Site Instructions

Following are the instructions for use of this website.  They include important information about Basic Web Navigation and about ArcIMS Functions.  Read this information carefully before beginning your search.  If you have questions about your web browser, please refer to the help function in your particular browser.

Basic Web Navigation

All webpages, except the ArcIMS map page, function just like any other webpage.  Any titles with underlined blue writing are links to what that particular title describes.  If you don't want to interact with the map, there is a list of all the National Register of Historic Places sites by county as well as a list of all the address-restricted sites on the National Register.  The address-restricted sites can only be viewed through the list because there is no point on the map to identify them.  There is a bookmark at the top of the page to allow you to go directly to the county you wish to view.  For example, if you want to look at Tulsa County, click on the "T" and scroll down until you find it.

ArcIMS Functions

There are a few basic rules to know about ArcIMS.  First, when you are viewing the map do not click the back button in your browser.  REPEAT: DO NOT CLICK THE BACK BUTTON!  Your browser will crash if you do this and you will have to start again.  In addition, do not click the refresh button in your browser, either.  If you want to refresh the map, please click the "Layers" button and click "refresh this view."  Also, ArcIMS does not like having the window maximized or resized.  The image does not conform to the size you chose.  This is a software issue that will be addressed.  Following is the list of tool buttons for the site and their functions.

Layers

Use this tool to view the list of available maps.  Those maps that are checked as "visible" can be seen on the view.  "Active" map layer performs search, query and identification operations.

For Customized Map                                           For Generic Map 

Use this tool to zoom in on a map location.  Choose a location either as a point or drag a rectangle over the area in the map view where you want to zoom.

Use this tool to zoom out on a map location.  Choose a location either as a point or drag a rectangle over the area in the map view.

Use this tool for a panoramic view of the map.  The map display is zoomed out to show the entire view of the map area.

Use this tool to zoom to the extent of the map layer that is chosen as "active" in the table of contents.

Use this tool to move the map in any direction.  Just drag the mouse within the map frame to view a particular area of the map.

Use this tool to find features in the active layer.  It retrieves attribute information from the associated database table.

 How to identify features:

• Choose a map layer in the table of contents to make it active.
• Click the Identify tool.
• Position the mouse cursor on the feature that you are interested in and click on the feature.
• The results of the Identify will be shown in the text frame dialog box at the bottom of the map.

Use this tool to search for features in the active layer.  It retrieves attribute information from the associated database table.

REMEMBER THAT THE SEARCH OPERATION IS CASE SENSITIVE.

How to search features:

• Choose a map layer in the table of contents to make it active.
• Click the search tool.
• A dialog box will open in the text frame at the bottom of the map. Enter the feature that you need to search for.  For example, in the streets layer, enter the street name.
• Click on the "fetch data" button to execute the search.
• The results of the search operation will be shown as a table in the text frame dialog at the bottom of the map.
• The table of results has a hyperlink in the ID field.  Click the hyperlink to see that feature on the map.
• Use "zoom back" or "full view" tool to view the selected feature in the city map.

Use this tool to query data from the table associated with the active layer.  Similar to the find tool, this also retrieves attribute layer from the associated database table.

How to query features:

• Choose a map layer in the table of contents to make it active.
• Click the "query data" tool.
• Select the field that you need to query in the active layer.
• Select an operator to be used.
• Choose a value that you need to find in the map and click "Add to query string" button.
• Click execute to perform the query.
• To clear the query string, click "clear".  Other options like "And", "or", etc., are provided for various query combinations.
• The results of the search operation will be shown as a table in the text frame dialog at the bottom of the map.
• Click the hyperlink in the results table to zoom to that feature on the map.
• Use "zoom back" or "full view" tool to view the selected feature in the city map.

Use this tool as the cancel button.

It can be used to:

• Clear the selected features in the map view.
• Clear the highlighted features on the map view.
• Clear the measure lines drawn on the map view and start a new measurement.
• Clear any dialogs on the text frame at the bottom of the map.

Use this tool to obtain a printable map layout with a legend and an overview of the map area on the right.  The title for the map can be changed using the text box.  In the new window, use the File-Print option for a hard copy.

Department of Geography

Oklahoma State University

Copyright 2005

Last Updated: 25 October 2005