Quick tour

The exact features in the Annual Water Data Reports Mapper application may vary. This is a tour of some common features in many applications.

1. Start the Annual Water Data Reports Mapper at http://wdr.water.usgs.gov/adrmapper/.
2. If you have a wheel mouse, zoom in on the map by moving the mouse over the map and scrolling the wheel forward a few times.
3. In the Toolbar, click the Pan (re-center) tool , then click and drag on the map to explore various areas. Notice as you pan around that the map is already present in areas you return to. This illustrates the caching functionality of the application.
4. In the Toolbar, click the Zoom In tool , then click and drag on the map to draw a rectangle, and release the mouse button. The map zooms into the area of the rectangle. Also try a single click on the map, which will cause a fixed zoom centered on the point where you click.
5. In the Toolbar, click the Identify tool . Then click in the map on a data site you are interested in. The Results section of the Console displays information for the site, including a link to its Site Data Sheet for the Water Year displayed. When finished, you can remove a results item by right-clicking with the mouse and choosing Remove.
6. Display the Map Contents by clicking its down-arrow in the Console. Map Contents shows the map services and layers in your map. Expand a map and its layers nodes in the tree view to show the contents of the map.
1. Click the check-box next to one or more layers to turn the layer on or off. The map will update to reflect the visibility settings in Map Contents.
7. Explore other content and tools in the map. We hope you find this Web mapping application useful and fun!