Quick tour of exploring and navigating maps
Tip:Watch the short video Navigating around a map
Navigating around a map
To pan the map, use the left mouse button, the arrow keys on your keyboard, or the arrow controls on the Navigator.
To zoom in or out, use the mouse wheel, the + (plus) or - (minus) keys on your keyboard, or the slider on the Navigator.
You can also use the Zoom to Rectangle button 
to zoom in, by clicking the button and then dragging a rectangle on the map of the area you wish to zoom in to.
The Navigator is shown at the bottom left of the map. Move the mouse cursor over the Navigator to activate it and show the controls for panning and zooming.
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The toolbar at the top of the application includes other controls that let you do more with the map. For example, you can zoom the map to a place or an address by typing the name of a place into the Find Places box.
Exploring the contents of a map
All of the layers that make up the map are shown in the Layers panel; show the panel by clicking the Layer tab in the left side panel. You can turn layers on and off using the check boxes in the panel, and zoom the map to the extent of a layer by double-clicking that layer in the list. You can find out more about each layer, and also change the layer opacity, by clicking the arrow next to the layer to open the Layer Details view.
Click the Map Legend tab in the left side panel to show a legend (key) of information for visible layers in the map. If the map does not contain any layers with legend information, then the Legend tab will not be available.
Click the arrow tab to close the left side panel if you want to maximise the amount of space to show the map.
You can find out more about features by clicking on a feature shown in the map. This will open a pop-up window of information about the clicked feature, if the layer is configured to show pop-ups.
Learn more
See the following other topics for quick pointers on how to find and share maps, create presentations, and more.
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Quick tour of finding places, coordinates, and addresses