Viewing web maps in the map viewer

Below is a quick reference for viewing web maps in the map viewer.

Navigate

To pan and zoom, use your mouse and scroll wheel, the arrow keys on your keyboard, or the zoom slider on the left side of your map. To zoom in, you can also press and hold the SHIFT key and drag a box on the map. Click the arrow in the top right corner to open an overview map. You can also browse the map to a predefined extent through bookmarks.

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If you have a Mac with OS X 10.6 or greater, you can take advantage of multitouch gestures to pan and zoom the map. The default behavior is to pan. To zoom, press and hold the SHIFT key to zoom in or out. Moving your fingers toward you zooms in; moving your fingers away zooms out.

Locate address and places

Use the Find locator to find locations such as addresses, places, intersections, cities, points of interest, monuments, and geographic entities. The locator shows suggestions as you type if your portal is using the default World geocode service hosted in ArcGIS Online. Your map is automatically zoomed to the closest match and a pop-up window appears at the location. If the location isn't what you wanted, click the Not what you wanted? link in the window and select a different location from the list.

View attribute information

Features are representations such as points or lines of real-world objects drawn on the map. For example, features might represent recreation areas within a national park, emergency evacuation routes, or bird nests within a proposed real estate development project. Features often contain descriptive text, images, and so on, shown in a pop-up window that helps you better understand the significance of a particular map. For more information, see About displaying attributes with a pop-up window.

Edit features

If you see an Edit button, it means the map you are viewing contains a feature layer and you can add, change, or remove the features. For more information, see About editing features.

View data over time

If you see a time slider at the bottom of the map, you can play the map to see how the information changes over time. For more information, see Viewing time-enabled web maps.

See map details

Click the Details button to see information about the map, show the map contents, and see a legend.

About the map

Click the About button to see a summary, the owner, the last modification date, user ratings, and a link to more detailed information.

Show contents

Click the Contents button to see a list of the layers in the map. Click the name of the group layer to see the individual layers within the group. Uncheck the box to the right of the name to turn off (not display) the layer. Check the box to the left of the name to turn on (display) the layer. Click the arrow to the right of the layer name and click the Description link to open a web page with detailed information about the layer.

Legend

Click the Legend button to display a legend for layers in the map. You will not see a legend for basemaps, layers that are not accessible externally, or on layers where the map author has hidden the legend.

Share

Use the Share button to share a link to a map or embed it in a website or web mapping application. For more information, see Sharing web maps.

Print

Click the Print button to create a printer-friendly image of your map. Layers that are not accessible externally, KML, and time-aware layers do not appear on a printed map. If you print a map using your browser print button, other layers and logos may be missing as well.

Directions

Click the Directions button to get a set of turn-by-turn driving directions. For more information, see Getting directions.

Measure

Click the Measure button to determine the area of a polygon, the length of a line, or the coordinates of a point. For more information, see Measuring area, distance, and location.

See bookmarks

Click the Bookmarks button to see a list of bookmarks that allow you to go to a specific location and scale on the map. For more information, see Bookmarking places.

3/24/2014