1. Alabama Marine Resources Division Aquaculture Siting Tool
Brief Tutorial on how to use the application and what function each icon performs.
This application is not intended for navigation purposes and is intended to aid people interested in Oyster Aquaculture find a suitable location.
For this purpose, many different layers have been made available to aid in the placement of potential aquaculture sites.

2. Layer List: List of all layers
Map Legend: Displays only the layers visible at the current scale of the map.
Zoom Buttons
Returns to Default
View Extent
Find My Location
Layer List: List of all layers
Used in the Application, Visible layers appear dark while not
visible layers are light grey
Geographic Coordinates
Of your Cursor
Scale Bar

3. Filter Tool: Allows the user
Draw: Allows the user
the ability to draw lines, polygons
points, text to the map. The user
can change the color, transparency
level, line width, units of measure.
Measure Tool
Filter Tool: Allows the user
The ability to sort information within
a variety of layers to display information
that may be important to their project
or further assist in the placement of
the aquaculture project.
Click on the sprocket to expand the filter
for use. Click beside the sprocket to
Make the filter active. Filters remain
Active until it is unselected and only that
Information will be displayed.
Print Tool: Allows you to choose a format (PDF, JPEG, TIFF) and change the layout of the images printed (portrait/Landscape), you change title, add an author, change the map scale, etc…
Attribute Table: Click on the Icon
To open the attribute tables. Click
On the Icon again to close the Table
Base Maps: Allows you to choose from
One of four base maps

4. Layer they are interested into reveal information about that layer.
Map Overview: Click on the “Eye”
Icon to reveal the extent within the current
View of the map. Click it again and the
Overview map goes away.
Click the Bracket Ican within the Overview
To expand it, click it again to minimize the map
This line is an anchor point by
Which the user can extend or
Retract the height of the table.
Table Tabs for Individual Layers
Attribute Table: Click on the Icon
To open the attribute tables. Click
On the Icon again to close the Table
The Table appears at the bottom of the screen and the user can select the tabs for the
Layer they are interested into reveal information about that layer.
The default for the attribute table is to only display the features/layers in the current view of the map, users can deselect this by clicking on
The “Filter by Map Extent” tab.
The “Options” tab allows users the ability to create a custom filter based upon the information present in the table to allow the user the ability to
Only display the information they have interest that is present within the table layer.
The columns can be sorted in ascending or descending order by clicking on the column header in the table.

5. Home View/Default View of the Application
As the user zooms in on a particular area or reef, more information is revealed.

6. The AMRD oyster material seeding efforts, the Bayou la Batre sewer outfall
Closure rings and potential closure rings, parcels adjacent to waters that are conditionally approved for the harvest of shellfish, and areas in which Mobile Bay NEP
Performed cultural resources assessments are all visible at this extent.

7. •As we continue to zoom in more layers become visible in the view
•As we continue to zoom in more layers become visible in the view. You can see the pop-up window that displays attribute data about the various layers when you click on the map.
• You can see that the ADPH Oyster Management Zones layer has been turned off and a layer that depicts the summer water temperatures for this area have been turned on. You can see in the Legend what the dark blue color represents.
• In the middle of the screen a green polygon has been added using the “Draw” tool and the area measurements for the polygon are displayed in acres and perimeter measurements displayed in feet.
If the user clicks with a the mouse on a layer, information about this layer will appear:
Here you can see that the SAV layer has been selected and the information regarding species, habit, and area are displayed. If you were
To click on a parcel, the Owners name and address would appear in the pop-up dialogue box.