California Department of Fish and
Wildlife

Marine Biogeographic Information and
Observation System

MarineBIOS Data Viewer User Guide

Upon web map viewer startup, a
welcome screen provides you with information about the viewer, possible use restrictions
and links to additional information.

Project Banner

In the top
left corner of the viewer is a banner area that includes the CDFW logo and the
project banner.

Clicking on the CDFW logo in the banner will
take you to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife homepage.

Clicking on the Marine logo in the banner
will take you to the Marine Region homepage.

Table of
Contents (TOC)

In the left side panel is the Table of Contents. The Table of Contents
lists the data layers that are available to the particular viewer by default
and the available basemaps. The TOC also provides other map content related
functionality, such as displaying the metadata and symbology for your data
layers.

If the TOC Panel is collapsed it can be made visible again by clicking on
one of the tabs on the toolbar such as the Layers tab or the Basemaps tab. If it is open and you wish to close it
you can do so by clicking on the close (x) button on the upper-right corner of
the panel. You can switch the contents of the panel by clicking the different
tabs on the toolbar. Clicking on the tab that is already 'on' will close
the panel.

The Table of Contents
panel may include the following contents:

Layers - This tab is active by default
in the TOC panel. It displays a list of all the current map content with
the exception of the background map.

To draw a data layer, simply
check on the small box to the left of the name of the data layer in the
Table of Contents. We have some very large and complex datasets in MarineBIOS,
so we do not draw them automatically when they are loaded into the map.
This gives you a chance to zoom in to your area of interest first
improving both the performance of the viewer and the legibility of the
data.

Click on the layer name in the
Layers tab of the Table of Contents to activate the layer or select it as the current Active Layer. This makes the layer available for use
with the various tools in MarineBIOS. You will see a pink box appear
around the layer indicating that it is active and the name of the layer
will show in the Active Layer display.

You can view the metadata
document for the layer by clicking on the Info (i) button
to right of the layer name.

The Go button will
allow you to quickly zoom the map to the full spatial extent of the
Active Layer.

A
symbology legend is available for each data layer in the Layer tab. Click
on the + to the left of
the Layer name and check box and a drop-down legend will appear below the
layer name showing each type of symbol used to display that dataset in
the map. Feature symbology is not editable in MarineBIOS
at this time.

·
Graphics
and Selections - This section lists
any graphics layers that you have created in your map, such as map labels, as
well as any selections that you have created while working with the layers and
tools.

Reference Layers - This section lists the general
purpose map layers that are provided for geographic reference. These
include layers for cities, place names, county boundaries, USGS Quads, and
US Township/Range/Sections. By default, the Point Info tool uses these layers to
display general location information about a point that you clicks on the
map.

Basemaps - You can change the background
map to any map available under the Basemap tab
in the Table of Contents on the left side of the viewer window. Choices
include imagery, street maps, topographic maps and several years of NAIP
imagery, among other options. The default basemap
that is loaded when the viewer opens is the ESRI Oceans Map.

Table –
Between
the Layers tab and the Basemaps tab in the Table of Contents you will find
the Table tab.

This tab will open and close the
collapsible data panel along the bottom border of the viewer. When you search for
a layer feature by using the Search Active Layer
Quick Tool or select features using the Select tool, valid results will be
displayed in a table format in this Table panel. No more than 300 records will
be displayed in the Table panel.

·
Active Layer Display - Along the top
of the Table of Contents panel and just below the Layers tab is a small display
showing the currently selected Active Layer.

Tools that interact with the data layers will work only on the Active Layer.
To make a layer active you simply click on the layer title. You will see a pink
box appear around the layer showing that it is active and the name of the layer
will show in the Active Layer display.

Map Canvas

In
the center spanning the most of the page height and width is the map canvas.
This is where map layer data will be displayed where you can interact with the
data by using the tools provided. Panels that run along the side of the viewer
(side panels or sidebars) can be closed to reveal a large map area.

Zoom Slider- Zoom in and out
of the map view by clicking on the bar or hold mouse down and drag the
slider up or down the bar.

Scale Bar
- The map scale bar along the bottom right of the map next to the Esri logo shows the current map scale in miles
distance.

Overview
Map
- The overview map lies on the bottom left corner of the Map Canvas and
offers a broader overview of the current map view extent. Upon first
opening the map viewer, the Overview map may be hidden. Click on the
little arrow at the lower left corner to expand it. The overview map may
be hidden by the Table panel when the Table panel is open.

MarineBIOS Tools

All of the tools from
the previous version of the MarineBIOS viewer are
still available in the new version. They have been arranged into the three
drop-down menus that you see at the top of the viewer.

To use a tool in MarineBIOS, you must first
select the layer that you want to use the tool on in the Layers tab of the
Table of Contents on the left side panel of the viewer, making it the Active
Layer. Once you have an Active Layer to work with you can select and use your
tool.  The current Active Layer is
indicated by a solid pink box around the layer name in the Layers list.

Quick Tools Menu

On the
top center of the viewer, next to the logo area is the Quick Tools menu. Here
you will find tools that interact with the text box to the right of the menu to
perform various tasks. Results may be displayed in an automatic drop-down
selection list directly below the input text box. Click on the Quick Tools
drop-down to see a list of available tools.

Add Data: KML Tool – This tool allows you to add a publicly
accessible dataset that is formatted as KML (Keyhole Markup Language) or
KMZ (zipped or compressed KML files) to your BIOS session. Select the Add
Data: KML tool and then enter the URL into the Quick Tool menu input box
and press the Enter key on your keyboard.

Add Map Service Tool – This tool allows you to
add any publicly accessible ad hoc map data source in the format of an
ArcGIS Server REST Map Service. Select the Add Map Service tool, enter the
URL into the Quick Tool menu input box and press the Enter key on your
keyboard. The Map Service will be added to the Layers tab in the Table of
Contents and will draw in the Map Canvas.

-
NOTE: Some functionality will be limited if the map service coordinate system /
spatial reference is not in Web Mercator (wkid=102100,
conforming to ArcGIS.com/Bing/Google Maps).

Select from List (of Feature
Names) Tool - This tool queries the current active
layer for a list of feature names and returns them as a list. If the
immediate result for the entire feature layer is less than 500 features,
then all of the names are listed in a drop-down list under the quick text
box.

You can also type something directly into the quick input
box and the list will be dynamically filtered to match the search term that you
have entered. Click on a feature in the list and the map will zoom to it and
display the corresponding attribute information for that feature in a pop-up
window in the Map Canvas.

·
Search
Active Layer Tool –
This tool allows you to search for features in the current Active Layer by
attribute values.

First you must activate a feature layer and choose the
Search Active Layer tool from the Quick Tools menu. Then type in a search term
in the text box and press the Enter key on your keyboard to run the tool. You
can type in a partial search term if you are not certain of the full term. For
example a search of the California Marine Protected Areas dataset for
“reserve” returns all records with a value of “State Marine
Reserve”.

A record for each of the features selected will be listed
in the Table panel along the bottom of the viewer. The corresponding features
will be highlighted yellow in the Map Canvas. Click on the Go button in the ZoomTo field to zoom to a particular feature listed in the
table.

Locate Address Tool - Type a full or partial street
address, zip code, city or place name into the search box and press the
Enter key on your keyboard. A geocoding service will locate the address
entered on the map and the map will zoom to the location of the closest
match results.

Additional Tools

Above the map area and just below the banner
and the Quick Tools menu you will find
additional tools grouped into two drop-down menus. These are the Interactive Map Tools.
and the Advanced Tools.

·      Interactive Map Tools Menu – These tools interact directly with
the map canvas. Select a tool from the drop-down menu and click on the map to
perform the desired task.

·
Identify
Features Tool - This is the default Interactive Map
Tool and also the most familiar to most users. Select the tool and click
on a feature in the Active Layer and the attribute data for the feature
identified is displayed in a pop-up Info Window.

If the Identify Features tool finds multiple features at
a location a record for each feature will be made available in the pop-up
window.

·
Point
Info Tool - Select this tool and
click on the map to get some basic location information about a location in the
map.

NOTE:
The basic geographic reference information displayed below the potential street
address found comes from data layers limited by the California state boundary,
so results may be incomplete or unavailable if you click on a map point outside
of California.

Measure Distance Tool - This tool allows you to perform
length and area measurement within the Map Canvas. As you select this tool
a Measurement Tools menu will open in the right panel of the viewer.

Select either the Line Measurement tool or the Polygon
measurement to and select the measurement unit from the drop-down menu. As you
click point in the Map Canvas you will see you line or polygon drawn in blue.
Measurement Results will be displayed below the Measurement Tools in the right
side panel of the viewer.

Add Label Tool –
You can use this tool to click in the Map Canvas and manually place labels.
Select the Add Labels tool from the Interactive Tools menu, enter your
text in the pop-up box and click the Add button to place the label on the
map.

To
remove a label click on it and then click the Remove Label button in the pop-up
box.

To
remove all of your labels at once click on the Remove all Labels button in the
Graphics and Selections section of the Table of Contents.

Select
Tool – When you choose
this tool from the Interactive Tools menu a panel will open on the right
side of the viewer offering you a choice of selection methods. Click on
the radio button to the left of the selection method that you would prefer
to use.

The Rectangle
(drag-a-box) option allows
you to select features from the Active Layer by using the mouse to click
on or to drag a box around features in the map. The selected features
will be highlighted yellow in the map and their attribute information
will appear in the Table panel at the bottom of the viewer window.

The Point Buffer
(click on map) option selects features from the Active Layer
that are within a distance of a point that you specify by clicking in the
map. You can adjust the size of the buffer that will be used to select
the features by changing the buffer radius before clicking in the map. The selected
features will be highlighted yellow in the map and their attribute
information will appear in the Table panel at the bottom of the viewer
window.

Advanced Tools Menu

These tools open a
pop-up window requesting user input for more advanced analysis. Tools such as
the Query Builder tool, the Layer Filter tool and the Waypoint tool can be
found in this menu.

Bookmarks Tool - This tool saves the location
and layer information for the current map session. The bookmarked BIOS map
session can be reloaded at a later time or on a different computer by
using this tool or by opening the URL provided after the Bookmark is
created. The map extent, layer info (on/off, order, etc.), and any labels
that you have added to the map are all saved in the Bookmark.

GeoFind Tool – This tool provides a number of options
for finding a location in the map.

o
Coordinates:
Find a location in the map by entering coordinates in Geographic (Latitude/Longitude)
or UTM formats. Click the Find button and the map will redraw zoomed in to the
specified location.

o
Address:
This option allows you to enter a partial or complete street address and zoom
to it in the map.

o
Township and
Range (PLSS): Select your Township, Range and Section values and
specify the appropriate meridian using the drop-down lists. When you click the
Find button a list of results matching your criteria will open in the Table.
You can zoom the map to one of the locations listed by
clicking the Go
button in the ZoomTo field.

o
Geographic Name:
This option will allow you to search for a place or geographic feature by
searching the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) database. This
database contains location references to all text that appears on all USGS quad
maps.
A record for each result that matched your search criteria will be displayed in
the Table panel at the bottom of the viewer window. You can zoom the map to one of the features listed by clicking the Go button in the ZoomTo field.

o
USGS Quad
– Choose from a list of 1:24,000-scale (24K), 7.5-minute by 7.5-minute
Quadrangle maps from the U.S. Geological Survey and zoom to the boundary of the
specified Quad.

o
City
– Select a city of interest from the drop-down list provided and zoom to
it by clicking the Find button.

o
County
– Select a county of interest from the drop-down list provided and zoom
to it by clicking the Find button.

o
DFG Facilities
– Choose from a drop-down list of California Department of Fish and
Wildlife offices and facility locations and zoom to it by clicking the Find
button.

o
DFG Owned Lands
– Choose from a drop-down list of properties that are owned and/or
administered by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Click the Find
button to redraw the map zoomed in to the specified property.

o
Calwater(HU)
– Use this option to select a watershed boundary at the Hydrologic Unit
(HU, major rivers) level from a list compiled from the California Interagency
Watershed Map. Click the Find button to
zoom the map in to the specified Hydrologic Unit.

o
Ecoregions – Use this option
to select an Ecoregion from a list derived from
Ecological Unit Sections for the state of California as described by ECOMAP
(1993), United States Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service. Click the Find button to zoom the map in to the specified Ecoregion.

Print Tool – The Print tool allows you to print
your current map. A pop-up box will open allowing you to enter a title,
author and brief notes to be included in your printed map.

Waypoints
Tool - you
can load your GPS waypoints into the map using the Waypoints tool in the
Advanced Tools drop-down menu. They must be stored in a comma separated
values (CSF) format on your computer in order for the tool to load them.

Thank you for using MarineBIOS. Please email any comments or
questions that you may have to: [email-masked]
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