This tool allows you to zoom into the map: it will enlarge any area you wish to look at in more detail.

Pass the arrow cursor over the ‘Zoom In’ button, click once with the left-hand mouse button. Now when the cursor is moved over the map it will be in the shape of a cross.

Move the cursor to the area of the map you wish to enlarge. Click the left-hand mouse button once to enlarge the map by a fixed amount. The place you clicked the cursor will now be at the centre of the enlarged map. Alternatively you can drag a box to quickly zoom into a specific area.

This tool allows you to zoom out of the map: it will show you a wider area of the map on screen, but with less detail.

Pass the arrow cursor over the ‘Zoom Out’ button, click once with the left-hand mouse button, now when the cursor is moved over the map it will be in the shape of a cross.

Move the cursor over the map. Click the left-hand mouse button once, to zoom out from the map by a fixed amount. The place you clicked the cursor will now be at the centre of the map. Alternatively you can drag a box to zoom out with more control.

Pass the arrow cursor over the ‘Pan’ button, click once with the left-hand mouse button, now when the cursor is moved over the map it will be hand shaped.

By depressing the left-hand mouse button and dragging the cursor, it is possible to pull the map around the screen as you would a paper map on the desk. The previously unseen areas of the map (the white areas) will be redrawn when the mouse button is released.

This tool allows you to call up any information relating to a selected point / feature on the map.

Pass the arrow cursor over the ‘Info Tool’ button, click once with the left-hand mouse button, when the cursor is moved over the map it will be in the shape of a cross.

Move the cursor over a feature and click once. Any stored information relating to this selected feature will be listed under the map, and the page will scroll down to help you find it. This, for example, may include a description of the feature. Some information such as planning applications are clickable, and will link to a webpage with more detailed information.

This tool allows you to find the nearest facility within a certain distance.

Either enter a postcode, or choose a town from the drop down box.
Select the appropriate facility to search for from the ‘layer’ drop down box. The default selection is Polling Station.
Select the maximum search distance in kilometres by clicking on the ‘radius’ drop down box. This will reveal a pull-down box with the choice of: 2, 5, 10 or 15. Click your search distance category. The default selection is 2 kilometres.

To submit the search, click .

A results table is displayed. The Distance column indicates the distance in metres from the center of the search to each facility that has been found.

If you click on one of the search results the map will move to the feature.

This tool is used to display the style associated with each layer on the map.

Check or uncheck the layers you want to display, then press the update button directly below the check boxes. Different themes have different layers, for example the recycling theme has the locations of bins and recycling stations. If a layer you want is not in the Map Layers list, try changing to a different theme.

This tool enables a partial address to be used as the basis for an address search. A map is then drawn with the selected address at its centre.

This will allow you to search for an address in the district, using only partial information eg. the name of the road or the postcode. This means that you don’t have to know the full address you are searching for.

Move the cursor over each white box, and click once to type in the parts of the address you know. If you have information to go in another white box, just move the cursor to that box, click once and type.

It is possible to type in just the first few letters of a road name. For example typing ‘Wen’ into the ‘Road’ box, will produce a list of all the road names containing ‘Wen’ in the district, such as St Wendreds Way, and Wentworth Drive.

Typing ‘14’ into the ‘Number’ box will produce a list of all the number ‘14’ properties on any road in the district.
Depending on the level of detail you have for the address, clicking the ‘Search’ button should return one address, or a list of addresses.
If there are no addresses that match the details you have typed, or you wish to search for another address, click on the button to start a new search.

This tool allows you to zoom to the extents of the map.

Pass the arrow cursor over the ‘Show All’ button, click once with the left-hand mouse button. Wait a second and the map view will change so that you can see the whole district.

This tool makes the map resize to fit the screen.

Pass the arrow cursor over the ‘Expand Map’ button, click once with the left-hand mouse button. Wait a second and the map will expand. The larger your browser window is, the larger the map will become.

This tool enables the selection of individual ‘themed’ layers of information to be shown on the map.

Click on the dropdown box and select the theme you want, then click on the update button.

The map may appear to change ‘style’, this is because it is presenting the map information in a different way. Individual themes may display particular features such as trees or polling stations. Once the theme is chosen, the information displayed will remain the same (until another theme is selected), regardless of scale or level of detail on the map. So you can zoom in or out, pan the map or click for information, within each theme.

This tool pinpoints places of interest within the district.

Select the point of interest you wish to find from the drop down box and then click find. You must use the find button in the points of interest box. This will redraw the map, with your selected place of interest at the centre. You may have to scroll to the top of the page to see the map again.