Explore the map

Using the mouse

You can use a mouse or pointing device to move around and explore the map.

Map action	Use this tool...	...and do this
Re-center the map	Pan tool	Click on the Pan tool in the Toolbar, then click and drag the map to move it.
	Overview map	In the Console, make the Overview map visible. The red rectangle shows the current map extent. Click inside this rectangle and drag to move the main map's extent.
Zoom in	Mouse wheel	Scroll the mouse wheel forward or up to zoom in. Each wheel click will zoom the map by about 50 percent in width and height.
	Shift+Left mouse	Hold the Shift key down, then hold the left mouse button down and drag to draw a rectangle. The map will zoom in to the area of the rectangle.
	Zoom in tool	Click on the zoom-in tool in the Toolbar, then Click once on the map: the map will zoom in and recenter the map where you click; OR Click and drag to draw a rectangle on the map: the map will zoom in to the area of the rectangle.
Zoom out	Mouse wheel	Scroll the mouse wheel backward or down to zoom out. Each wheel click will zoom the map by about 50 percent in width and height.
	Zoom out tool	Click on the zoom-out tool in the Toolbar, then Click once on the map: the map will zoom out and recenter the map where you click; OR Click and drag to draw a rectangle on the map: the map will zoom out so that the current map area will fit into the rectangle drawn. The smaller the rectangle you draw, the more the map will zoom out.
Zoom out to full map	Zoom full extent	Click on the full extent image in the Toolbar. The map will zoom all the way out to the full map extent.
Identify features	Ctrl + Left mouse	Hold the Ctrl key down, then click with the left mouse button on a location. Features at the location will be found a shown in the Results window.