1. GIS - NetmapWEB Training Slides
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GIS - NetmapWEB Training Slides

2. The basics
NetmapWEB basic functionality

3. The Home Screen

4. Web Client Features

5. Basic Navigation Zooming
Zooming can be performed with the “Zoom in mode” / “Zoom out mode” icons
Execute a single click or drag a box

6. Basic Navigation….. Zooming
Zooming in can also be done in “Select Mode” by holding down Ctrl button and dragging a box
Ctrl + Shift and drag a box to zoom out

7. Basic Navigation….. Panning
Panning can either be done by using “Pan Mode” to drag the map or by using the grey pointers at the edge of the map

8. Window options
Various panes can be resized, collapsed and expanded using the slider controls on window borders.
Try maximising the map view by hiding all other panes

9. Object selection Use “Select Mode” Click to select individual object
Drag a box to do a multi-select
Object selection may result in multiple
results in the Object Lister pane

10. Object Selection Results
Object selection listed in the Object Lister pane:
First object will be shown in the Object Details tab:

11. Selection Mode options
File > Options > Replace Selection
Use View > Clear Selection to clear the map

12. Using the trail Used to measure distances and areas
Tools > Trail or switch to the Measure tab
Place trail points on the map to define a trail

13. Layers Equivalent to Themes in the old system
Select Tools > Layers to make visible the layers widget:
Note layers may vary depending on which area
you are viewing
Toggle Layers on and off
Wait for the system to redraw the map

14. Accessing Supplementals
Anywhere on the map, select the Supplemental Diagrams button to list the supplementals found in that area

15. Accessing Supplementals
The Object Lister in the lower half of the window will then show the RMS Rasters and RMS Supplementary Rasters found:

16. Accessing Supplementals
Select any Supplemental from the list to send it to the Object Details tab:

17. Accessing Supplementals
Select the Go To button on the Supplemental to visualise this in the map:

18. Accessing Supplementals
Use Previous View button to navigate away from the Supplemental diagram and back to the geographic map:

19. Searching On the Addresses tab Enter available address information
Hit Search
Results displayed in the Object Lister
Fields support use of wildcard (*) character for address matching

20. Searching
Also on the Search tab
Search for particular assets:

21. Searching Asset Search
Each asset search presents pre-set fields to search on, e.g., EHV Pole number:

22. Searching Asset Search
Wildcard character supported, returns multiple results matching the search criteria

23. Object Lister
Object Lister shows search results:

24. Object Lister Use controls to step through results
Select, highlight and go to a search result

25. Grid reference features
Hold down Shift key and click on the map to capture (copy to Windows clipboard) the grid reference value under the click

26. Grid reference features
Dynamic display of OS Grid Reference
Displayed in bottom right hand corner of the map
Value updates as you move cursor over the map

27. Plotting Print to File vs Plot
Print to File tab for simple plots launched in a separate browser window
Plot tab allows you to build more complex plot jobs ( e.g., multiple pages) and plot directly to nominated device

28. Print to File Launched from the Print to File
icon or visit the Print to File tab
Select a Layout (plot template),
scale and rotation and hit the
print button
PDF plot launches in new browser window

29. The Plot tab Manipulate frame(s) Apply changes
Click Plot icon to generate plot job
Select “Refresh Job Status” to see the
progress of the plot

30. The Plot tab Use New Frame to add additional frames
Multiple frames aligned along an asset – build a “plot series”
Hit “Plot”
Plots can take a while to generate – be patient!

31. The Plot tab
Supply a value to Title and Title 2 to be displayed on the plot
Select from the available plot templates
Supplemental and X-section diagrams plotted as pages 2-n of every plot

32. The Plot tab Use “Refresh Job Status”
Click plot pages link once the job has been created
Job pages then shown in the Job Pages section

33. Manipulating plot frames
While on the Plot tab, hover the mouse pointer over the rotate control on a plot frame:
Cursor will update, allowing you to rotate the frame with a mouse drag

34. Manipulating plot frames
While on the Plot tab, hover the mouse pointer over the resize controls on a plot frame:
Cursor will update, allowing you to resize the frame with a mouse drag

35. Cross Section Internal…..
Select Cross Section on Map

36. Cross Section Internal…..
Click

37. Cross Section Internal

38. LPN Specific
The following slides are specific to LPN

39. LPN Specific - Navigating to SRCs
SRC record is present in the Object Details tab
Select the Go To button
Map shows the SRC record

40. LPN Specific - Navigating to SRCs
Select a Supply Point record
Navigate the join to an associated SRC (Raster, Vector) by clicking the Relationship(1) link

41. LPN Specific - Plotting SRCs
Select a Supply Point record in the map
Supply Point record is sent to the Object Details pane

42. LPN Specific - Plotting SRCs
Supply Point provides a Plot SRC Record icon
Click to plot the SRC
The SRC launches as a PDF document in a separate browser window

43. LPN Specific - Plotting SRCs
Similarly, you can navigate the join from a Supply Point record to it’s associated Raster SRCs, Vector SRCs or SRC New records.

44. LPN Specific - Plotting SRCs
From any SRC record (Raster, Vector or New) you can select Plot SRC Record to generate the plot

45. LPN Specific - Plotting SRCs
SRC is generated as a PDF and can be saved to disk or sent to a plotter

46. Advanced functionality
The following slides illustrate new and advanced functionality

47. Query Wizard
Found under Tools > Query Wizard

48. Query Wizard Tools > Query Wizard
Create, edit and run queries to locate objects
Standard query building techniques

49. Query Wizard
Step through the wizard to create queries

50. Exports Object Lister allows you to export to third party applications
Create a list of objects in Word etc.

51. The Explorer tab Lists “sets” of objects from various sources
Search results
Map selection

52. The Network Trace tab Allows you to show a route through a network
Trace out from a starting point
Trace a shortest path between two points
Works with different “manifolds”
Requires good underlying network data – may not work everywhere!

53. The Network Trace tab
Click on the map to place start, end and block nodes
Run the trace
Map updates to show the route
Object Lister shows traced objects

54. The Network Trace tab Green line style shows the trace route
Use View > Clear > Clear Trace to clear down the map