Explore a map
The map is one of the two main parts of ArcGIS Explorer Online: it displays geographical data and allows you to explore and interact with that data.
Some of the things you can do with the map are:
- Zoom in and out to see different levels of detail, and pan around to see different locations, using the mouse, keyboard, or the Navigator. You can also click Zoom to Rectangle on the toolbar to quickly zoom to an area in the map.
- Change the basemap, and add new data on top of the basemap.
- Find places, coordinates, addresses, and other things with a location such as airports, landmarks, railway stations, and businesses.
- Define bookmarks, so you can quickly return to the places you have found.
- Ask questions by querying the data in the map; for example, find out which European countries have the highest populations, or where earthquakes with a magnitude higher than 6 have occurred in the last year.
- Add features to a map, creating your own sets of data.
- Create a presentation; for example, create a tour of the places you visited last year, with information and photos about each stop you made.
- Edit data which is stored on a server; for example, add a new oil spill location to a feature service that shows environmental pollution.
Move the mouse cursor over the Navigator, shown as a north arrow at the bottom left of the map, to activate the Navigator and show controls for panning, zooming, and showing a scale bar and coordinate display.
To hide or show layers already in the map, click the Layers tab in the left side panel to show the Layers panel, and uncheck layers you want to hide.
To search for and
add data to the map, click the Add Content 
button on the toolbar to show the Add Content drop-down panel.
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3/11/2013