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The screenshot below highlights the key features of Map Advanced. An explanation of what these do and how they work is set out further below.

1. Legend

The Legend [1] serves two purposes. It allows you to select the data you want to see, and it shows how data is presented in the map. Boxes can be selected to turn on and off to view data. Plus and minus signs expand and close datasets.

2. Zoom and Scroll Buttons

The simplest way to pan or move the map is to click and drag with your cursor. To zoom in and out of the map it's easiest to use the scroll wheel on your mouse (if you have one). Roll the wheel forward one notch at a time to zoom in, roll the wheel back in the same way to zoom out.

Alternatively, the Zoom and Scroll Buttons [2] allow you to move around the map. Click the plus button once at a time to zoom into the map in stages. Click the minus button once at a time to do the opposite. The buttons above the plus and minus signs allow you to pan around the map. To zoom into a specific area, hold down the shift key, then hold down the left mouse button and draw the shape of the area you wish to zoom to on the map before releasing the left mouse button. 

3. Basemap Options

Map advanced provides a range of Basemap Options [3] to enable you to view data against different backgrounds. Click on the down arrow to bring up basemaps available, which are currently aerial imagery and colour OS mapping.

4. Search

The Search [4] bar allows you to zoom directly to a selected property, or specific data such as a selected planning application. Simply enter the complete postcode into the search box and click search. Alternatively, select the drop down window to see what other data you can choose to zoom to.

5. Location

The Location [5] bar shows you:

• the x and y co-ordinates of the location the cursor is hovering over
• the scale the map is being viewed at. To change scale, click the scale box and select the scale you wish to view the map at. Then click the arrow button to the right
• a list of Bookmarked towns you can zoom to directly. Select the town you with to zoom to, then click the arrow button to the right

6. Tools

Map Advanced features a number of Tools [6]. The most important of these is the Identify button, which must be selected to interrogate data in Map Advanced. Click on a feature on the map (which you have turned on in the legend). An "identify Results" pop up box will return one or more results. Select the results of interest and further information on the identified feature will be presented. Some results may be links to further information (planning applications). The other Tools provide a range of more complex drawing and data selection functions.

7. Share

You can use the Share [7] bar to send your map as a Link or Print a map. To Share the map you're viewing, simply click on the Link button and further options and instructions will appear.