Your guide for interactive map access to detailed
State of Alaska land records

Contents

Overview.. 5

What’s New? 5

What is Alaska Mapper? 6

System Requirements 6

Supported Browsers 6

Recommendations for Best Performance. 6

About Alaska Mapper’s Geographic Data and Satellite Imagery. 6

Getting Started.. 7

Accessing Alaska Mapper 7

Logging out 7

Getting Help. 7

Alaska Mapper Basics. 9

Public Maps 9

Opening a Map. 9

After Logging In. 9

Using the Map Selector 10

Keep Extents Option. 10

About the Main Window. 12

Resizing the Application Window. 13

Managing Map Layers from the Menu Frame. 14

Legend. 15

Map Coordinate Units 15

Viewing Satellite Imagery. 15

Viewing the USGS Topographic Map. 16

Viewing NOAA Nautical Charts 16

Viewing Elevation Models as Hillshade Imagery. 16

User-Created Maps 16

Specialized Maps 17

Navigating the Map.. 18

Navigation Tools 18

Going to an Area of Interest 19

Navigating by Latitude and Longitude. 19

Navigating by Using the Navigation Functions 21

Using Text Searches to Locate Areas of Interest 21

Overview Map. 22

Creating and Editing Maps. 23

Creating a Map. 23

Managing Map Layers 24

Adding Layers 25

Removing Layers 25

Ordering Layers 25

Expanding and Collapsing Layer Lists 26

Finding Layers 26

Viewing Layer Metadata and Extract Layer Data. 27

Layer Settings 28

Managing Saved Maps. 30

Saving a Map. 30

Opening Saved Maps 30

Deleting Saved Maps 30

Querying Map Data. 32

Performing a Spatial Query. 32

Search Types 33

Using a Search Tool to Specify the Query Boundary. 33

Selected Features 34

Cancel Query. 34

Search Results 34

Land Records Information Accessible from the Search Results 36

Display Details 37

Paging the Search Results 38

Selected Feature. 38

Zoom to Feature. 38

Extracting Selected Features 38

Additional Functions. 40

Estimate Distance/Area (Ruler) Tool 40

Map Scale, Width and Distance Units 40

Base Map Option. 41

About/Disclamer 41