Help: Map Search

Map Filters

Select what you want to search for:

• Planning
  • Applications – shown as green dots
  • Appeals – shown as red dots
  • Enforcements – shown as yellow dots
• Building Control
  • Applications – shown as green dots
  • Contraventions – shown as red dots
• Building Standards
  • Warrants – shown as red dots
  • Notices – shown as yellow dots
• Licensing
  • Licences – shown as pink dots
  • Applications – shown as light blue dots
• Property
  • Property – shown as blue dots

Select the time period during which applications have been actioned.

Note: These filters are only available once the map has been zoomed to a sufficient scale to display points.

Show /Hide Legend

If you tick the Show/Hide Legend box, this will expand the MapGuide legend control on the left of the map. The legend control allows the user to individually turn on/off any available layers including constraints. Unchecking the Show/Hide Legend box will collapse the MapGuide legend control.

Map Tools

The interactive map contains a number of tools to help you zoom in and locate the desired case/property:

• Initial map view – click this to zoom the map out to show the widest possible view
• Zoom in – select this tool then click a point on the map that you want to zoom in to
• Zoom out – select this tool then click on the map to zoom out
• Zoom Slider – move the slider up to zoom in; down to zoom out
• Pan mode – to move around the map, select this then click on the map. Keeping the mouse button depressed, drag the cursor in the direction that you want to pan
• Pan arrows – click on the up, down, left or right arrows to pan the view in the selected direction
• Zoom to rectangle – to zoom in on a selected area, select this tool then click and drag the cursor to draw an area on the map
• Previous view – to return to the previous view, click on this tool
• Next view – when you have used the Previous view tool, click on this button to go to the view that followed the one that is currently displayed
• Selection Tool – click on a point on the map to view details for that case/property.

Use these tools to display a map area that contains one or more dots identifying properties of interest.

Hover the cursor over one of the identifying dots to display the reference number for that application.

Map Summary Pane

The cases/properties shown on the map are listed by reference number to the right.

As you move around the map using zoom/pan controls the summary list on the right hand side will automatically update.

To open one of these, click on it.

Map Profile

You can add a map search to your Saved Searches list in one of two formats:

• Save Map Extents Search – click on this to save the search, incorporating all of the applications shown on the map
• Save Proximity Search – select a proximity distance, then click on this to save the search, incorporating all of the applications within the selected distance.

You can preview the proximity search that will be saved by selecting a proximity distance from the drop down and clicking the Highlight button.

You can display the applications on the map as a search results list. To do this, click on Show Results as a List.

• You can print off this list by clicking on the Print button.
• The application locations are displayed on a Small Map on the right. You can return to the original map by clicking on Show results on large map.