National Atlas Instructions 1 January 2013 Version
National Atlas Instructions 2 Notes for using the National Atlas Thematic Mapper 1)Go to: in Internet MSExplorer or Mozilla click-on MAKE MAPS.
National Atlas Instructions 3 Tour of Page Map Window Attributes tab Legend tab Getting Started
National Atlas Instructions 4 Please spend some time reading the Getting Started page click on
National Atlas Instructions 5 Next return to main page and select some variables like: Big Brown Bat Invasive Species Land Cover 1 km resolution
National Atlas Instructions 6 Then select Redraw Map And then choose Map Key RESULT
National Atlas Instructions 7 Try out the Zoom choices Identity Zoom in and out Zoom to States Find Overview Map
National Atlas Instructions 8 To Capture a Map Method 1 – Shift + Print Screen (recommended method) Then Paste you screen dump into something like Powerpoint and crop your picture to size This may take several passes to get map plus Overview Map plus legend
National Atlas Instructions 9 To Capture a Map Method 2 (not recommended method) – Turn-off the pop-up blocker in your browser
National Atlas Instructions 10 Method 2 cont… Make sure the Overview Map is turned off Now by setting your cursor to the Identity tool you can copy and paste the map and legend using your right mouse button or the icons that appear in the upper left of the screen
National Atlas Instructions 11 Right Mouse Button Method, Note that the Identity Results won’t appear in result
National Atlas Instructions 12 After turning the Overview Map back on the Right Mouse Button Method also will capture this item.
National Atlas Instructions 13 Likewise the Legend and be captured with the Right Mouse Button Method. However to get the Boundaries and Map Reference data you must first “select all” then copy
National Atlas Instructions 14 Icon Method – only works on map over here I don’t recommend using the Icon method, so this won’t be discussed.