Lesson Three

Lesson Three is a practical exercise that follows a typical record search query. We have a new project that lies on the Willow Creek Reservoir SE quad (41116-A5) in southern Elko County and want to identify all sites and inventories within 1 kilometer of the project area.

• From the opening Map View,
• Make sure the 7.5 minute quad Map Layer is active.
• Select the Find Button  and enter either the quad name or quad code. (Remember the search is case sensitive)

Or

• When the search is returned, Click on the 1 to zoom to the selected quad.

The Willow Creek Reservoir SE quad is highlighted in orange.

§         Left Click the Select Line/Polygon Button  and draw the following project.

§         Double left click at point 8 to close the polygon.

§         Make the TRS grid Map Layer Active

§         Click the Select Line/Polygon Button

§   Left click the Complete Polygon & Select  Button

All Sections crossed by the project boundary are selected.

§   Left click the Buffer Button .

§   Highlight Sites within 1000 meters (1 km) of the selected TRS Grid. (Make sure to check the Display Attributes Box).

§   Left Click Create Buffer.

All Sites within 1 km of Sections within the Project Area are displayed.

Click on the Blue Underlined site number to view a scanned site record.

To copy the Results to a spreadsheet

§   Right click in the Sites Box,

§   Left Click Select All,

§   Copy the selected records (Cntl C)

§   Paste (Cntl V) the selected dataset into a Spread Sheet.

§   Drag the Zoom Button to zoom to the project area.

§   Select the Print Button.

§   Title your Map NEW PROJECT.

§   Left click Create Print Page.

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A Search Results Map is displayed.

§         Select the Buffer Button .

§         Repeat the above process to identify all Inventories within the project area.

Create a Map or copy records if you wish.

This concludes your training session.

§         Clear all selections  and return to the maps full extent .

Exit the WEB Browser.