Help Home

• Measurement  
• Clicking on the Measurement icon opens the Measurement widget shown here.

• Clicking on the double up arrow  collapses the widget and clicking on the double down arrow  expands the widget.
• Clicking on the X  closes the widget.

• Area Tool
  
• Calculates the area of a polygon.
• Clicking on the Area icon  activates the Area tool.
• When the Area tool is activated the Units Selector pull down menu becomes visible.
  

• Click on the down arrow to expand the selection list.
• Click on the desired unit of measurement.
• To start measuring the area of a polygon, click on the map for the first vertex location.
• Continue clicking on the map for each desired vertex location of the polygon.
• To complete the polygon, double click at the last vertex location and the area of the polygon will be displayed under Measurement Result.

• Distance Tool
• Calculates the length of a polyline.
  
• Clicking on the Distance icon  activates the Distance tool.
• When the Distance tool is activated the Units Selector pull down menu becomes visible.
• Click on the down arrow to expand the selection list.
• Click on the desired unit of measurement.
• To start measuring the length of a polyline, click on the map for the first vertex location.
• Continue clicking on the map for each desired vertex location of the polyline.
• To end the polyline, double click at the last vertex location and the length of the polyline will be displayed under Measurement Result.

• Location Tool
• Displays Longitude and Latitude of the cursor and selected points on the map.
• Coordinates displayed are in the World Geodetic System (WGS) 1984 which is the coordinates of the Global Positioning System (GPS).
• Clicking on the Location icon activates the Location tool.
• When the Location tool is activated the Units Selector pull down menu becomes visible.
• Click on the down arrow to expand the selection list.
• Click on Degrees for decimal degrees or DMS for degrees, minutes and seconds.
• When you click on the map the Longitude and Latitude coordinates are displayed to the right of the Location Pin icon .
  

© Copyright 2023 Cheyenne and Laramie County GIS Cooperative