Exponare

Version 4.5

USER GUIDE

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1.

Introduction ................................................................................. 7 What is Exponare Enquiry? ............................................................................ 8 Overview of this guide ................................................................................. 8 Online Help .............................................................................................. 8 Getting Started.............................................................................. 9 Starting Exponare Enquiry ........................................................................... 10 Logging On and Off .................................................................................... 10 Changing Your Password.............................................................................. 12 Changing work contexts .............................................................................. 12 Panel Views............................................................................................. 14 Back and Forward ..................................................................................... 15 New Window ........................................................................................... 15 Manipulating the Map ...................................................................... 17 Home .................................................................................................... 18 Zooming In and Out ................................................................................... 18 Panning.................................................................................................. 19 Measuring Distance and Area ........................................................................ 20 Distance .............................................................................................. 20 Area ................................................................................................... 21 Showing Labels......................................................................................... 21 Displaying a Scale Bar ................................................................................ 23 Displaying an Overview Map ......................................................................... 24 Working with the Overview Map ................................................................. 24 Setting the Zoom Width manually .................................................................. 26 Save Map / Copy Map ................................................................................. 26 Save Map ............................................................................................. 26 Copy Map ............................................................................................. 26 Map Centre ............................................................................................. 26 Legend ........................................................................................ 28 What is the Legend?................................................................................... 29 Changing the Order of Layers ....................................................................... 30 Changing the Visibility of Layers .................................................................... 31 Changing the Labelling of Layers ................................................................... 31 Overriding Layers with Thematic Maps ............................................................ 31 Layer Group Expand................................................................................... 31 Layer Shortcut Button ON/OFF State Feature .................................................... 32 Selections and Selection Results ........................................................ 34 Using the various Selection Tools ................................................................... 35 Feature Details ........................................................................................ 37 Data Bind Details ................................................................................... 39 Time Saving Features ...................................................................... 40 Views .................................................................................................... 41 Layer Settings Shortcuts.............................................................................. 42 User Defined Favourites .............................................................................. 43 Exporting Favourites ............................................................................... 43 Managing Favourites................................................................................ 43 Queries ....................................................................................... 44

Chapter 2.

Chapter 3.

Chapter 4.

Chapter 5.

Chapter 6.

Chapter 7.

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Queries .................................................................................................. 45

Chapter 8.

Printing ....................................................................................... 48 Print Templates ....................................................................................... 49 Microsoft Word Templates ........................................................................ 49 HTML Templates .................................................................................... 49 Exploring the Sample Data Templates ............................................................. 49 Capability Demo (HTML) ........................................................................... 49 Capability Demo (Word) ........................................................................... 52 Complaint Form (Word)............................................................................ 54 Mail Merge (Word) .................................................................................. 54 Print option in File menu .......................................................................... 54 Annotations .................................................................................. 55 Annotation Tools ...................................................................................... 56 About Annotations .................................................................................. 56 Creating Annotations ................................................................................. 56 Drawing Ellipse ...................................................................................... 56 Drawing Circles ..................................................................................... 57 Drawing Polygons ................................................................................... 57 Drawing Polylines ................................................................................... 57 Drawing Rectangles ................................................................................ 57 Drawing Symbols .................................................................................... 57 Drawing Text ........................................................................................ 57 Working with Annotations............................................................................ 58 Exporting Annotations ............................................................................. 58 Moving Annotations................................................................................. 59 Deleting Annotations ............................................................................... 59 Importing Annotations ............................................................................. 59 Text Annotation Justification ....................................................................... 59 Application Links ...................................................................................... 64 Link-Ins ............................................................................................... 64 Link-Outs ............................................................................................. 64 Invoking an Application Link-Out ................................................................... 64

Chapter 9.

Chapter 10. Linking to Other Applications ............................................................ 63

Chapter 11. Search Address.............................................................................. 65

Introduction ............................................................................................ 66 Searching for an Address ............................................................................. 66

Chapter 12. Data Editing.................................................................................. 67

Overview ................................................................................................ 68 Edit Enquiry Data ...................................................................................... 68

Chapter 13. Single Sign On ............................................................................... 70

Overview ................................................................................................ 71 Login through Command Line ....................................................................... 71

Chapter 14. Adhoc Layers ................................................................................ 73

Overview ................................................................................................ 74 Adhoc Layer Usage .................................................................................... 74

Chapter 15. Tile Layers ................................................................................... 77

Overview ................................................................................................ 78

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Apply Tile Layer ....................................................................................... 78

Chapter 16. Public Map Refresh ......................................................................... 80

Overview ................................................................................................ 81 Map Refresh ............................................................................................ 81

Chapter 17. Dynamic Map Resize ....................................................................... 83

Dynamic Map Resize .................................................................................. 84 Progress Indicator ..................................................................................... 85

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Introduction

In this chapter:
What is Exponare Enquiry? .................................................................... 8 Overview of this guide............................................................................. 8 Online Help ............................................................................................... 8

Chapter 2: Getting Started

What is Exponare Enquiry?

Exponare is a suite of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) software. The primary components of Exponare are Exponare Server (which holds the maps and databases), and Exponare Enquiry, which is the user tool for viewing and working with the GIS information. When you are working with Exponare Enquiry, the commands you run are actually carried out by an Exponare Server which processes the commands and returns the necessary results. The Exponare Server is typically on an Intranet, or Local Area Network, but it can be located anywhere on the Internet. The diagram below depicts the relationship between Exponare Server and Exponare Enquiry. In particular, note that many different copies of Exponare Enquiry can communicate with one Server.

Exponare Overview

Overview of this guide

The User Guide provides a walkthrough tour of Exponare Enquiry and describes many of its features in detail. The guide is structured to be read from front to back. You can skip ahead if you like, but some sections will presume that you have read the preceding material.

Online Help
Online help is provided for reference while you are working. It can be accessed by selecting Help>Index from the Exponare Enquiry menu.

Getting Started

In this chapter:
Starting Exponare Enquiry.................................................................... 10 Logging On and Off ............................................................................... 10 Changing work contexts ....................................................................... 12 Panel Views ............................................................................................ 14 Back and Forward .................................................................................. 15 New Window ........................................................................................... 15

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Starting Exponare Enquiry

By default, Exponare Enquiry creates a shortcut menu on your desktop and in your Windows Start menu.

When Exponare Enquiry is loaded, a login screen will appear as pictured below. If you do not receive the login screen, contact your Exponare Administrator for advice on how to rectify the problem.

The login window.

Logging On and Off

To log in to Exponare Enquiry you must type in a login name and a password. If the login screen does not appear, but the Exponare Enquiry window is active, click on the File menu and choose Login. If you are working on a demonstration site that has the Exponare sample data there are two built in user profiles: Guest and User. If you are on a live (non-demonstration) site, you should receive login details from your Exponare administrator. For the rest of this document, we assume that you are working on a demonstration site. Login Guest User Password <blank> User
User accounts on a demonstration site

User Interface Restricted Standard

This tutorial generally assumes that you are logged in as User. 1. First of all, lets look at the Guest user. To login, type Guest, no password is necessary. Click OK. Note that the capitalisation is important. Once you log in successfully all options available to the user Guest are loaded including menus, buttons and tab options. A map is also loaded.

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The initial work context for Guest. Note that there is no menu for this user.

2. 3.

To log off and return to the Exponare Enquiry login screen click the Log Off button Now log in as User by typing User for both login and password.

To set Exponare Enquiry to automatically type in your details for future sessions, tick the Remember my Login checkbox and click OK. This option should not be used on shared machines as then anyone could log in without needing a password. User has been set up with a standard user interface. 4. Now log off using the File menu by selecting File>Log Off:

5. 6.

Once again the login screen is displayed. Click Cancel. Now exit from Exponare Enquiry:

7.

Restart Exponare Enquiry. You will be logged in automatically. Exponare Enquiry remembers the size of the window and the layout you were using and opens with the same configuration the next time you login. Note: To disable the automatic log in option, choose File>Log Off. Next time you log back in, dont tick the box for automatic login.

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Changing Your Password

1. 2. If necessary, login as the User by typing User for both Login and Password Select File>Change Password. If you had logged in using a user profile that is a shared account, then you cannot change the password (shared account passwords can only be changed by an Exponare administrator). This is not the case for the User login however, as demonstrated below.

Note: If you are working in a class environment, dont change the password for User, because your class mates will not be able to login. 3. The Change Password dialog box is displayed. Fill in the details required for the Old Password, New Password and Confirm Password. Click OK if you are confident that your changes will not affect others, otherwise click Cancel.

4.

If you have filled in the details correctly in step 3 and clicked OK, a dialog box confirms that your password has been changed. Click OK.

Changing work contexts

Work contexts are set up by administrators to bring together map settings, queries, and various actions to fulfil a specific business case for a user. To perform your business tasks, you can load an appropriate work context and perform whatever functions are required. You can then change to another work context to continue with another business case. There are two ways to change to another work context. The next few steps will demonstrate how to change from one work context to another. 1. If necessary, login as User. The default work context is displayed.

The default work context: Sewerage

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Select File>Open Work Context A list of work contexts will appear as pictured right. A tick on the left of work context represents the current work context you are currently working on. You can change to a different work context by clicking one of the work contexts listed. Select Vegetation.

3.

A new map with different layers extra buttons is loaded and displayed.

A new work context: Vegetation.

Select File>Open Work Context>Aerial Photography 4. The Aerial Photography work context is loaded.

Work context: Aerial Photography

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Another method that can be used to change the work context is by using the Home button . This button is located just below the File menu at the top left hand corner of the Exponare Enquiry window. Click on the down arrow of the Home button to display a list of available work contexts.

From the list of work contexts choose Animal Control. 5. The Animal Control work context is loaded.

Work context: Animal Control

Panel Views
By default, the left panel (if there is one) is always shown and the bottom panel (if there is one) is hidden. To hide the left panel, click the button at the top left of the map view. button at the bottom left of the map. To show the bottom panel, click the

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Back and Forward

The Back button can be used to undo most mistakes that you might make while working with Exponare is used to re-run a command that you had previously undone by going Back. Enquiry. The Forward button 1. 2.

Start a new session, if necessary, by logging out and logging in again as User. Note that the Back and Forward buttons are disabled as no commands have been executed yet. Click the Zoom In button map. and click anywhere on the

3.

After clicking on the map, the view will change. The Back button will now be available. Click the Back button to undo the Zoom In operation.

4.

You will now have the original map restored. Also, the Forward button is now enabled and this allows you to repeat the task that was just undone. Click the Forward button to repeat the Zoom In operation.

For the Sample Data, the Back and Forward buttons can remember a sequence of up to ten operations. There are some operations that cannot be undone, but all operations that affect the map can be undone, including transitions to different work contexts. As you work through this tutorial, you can use the Back and Forward buttons to fix any mistakes, or to rewind and repeat a sequence of operations. See Manipulating the Map for more information about the zoom tool.

New Window
The menu command File>New Window allows you to start Exponare Enquiry in another window. This is particularly useful if you want to have more than one work context open at a time. When you start a new Exponare Enquiry window in this way, Exponare Enquiry will attempt to log you in, open the same work context that you are currently in, and set the view to match your current view.

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Manipulating the Map

For this section, and all remaining sections, please ensure that you are logged in as User.

In this chapter:
Home ....................................................................................................... 18 Zooming In and Out ............................................................................... 18 Panning ................................................................................................... 19
Measuring Distance and Area 20

Displaying a Scale Bar .......................................................................... 23 Displaying an Overview Map ................................................................ 24 Setting the Zoom Width manually ....................................................... 26 Save Map / Copy Map ............................................................................ 26

Chapter 3: Manipulating the Map

Home
The Home button was introduced earlier as a method of changing the current work context. This was achieved by clicking on the down arrow of the button. You can also use the Home button to return to the default view of the current work context at any time by clicking on the picture of the house on the Home button. You can also return to the default view by choosing Tools>Home.

Zooming In and Out

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. If necessary, open Exponare Enquiry, login as User. Select File>Open Work Context>Cadastre Click to reset the view of the Cadastre work context. Click on the Zoom In button then click on the centre of the map to zoom in. Note that the resulting map is centred where the Zoom In tool was used and that the width of the map is halved. While the zoom in request is being processed, the initial image is digitally enlarged to give a preview of the results. This preview feature is particularly useful when using a slow connection to the Exponare server, but will be almost unnoticeable on a fast connection.

Original map

After performing a Zoom In

Use the Zoom In button to click on the property with the house number of 39, then click on the property with the house number of 45. 6. Each time the Zoom In tool is used on the map, the map centers itself on the location that was clicked and concentrates on that part of the map by halving the current view width of the map.

After zooming to house 39

After zooming to house 45

Click on the Zoom Out button 7.

then click on house 45 twice to zoom out.

As with the Zoom In tool, the Zoom Out tool centers the Map to where the Zoom Out tool was used, however this time the width of the map is now doubled. As Exponare Enquiry requests the information for the resulting map, the current map is again digitally altered to give a preview of the resulting map.

After zooming out once

After zooming out twice

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Another method for accessing the Zoom In and Zoom Out functionality is by using the Tools menu. Clicking on the Tool menu will show which tool is currently in use. 8. 9. Select Tools Pictured right, you can see that the current tool in use is the Zoom Out tool as it is currently ticked in the Tools menu. Select Zoom In

The zoom tools also allow you to drag a rectangle (called a marquee) over the map. In the case of a zoom in, the contents of the rectangle are expanded to fill the map. For a zoom out, the entire map is resized to fit inside the rectangle. Note that if you drag a rectangle that is a different shape to the map, Exponare Enquiry performs a best fit. 10. 11. 12. Click to reset the view of the Cadastre work context. Using the Zoom In tool, drag a box over several properties. The map is re-drawn with the selected properties in the centre.

Original map

After a drag Zoom In

Panning
The Pan button 1. 2. 3. allows you to reposition the map that is currently displayed. Click on Pan button to enable the map panning tool. Click on the map and drag the mouse cursor to another location on the map. The map is only regenerated when you release the mouse button.

Original map

During the Pan operation

After the Pan

As with the Zoom In and Zoom Out tools, the Panning tool can also be activated by selecting the Tools>Pan menu option or from the right-click map menu.

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Measuring Distance and Area

Distance
The following steps will demonstrate how to measure distances on the map. The distance that is measured in this next example is the length of Lawson Place (the street to the south of the blue coloured property). 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Click to reset the view of the Cadastre work context. Select Tools>Zoom In and click on the centre of the blue property. You will see the road name LAWSON PL on the map. Click on the Measure Distance button . To start the process, click once on one end of Lawson Place A blue line will appear representing the distance to be measured. The distance is shown on the status bar which is located at the bottom of the Exponare Enquiry window.

Measuring the length of Lawson Place

Move the mouse cursor to the other end of Lawson Place and perform a double click to indicate the end point to stop measuring.

Polylines
To measure a perimeter requires a multi segment line, more commonly known as a polyline. It is similar to measuring a distance from Point A to B except it requires more than two points. To achieve the desired result of measuring a polyline, start by clicking on the first point of where to start measuring from. Perform a single click each time it is necessary for the measuring tool to change direction. Once the final point is reached perform a double click. The resulting distance will then be shown on the status bar. The polyline to be measured in the next example will be the perimeter of the blue coloured property. 1. To measure the perimeter of the blue coloured property, use the Measure Distance tool and click on a corner of the property then follow the perimeter of the property and perform a single click on each corner. Return the mouse cursor to the corner that was chosen as the starting point and double click.

2.

Note that it is not necessary to return to the starting point to perform a double click. The method used for measuring a perimeter can also be used to measure any polyline feature.

Measuring the perimeter of a property parcel

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Area
A different tool is used for measuring areas. The next example will demonstrate how to use the Measure Area tool by measuring the area contained within the blue coloured property. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Click on the Measure Area button . Click on a corner of the property to start measuring. Follow the perimeter of the property and click on the next corner of the property. Again, follow the perimeter for the next corner. As the third point is chosen note that a line is drawn between the starting position and the current position of the mouse cursor. Click on the third corner, move the position of the mouse to the final corner and perform a double click. As with the Measure Distance tool, the resulting Area is also shown on the Status bar.

Note that the perimeter of the area measured is also shown. It is more efficient to measure perimeters using the Measure Area tool. An alternative method of activating the measuring tools would be to choose the desired measuring functionality from the Tools menu.

Showing Labels
The show Auto Labels function allows you to switch on or off the Auto-Labels for all layers using Tools>Show Auto Labels and the Auto Label button . The Auto Labels is currently on. 1. 2. 3. Click to reset the view of the Cadastre work context.

Use the Zoom Out button and click three times in the centre of the map. Suburb names are displayed in tan coloured text.

Auto labels turned on

4.

Click on the Auto Label button

to switch the Auto Label function off.

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The resulting map, with the auto labels turned off.

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Note that the auto-labels tool doesnt control all labels. The reason for this is that the labels shown are map

Showing Individual Labels

This allows you to show individual labels. This is useful, for example, if all labels are hidden and you wish to see the label for an individual feature (e.g. a property parcel). To show a label, 1. 2. 3. Click Show Label, and then click on the desired point on the map. The Label is shown at the point you clicked. Repeat these steps as often as necessary.

Showing Label Layers

This allows you to apply single label on the features that are lower in the map order by selecting the label layer from the drop down for the respective layer and clicking only those features you wish to label. To show a label layer, 1. Click Label Layer drop down in the Legend and select the appropriate layer against which you need to show the label. Note: By default the value of the drop down is [Default] which means label will be drawn for the top most selectable and visible layer as in Exponare version 3.5. Now click some other layer from the drop down, say Parks so the label will be drawn only on that layer and not on any other layer, even if you try it, label wont appear. Enquiry:

2.

Public:

Clearing labels
This allows you to clear all labels from the map. To clear labels, 1. 2. Click Clear Label. All labels will be cleared from the map. Note: If no labels are present on the map, this button will be disabled.

objects of a layer on the map. The text objects are not labels of objects on the map. Also, when auto-labels are on, the Legend panel (described later) controls precisely which auto-labels are shown.

Displaying a Scale Bar

By default, the scale bar is turned on for the sample data Cadastre work context. It can be toggled on and off using Tools>Show Scale Bar and the Scale Bar button . Note that the availability and the configuration of the scale bar are managed by the administrator.

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Displaying an Overview Map

By default, the overview map is turned on for the sample data Cadastre work context. It can be toggled on and off using Tools>Show Overview Map and the Overview Map button .The overview map not only displays an overview of the map currently displayed, it also allows you to recentre and change the current zoom width of the current map.

Working with the Overview Map

5. Click to reset the view of the Cadastre work context.

The orange coloured box in the Overview Map represents the area of which the current map frame is displaying. Use the mouse cursor to hover over the overview map.

6.

Use the mouse cursor to hover over the overview map. Note that the mouse cursor is now displayed as the default cursor with a + sign at the tip of the point.

7.

Use the mouse cursor and drag a small box over the Overview Map.

8.

The current map frame is repositioned; taking the zoom width of the box generated and applying it to best fit the current map frame.

Clicking on the Overview Map maintains the current zoom width and recentres the current map frame.

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Setting the Zoom Width manually

The Zoom Width tool allows you to specify a Zoom width in whatever units you like. The Zoom Width tool appears in the Status Bar, next to the progress bar. 1. 2. 3. 4. Click to reset the view of the Cadastre work context. Click on the Set Zoom Width edit box and replace the current number (0.499) with 2. Type Enter or click the Zoom Width tool. The map will be zoomed as required, while keeping the map centre the same.

Now enter 1 mile. 5. The mile is converted into kilometres and the map is redrawn.

A history of the zoom widths applied is kept and can be accessed by clicking on Set Zoom Width dropdown.

Cadastre work context: zoom width history

Save Map / Copy Map

Exponare Enquiry also allows users to easily save an image of the map displayed in the frame.

Save Map
Use File>Save Map to save the map as a portable network graphics (png) file.

Copy Map
Use File>Copy Map to copy the map to the clipboard.

Map Centre
Exponare allows users to move the map to a particular location by inputting x & y co-ordinates and reposition it to the relevant location by clicking apply button.

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Enquiry:

Public:

Enquiry with new Map Centre:

In Exponare Enquiry when you click on the map centre button after specifying new x & y coordinates, map gets shifted to the desired location and a symbol annotation is drawn representing new map centre. You can also remove the new map centre by clicking on Clear Annotation button.

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Legend

In this chapter:
What is the Legend? .............................................................................. 29 Changing the Order of Layers .............................................................. 30 Changing the Visibility of Layers ......................................................... 31 Changing the Labelling of Layers ........................................................ 31 Overriding Layers with Thematic Maps ............................................... 31 Layer Group Expand ............................................................................. 31 Layer Shortcut Button On/Off Feature ................................................ 31

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What is the Legend?

In the left panel of Exponare Enquiry are several tabs. The first tab is labelled Legend, and is also known as the Layer Control. The Legend tab displays information for all of the layers loaded in the current work context. It also represents how each layer is displayed on the map by showing a legend for an individual layer. The Legend gives you several options to change how the map is displayed. Options include changing the way in which the layers are currently ordered, changing the visibility, the selectability and the auto labelling features, and allowing style overrides for thematic mapping. 1. 2. 3. If necessary, open Exponare Enquiry, login as User and select File>Open Work Context>Cadastre Click to reset the view of the Cadastre work context. Set the Map Zoom Width to 5km. Note that the change in map also causes changes to be registered in the legend. The black ticks in the legend represents if a feature is switched on. The red ticks represent features that are switched on but are not activated due to the current zoom setting. Those without ticks indicate that that feature is not switched on at all.

Zoom width: 0.499km

Zoom width 5km

Expand the display for the Centrelines and Railways layers by clicking the 4. The expanded view of the layer displays a legend for the objects that layer displays in the map. Using this information you can now determine what the objects displayed in the map are. In this scenario the differences between Railways and Tramways can seen as with the Primary and Secondary Centrelines displayed. Also note that the blue column indicates which layer we currently have selected. Reduce the information displayed for the Railways layer and the Centrelines layer by clicking the button for the two layers.

button in the Legend.

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Changing the Order of Layers

1. 2. Select the Stations layer so that the blue column is currently highlighting that layer. At the bottom left hand corner of the Legend there are two buttons: and . These two buttons allow you to move the selected layer up or down. Move the Stations layer down so that it is below the Railways layer by clicking on the button and click Apply.

3.

The red dots on the map representing the Railway Stations are now partially covered.

Before

After

Click Reset to return the Stations layer to its original position On one side of the Legend are three columns of checkboxes. Each column is titled with an icon at the top right hand corner of the Legend. Icon Indicates... Layer visibility Layer selectability Layer labelling

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Changing the Visibility of Layers

1. 2. Uncheck the visibility option for the Centrelines layer and click Apply. The road centrelines have now disappeared making way for the layers below to show more prominently, for example the blue suburb boundaries are now displayed more clearly than before.

Before

After

Changing the Labelling of Layers

1. 2. Uncheck the labelling checkbox for the Suburb Boundaries and click Apply. The labels that were displayed in the previous map are now no longer visible. This feature is used in conjunction with the Auto Labelling Click Reset to restore the layer settings to their defaults.

Overriding Layers with Thematic Maps

A button indicates that a layer has thematic options. You can click the the thematic is currently applied. 3. 4. Click on the button for the Parks layer. button to find out whether or not

A sub-menu appears with a single style override option, Shade parks by Suburb. There is no tick beside it indicting that it is not currently in use. Click Shade parks by Suburb followed by Apply.

5.

The Parks are now shaded different colours according to which suburb they are in. Click Reset to restore the default layer settings.

Layer Group Expand

This feature will allow you to specify whether the layer group is expanded or collapsed by default in Exponare Enquiry and Exponare Public. The user has to specify to the administrator what all layer groups need to be expanded or collapsed. The below figure shows two layer groups; Animal and Communication are expanded by default:

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In Exponare Public the Group will appear as follows:

Layer Shortcut Button ON/OFF State Feature

This feature will allow the user to attain a visual feedback about the state of layer, whether the layers are currently On or Off. After clicking the shortcut button (push), it will turn on the features on the map and the visibility of the button will be seen pushed. On the other hand, clicking the shortcut button again (pop), it will turn off the features on the map and the visibility of the button will be seen popped. In Exponare Enquiry, Enquiry effect when button is pushed will appear as follows:

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Note: Parks layer is visible on the map as Layer Shortcut Button is on/pushed. In Exponare Enquiry, Enquiry effect when button is popped will appear as follows:

Note: Parks layer is not visible on the map as Layer Shortcut Button is off/popped.

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Selections and Selection Results

In this chapter:
Using the various Selection Tools ....................................................... 35 Feature Details ....................................................................................... 37

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Using the various Selection Tools

Selection tools are used to highlight map objects of interest and to retrieve the information available for those map objects. The six main tools supplied for selection purposes are listed below: Point Select Rectangle Select Polygon Select Polyline Select Radius Select Unselect All 1. 2. 3. 4. Open Exponare Enquiry, login as User and select File>Open Work Context>Cadastre or click reset the view of the Cadastre work context if you are continuing from the previous chapter. If necessary, click the button at the bottom left of the map to show the bottom panel. Click on the button to activate the Point Select feature and click on a property on the map. In the example shown right, the blue coloured property was selected. The property that was clicked on using the button is now highlighted. Also note that the Information tab is now activated on the Exponare Enquirys left pane and that information is displayed both in the feature details tab in the left pane as well as the data bind details tab in the bottom pane. Try clicking on other properties. Each time a property lot plan is clicked on, that property is selected and highlighted. The previous property that was selected is now no longer highlighted. 5. Hold the shift key down on the keyboard and click on a few more properties. A + sign is displayed at the bottom right hand corner of the mouse cursor when the shift key is held. In the sample data, a green crosshatch indicates the active selection, with the remaining selections highlighted in red. Hold the Ctrl key down on the keyboard and click on a few properties that are currently selected to deselect them. 6. An x sign is displayed at the bottom right hand corner of the mouse cursor when the Ctrl key is held down - clicking on a property toggles its selected state. to

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The effect of the shift key and the Ctrl key remain the same for Rectangle Select, Polygon Select, Polyline Select, and Radius Select. The Unselect All button can be used to deselect all currently selected objects. 1. 2. Click Unselect All to deselect all currently selected objects. Repeat the previous steps with each of the following select tools: : Rectangle Select Click and drag to create a rectangle all objects within it and intersecting with it are selected. Select a single map object and click to select that object in the same way as the Point Select tool.

: Polyline Select

Click, click, , double-click to create a polyline all objects it passes through are selected.

: Polygon Select

Click, click, double-click to create a polygon all objects within it and intersecting with it are selected.

: Radius Select

Click and drag to create a circle all objects within it and intersecting with it are selected.

The number of objects selected may be limited to a certain number.

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Feature Details
Feature details are displayed in the Information tab located on the left panel. The Information tab is activated whenever a selection is made. Data bind details displays data in a convenient tabular format in the bottom panel. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. If necessary, open Exponare Enquiry, login as User and select File>Open Work Context>Cadastre Click to reset the view of the Cadastre work context. If the bottom panel is hidden, show it by clicking the button at the bottom left of the map. Click Rectangle Select . Select the properties to the right of the blue coloured property on the map

6.

When one or more properties are selected, the Legend tab is replaced by the Information tab.

The Information tab has three sections: a) A drop-down menu that lists the layers that the current selection is based on as there may be more than one. In this scenario all the selections are based on the one layer, the Property Parcels layer.

b)

A drop down menu that lists the selections from the layer displayed above. That is, use the first drop-down to select a layer, and the second drop-down to select a feature on that layer. Keep in mind that you may have features selected from multiple layers, even after just using a single selection tool. If you cannot locate the information you need, try changing the current layer using the first drop-down.

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The third, and largest, section lists information for the feature in the second drop-down. The information that is shown is configured by the administrator, and may be different in each work context.

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Select a feature from the second drop-down list. The map shows this feature in a highlighted colour.

Property 3033

Property 5621

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Click on the buttons to expand the different data binds. Each data bind is a set of data that describes the feature, such as its owner, planning details or, as illustrated below, spatial information.

Some data binds have multiple records. For example, if one property has multiple owners, the Property Owner data bind will have more than one record. If this occurs, you can move between the different rows by using the arrow buttons that appear.

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Data Bind Details

The data bind details are displayed in the Information tab in a grid format. At any one time, the grid shows one of the data binds for all of the selected features. The highlighted entry in the grid is known as the Active Selection which is highlighted in a different colour on the map.

It is also possible to change the Active Selection to another entry: 1. 2. Click a row in the column under the Apply button to select another entry in the grid. The highlighting changes to indicate the chosen record. Click Apply.

3.

The map now shows the changed Active Selection which matches the highlighted entry in the grid.

4. 5. 6.

Select another entry in the list and click Reset. The row selected in step one is highlighted. Select the different tabs to see what is listed by the other data binds associated with the selection.

Exporting Data Bind Details

At the top right of the data bind details grid is an Export button which can be used to save the selection results to a file or to the clipboard. 1. 2. Click Export. A submenu is displayed. Choose the to File option and save the CSV file in a familiar location.

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Views
You can access pre-defined views that have been set up by the administrator. Views enable you to reposition your map with a set zoom width. 1. 2. 3. 4. If necessary, open Exponare Enquiry and login as User and select File>Open Work Context>Cadastre Click to reset the view of the Cadastre work context. Select Views>Maribyrnong. The map is updated.

Triggering a pre-defined view will alter the centre point of the map as well as the zoom width. Changing to a new view will not alter any other state on the map and does not alter the selection set or the layer view settings. 5. Click on the View menu and explore the different views that have been pre-defined.

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Layer Settings Shortcuts

To help with the usability of the Legend, the administrator can create pre-defined layer settings for your use called Layer Settings Shortcuts. Each layer shortcut can alter the order of the layers, and the properties for each layer in the work context. Recall that the properties of a layer comprise visibility, selectability, and autolabelling. 1. 2. 3. 4. Select Shortcuts>Toggle Zoning. If necessary, click the Legend tab in the left panel. Click the button to the left of the Planning Zones layer icon. A legend is displayed that enables you to interpret the map.

5.

Select Shortcuts>Toggle Zoning again to turn the Zoning layer off.

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User Defined Favourites

You can save your map settings by naming your current environment and adding it to your Favourites list. 1. 2. 3. 4. Use the tool to zoom closer into the Maribyrnong area. Select a few properties using the select tools discussed in Selections and Selection Results. Select Favourites>Add New or click . The Add Favourite dialog box is displayed. Type in a name to give the current state and click OK.

5. 6. 7. 8.

Select File>Open Context>Animal Control Click to reset the view of the Animal Control work context.

Click to clear the selections made in step 2. Select Favourites and pick the favourite added step 4. The map is redrawn using your saved settings and the selections are revived.

Exporting Favourites
You can also export the current view and selections to a .fav file. This file can later be opened within Exponare Enquiry using the Favourites>Manage option (see Managing Favourites) or via Windows Explorer. 1. 2. Select Favourites>Export Exponare Enquiry prompts you for a location to save the .fav file to. The user defined favourite exported is not added to the list of favourites in the Favourites menu or the Manage Favourites dialog box.

Managing Favourites
1. 2. Select Favourites>Manage The Manage Favourites dialog is displayed. Here you can open a previously saved Favourites file (see Exporting Favourites) and rename and delete favourites that appear in the List of Favourites.

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Queries

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Queries
Queries allow you to make selections based on criteria, rather than having to point and click to select features visually. If you make selections by running a query, the information is displayed in the selection results panels exactly the same as if you had selected the features with the mouse tools. On the Query panel, you can select the Hide Unselected Features checkbox and then fire query. This will show you only the features returned by the query on the layer on which query was fired and other layer settings will remain as it is. This can be useful in case the query returned multiple selected features and the map therefore zooms out to a level that makes it hard to distinguish between the selected and non-selected features. You can use all tools when viewing only the selected features. Click "Reset Features" button to view the whole layer on which query was fired along with the selected features. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. If necessary, open Exponare Enquiry, and login as User. Select File>Open Context>Animal Control. Click to reset the view of the Animal Control work context. Select Queries>Find property by lot/plan number. The Query tab is displayed. This is where you enter query parameters. Click Submit to run the query with the default Lot and Plan number parameters.

7.

The results are displayed in both selection results panels and the map will now reposition itself to display the results in the map. The map repositions itself by changing the zoom width to best fit the result, as well as centering the map frame to the result. Check Hide Unelected Features on the Query panel to show only the features the query returned. You can use all tools when viewing only the selected features. Click Reset Features" button to view the whole layer on which query was fired along with the selected features.

Animal Control: Query Lot: 7 Plan: PS439958

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An alternative to using the Queries menu is to use the drop-down selector on the Queries panel. The dropdown menu displays the same list of queries available in the Queries menu. 1. Choose Find dogs by breed from the list of pre-defined queries listed in the Queries drop-down.

2. 3.

Click BLUE HEELER to open a list of all available dog breeds and select one. Click Submit.

4.

Here are the results of the query after choosing AKITA INU.

Queries: Find Dogs by Breed AKITA INU

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Click on the Queries tab and search for the dogs of the breed BOXER. The result from the search has returned five features. Note that the map frame has now repositioned itself and zoomed out to a zoom width that best fits the results. The resulting map frame now accommodates the display of all five properties that have a dog of the breed BOXER. Check Hide Unelected Features on the Queries panel to show only the features the query returned. You can use all tools when viewing only the selected features. Click "Reset Features" button to view the whole layer on which query was fired along with the selected features.

Queries: Find Dogs by Breed BOXER

Another alternative to access predefined queries is to click on a button associated to the query from the toolbar as shown below. Hovering over the buttons in the toolbar will display a tool tip to assist in identifying which button represents which pre-defined query.

1. 2. 3.

Click the first Query shortcut, Select all cats above a given age, and enter 12 as the parameter. There arent any so the Query Results dialog box is displayed. Click OK.

Note that the first query produced one result, the second two, the third five, and the last query generated no results. When the query returns a result, Exponare Enquiry zooms to a zoom value that will display all the selections and centres the results in the map frame. The options available for the user to customize the query are set by the administrator. These options can come in the form of a preset or dynamic list presented in a popup menu where the user can select the option desired (such as the Dog Breed) or the option can be given in the form of an edit textbox where the user can manually type in the desired parameter (such as Lot and Plan, or age of cat).

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Printing

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Print Templates
Exponare Enquiry allows you to easily print out what is displayed in the map frame using templates set up by the administrator.

Microsoft Word Templates

Microsoft Word Print Templates are created using Microsoft Word 2003, 2007 and 2010. The Print Template can contain any regular Microsoft Word formatting and content. Note: The Microsoft Word document must be saved as a Document Template (.dot file) only in Microsoft Word. When a Word template is selected, Exponare will generate the document and open it in Word. The template may be a mail merge template, where typically a document is generated for each selection. You can now track the progress of print fired to Microsoft Word by the progress bar window that appears on the top of Enquiry window.

HTML Templates
When an HTML template is selected, Exponare will generate an HTML page and open it in your browser.

Exploring the Sample Data Templates

Capability Demo (HTML)
This template demonstrates how you can create an HTML page from your map. 1. 2. If necessary, open Exponare Enquiry, and login as User. Select Favourites and choose the favourite created earlier.

3. 4.

In the left panel, click the Print tab (you may need to use the scroll buttons ). The Print tab is split into three sections: Print Template, Print Scale, and Custom Text. The Print Template section displays a list of templates that you can use. Each template may offer different options for the other two sections: Print Scale, and Custom Text. Each template may also have a short description as to its use. Select Capability Demo (HTML).

5.

The Print Scale section is where you select the scale to use when printing the map. Pick Zoom to selection.

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The Custom Text section is where you enter information to customise your document. What you see here will depend upon the template chosen. Enter a title of your choice and click Print.

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Capability Demo (Word)

This template is a Word version of the HTML page created above. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Select Capability Demo (Word) from the list of templates. For the Print Scale, pick Zoom to active feature. If necessary, revise the title. Click Print. A Word document will be created which looks similar to the template created above, but has the date and user name included as a header instead of under the documents title. Note the difference between choosing Zoom to selection and Zoom to active feature

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Complaint Form (Word)

This template illustrates the use of custom text.. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Select Complaint Form (Word) from the list of templates. For the Print Scale, pick Print at scale 1:5000. Enter custom text. Click Print. The complaint form is generated using the text you entered. Note that your selected properties are in the centre of the map.

Mail Merge (Word)

This template shows how a mail merge can be generated from the selection results. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Click Zoom to Selections . Select Mail Merge (Word) from the list of templates. For the Print Scale, pick Use Current Map Zoom. Enter custom text for the Title and Comment. Click Print. The mail merge is generated. Note that the map maintains its current zoom

Print option in File menu

Print option has been provided to the user under the File menu in order to populate print panel from enquiry as shown below:

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Annotations

In this chapter:
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Annotation Tools
Annotation tools allow you to emphasize certain areas or features of the map.

The buttons for creating and working with annotations are: Drawing Annotations Working with Annotations

Drawing Circles

Clearing Annotations

Drawing Polygons

Exporting Annotations

Drawing Polylines (Note: Use this tool to draw arrows by selecting an arrow line style.) Drawing Rectangles

Importing Annotations

Editing Annotations (Note: This allows you to move or delete individual annotations.)

Drawing Symbols (Points)

Drawing Text

Drawing Ellipse

About Annotations
Annotations allow you to mark maps with text, symbols and shapes. Annotations can be drawn by clicking buttons on the toolbar (as shown above) or they can be accessed using the menu. For example, select Tools > Annotations > Draw Text. To edit annotation properties, click the Annotations tab in the left panel. You may need to use the scroll buttons to access this tab. The Annotations tab is split into multiple sections, such as Fill Colour, Fill Style, Line Colour and Text Properties. Click the buttons to expand the properties for making adjustments. Fill Colour and Fill Style are only applicable to rectangles, circles, ellipse and polygons. is used to indicate no fill. Line & Text Colour dictates the colour of a shapes border, the colour of a polyline or arrow and text colour.

Creating Annotations
Drawing Ellipse
To draw ellipse, 1. On the Annotations tab, expand Ellipse Properties and set the desired width radius and height radius. 2. 3. 4. Note: The default unit is kilometres.

Click Draw Ellipse. Click on the map to draw the desired ellipse. The ellipse will be centered on the location of your click.

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Note: clicking and then dragging the ellipse overrides the width radius and height radius specified in Ellipse Properties.

Repeat this step as often as necessary.

Drawing Circles
To draw circles, 1. On the Annotations tab, expand Circle Properties and set the desired radius. 2. 3. 4. Note: The default unit is kilometres.

Click Draw Circle. Click on the map to draw the desired circle. The circle will be centered on the location of your click. Note: clicking and then dragging the circle overrides the radius specified in Circle Properties.

5.

Repeat this step as often as necessary.

Drawing Polygons
To draw polygons, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. On the Annotations tab, set the desired options. Click Draw Polygon. Click on the map to define the starting point of the polygon, move the mouse to draw the desired polygon and click when you wish to define a point (corner) for the polygon. Double-click to stop drawing. The polygon you have drawn is placed on the map. Repeat steps 3 and 4 as often as necessary.

Drawing Polylines
To draw polylines, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. On the Annotations tab, set the desired options. Click Draw Polylines. Click on the map to define the starting point of the polyline, move the mouse to draw the desired polyline and click when you wish to define a point (corner) for the polyline. Double-click to stop drawing. The polyline you have drawn is placed on the map. Repeat steps 3 and 4 as often as necessary.

Drawing Rectangles
To draw rectangles, 1. 2. 3. 4. On the Annotations tab, set the desired options. Click Draw Rectangle. Click and drag on the map to draw the desired rectangle. The rectangle you have drawn is placed on the map.

Drawing Symbols
To draw symbols (or points), 1. 2. 3. 4. On the Annotations tab, expand Symbol Properties and set the desired options. Click Draw Point. Click on the map. The point appears centred on the point that was clicked. Repeat this step as often as necessary.

Drawing Text
To draw text, 1. On the Annotations tab, expand Text Properties and set the desired options. Note: you must enter the desired text in the text box on the Annotation Properties panel. The text is limited to 200 characters.

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2. 3.

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Click Draw Text. Click on the map. The text appears centred on the point that was clicked. Note: If you wish to draw the text at a specific angle, simply click and drag the mouse until the displayed line is at the desired angle and then release the mouse button. Note: If you have specified an angle on the Annotations Properties panel, this will be overridden by manually dragging the text. Repeat this step as often as necessary.

Working with Annotations

Exporting Annotations
You can export (or save) annotations to an XML (Extensible Markup Language) file. This way, you can revisit or share them with others.

To save annotations, 1. 2. Click Export Annotations. A new window opens. In it, navigate to the desired destination.

3.

4. 5.

Select the appropriate format in which you want to export the annotation: a) Exponare Format (*.xml) b) MapInfo Tabular Format (*.tab) Click Save. The annotations are saved either as an XML (Exponare Format) file or TAB (MapInfo Tabular Format) in the desired location.

You can now open the saved TAB file of export annotations in MIPro.

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Moving Annotations
To move a single annotation, 1. Click Edit Annotations, and then click the desired annotation to select it. 2. 3. 4. Note: Hold the CTRL key to select multiple annotations.

Click Move at the bottom of the Annotations panel and click on the desired point on the map. The annotation is moved to the point you clicked at. Repeat these steps as often as necessary.

Deleting Annotations
To delete a single annotation, 1. Click Edit Annotations, and then click the desired annotation to select it. 2. 3. Note: Hold the CTRL key to select multiple annotations.

Click Delete at the bottom of the Annotations panel. The annotations are deleted.

To delete all annotations, 1. Click Clear Annotations. 2. The annotations are deleted. To delete an annotations file that was saved earlier, 1. Delete the desired XML file in Windows Explorer.

Importing Annotations
You can import previously saved annotations to revisit them.

To import annotations, 1. 2. 3. 4. Select Tools > Annotations > Import. A new window opens. In it, navigate to the desired annotation XML file. Click Import. The annotations are opened in Enquiry.

Text Annotation Justification

As an Enquiry User you would be able to specify the justification of annotation text. The Enquiry can be modified to allow the left, right, and centre alignment of the text drawn on the Map. A row name Align is added in the Text Properties under Annotation tab section of Exponare Enquiry. The Align row contains Left, Centre, and Right align radio buttons. By default the Left align radio button is selected.

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The user can select only one radio button at a time. In Exponare Enquiry under the Text Properties in Annotation tab you can select Left, Centre, Right alignment for the text drawn on the Map. This is useful for multi line text. If the user selects the Left align radio button from Align and write multi line text in the Text textbox to draw it on the Map, the drawn text will be left aligned. In Exponare Enquiry the left aligned text will appear as follows:

If the user selects the Centre align radio button from Align and write multi line text in the Text textbox to draw it on the Map, the drawn text will be centre aligned. In Exponare Enquiry the centre aligned text will appear as follows:

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If the user selects the Right align radio button from Align and write multi line text in the Text textbox to draw it on the Map, the drawn text will be right aligned. In Exponare Enquiry the right aligned text will appear as follows:

Left, Centre, and Right align can also work in case multi line text drawn on any angle selected from Angle Spin Control or text drawn through rubber band.

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Linking to Other Applications

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Application Links
Exponare Enquiry is able to connect to other applications to display information. Common applications that may be linked are a web browser, or a Ratings System.

Link-Ins
An external program starts Exponare Enquiry (and may transfer data to begin the session). Ask your administrator for further information.

Link-Outs
Exponare Enquiry starts up an external program (and may transfer data to that program). Application link-outs must be configured by your Administrator, and may not be available on all systems.

Invoking an Application Link-Out

One example link is included in the sample data, and this is a link from Exponare Enquiry to Internet Explorer. 1. 2. 3. 4. If necessary, open Exponare Enquiry and login as User. Select File > Open Work Context > Cadastre Select Links > MapInfos Web Site. Internet Explorer is started and automatically navigates to MapInfo website. Note: if the MapInfo website link is not available, it may be because Internet Explorer is not installed on your machine, or because it is installed to an unusual location.

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Search Address

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Introduction
If your organisation has purchased Envinsa or MapMarker your administrator can link Exponare to either of these to allow you to search for properties or other features. Although this functionality is similar to that provided by appropriate queries, the Address Search performs special processing to optimise the results that are returned. Another major difference is that after a successful Search Address operation, marking symbols are placed on the map rather than map features being selected. You can thus search for addresses without affecting the current and active selections. If you perform a search and wish to make a selection, you can use the regular map selection tools to select the feature of interest.

Searching for an Address

The sample data is based on Australian data and therefore will work only as described below if you have Envinsa Australia or MapMarker Australia available. However, if you have address data for another country the search will return results but obviously the addresses will not be pinpointed on the map. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. If necessary, open Exponare Enquiry, login as User and select File>Open Work Context>Cadastre. In the left panel, click the Address Search tab (you may need to use the scroll buttons Type a street address number and street name in to the first entry field. A good example is 200 Barkly St. Now enter a postcode. A good example is 3011. Click Submit. ).

6.

The search results are displayed at the bottom of the panel. Click Show,

7.

The map is now redrawn and a star is shown at the chosen address. If this address is correct, you can use the map tools to select the feature of interest, such as a property, park or railway station. You can make more searches and add further marks to the map

8. 9.

Click Clear Map to clear address marks from the map. Click Reset to clear the address search parameters and search results.

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Data Editing

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Overview
Data Editing allow you to edit and update the permissible data coming from the external databases.

Edit Enquiry Data

User selects the Editing tab Editing tab has the following four controls: Dropdown 1: This holds all the layers available in the work context. Dropdown 2: This holds all the features selected by the user. A Row used to display the data values as well as to edit those data values. Save button: Saves the modifications done in the respective external databases. Reset button: Resets to the last stored value in the external database.

The column values which user can edit are displayed as Textbox rest all column values are displayed as labels. The Editing tab page by default will always show the active selected data from the visible databind. If the user wants to edit the data for a different feature user will have to select that particular feature as an active selection by clicking the Apply button available on Databind as shown in the figure. After changing the feature id in the editing tab panel the active selection gets changed as well the highlighted row in the visible databind.

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Note: In case of duplicate records user cannot edit the data. Data will be visible in view mode.

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Single Sign On

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Overview
Single Sign On allow you to automatically log in as an Authenticated Enquiry user based on their windows credentials. Now you will not have to type your username and passwords multiple times. Once the administrator has specified the user for which the Single Sign On is to be given then after opening Exponare Enquiry it should get loaded automatically according to the OS credentials of the logged in windows user. User need not to specify username and password for login now on the machine.

Successful Enquiry Login Note: In case user needs to login through admin, he/she needs to log off first and then specify the administrator credentials for login or through different user.

Login through Command Line

User can also login through command line by specifying the respective directory of Exponare and providing corresponding credentials.

Note: Password is NOT in the encrypted form. In case user inputs incorrect username or password, login window dialog will appear asking for user credentials again.

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Successful Enquiry Login:

In case when an administrator provides User Type as Externally Authenticated User Group, any user who falls under that group will be allowed to login appropriately. Provide the credentials of that new user for the fields: Default Work Context (say Sewerage) Login: Provide the login as a Group like Noida All, where SU001DH UserID belongs to the above group. User Interface (say Full Interface) User Type: Externally Authenticated User Group The user will be authenticated against external system such as Active Directory. Successful Enquiry Login:

In case of Externally Authenticated User Group also it will work through command line.

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Adhoc Layers

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Overview
Adhoc Layers allow you to open an Adhoc layer (user defined layer) so that it can be shown on the map and in the Legend of Exponare Enquiry.

Adhoc Layer Usage

Exponare Enquiry user can click the Adhoc button in the Legend to populate the Adhoc panel.

Exponare Enquiry user can view all the Adhoc layers under Available layers section after clicking the Adhoc button.

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Allows users to add all the Adhoc layers on the map.

Allows users to add a single Adhoc layer on the map. Multiple layers can also be added using Ctrl/Shift key.

Allows users to remove a single Adhoc layer from the map. Multiple layers can also be removed using Ctrl/Shift key.

Allows users to remove all the Adhoc layers from the map.

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Annotation Adhoc layer added on the map as in the Legend.

Adhoc layer will be removed from the Legend and map once user changes the work context. In case user goes back to the previous work context then added Adhoc layers will be lost. Moreover, once Adhoc layers are applied on the map, all previous state of enquiry will be lost. In case a user wants to delete the added layer(s) from Legend and map then user has to select the desired layer(s) from the Layers added on map section to Available layers. User can also use external databases on added databinds in Adhoc layers and perform Data Editing on the same. Execution mode of Always and On Demand functionality will also work on the added databinds. This will also work with upgrade scenario from Exponare 3.0 onwards. Note: Adhoc layers are not visible to the user if the Adhoc layer name exists in the work context or global layer group.

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Tile Layers

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Overview
Exponare lets you use tile server data such as Bing Maps, Open Street Maps and Nearmaps within the product. If you add a tile server layer to an Exponare map, then the application takes care of fetching the appropriate tiles from the server and displaying them. Once the layer settings have been configured, you can apply the tile layer of your choice in Enquiry and Public clients and perform all the operations.

Apply Tile Layer

Before you begin, to access the Tile Layers the only supported Projection System of Work Context is Popular Visualization. This has two tile server links with requisite setting enabled:
Bing Aerial Bing Hybrid

Click the

Tile Layer button to access the Tile Layer in the Enquiry window

You can access Tile layer directly from the Enquiry Window

A list of types of layers will appear as pictured. A tick on the left of Apply Tile Layer represents the layer you currently have applied. You can change to a different tile layers by clicking one of the layers listed. You can apply Bing Aerial or Bing Hybrid layers to your maps. Only one tile layer is applied at a time. If you want to remove the applied tile layer select None from the list. The Bing Aerial layer has been applied.

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If the current window is a map, Exponare adds the Bing layer to it. If the current window is not a map or there are no windows open, then Exponare creates a new map with the Bing layer. The map refreshes and displays the tile server layer as a base image (the bottom layer of the map).

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Public Map Refresh

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Overview
In Exponare Public, the Public Map Refresh enables the Legend to show the current state of the layers on the Map at the current specified Zoom Level. You will be able to see the updated state of a layers visibility, select ability and Labeling.

Map Refresh
If a layer is not visible or selectable at a particular zoom level, the particular layer automatically gets unchecked. Layer visibility checkbox against the

The Layer Selectability checkbox will be administered by visibility checkbox for a particular layer. If a layer is not visible at particular zoom level it will automatically become not selectable. Apart from these settings that go hand in hand, users can administer selectability and visibility settings individually for a layer at workspace level as per choice. Public Map Refresh ensures that a correct picture of map is always reflected on the legend on every zoom-in and Zoom- out operation. Note: A correct picture of map is always reflected on the legend on initial loading of the map too. Printing In Exponare Public through Public Map Refresh you can now print only the active layers that are shown as part of legend printing.

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Dynamic Map Resize

You can dynamically resize the map in Exponare Public to fit the screen by stretching the map and hiding the left panel. Click the Dynamic Map Resize button to resize the map.

This will collapse the Legend, only the map will be visible on the screen. Dynamic Map Resize button will change to .

You can collapse the map back to original view and see the legend. Note: This functionality is available with all public demonstration visual styles except - Windows Application Style in a New Window.

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Progress Indicator
For every operation that takes some time to load such as applying Tile Layer, Zoom In, Zoom Out, the loading message is displayed till the time the operation is in progress.

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