage the map services (The Administration module is also accessed through the

Integral-LIS user screens.), and

• an ESRI ArcGIS Server environment (the map services published by ArcGIS Server are managed outside of the

Integral-LIS application).

The Map Viewer interface is comprised of 3 main components as shown below.

• Navigation Controls (1) – Additional controls used for navigating the map: Zoom In, Zoom Out, Pan, Previous Extent, Next Extent, and Full Extent. The Navigation Controls bar also features a measure tool, a Query Integral Layers button, a Query Tools button, and a Map Admin button.
• Measure Toolbar (2) - Contains Line, Polygon, and Rectangle measuring tools. The Line tool measures linear distance, while the Polygon and Rectangle tools measure area. Various units can be selected and will be context sensitive to the tool used.
• Map display area (3) – Displays the current map position, active layers, selected features, and search results.

• GIS Locator ID (1) – Uniquely identifies the GIS Location
• Latitude and Longitude (2) - Position using traditional mapping units Latitude and Longitude
• UTM Units (3) – Position using UTM units Easting and Northing

Throughout this document, reference is made, directly and indirectly, to actors. Actors are individuals involved with a specific workflow or process and in most cases are users of the application. The actors that will use or maintain the Mapping package are given below. Examples of actors include the user who will make general use of the maps, and the Mapping Server Administrator who will create and publish map services, configure themes, filters, hot links, and security options.

The Navigation Controls bar consists of the following tools:

NOTE: Any deviation from the queue path results in a new path forming and effectively clearing the queue checkpoints available for the Next Extent button. For instance, if the Previous Extent button is clicked twice, then returning to the original state is as simple as clicking the Next Extent button twice. But, if instead, the Previous Extent button is clicked twice and another action is performed such as Zoom In, then the Next Extent button grays out and is unavailable. |

The Map Viewer display area is the portion of the Map Viewer where the map is displayed. There are two main methods for manipulating the map area: navigation controls found on the main Query Toolbar and the Navigation Controls.