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Mineral Tenure Map Viewer – User Manual
Version 1.0
For:
Government of Northwest Territories - Lands
By:
Government of Northwest Territories Centre for Geomatics
and
Caslys Consulting Ltd.
Unit 102A, 6683 Oldfield Road
Saanichton, B.C., V8M 2A1
March 2014
Mineral Tenure Map Viewer – User Manual
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 3 Overview ................................................................................................................................................ 3 Getting Started ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Quick Reference Guide.......................................................................................................................... 4 Common tasks ....................................................................................................................................... 6 Map Navigation ..................................................................................................................................... 7 Common Tools ....................................................................................................................................... 9 Map Mark-up Tools .............................................................................................................................10 Coal Exploration Licenses ...................................................................................................................10 Mineral Claims .....................................................................................................................................11 Mineral Leases .....................................................................................................................................13 Prospecting Permits ............................................................................................................................14 Advanced Search by Map Layer .........................................................................................................15 Global Search .......................................................................................................................................17 Managing Search Results and Tabular Information ........................................................................18 2.0 CONTACT INFORMATION....................................................................................................................19 ii
Mineral Tenure Map Viewer – User Manual
1.0
INTRO
ODUCTION
1.1
Overv
view
The Mineral
M
Tenure Map Viewer allows
a
users to
o browse onlin
ne map inform
mation and real-time data m
maintained
by the GNWT MIT
TS (expand accronym) database. This h
help document provides aan introductio
on to the
components of the Map Viewer an
nd how to use
e them.
The Map
M Viewer is designed to be
b used with minimal tech
hnical supportt through intu
uitive and stan
ndard web
mapping functions. The easiest way
w to familiarrize yourself w
with the Map V
Viewer is to revview the Quickk Reference
Guide (on the next page)
p
and then
n explore the website
w
by tryying out each ttool. If furtherr information is required,
It is recommended to
t use the full User Manual as
a a reference w
with details ou
utlining each sspecific map fu
unction.
The Map
M Viewer Home (About) page is found on
n the left side of the map. Itt provides basiic information about the
website and an introduction to the
t functions and support documentatio
on for the Min
neral Tenure M
Map Viewer
appliccation.
on to these sym
mbols for impo
ortant guidancce.
Pay attentio
1.2
Getting Started
While using the Map
p Viewer, explo
ore informatio
on in the map w
window whilee also opening dialog window
ws with
search
h results and taables related to the mapped
d information. View maps an
nd tables onlin
ne or export taabular data
and maps
m
to commo
on formats forr use in spread
dsheets, e-mail , or documentts. For GIS useers, functions eexist to
clip daata to a desired
d extent and export
e
map data for use in yo
our desktop ap
pplications.
Keep in
i mind these common charracteristics of the
t application
n to help you g
get started quickly:
•
•
•
•
•
•
Read the welcome
w
messaage left of the map to get a q
quick introducction to Mineraal Tenure Map
p Viewer.
Use the Too
olbars and I want
w
to… shorrtcuts to comp
plete most taskks.
Maximize the Map Window when needed by collapssing the Inform
mation Windo
ow left of the map
window and/or the toolb
bar above the map
m window.
Use the tab
bs on the botto
om-left of the Information W
Window to view
w map layers o
or to show the map
legend and
d also to see vaarious tool diallog messages or search resu
ults.
This User Manual
M
is accesssible from the
e About page.
Hover the mouse
m
over the tools to view
w Tool Tips thaat provide a description of eeach button.
Review the Quick Reference Guid
de on the follow
wing pages.
3
P
Page 1 of 2 Qu
uick Referrence Guide Too
olbar Menu Tabs:
Global Se
earch:
Toggle Toolbar:
The Navigation toolbar iss open by
enu tabs to
defa ault. Click on other me
revieew other Tools an
nd Search
func
ctions for various tenurre types:
•
Mineral Claims
•
Mineral Leases
•
Prospecting Permits
enses
•
Coal Exploration Lice
The global search tool will find results for geographicc place names, NTS maap sheet names, and
e listed to the left of thhe map. Select one of
most fields in all mineral tenure laayers. All results will be
m to that location. Press
(located beloow the search results)
the results to automatically zoom
e results in a table view
w below the map windo
ow.
to open the
To
oggles the toolbar on / off
to
o leave more space for the
m
map window.
Too
olbar Buttons:
Use these buttons to perform
speccific tasks to move around in the
map
p
window, explore data, and
marrk-up the map for prin
nting. See
Sect tions 1.3 to 1.10 in the user
man
nual for a description
n of each
individual toolbar button. Hold the
use over a button to seee the tool
mou
tips that describe its functiion.
Info
ormation Window (Left):
By default this window
w contains
me key information about
a
the
som
Mineral Tenure Map Viewe
er.
Thiss window can be togg
gled on/off
to a dd space for the map window.
w
The se tabs control what you
y see in
the Information Window. You will
nt
m layers
wan
to toggle between map
and legend view frequentlly.
Common Shortcuts:
Click here to
t find shortcuts
to some com
mmon tasks.
Navigation
N
Shortcu
uts:
Single click zoom in / out
ents.
and bookmark map exte
Q
Quick Information:
Siingle click on any mineral
teenure polygon to open a
co
oncise description.
M
Map Window:
Dynamic map includes base
m
mapping layers, real--time
diisplay of MITS (Mineral
Teenure) information and
laand-use reference data
uence
laayers that may influ
m
mineral tenure decisionss.
Laayers can be toggled on /
offf as required with the Map
Laayers tab.
P
Page 2 of 2 Ma
anaging Map La
ayers:
Maap Layers:
Qu
uick Referrence Guide Index of Tools
T
by Toolbaar Menu:
Navigation: Refer to user manuual Section 1.5
Use the Map Layers tab to
o customize
the layers that are visible in the map
window.
e visibility of
Use check boxes to toggle
individual map layers orr groups of
layeers. (Lighter fonts reffer to layers
thatt automatically becom
me visible at
otheer map scales.)
Location an
nd Measurement Toools: Refer to user maanual Section 1.6
Presss + and - to expand or collapse
map
p layers or grouped layyers.
Map Mark-u
up Tools: Refer to usser manual Section 1.7
Sho
ow / Hide Legend:
Clickk here to show the Map
M Legend
sym
mbols or click again to
o return to
Map
p Layers .
Mineral Ten
nure Search Tools: Reefer to user manual Sections 1.8 to 1.11
Note: Similar buttons exxist on each of thee 4 Mineral Tenure
toolbaars, however the Search / Select functio
ons are customized
to eacch specific data type. Follow, directions provided to the left
of the map window. Oncee specific tenure pollygons are selected,
tabulaar information can bee viewed and exportted.
•
•
•
•
M
Mineral Claims
M
Mineral Leases
Prrospecting Permits
C
Coal Exploration Licensees
Advannced Search (by map
p layer) allows userss to search for data
in anyy of the available m
map layers. (For exam
mple: Oil and Gas,
Land W
Withdrawals, or Abo
original and Inuit Ow
wner Lands.) Refer
to Secction 1.12.
Mineral Tenure Map Viewer – User Manual
1.4
Comm
mon tasks
The in
nformation con
ntained within
n this section outlines
o
key waays to complette common tasks using the M
Mineral
Tenure Map Viewer..
I Want To…
Use th
his menu located inside the map
m
windo
ow to quickly find
f
and launch
h
comm
mon tasks.
To find
d basic inform
mation about an
ny
minerral tenure polyygon, click on it to
open a Map Tip conttaining the keyy
inform
mation specificc to a Mineral Lease,
L
Mineral Claim, Prosp
pecting Permitt, or Coal
Explorration Lease. Use
U the Search
h tools
for the
ese layers foun
nd on each asssociated
toolbaar tab or the Global Search lo
ocated in
the to
op right-hand corner
c
of the window
w
to find
d more information.
Tenure polygons an
nd many other data
layers have labels th
hat become vissible as
the map is zoomed in.
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Press th
he Map Layers ttab (bottom leeft corner) to customize
the map
p by turning o n/off individuaal map layers o
or
grouped
d layers. Layerrs are grouped
d primarily as ‘Basemap’
layers (b
below) with ‘M
Mineral Tenure Information’ aabove.
Several map layers aree turned off byy default but m
may prove
to be vaaluable for min
neral tenure pllanning. Togg
gle on/off
the Mapp Legend to seee cartographicc symbols.
1.5
Map Navigation
The Navigation Toollbar includes several tools to
o help zoom to
o an area of intterest or browsse the minerall tenure
landsccape cartograp
phically. Revie
ew the followin
ng section to l earn about keey ways to movve around in th
he map
view and
a find more information concerning parrticular layers aat the selected
d location.
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Press the Abou
ut tool to open th
he Home Page witth information to help guide you th
hrough the use off the Map
Viewer. Use the Print dialog
g to save a map
p view as a PDFF (or other common image file formats).
Selecting a maap scale of
Cu
urrent Scale or Currrent Extent will reesult in the printed
d map being created and a
non-standard map scale when printed
p
to letter-ssize (8.5x11) pape r.
Press these navig
gation tools, and tthen drag the mo
ouse in the map w
window to compleete pan or
zoom functions.
Return to the Inittial View map exteent to quickly locaate and zoom to another location. Or press
Full Extent to zoom to the full exten
nt of the map datta.
Zoom to Coordina
ate prompts userss to enter a known
n coordinate and then the map will zoom to
that location (as illustrated below)). Point Location IInformation is useed to click on a location on
the map and return results for th e map layers that overlap that loccation. In GIS applications
this is commonlyy referred to as thee Identify Tool.
The Zo
oom to Coordin
nate tool is use
ed to
pan th
he map directly to a specific
coordinate that users enter. Be su
ure
to sele
ect the approp
priate Spatial
Refereence (Coordinaate System) fro
om
the avvailable choice
es. Then enter the
pair off coordinate vaalues and presss
Zoom to complete the task.
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1.6
Comm
mon Tools
The To
ools Toolbar in
ncludes tools to
o measure disttances or areaas, and view th e information of map featurres at any
point location or larrger area of intterest on the map.
m
Press the Locatee Point tool, then click on the map
p to display the co
oordinates of
that location. U
Use any of the
identify toolls to select record
ds from map
layers under a point, line, polyygon, or rectang
gle. Then explorre individual
records from th e results indicated
d left of the map w
window.
Press the Disstance tool to draaw line segmentss that will be
annotated w
with lengths sho
own in the unitss set in the
adjacent pul l-down menu (sh
hown as Metres (m)). Double
click to end tthe line measurem
ment.
Press the Areea tool to draw a polygon annotated with total
area measurees in the units indicated.
Erase individ
dual measuremen
nts or Clear All measurements
from the map. Unclick the Add as Drawing diaalog to make
measuremen
nts without map m
mark-up.
When using the Loccate Point
Tool, click
c
on a locattion within
the map and coordinates are
displayed in commo
on coordinate
system
ms as illustrate
ed below.
UTM (North Americaan Datum
1983) coordinates are
autom
matically assign
ned to the
correcct UTM zone. Press
P
New
Point to
t display another location
or Closse to continue
e with
another task.
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1.7
Map Mark-up Too
ols
The Map
M Mark-up to
oolbar includess drawing toolls to add pointts, lines, polygoons and text an
nnotation to th
he
dynam
mic map. This can be useful document ide
eas prior to pri nting (.PDF) or exporting the map view ass an image
(.GIF, .JPG,
.
.PNG). Grraphics can be
e added, symbolized, altered
d, labeled, or erased prior to printing. Duee to the
nature
e of web mapp
ping, these graaphics are onlyy intended to b
be temporary and can only b
be saved as an
n image or
PDF map
m output usiing the Print to
ool. Often, maark-up tools ca n serve to marrk an area of in
nterest to a maap that
can be
e shared with colleagues
c
or other stakeholders.
Use varrious Drawing Toools to mark-up the map for com
mmunication
purposees. Click, multi-cliick, or drag objectts as required by each specific
tool.
When
n using Drawing TTools, press the Styyles tool to select from various colo
ours and font
choicces after selecting the appropriate d
drawing tool.
Once
e a drawing has b
been added, the nodes can be modified using thee Edit tool or
Eraseed individually. O r, Clear All drawin gs on the map wiith a single click.
A dialog on the
e bottom of the
e
map window
w
provid
des guidance to
t any
drawin
ng tool that haas been selected.
to close th
Be surre to press the
his
dialog
g before beginning the next task.
1.8
Coal Exploration Licenses
The Co
oal Exploration
n Licenses toolb
bar includes sp
pecific tools to
o search for infformation perttaining to the coal
tenure
e system. Unlike other Mine
eral Tenure maap layers, Coal Exploration Liicenses are not connected th
hrough
the MITS database but
b through re
egular updatess managed by the NWT Centtre for Geomattics. In additio
on this
toolbaar includes an Advanced Searrch wizard that allows users to develop cu
ustom queries to search for
inform
mation specificc to any map laayer in the map
p legend (Refeer to Section 1.12 for detailed guidance to
o use the
Advan
nced Search by map layer).
PPress the Searcch / Select Licen
nse(s)
bby table button
n to open the ssearch
d
dialog. Alternaatively use by m
map
aand follow the guidance to tthe left
o
of the map win
ndow to interaactively
sselect tenure in
nformation on
n the
m
map.
Coal
If you aree unsure of thee syntax for a C
EExploration Leaase code – En
nter a common
n number
(o
or letter in som
me cases) to open the auto-ccomplete
p
pull-down list.
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1.9
Mine
eral Claims
The Mineral
M
Claims toolbar
t
has spe
ecific tools to search
s
for reall-time informaation pertaining to the claims data
manag
ged in the MIT
TS database. In
n addition, thiss toolbar inclu
udes an Advanced Search wizard that allow
ws users to
develo
op custom que
eries to search
h for informatio
on specific to aany map layerr in the map leg
gend (Refer to
o Section
1.12 fo
or detailed guiidance to use the
t Advanced Search by map
p layer).
Press the
t Search / Seelect Claim(s) byy table button to open the s earch dialog. Alternatively u
use by map an
nd follow
the gu
uidance to the left of the map window to interactively seelect tenure in
nformation on the map.
Iff unsure of the syntax for a
Claim Number code
e – Enter a com
mmon
numb
ber (or letter in some cases) to open
the au
uto-complete pull-down
p
list.
Search
hing for a partial string will return
r
all matching results. For example, enter
273 to
o return all Claims that includ
de the
Numb
bers 273 in the code.
Use
U the Global Search dialog on the top rig
ght of the map
p window to seearch for mineral claims, how
wever
using the tools on th
he Mineral Claiims Toolbar wiill simplify sea rch results by not including search resultss from
other map layers. The Global Searrch approach is
i illustrated o n the followin
ng page. Note the K03 valuee entered
in the top right searrch field and th
he 58 Search re
esults that mattch K03 in the window to the left of the m
map. These
resultss may also incllude items thaat are not mine
eral claim codees. These resu
ults will remain
n on a tab to th
he left of
the map window un
ntil another seaarch is comple
eted. Click a sp
pecific result to
o open the database inform
mation
pertaining to that lo
ocation and au
utomatically zo
oom the map tto that location. Press the leeft arrow on th
he
inform
mation panel to
o return back to
t the list of se
earch results.
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Search
S
results ap
ppear left
of
o the map windo
ow. Click
individual resultss (left) to
pan
p
the map to that
specific
s
location and
a
open
the
t data in a table
e (below).
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1.10
Mine
eral Leases
The Mineral
M
Leases toolbar has spe
ecific tools to search
s
for real--time informattion pertaining
g to the licensse data
manag
ged in the MIT
TS database. In
n addition, thiss toolbar inclu
udes an Advancced Search wizzard that allow
ws users to
develo
op custom que
eries to search
h for informatio
on specific to aany map layerr in the map leg
gend (Refer to
o Section
1.12 fo
or detailed guiidance to use the
t Advanced Search by maap layer).
Iff unsure of the syntax for a Lease
Numb
ber code – Entter a common number
(or letter in some caases) to open the autocomplete pull-down
n list. Searching for a partial string will retu
urn all matchin
ng results. Forr example, enter L-238
(or jusst 238) to returrn all Claims th
hat include tho
ose numbers in
n the code.
Use
U the Global Search dialog on the top rig
ght of the map
p window to seearch for mineral claims, how
wever
using the tools on th
he Mineral Lea
ases toolbar willl simplify searrch results by n
not including ssearch results from
other map layers. The Global Searrch approach iss illustrated on
n the previouss page. Note the K03 value eentered in
the to
op right search field and the 58 Search resu
ults that match
h K03 in the wiindow to the left of the map
p. These
resultss may also incllude items thaat are not mine
eral lease codees (as illustrateed by the exam
mple that has fo
ound
minerral claims, not leases). These
e results will remain on a tab to the left of tthe map windo
ow until anoth
her search
is com
mpleted. Press on a specific result
r
to open the database information p
pertaining to th
hat location an
nd
autom
matically zoom
m the map to th
hat location. Press
P
the left arrrow on the information pan
nel to return back to the
list of search results.
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1.11
Prosp
pecting Perm
mits
The Prrospecting Perrmits toolbar has
h specific too
ols to search fo
or real-time infformation perrtaining to the permit
data managed
m
in the MITS databaase. In addition
n, this toolbar includes an Ad
dvanced Searcch wizard that allows
users to
t develop cusstom queries to
t search for in
nformation speecific to any m
map layer in thee map legend (Refer to
Sectio
on 1.12 for detaailed guidance
e to the Advan
nced Search byy map layer).
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1.12
Adva
anced Search
h by Map Lay
yer
An Ad
dvanced Search
h (by map layerr) tool is found on each of th e four operatio
onal mineral tenure toolbars (Coal
Explorration Licensess, Mineral Claim
ms, Mineral Le
eases, and Prosspecting Perm
mits). Each of these four butttons
launch
hes the same Advanced
A
Searrch Wizard which allows userrs to develop ccustom queriees to search forr
inform
mation for any map layer in the map viewe
er. Common u ses could inclu
ude searching
g for oil and gas tenure
inform
mation, specificc land withdraawals, regulate
ed areas, or to ssearch mineraal tenure files b
by a data field other
than the
t unique (lice
ense number, claim numberr or permit num
mber) codes.
Step 1
After clicking tthe Advanced Seaarch
(by map layerr) button, Select the
desired layer t o search.
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Step
p2
Select th
he field from the map layer
that con
ntains the data th
hat is to be
searched
d. Notice that the Query
Details w
window illustratees the SQL
query sttring as it is deveeloped by
the que ry wizard.
Step
p3
Select tthe operator an
nd search
value fo
or the query. The value can
include a selection of a specific
name (eeg. 065A03) or just use the
entered text (eg. 65) to return all
results w
with those values contained
in the fiield. Notice that the Query
Details w
window now illusstrates the
revised SQL query strin
ng as it is
ped by the query w
wizard.
develop
Step
p4
Click Fin ish if satisfied witth the query
stateme nt or modify tthe WHERE
clause o
of the SQL staatement to
develop more complex qu
ueries.
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1.13
Globa
al Search
The se
earch window on the top rig
ght of the application banner is designed tto search manyy key map layeers to
quickly locate inform
mation when the
t search strin
ng is known. SSpecifically, place names, NTTS map sheet ccodes,
land withdrawals
w
an
nd protected areas
a
can be en
ntered to quickkly find an areea of interest. P
Partial names or codes
can be
e entered to re
eturn a list of suitable resultss.
The fo
ollowing map layers
l
are searchable using the
t Global Searrch.
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Place Name
es (Including communities,
c
lakes and riverrs, geographic features)
NTS Mapsh
heets (Including 1:50,000 and
d 1:250,000)
Mineral Ten
nure polygonss (Including Claaims, Leases, LLicenses and P
Permits)
Oil and Gass
Settled Lan
nd Claims
Protected Areas
A
Regulated Areas
A
Land Withd
drawals
Aboriginal and Inuit Own
ned Lands
Global Search can acct as a simple way
w to find mineral tenure
resultss as well. The search example shown rightt demonstratees
this prrocess.
Keep
K
in mind that
t
Global Sea
arch does not link to the
Genera
ate Reports too
ols (see Section
n 1.11) that exxport result to
.XLS and .CSV formaats. Users must carefully highlight the tablle,
copy, and paste into
o applications like MS Excel. (Be sure to
includ
de the heading
gs as well.)
In thiss example the user entered 12
1 in the globaal search field
and haas returned 76
65 results with 50 results sho
own per page
over 16 pages. Clickking any single
e result record will jump to tthat
individ
dual result, ho
owever users caan also open the
t full set of
resultss in table view
ws by clicking on
o the open tables icon.
Click
C
to op
pen Global Sea
arch results in table
t
view
with each
e
map layerr shown on an individual tab
ble tab.
1
Highlight
H
resullts in the table shown above
e to copy and p
paste informattion into otherr applications.
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1.14
Mana
aging Search
h Results and
d Tabular Infformation
Search
hing for minerral tenure inforrmation will diisplay a list of m
matching resu
ults that are dissplayed in the
inform
mation window
w to the left of the map wind
dow (as shown
n below). The global search function will rreturn any
numb
ber of matched
d results and yo
ou can click individual resultts to select and
d view the info
ormation for th
hat record.
Global search is currrently not desiigned to generate tables or rresults for exp
port, although tabular inform
mation can
be cop
py and pasted into MS Excel or similar app
plications (Rev iew Section 1.13 for further instructions). Use the
speciffic searches or selection tools on each of th
he tabs for Liceenses, Claims, Lease, or Perm
mits to select m
multiple
resultss (or multiple polygons)
p
and
d then view tab
bular data whi ch can then bee exported to your desktop.. The
image
e below illustraates how a Min
neral Claim seaarch displays d
data in 3 placees:
1..
2..
3..
Search resu
ults listed to th
he left of the map
m window. C
Click these resu
ults to zoom to
o individual po
olygons on
the map.
Search resu
ults are formatted as a single
e table below tthe map windo
ow. You can sscroll through the data
to locate sp
pecific informaation of interesst or click the G
Generate Repo
orts button thaat automaticallly opens
to the left of
o the map win
ndow. The rep
ports that are g
generated can be exported tto XLS or CSV fformats
for use in application succh as MS Excel.
Search resu
ults are also hig
ghlighted in ye
ellow on the m
map.
Search results list or individual
record
d information dissplayed to left
of maap. Selection is highlighted
h
in
yellow
w on the map. Tabular
T
results
displaayed below witth option to
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Mineral Tenure Map Viewer – User Manual
2.0
CONTACT INFORMATION
For more information related to the Mineral Tenure Map Viewer contact:
NWT Centre for Geomatics
Shared Services Centre for
Environment and Natural Resources,
Industry, Tourism and Investment
5102 – 50th Avenue, 7th floor
Yellowknife, NT X1A 3S8
www.geomatics.gov.nt.ca
The map viewer has been developed with the assistance of Caslys Consulting Ltd.
Caslys Consulting Ltd.
Unit 102A, 6683 Oldfield Road
Saanichton, B.C., V8M 2A1
Contact: Justin McPherson
Tel: (250) 652-9268; Fax: (250) 652-9269
Email: [email protected]
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