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Test Valley Borough Local Plan 2006

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In order to use this Interactive version of the Test Valley Borough Council Local Plan to its fullest potential it is strongly recommended that the user reads this guide before proceeding.

Introduction
Navigating around the map
Map Key
Querying the policy data

Introduction

The maps can be accessed by clicking on the Maps link on the header bar.

The main site consists of a map on the right hand side and on the left the following tabs.

Map Location Searching

Overview Map

Map Key

Map Policies

Navigating around the map

The mapping comprises 8 levels of zoom ranging from a simple borough overview to detailed OS 10K data.
The current viewing level is indicated by the zoom level indicator and along with this the current map viewing scale is also displayed.

zoom level indicator eg map scale indicator eg

Pan/Zoom Control

Use this control to pan around and zoom into more detailed mapping

In order to pan around the mapping -

Click on the desired compass direction (N, S, E, W) to pan the map in this direction.
Select the Pan tool to be able to pan the map by clicking and dragging the map.

In order to zoom in and out of the mapping -

Click on the Zoom in or Zoom out icons.
Drag the zoom level indicator zoom to this level of detail.
Double click on the map to zoom in at the clicked point.
Select the Zoom tool and drag a zoom extent over the map.
Key in a desired map scale and pressing the refresh button.

Overview Map

Use this control to quickly navigate to a specific part of the borough. Note the red square indicates the current map view

Click on this image to navigate to this part of the borough, or drag the coverage indicator box to the desired part of the borough

Location Searching

Use this to navigate the mapping to a specified postcode, street or locality within the borough

Initially choose the option that defines your type of search, Postcode or Street
Enter the full postcode/street name or part of in the box and press go.

(Please enter as much as you know to ensure you can navigate to the desired location)
The search will return with a list of the first 20 matches from which the user can click on the link to zoom to that part of the mapping. An example is shown below.

Or, if an exact match has been found, the mapping will navigate to this location directly.
To navigate to a specific locality in the borough use the quick links. This contains a list of major localities in the borough in which the user can quickly navigate to.

Map Key

The key control provides functionality to control what policies are visible over the base mapping. Each individual layer control doubles as a key to indicate how this policy layer is displayed on the map.

To turn all layers on click on the All Layers On link.
To turn all layers off click on the All Layers Off link.
To turn an individual layer on/off click on the check box next to the layer.
To turn a group of layers on/off click on the check box next to the layer group heading.
To expand/collaspe a layer group click on the "+" and "-" symbols. Clicking the symbol while holding down the shift key will expand/collaspe all layer groups.
To zoom the map to the full extent of all features in a layer click on the text description of the layer

Please note that the interactive map allows policy boundary information to be displayed above the native scale at which they are shown on the source mapping.

Querying the policy data

The site is able to query the map and return a list of policies associated with that query, as shown below.

policy links eg

By clicking on each individual policy link, the user is able to view text information from the Written Statement pertaining to this policy. Note, that only the policies that are visible on the map will be used in the queries. So for a comprehensive query ensure all the policy layes are visible.

Click on the Print button print button eg to open the list of captured policies in a new window ready for printing.

The map data can be queried by any of the following methods -

Method 1 - By point

Select the info button on the toolbar
Click on the map and a list of all policies associated with this point location will be displayed under the Policies tab on the left.
Use the Next and Previous links at the bottom to move between the results pages if necessary.
Click on the link to view the Written Statement text for this policy

Method 2 - By radius

Click on the "Capture by Radius" button on the toolbar
To define an radius, while holding down the shift key, click and hold down the mouse on the map, then drag out to draw the radius. Release the mouse button to finish drawing.
Alternatively, type a radius (in metres) into the adjacent box and click on the map. An example of capturing policies by a radius is shown below.
When the shape has been drawn a list of all policies that intersect with this shape will be displayed under the Policies tab on the left.
Use the Next and Previous links at the bottom to move between the results pages if necessary.
Click on the link to view the Written Statement text for this policy.
When using these capture policy tools the capture shape will remain over the mapping until another query is performed. To delete click on the shape and choose the Delete Shape option, as shown below.

Method 3 - By view

Click on the visible in the current view link to list all the policies that are visible in the current map view.
Click on the required link to view the Written Statement text for this policy

Once the user moves away from the current view, by either panning or zooming the map, the list of policy results will be cleared ready for the next query.

Map Printing

The site provides fuctionality for the user to print the map along with a map legend and specific user information.

To print the map -

Select the print button on the toolbar This will open the print layout page in a new window, as shown below.

This layout includes-
- Current map view
- Input for the user to add a custom title
- Input for the user to add custom comments
- Map legend containing all policies visible on the map
To add a custom title, replace "Add Title?" with the required text.

If a title is not required this element can be hidden by clicking the hide button in the top right.
To add a custom comments, replace "Add Comments?" with the required text.

If no comments are necessary this element can be hidden by clicking the hide button in the top right.
If the map legend is not required on the print it may be hidden by clicking the hide button in the top right
When the layout is finalized the page can be printed in the normal manner