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There are multiple ways to zoom in and out:

• Zoom in and out scroll the mouse wheel up and down.
• Zoom in only double left-click the mouse over the area you would like to zoom in.
• Zoom to a selection hold down the shift-key and left-click and hold the mouse button then drag a rectangle over the map area.
• Zoom slider press the zoom in or out  button in the top left hand corner of the map.

Navigate around the map (pan)

• Pan/move the map left-click and hold mouse button in map area and drag the mouse in any direction.

Tip - Turn layers off to speed up navigation. The more layers you have turned on, the longer it will take for everything to load each time you zoom or pan.

• The base map layers are located next to the top of the Category List .
• Click on the layers option and you can choose from VicMap Street (default), Mapscape, Open Street Map, VicMap Imagery and ESRI Imagery.

• The map scale is found in the lower left corner of the map. These will change as you zoom in and out.
• The coordinates of the cursor position on the map is displayed next to the map scale and is expressed in decimal degrees.

• A legend will appear for each layer that is selected and displayed.
• If multiple layers are selected, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

• This tool changes the order that a layer appears (e.g. bring flora records to the front so you can see them over a vegetation map).
• Under 'Layer stacking order' the layers you have selected to appear on the map will be listed.
• The layers are in order from the top of the list to the bottom as they are on the map front to back.
• To move a layer, left-click mouse over layer and drag up or down to desired position.

• To search by address, click in the 'Address Search' box.
• Type in the desired address.
• This can be a town/suburb or part/full address.
• If you type in a street name without a town, the search will display a list of all matches and you can click on the correct one.
• Click on the  button next to your desired location and the map will take you to it and put a green point on the map . If you search somewhere broad like Geelong, you will simply be taken to a point within the locality.

• Measure distance between points or area of a polygon 
• Use the 'Pan' tool to move to the desired location on the map to commence your measurement
• Click on either the 'Measure distance' or 'Measure area' option
• Click on the map to define a line to measure and note that as you are zoomed in, the units will change from kilometres ot metres
• Similarly, click on the map to progressively define a polygon and double-click to complete the area. The value will be expressed inMeasure hectares.

Saves the state of the current map (location, extent and content) as a link (ctrl-c to copy). This is very useful in being able to share information in the Portal with others based on your specifications.

Allows you to switch to different Portal Views that are also available on the start-up page. These include 'My Region', 'My Catchment' - specific named catchments or 'My Landscape' - specific named landscapes.