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Website: www.nntt.gov.au| Email [email protected] | Freecall 1800 640 501
NTV Native Title Vision
Training Workbook
(Essential Tools)
Version 1.1
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Table of Contents
Native Title Vision ....................................................................................................................................................................... 1
HOW TO USE THIS WORKBOOK ......................................................................................................................................................... 6
CHAPTER 1 ................................................................................................................................................................................ 10
Getting Started ......................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Workflow 1.1 Navigate the NTV Environment .......................................................................................................................... 12 Learning Objectives ........................................................................................................................................................................ 12 Workflow Steps .............................................................................................................................................................................. 13
Establish the Map View .................................................................................................................................................. 13 Explore the Map View .................................................................................................................................................... 15
End of Workflow ............................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Workflow 1.2 Using the NTV Dialog boxes ............................................................................................................................... 20
Learning Objectives ........................................................................................................................................................................ 20 Workflow Steps .............................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Accessing your Legend.................................................................................................................................................... 20 End of Workflow ............................................................................................................................................................................. 24
Workflow 1.3 Performing Simple Searches ............................................................................................................................... 26 Learning Objectives ........................................................................................................................................................................ 26 Workflow Steps .............................................................................................................................................................................. 27
Perform a Simple Address Search ................................................................................................................................... 27 Search for a Tribunal ID .................................................................................................................................................. 30 Search State Layers ......................................................................................................................................................... 31
Search Local Government Areas .................................................................................................................... 31 Search Mining Tenements ............................................................................................................................. 36 Search Non‐Freehold (Location & Parcel) ...................................................................................................... 39 Search non‐Freehold (Name) ......................................................................................................................... 40
End of Workflow ............................................................................................................................................................................. 41 CHAPTER 2 ................................................................................................................................................................................ 42
Customising your map .............................................................................................................................................................. 42
Workflow 2.1 The Layer List ...................................................................................................................................................... 44 Learning Objectives ........................................................................................................................................................................ 44 Workflow Steps .............................................................................................................................................................................. 45
Layer Management ......................................................................................................................................................... 45 Layer Visibility ................................................................................................................................................................. 46 Exploring Layer Options .................................................................................................................................................. 47 Changing the Layer Order ............................................................................................................................................... 54
End of Workflow ............................................................................................................................................................................. 54 Workflow 2.2 Basemaps ........................................................................................................................................................... 56
Learning Objectives ........................................................................................................................................................................ 56 Workflow Steps .............................................................................................................................................................................. 57
Basemap Discovery ......................................................................................................................................................... 57 End of Workflow ............................................................................................................................................................................. 58
CHAPTER 3 ................................................................................................................................................................................ 60
Printing Your Map ..................................................................................................................................................................... 60
Workflow 3.1 Printing a Map ................................................................................................................................................... 62 Learning Objectives ........................................................................................................................................................................ 62 Workflow Steps .............................................................................................................................................................................. 62
Printing a Basic Map ....................................................................................................................................................... 62 Advanced Printing .......................................................................................................................................................... 66 Printing without a legend ............................................................................................................................................... 70 Printing a screen shot ..................................................................................................................................................... 72
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End of Workflow ............................................................................................................................................................................. 74 CHAPTER 4 ................................................................................................................................................................................ 76
Use the Draw Tool .................................................................................................................................................................... 76
Workflow 4.1 Use the Draw Tool .............................................................................................................................................. 78 Learning Objectives ........................................................................................................................................................................ 78 Workflow Steps .............................................................................................................................................................................. 78
Place a Map Marker ........................................................................................................................................................ 78 Draw a Straight Line ....................................................................................................................................................... 86 Draw a Polyline ............................................................................................................................................................... 94
Using Show Measurements ........................................................................................................................... 98 Draw a Polygon ............................................................................................................................................................. 100 Place Text on your map ................................................................................................................................................ 105
End of Workflow ........................................................................................................................................................................... 107 CHAPTER 5 .............................................................................................................................................................................. 108
Measuring in the NTV system ................................................................................................................................................. 108
Workflow 5.1 Measuring in the NTV app ............................................................................................................................... 110 Learning Objectives ...................................................................................................................................................................... 110 Workflow Steps ............................................................................................................................................................................ 110
Measure a Distance ...................................................................................................................................................... 110 Measure an Area .......................................................................................................................................................... 114
End of Workflow ........................................................................................................................................................................... 116 CHAPTER 6 .............................................................................................................................................................................. 118
Advanced Searching................................................................................................................................................................ 118
Workflow 6.1 The Native Title Near Me Tool .......................................................................................................................... 120 Learning Objectives ...................................................................................................................................................................... 120 Workflow Steps ............................................................................................................................................................................ 120 End of Workflow ........................................................................................................................................................................... 126
Workflow 6.2 Introducing the Attribute Table ........................................................................................................................ 128 Learning Objectives ...................................................................................................................................................................... 128 Workflow Steps ............................................................................................................................................................................ 128
Accessing the Attribute Table ....................................................................................................................................... 128 Navigate the Attribute Table ........................................................................................................................................ 131 Simple selection in the Attribute Table ........................................................................................................................ 133 Export to Spreadsheet .................................................................................................................................................. 134
End of Workflow ........................................................................................................................................................................... 136 CHAPTER 7 .............................................................................................................................................................................. 138
Interrogating your map .......................................................................................................................................................... 138
Workflow 7.1 The Powerful Pop‐up ........................................................................................................................................ 140 Learning Objectives ...................................................................................................................................................................... 140 Workflow Steps ............................................................................................................................................................................ 140
Understanding the Pop‐up ........................................................................................................................................... 140 Moving between Pop‐up ‘pages’ .................................................................................................................................. 143 On‐Board Tools ............................................................................................................................................................. 144
End of Workflow ........................................................................................................................................................................... 144 CHAPTER 8 .............................................................................................................................................................................. 146
Add your data ......................................................................................................................................................................... 146
Workflow 8.1 Add Data .......................................................................................................................................................... 148 Learning Objectives ...................................................................................................................................................................... 148 Resources required ...................................................................................................................................................................... 148 Workflow Steps ............................................................................................................................................................................ 148
Adding data from a file ................................................................................................................................................. 148 Interrogating your data ................................................................................................................................ 150 Removing your data ..................................................................................................................................... 154
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Adding data from ArcGIS Online ................................................................................................................................... 155 Remove your ArcGIS Online Service Layer .................................................................................................. 160
CHAPTER 9 .............................................................................................................................................................................. 162
Getting Help ............................................................................................................................................................................ 162
End of Workbook .................................................................................................................................................................... 164
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How to use this workbook This workbook is made up of chapters that will guide you through the tasks necessary to complete
a defined workflow.
At the commencement of each chapter, a Workflow Overview is presented to assist you to
understand exactly what steps are to be completed to meet the needs of the scenario.
Workflow Overview
A summary of the steps that are to be followed to complete the workflow. Steps are listed and correspond to the detailed workflow steps within the chapter. For example:
Activate the Basemap dialog box Change your Basemap
Instructions are then presented clearly and in a standard format.
Step # Instructions
1. Click on the QLD map in the NTV Gallery and watch the map open.
2. Click on the blue Layer List button on the Anchorbar. This will open the Layer List
dialog.
Figure 1 ‐ NTV Anchorbar
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Throughout each chapter you may find Tips & Hints (as seen below).
These are designed to help extend the learning experience of this workbook and provide
complimentary information that may not have necessarily have been included in the workflows
within this workbook.
Tips and hints about things that are not part of the core training content.
For Example:
TIP: When you select a feature on your Map View it highlights in a bright blue colour.
If the layer that this feature belongs to is not turned on in the Layer List, you will not
be able to zoom to it.
Additional information may also be included to extend your knowledge of some of the capability
and functionality of NTV. You will be presented with either an information or note box as seen
below:
This is information you might find helpful. It is not essential to the workflow you are
working on but handy to know.
For Example:
When you view information in NTV it is current to the last 24 hours. This includes
boundaries and table content.
Notes are used to provide you with additional information that may assist you to
understand a task or functionality in a little more depth.
For Example:
NOTE: Often, there is more than one way to achieve the same goal.
For example, to open the Attribute Table, you can either:
Click on the grey Attribute Table button on the Anchorbar, or
Click on the drop down arrow against the layer in the Layer List dialog.
This is a standard approach because not everyone thinks in the same workflow terms
and is better being able to choose the workflow that best suits them.
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Where there is critical information that is relevant to the success of the workflow, or there are
some ‘gotchas’ they will be presented to you in the form of a warning. The example below
illustrates this.
After generating a printed map, be sure to save it from your document viewing
software so you can view it later on.
Any maps you create are only stored on the server for a short time.
If you don’t save it, you may have to recreate it.
Where ever there is a requirement for text entry as part of the workbook exercises, instruction will
be provided within each task and clearly denoted through the use of emphasised text.
Where particular attention is to be paid to elements within a workflow, text will be italicised and
underlined so as to indicate that it is critical to the instruction you are currently doing.
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Chapter 1
Getting Started
In this introductory chapter, you will be shown some core skills within the Native Title Vision (NTV)
environment.
In particular, you will be learning how to find a location or matter and zoom to it. You will also be
shown how to understand all the other boundaries that are around the location you are interested
in.
At the end of this chapter, you will be able to undertake a simple search and understand where it
is and what other matters or information could be relevant to it.
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Workflow 1.1 Navigate the NTV Environment
Upon completion of this section, you will be able to confidently access any Jurisdiction Tile from
within the NTV Landing Page and begin to make your way around in the map view. You will be
shown how to use the various navigation tools that are available to you and use a simple search to
find a location or existing matter.
You will also be able to understand how each of the NNTT boundary files are represented to give
you every chance of quickly understanding an NNTT matter.
Approximate time to complete the workflow is 10 minutes
Learning Objectives
Workflow Overview
Open the NTV Landing Page.
Select and activate a Jurisdiction Zone. Move around the Map View.
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Workflow Steps
Establish the Map View
Step # Instructions
1. Open the NTV Landing Page:
Click Here to open NTV
When NTV opens, you are presented with the map of Australia as you see in Figure 2
below.
Figure 2 ‐ NTV Landing Page Map
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Each of the States presented in this Landing page provides information relevant to
that state only.
These are called Jurisdiction Zones.
If you require access to NNTT layers that are national, please access the NTV National
Overview via this link: click here.
This National Overview is designed to suit those situations that are not confined to
one jurisdiction.
It is important to understand that there are no “State Layers” contained within this
tile.
That means that there are no Local Government Areas, Mining or Petroleum
Tenements and no Non Freehold.
Examples of how NTV (National) might be utilised are:
Executive appreciation of National Determinations, or
Those situations when a matter significantly crosses a state border.
Step # Instructions
2. Click on the Northern Territory within the Landing Page map.
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Explore the Map View
Step # Instructions
3. The Map View opens and immediately presents you with six utilities.
These are:
Title Bar,
Zoom Slider,
My Location,
Anchor Bar,
Print and Information Tools, and
Scale and Coordinates.
Figure 3 ‐ Main Utilities in the Map View
Zoom Slider
Title Bar
Anchor Bar
Print &
Information Tool
Scale & Coordinates
My Location
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Step # Instructions
4. Click + Hold your left mouse button and drag to pan around the map.
Figure 4 ‐ Mouse cursor for panning the Map View
Each time you click+hold+drag, your map ‘follows’ you. It’s very similar to the way
that other applications such as Google Maps work.
5. Click the Zoom In button on the Zoom Slider bar once.
Figure 5 ‐ Zoom In button
You will notice that your view zooms in to the centre of the current Map View one
time.
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Step # Instructions
6. Click the Zoom Out button on the Zoom Slider Bar once.
.
Figure 6 ‐ Zoom Out button
Notice this time that your view zooms out to the centre of the current map view one
time.
7. Click on the Home button on the Zoom Slider bar once.
Figure 7 ‐ Home Button
When clicked, the Home Button draws the Map View at the default view set for the
Northern Territory.
TIP: When you click on the Home button, your default view is presented. It also
draws any Active (check box on) layers from your Layer List dialog.
It’s a great way to get an appreciation for all the Determinations for a State or
Territory.
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Step # Instructions
8. Click on the My Location button.
Figure 8 ‐ My Location button on the Zoom Slider bar
9. Hover your mouse over an area on the map view and move your mouse wheel
forward (toward your computer screen). Watch your Map View while you do this.
You will notice that it’s a great way to zoom in to your Map View with more control
than with the Zoom In button on the Zoom Slider.
10. Hover your mouse over an area on the map view and move your mouse wheel
backwards (away from your computer screen). Again, watch your Map View while
you do this.
Notice that your Map View is getting smaller (zooming out) and you have a lot of
control over the exact zoom scale that’s best for viewing those items you are
interested in.
TIP: The dynamic zoom with your mouse wheel, always centres on the pointer of your
mouse.
If you move your mouse to one side of your Map View and use your wheel to zoom in
or out, notice that the zoom is centred on the mouse pointer, not the centre of the
Map View.
This is very handy when you can see something in the map that is not in the centre of
your screen and want to zoom to that item only.
End of Workflow
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Workflow 1.2 Using the NTV Dialog boxes
All the dialog boxes presented to you in the NTV environment behave the same way and are based
on the same basic elements.
In this chapter, you will be introduced to the various behaviours of all dialog boxes and understand
how to manage them to best suit your own workflows.
Approximate time to complete the workflow is 5 minutes.
Learning Objectives
Workflow Overview
Open the Layer List dialog Learn how to navigate and manage NTV dialog box
Workflow Steps
Accessing your Legend
Step # Instructions
1. Click on the Layer List button in the Anchorbar.
Figure 9 ‐ An activated Layer List button
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Step # Instructions
2. Click + Hold your mouse over the black bar at the top of the Layer List dialog box.
Figure 10 ‐ The initial view of the Layer List dialog
Drag the box to another location on your NTV window.
Release your mouse button.
You can position the various NTV dialog boxes anywhere within the NTV window.
They cannot be dragged onto areas on your desktop that fall outside your NTV
browser window.
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Step # Instructions
3. Click the minimise icon that is positioned in the top right corner of the Legend Dialog
box.
Figure 11 ‐ Minimise button on the Layer List dialog
4. Hover over the minimised Layer List dialog button until you see the Move icon appear.
Figure 12 ‐ Moving the Legend button
TIP: This icon will appear if your mouse is not touching the white picture in the centre
of the button.
Step # Instructions
5. Click + Hold your mouse button while you drag the Layer List button to another
location on your NTV window.
Release the mouse button when you have put the Layer List button in your preferred
location.
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Step # Instructions
6. Hover your mouse arrow over the top of the Layer List Button until you see it change to
the pointing finger icon.
Figure 13 ‐ Hovering over your Layer List button
Single left‐click on the Layer List button with the mouse.
Your Layer List dialog will expand back to full size.
7. Click on the Layer List Button in the Anchorbar.
8. Open the Layer List dialog box by clicking again on the Layer List Button on the
Anchorbar.
9. Click on the X Close Button at the top right of the Layer list Dialog Box.
Figure 14 – Layer List X Close button
10. Click on the Layer List Button in the Anchorbar (to reopen the Layer List dialog box).
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Step # Instructions
11. Hover your mouse over the resize zone at the bottom right of the Layer List dialog box.
Figure 15 ‐ Dialog resize zone
When hovering over the resize zone, your mouse cursor will change to look like this:
Figure 16 ‐ Resizing a dialog
Click + Hold your left mouse button and drag it to a location that best fits your entire
Layer List dialog box content in one window.
12. Close the Layer List dialog box.
End of Workflow
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Workflow 1.3 Performing Simple Searches
Upon completion of this section you will be able to quickly and easily perform a search for an
address or Tribunal ID, zoom to the boundary or location you are interested in with confidence.
Approximate time to complete the workflow is 20 minutes.
Learning Objectives
Workflow Overview
Complete a Simple Address Search Complete a Simple Tribunal ID Search
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Workflow Steps
Perform a Simple Address Search
Step # Instructions
1. Type 7 Kittle Street, Tennant Creek in the Title Bar where it says Search ID, Name or
Place.
Figure 17 ‐ Simple Address Search drop down
Select the address that matches the one you typed in by clicking on it in the drop down box.
The addresses that show up in the drop down list during a Simple Address Search are
all sourced from a worldwide online database.
It is not information created and maintained by NNTT Geospatial Services.
Step # Instructions
2. Look for a blue and white Pop‐up box that will appear showing you information about
the address it found and identify where the selected address is highlighted (in a bright
light blue).
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Step # Instructions
3. Click on the “Show more results” link in the Pop‐up box that appears.
Figure 18 ‐ Show more results option
The addresses that are listed when “Show more results” is clicked on are those that
are in close proximity to the address that was searched.
Notice that the search address is the first in the expanded list.
This gives you some additional options to search around your chosen address and can
be very handy if the exact address is not known.
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Step # Instructions
4. Click on ‘Hide’ to reduce the size of the Pop‐Up box once again.
Figure 19 ‐ Explore more address options in the area
5. Zoom out with your mouse wheel two times.
6. Click on the "Zoom to" option at the bottom of the Pop‐up box.
When you Zoom to a selected feature, be it an address ‘point’ or a claim boundary,
NTV will zoom to the best view to fit all of that feature on your screen.
It’s very handy when you are looking at ILUAs or determinations with a lot of other
boundaries and detail in the area.
Step # Instructions
7. Click on the white X‐Close button at the top right of the Search Result Pop‐up box to
close it.
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Notice that when you close the Pop‐up box, the box itself is closed, but your selected
feature is also no longer highlighted.
Search for a Tribunal ID
Step # Instructions
8. Click in the text entry section of the Title Bar and type DCD2014/002.
9. Wait a moment to see the Title Bar drop down list appear.
Select the Tribunal ID from the drop down box.
If the Tribunal ID appears in more than one NNTT theme (such as Determinations &
Determination Outcomes) the ID will be listed under more than one section in the
drop down box.
If you are looking for information regarding the Determination Outcomes and not the
Determinations layer, here is your chance to cut some corners and go straight to the
information you need.
If you click on the Tribunal ID listed under the Determined Outcomes section of the
drop down box, the pop‐up that appears will immediately display the information you
are looking for.
It’s worth taking the time to read the Drop down box list.
The boundary for the Tribunal ID is selected and the view will automatically zoom to it to present it all to you on the one screen.
The Pop‐up box will also appear presenting you with all the information that is
relevant to that particular matter.
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Step # Instructions
10. Click and drag the scroll bar down to view some action options at the bottom of the Pop‐up box.
Figure 20 ‐ Pop‐up box options
The options presented in the Pop‐up box are discussed in detail in Chapter 7 of this training workbook.
11. Click the white X‐close button at the top right of the Pop‐up box to deselect the boundary and to close the pop‐up box.
Search State Layers
Search Local Government Areas
Step # Instructions
1. Click on the green Search State Layers icon on the Anchorbar.
Figure 21 ‐ The NTV Anchorbar
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Step # Instructions
2. Observe that there are two ‘tabs’ in this dialog box. Tasks and Results.
Figure 22 ‐ Search State Layers Tabs
3. Click on Tasks.
4. Click on the “Search Local Government Areas” task.
Figure 23 ‐ Search Local Government Areas option
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Step # Instructions
5. Type “Barkly” into the Full Name contains input box.
Figure 24 ‐ Input the Local Government Area Search Term
6. Click on the green Execute button.
Figure 25 ‐ Search State Layers Execute Button
Pushing the Enter key after you enter search text will not initiate the search.
Native Title Vision requires a deliberate button click action to trigger the request.
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Notice that a few actions happen all at the same time here.
The search runs and locates the Local Government Boundary you are looking for.
Once found, it is highlighted in green and presents it to you on the Map View
The Results tab presents you with more detailed information about the boundary it
has found.
Step # Instructions
7. Click on the Feature Actions button located just under the Results tab.
Figure 26 ‐ The Feature Actions Button
8. Click on Flash.
Watch what happens on your Map View.
Figure 27 ‐ The Flashing Feature outline (in orange)
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Step # Instructions
9. Click on Show Pop‐up
Figure 28 ‐ Show Pop‐up Option
Instead of clicking on the Feature Actions button, you can also click on the result you
are interested in and it will present the same pop‐up window.
Essentially, results for the Search State Layers tool are interactive.
Figure 29 ‐ The Interactive Search Return Bar
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Step # Instructions
10. To clear a result, ensure you are in the Results tab.
Click on the Feature Actions button and select the ‘Remove this Result’ option at the
bottom of the drop down list.
Figure 30 ‐ Feature Action (Remove This Result)
Search Mining Tenements
Step # Instructions
11. Click on the Tasks tab.
12. Click on the ‘Back’ arrow.
Figure 31 ‐ Going Back to Search State Layers dialog box
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Step # Instructions
13. Click on Search Mining Tenements
Figure 32 ‐ Activating Search Mining Tenements
14. Type ‘EMP30363’
Figure 33 ‐ Tenement Input Text
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Step # Instructions
15. Click on the green Execute button
Figure 34 ‐ The Execute Button
When these search returns are presented to you in the “Search State Layers” dialog
box, you are instantly provided with information that is regularly sought by users.
This often negates the need open additional pop‐up windows to locate additional
information.
Figure 35 ‐ High Quality Search Returns
If you click on the search return itself, you will be presented with the usual pop‐up
dialog box giving you access to supplementary documents via clickable links.
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Step # Instructions
16. Click on the Feature Actions button and select Remove this Result.
Search Non‐Freehold (Location & Parcel)
Step # Instructions
17. Click on the Tasks tab.
18. Click on the ‘Back’ arrow.
19. Click on ‘Search Non Freehold’.
Figure 36 ‐ Initiating A Non‐Freehold Search
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Step # Instructions
20. Type “548 1257” into the Locations and Parcel input box.
Figure 37 ‐ Non‐Freehold Location and Parcel Text Input
21. Click on the green Execute button.
22. View the results.
23. Clear the results by clicking on Feature Actions button and choosing the “Remove this result” option.
24. Click on the Tasks tab
25. Clear the Location and Parcel input box.
Search non‐Freehold (Name)
Step # Instructions
26. Click in the ‘Name contains’ input box.
27. Type ‘Yangulinyina’.
28. Click on the green Execute button.
29. View the results.
Take note of the full name officially registered to the search return.
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Step # Instructions
30. Close the ‘Search State Layers’ dialog box.
You can see from this example that there is no need to input the full name of non‐
freehold parcel you are looking for.
The search will match a whole word or words and present you with the results.
It will not, however, allow you to use wildcards such as * or %.
End of Workflow
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Chapter 2
Customising your map
NTV provides you with a large number of tools that allow you to customise the way your map
looks.
This is a somewhat new capability within the NNTT web mapping environment and allows you to
highlight a matter or elements around that matter that are particularly relevant.
You can change which mapping layers are turned on, what order they appear in and even how
transparent they are so as to increase the understanding of the ‘What, Where and Why’ for a
given matter.
Whilst you might not think these tools are something you would use, they certainly provide you
with options to best assist clients or symbolise your matter to emphasise it in relation to its
surroundings.
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Workflow 2.1 The Layer List
Upon completion of this section you will have a sound understanding of how to manage layers
within the NTV environment.
You will master turning the layers on and off, customising transparency settings as well as confirm
some of the searching skills learned in Chapter 1.
Approximate time to complete the workflow is 15 minutes.
Learning Objectives
Workflow Overview
Activate the Layer List
Turn layers on and off
Inspect symbology
Minimise, move and close the Layer List dialog Utilise the Transparency Tool Change the drawing sequence of the Layers
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Workflow Steps
Layer Management
Step # Instructions
1. Click on the blue Layer List button on the Anchorbar to open your Layer List dialog.
Figure 38 ‐ Blue Layer List button
2. To turn on the layers you see in the Layer List, Click on one of the empty check boxes
to turn that layer on.
Figure 39 ‐ Turning the Determinations layer on and off
You will see it appear on your Map View.
3. To view the symbology that is used in the Map View for any particular layer, simply
Click on the arrow to the left of the layer name.
Figure 40 ‐ Expanding a layer to see its symbology
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Layer Visibility
To improve performance, the layers in the Native Title Vision system have had scale
dependant visibility settings applied.
This is a round‐a‐bout way of saying that if you are zoomed out too far, some layers
will not draw. This is the case, even if they have their check mark turned on.
Zoom in a little at a time until they do appear.
Step # Instructions
1. Click on the Layer Management icon at the top right of the Layer List dialog box.
Figure 41 ‐ Layer Management Icon
2. Click on ‘Turn All Layers On’
Figure 42 ‐ Turn All Layers On
3. Expand the Northern Territory State Layers group by clicking once on the arrow on the
left of the layer name.
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TIP: At this point you would have noticed that the layer name for Non‐Freehold layer
is greyed out. This is because you are zoomed out too far.
Zoom in a little bit at a time until you notice the layer name is once again black and
not grey.
Step # Instructions
4. Turn on the Non‐Freehold layer by activating the checkbox.
Exploring Layer Options
Step # Instructions
5. Uncheck the Determinations layer to turn it off.
6. Turn on the ILUA layer in the Layer List.
7. Single left‐click on the ‘More’ button (three dots) to the right of the ILUA layer.
Figure 43 ‐ Layer List Options More button
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Step # Instructions
8. When the ‘More’ button is activated, Select the “Zoom to” option to see all ILUAs in
the Northern Territory.
Figure 44 ‐ Layer drop down options
Whilst you may think that being able to zoom to the full extent of a layer would not be
very useful, it is very good for Managers and Executives to be able to get an
appreciation of activity in the entire state.
Step # Instructions
9. Uncheck all layers except the Determinations layer.
10. Type “DCD2011/008” in the Title Bar input box.
11. Select this Tribunal ID from the Determinations category in the resultant drop down
list.
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It’s important to make sure that the layer you are doing a search on is actually
turned on in the Layer List.
Step # Instructions
12. Select “Zoom to” from the bottom of the Pop‐up box that appears.
13. Click on the X‐Close button at the top right of the pop‐up box to close it.
14. Single left‐click the ‘More’ button to the right of the Determination layer.
Figure 45 ‐ Determinations Layer Options arrow
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Step # Instructions
15. Select “Transparency” from the Layer Menu.
Figure 46 ‐ Transparency option underneath the More button
The Transparency tool opens.
Figure 47 ‐ Transparency tool
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Step # Instructions
16. Drag the circle all the way to the left.
Figure 48 ‐ Transparency: 100% Opaque
Observe what is happening in the Map View window as you drag the transparency
circle.
17. Drag the circle all the way to the right.
Figure 49 ‐ Transparency: 100% Transparent
Again, observe what is happening in the Map view as you drag the transparency circle.
18. Click away from the Transparency tool to close it.
19. Turn on your Non‐Freehold layer.
The Non Freehold layer is located under the Northern Territory State Layers group.
If you turn it on and it doesn’t appear on your Map View, be sure to check that the
checkbox next to “Northern Territory State Layers” is also ticked.
The Layer groups work on a hierarchy system and the ‘parent’ must be turned on for
the ‘child’ to appear.
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Step # Instructions
20. Perform a Simple search in the Title Bar. Search for “Tennant Creek”.
21. Click the Drop down options arrow to the right of the Determination layer in the Layer
List and open the Transparency Tool.
22. Slide the transparency circle up and down while you watch the Map View.
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The amount of detail you can see on the Non Freehold layer and Basemap layers
changes.
If you are looking to print a map (even a screen capture) changing the transparency
changes how much of the underlying detail you would like to include. Here are some
examples:
Figure 50 ‐ Completely Opaque
Figure 51 ‐ Default 50% Transparency
Figure 52 ‐ Transparency set to around 80%
Take some time now to discover more about using the tool.
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Step # Instructions
23. Uncheck all the Layers in the Layer List to turn them off.
24. Close the Layer List dialog.
Changing the Layer Order
Step # Instructions
1. Click on the blue Layer List button on the Anchorbar to open your Layer List dialog.
Figure 53 ‐ blue Layer List button
2. Ensure that the Indigenous Land Use Agreements and Determinations layers are both
turned on.
3. Single left click on the More Options button to the right of the Indigenous Land Use
Agreements layer.
4. Select the “Move up” option.
5. Repeat this again so that the Indigenous Land Use Agreements layer moves up two
spaces.
Moving the layers up or down to emphasise a particular matter is a common practise.
When you pair this activity with the use of the Transparency Tool, you can really bring
the map user to focus on the particular area or matter type that you are working with.
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Workflow 2.2 Basemaps
Upon completion of this section you will have a good understanding of the various options you
have to select basemaps to really make your Map View and printed maps highlight the boundaries
and locations of interest to you or a client.
Approximate time to complete the workflow is 5 minutes.
Learning Objectives
Workflow Overview
What is a Basemap
Where is the Basemap Gallery Change your Basemap
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Workflow Steps
Basemap Discovery
Step # Instructions
1. Select the green Basemap Gallery Button on the Anchorbar.
Figure 54 ‐ The Basemap Gallery Button
2. Hover over the bottom right corner of the Basemap Gallery dialog box until you see the
resize mouse pointer appear.
Figure 55 ‐ The Basemap Gallery dialog
3. Single Left Click + Hold and drag the corner down so that you can see all of the
Basemap pictures.
Release your mouse button.
4. Hover your mouse over each thumbnail image and observe what happens.
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Step # Instructions
5. Choose a thumbnail you find interesting and Single left‐click on it.
The Basemap on your Map View switches to the one you clicked on.
6. Single left‐click on two or three more Basemap thumbnails.
You will find after a very short time that you will gravitate toward one or two different
Basemaps that meet your tasking needs.
By default, the Basemap is set to Topographic.
Step # Instructions
7. Close the Basemap Gallery dialog box.
End of Workflow
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Chapter 3
Printing Your Map
Being able to print a map is essential to being able to communicate information about the location
and surrounds for any given matter.
In the NTV environment it is very easy to print a map that is somewhat customised to highlight the
information relevant to a matter. You can save it for later use or integrate it into an email.
During this chapter, you will learn how to build on the skills learnt in Chapter 2 and create a final
map to meet your needs.
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Workflow 3.1 Printing a Map
Upon completion of this section you will be very aware of how to print not just a simple map, but
how to modify its layout to best suit the communication style and operational use necessary to
support the matter you are working on.
Approximate time to complete the workflow is 30 minutes.
Learning Objectives
Workflow Overview
Print a simple map
Print a map with a specific scale
Print a map with a specific extent
Create a map without a legend Create a Screenshot
Workflow Steps
Printing a Basic Map
Step # Instructions
1. On the Map View window, Single left‐click on any boundary so that it becomes
highlighted.
2. Once the Pop‐up utility box appears, Single left‐click on the Zoom to option at the
bottom left of the pop‐up.
3. Single left‐click on the X Close icon at the top right of the Pop‐up Information Box.
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Step # Instructions
4. Select the dark grey Print Button at the top right of the Map View window.
The Print dialog opens and presents some options to you such as Map Title, Layout
choices and output format.
When you click on the drop down options for Format, you will see there are quite a
few output file formats to choose from.
To help you decide which one would suit you best, here is a quick reference table:
Format Type
PDF Document
EPS Image
GIF Image
JPG Image
PNG32 Image
PNG8 Image
SVG Image
SVGZ Image
You will probably end up using only one or two of these formats.
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Step # Instructions
5. Single left‐click in the Map Title text box.
Tip: If there is text already in this box, delete it before proceeding.
Type My First NTV Map .
6. Single left‐click in the Layout drop down arrow.
Figure 56 ‐ Layout Options Drop Down Arrow
7. Single left‐click on the A3 Landscape option.
Figure 57 – A3 Landscape selection
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Step # Instructions
8. Single left‐click on the Print button.
Figure 58 ‐ Print Button
When you see the “Creating Print” activity bar, you know that NTV is creating your
map. It doesn’t take very long.
Figure 59 – Composing your map
9. Single left‐click on the new map that appears above the “Clear Prints” button.
Figure 60 ‐ A map ready to view
View the map and check that everything you expect to see is actually on the map.
10. Select your map from the Map List by clicking on it once.
Figure 61 ‐ The Print List
It will open quickly.
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Step # Instructions
11. Look at your new map and make sure it suits need.
12. Save your PDF map to a location where you will be able to easily find it again.
13. Single left‐click on the Clear Prints button to remove any maps that have been made.
Figure 62 ‐ Clean up your map list.
Advanced Printing
Step # Instructions
14. Single left‐click in the Map Title text box.
Type My First Advanced Map in the Map Title text box.
15. Select A3 Portrait from the Layout options drop down box.
The way that your map opens depends upon the map format you have
chosen and how your computer is configured.
For example:
If you are using Internet Explorer as your browser, clicking on a PDF
map you have created will open Adobe Reader.
If you are using Google Chrome as your browser, clicking on a PDF
map will open it in a new Chrome Tab window. You will then have
to download it to save it.
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Step # Instructions
16. Single left‐click on the Advanced button.
Figure 63 ‐ The Advanced Print Button
17. Select the Force Scale option.
Figure 64 ‐ Advanced Printing Options dialog
Type 100,000.
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TIP: If you want to print with a scale that matches what you have set up on your Map
View, click on the word ‘current’ under the Force Scale input box.
The scale of your current Map View will be automatically filled out in this box for you.
Step # Instructions
18. Single left‐click away from the Advanced Settings dialog box to close it.
19. Single left‐click the Print button.
20. Single left‐click on the PDF icon to open your new map.
Because you have specified a map scale in your advanced settings, the scale is
honoured by NTV and the rest of the map area is filled out so that there is not a
massive area of white space on your printed map.
Printing a map at a specific scale can become quite an art. With a little practise, you
will feel more comfortable doing this.
If you have any questions at all, sending an email to [email protected] asking
for help will result in contact from NNTT staff.
Be sure to put a description of the issue(s) you are experiencing so we can provide the
most appropriate assistance first time.
Step # Instructions
21. Close your map.
22. Single left‐click in the text box next to the Map Title section.
Type My Map ‐ Advanced (Extent).
23. On the Print dialog box, Single left‐click the Advanced button.
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Step # Instructions
24. Look for the Preserve section and select map extent.
Figure 65 ‐ Options for printing by map extent
25. Single left‐click away from this options box to close it.
26. Single left‐click on the Print button.
27. Once the map is generated, open it and take notice of the Title, and the other content
within map frame.
You will notice immediately, that the extent of your new map is the same as your Map
View when you clicked on the Print button.
It can be very handy to know this so that you can ‘see’ what your map content will
look like before you print.
You can also have some control over the exact content of the map you are going to
produce.
Step # Instructions
28. Close your PDF map.
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Printing without a legend
Step # Instructions
29. Single left‐click in the Map Title text box.
Type Advanced Map – No Legend in the Map Title text box.
Figure 66 ‐ Settings for Advanced Map ‐ No Legend
Select A3 portrait from the Layout options drop down box.
30. Single left‐click on the Format drop down arrow.
Select JPG from the options list.
Figure 67 ‐ Selecting JPG as your format
31. Single left‐click on the Advanced button.
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Step # Instructions
32. Single left‐click on the blue text “current” that sits right under the “Force Scale”
option.
Figure 68 ‐ Using Current Screen Scale
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Step # Instructions
33. Single left‐click on the check box for “Include Legend” in the Layout metadata section.
Figure 69 ‐ Setting up a print with no legend
34. Single left‐click away from the Advanced Settings dialog box to close it.
35. Single left‐click the Print button.
36. Single left‐click on the JPG icon for the map you have just created.
Notice that your map has been produced without a legend.
37. Close this map.
Printing a screen shot
Step # Instructions
38. Single left‐click in the Map Title text box.
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Step # Instructions
39. Change the text to My Map – Map Only in the Map Title text box.
Select “MAP_ONLY” from the Layout options drop down box.
Figure 70 ‐ Map Only options
40. Single left‐click the Format drop down box and select GIF.
Figure 71 ‐ Using the GIF format
41. Single left‐click the Advanced Settings button.
42. Single left‐click the text box next to “DPI” in the Print Quality section of the dialog box
(right down the bottom).
Figure 72 ‐ Print Quality settings
Type 300.
Single left‐click away from the Advanced Settings dialog box to close it.
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Step # Instructions
43. Single left‐click the print button.
44. Wait for the new map to be generated then open it.
This is a unique printing output that is very useful for the inclusion of maps in
documents.
A point to note is that is a legal obligation to have the source statement at the
bottom of the image. It can’t be removed and should not be obstructed within a
document.
Step # Instructions
45. Copy or save the gif file for further use.
46. Close your gif file.
47. Close the Print Dialog box.
End of Workflow
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Chapter 4
Use the Draw Tool
One of the most versatile tools in the Native Title Vision environment is the Draw Tool.
It provides many tools that will enable you to clearly identify, annotate, label and appreciate the
size of boundaries and features within your given area of interest.
Oftentimes, the complexity of the matters we are required to discuss is enormous. Being able to
label and clearly identify exact features and locations on a map is essential to both conversational
understanding and the success of the matter at hand.
During this chapter, you will be given a solid introduction to the use of the tools available within the Draw Toolbox. You will also learn many tips and tricks to preserve your sanity and produce very clear annotation to support discussion around the many aspects of native title.
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Workflow 4.1 Use the Draw Tool
Upon completion of this section you will be able to confidently draw lines, polygons and place text
over the top of your map.
Approximate time to complete the workflow is 30 minutes.
Learning Objectives
Workflow Overview
Place a map marker
Draw a straight line
Draw a polyline
Draw a polygon
Place custom text on your map.
Workflow Steps
Place a Map Marker
Step # Instructions
1. Activate the Draw Tool by Single‐left‐clicking on the Draw Tool icon in the Anchorbar.
Figure 73 ‐ Activating the Draw Tool
2. Single‐left‐Click the Point icon
Figure 74 ‐ The Map Marker Icon
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TIP: Once you click on the Point icon, the dialog box will present you with a large
number of options. A good habit to get into is to expand the Draw Tool dialog box to
allow visibility of the full set of options.
It makes customising your marker symbols considerably easier.
Step # Instructions
3. Drag the lower right corner of the Draw Dialog box out so that you can see all the
options available.
Figure 75 ‐ Place Marker Options
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Step # Instructions
4. Single left click on the first marker symbol in the basic options box.
Figure 76 ‐ Basic Marker Styles
5. Single left click in the Symbol Size input box.
6. Type 16.
Figure 77 ‐ Setting The Marker Symbol Size
7. Single left click the first colour bar to open the colour selection palate.
Figure 78 ‐ The Colour Selection Panel
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Step # Instructions
8. Click + Hold your left mouse button over the Hue Selector handle.
Figure 79 ‐ The Hue Selector
9. Drag the handle all the way to the bottom of the bar so that the colour chosen is red.
Figure 80 ‐ Choosing Red at the Bottom of the Hue Selector
TIP: After you have selected your required colour, closing the colour selection dialog
box is simply a matter of clicking somewhere on the Draw Tool Dialog box
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Step # Instructions
10. Click + Hold the transparency slider and move the handle to the left so it sits around
the 25% mark.
Figure 81 ‐ 25% Transparency Setting
11. Single left Click on the ‘Outline Color’ selection bar to open the colour selection dialog
box.
Figure 82 ‐ Activating the Outline Color Selector
12. Change the values for Red, Green and Blue by Double clicking in the ‘r’, ‘g’ and ‘b’ input
boxes that are in the colour selection dialog box and change the value to 0 (zero).
13. Press the Enter key. The result should look like the picture below.
Figure 83 ‐ Setting Black in the Colour Selector
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Step # Instructions
14. Check the value in the Outline Width input box is set to ‘1’.
Figure 84 ‐ The Outline Width Option Box
15. Move your mouse over the Map View. Notice the text now next to your mouse cursor.
Figure 85 ‐ 'Sticky Text' After Place Marker Icon is Activated
16. Single left click at the exact location you need your map marker to appear.
Figure 86 ‐ Placing a Marker
TIP: Be sure to place the very tip of your mouse cursor exactly where you need your
map marker to be placed.
Once placed, the marker can only be removed. It is not possible to drag it into a
preferred position.
It may take a little practise, but you will soon get the hang of it.
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Step # Instructions
17. Go ahead and practise placing more markers.
Figure 87 ‐ Multiple Colours and Locations. Easy!
TIP: It is good practise to check the position of each marker immediately after it has
been placed. If you have placed others after an incorrectly placed marker, they must
also be removed and re‐done.
To correct the wrong placement of a marker, click on the ‘Undo’ button at the bottom
of the Draw Tool dialog dox. This will undo the placement of a single marker at a
time.
You must then place that marker again in a position that you are happier with.
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Step # Instructions
18. Once you have finished using your markers you can clear them all at once by Single left
clicking on the ‘Clear’ button at the bottom of the Draw Tool dialog box.
Figure 88 ‐ The Draw Tool Clear Button
To change the style of your marker, scroll through the different styles that are
available to you in the Draw Tool Dialog box.
Take a little time to look through the drop down options in the style library as well.
You may find some of these styles become your new favourite markers.
Figure 89 ‐ Map Marker Style Examples
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Step # Instructions
19. Single left click on the X‐Close button at the top right of the Draw Tool Dialog box.
Figure 90 ‐ The X‐Close Button for the Draw Tools
Draw a Straight Line
Step # Instructions
1. Activate the Draw Tool by single left clicking on the Draw Tool icon in the Anchorbar.
Figure 91 ‐ Activating the Draw Tool
2. Single left click on the Line icon.
Figure 92 ‐ The Place Line Icon
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Step # Instructions
3. Click + drag the bottom right corner of the Draw Tool dialog box to expand so that all
options are visible.
Figure 93 ‐ Options Available for Placing a Line
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Step # Instructions
4. Single left click on the line colour/width that you prefer in the style gallery box.
Figure 94 ‐ Style Gallery Box for Drawing a Line
5. Single left click on the colour selector box and use the Hue selector window to select
the colour you would like to use.
6. Single left click on white space on the Draw Tool dialog box to close the colour selector.
7. Single left click on the Style drop down box.
Figure 95 ‐ Line Style Options
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Step # Instructions
8. Single left click on ‘Dash’.
Figure 96 ‐ Dash Line Style Option
9. Click + Hold on the Transparency slider to set it at 50%.
Figure 97 ‐ Setting 50% Transparency
10. Single left click inside the Width input box and set its width to 2.
Figure 98 ‐ Setting the Width of your Line
TIP: It is good practise to have the area that you are about to draw in, ready at the
required zoom level before you activate any of the Drawing tools.
Once you activate a draw tool, the ability to pan is disabled and you will end up with
extra lines on your map that only have to be removed and redone.
You can click on the icon for the draw mode you have selected (such as the line or
point) to disable it, while you set up the Map View to suit your needs.
Simply activate that icon once again when you are ready to place the drawn elements
on the Map View.
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Step # Instructions
11. Move your mouse around the Map view to see the text that is now glued to your
mouse cursor.
Figure 99 ‐ 'Sticky Text' once the Draw Line icon is activated
12. Place your cursor point at the exact location you want to start your line.
13. Click + Hold the left mouse button and move the mouse cursor to the exact location
you would like the line to end.
Figure 100 ‐ Ending your Line
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Step # Instructions
14. Release your left mouse button.
Figure 101 ‐ Ready to place the next line
15. Single left click on the Undo button to remove the last line you drew.
Figure 102 ‐ The Draw Tools Undo Button
16. Single left click on the check box next to show measurements.
Figure 103 ‐ Activating the Draw Measurements
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Step # Instructions
17. Single left click on the Distance Units drop down arrow and Select Meters.
Figure 104 ‐ The Draw Measurement Units of Measure options
18. Click + Hold on the Map View where you would like to start your line.
Figure 105 ‐ Placing the first point of a measured line
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Step # Instructions
19. Move your mouse to your chosen end point for the line and Release your left mouse
button.
Figure 106 ‐ The result of placing a measured line
TIP: Once placed, a drawn line with distance text associated with it, cannot be
changed. It has to be removed and placed again with the preferred units of measure
selected prior to placement.
NOTE: Once you do the first left click when drawing a line, you can move your mouse
anywhere, holding your left mouse button down doesn’t actually continuously draw.
Releasing the button places the second point of the line.
A fun exercise is to click the mouse for the start of the line and then move your mouse
around in big circles to see the line behave a little like an elastic band.
The only thing that matters are the start and end points when drawing a line.
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Step # Instructions
20. Single left Click on the Clear button on the bottom right of the dialog box.
Figure 107 ‐ The Draw Tools Clear Button
Draw a Polyline
Step # Instructions
1. Ensure you are zoomed in to an acceptable scale and in the right area before
proceeding to the next step.
Figure 108 ‐ Setting up a good drawing scale
2. Single left click on the polyline icon at the top of the Draw Tool dialog box.
Figure 109 ‐ The Draw Tool Polyline Icon
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Step # Instructions
3. Select your colour, style, transparency and width for your polyline using the polyline
options in the Draw Tool dialog box.
Figure 110 ‐ Polyline Tool Styling Options
4. Place the tip of your mouse cursor in exactly the right position for the start of your line.
Figure 111 ‐ Take care to position your mouse when starting to place a line
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Step # Instructions
5. Single left click (and release) the left mouse button to place the first point for your line.
Figure 112 ‐ Drawing a Polyline
6. Move your mouse to the next location you want to place a point.
7. Single left click to place the next point.
Figure 113 ‐ The polyline taking shape
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Step # Instructions
8. Continue to place points to create the exact shape you need to achieve.
Figure 114 ‐ Ending the polyline capture
9. Double‐click to finish off the polyline you are drawing.
Figure 115 ‐ A finished polyline
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Step # Instructions
10. Single left click the Clear button.
Figure 116 ‐ The Draw Tool Clear Button
It is important to realise that the drawing tools are not designed to provide extremely
accurate drawings. They should be considered indicative only.
Understanding this from the first time you use the tools will avoid frustration and save
you a large amount of time placing drawing elements.
TIP: Take your time when placing Draw Tool elements and do not zoom right in to
capture the drawing elements.
You will be much happier with the results and the time taken to achieve them if you
adopt this approach.
For best results, left click on the shape you are tracing every time there is a change in
direction.
Using Show Measurements
Step # Instructions
11. Select your colour, style, transparency and width for your polyline using the polyline
options in the Draw Tool dialog box.
12. Single left click on the ‘Show Measurements’ checkbox.
Figure 117 ‐ Activating the Show Measurements option
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Step # Instructions
13. Single left click on the Show Measurements drop down arrow.
Figure 118 ‐ Accessing the Units of Measure options
14. Single left click on the units of measure that best suit your requirements.
Figure 119 ‐ Polyline Units of Measure options
15. Single left click on the Polyline draw mode icon.
Figure 120 ‐ Polyline Tool icon
16. Place your polyline as previously taught in this workflow.
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Step # Instructions
17. Double click to end the polyline.
(Notice the measurement now displayed over the line you have just captured.)
Figure 121 ‐ Displaying the measurement
Measurements generated using the Show Measurements tools are not to be
considered authoritative.
They are indicative only.
Draw a Polygon
Step # Instructions
18. Single left click on the polygon icon in the Draw Mode section at the top of the Draw
Tools dialog box.
Figure 122 ‐ The Draw Polygon Icon
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Step # Instructions
19. Single left click on the red polygon style in the pre‐made styles.
Figure 123 ‐ Draw Polygon Style Library
20. Single left click on the Show Measurements check box.
Figure 124 ‐ Polygon Options include dual units of measure
21. Single left click on the drop down box for Area Units.
Figure 125 ‐ Units of Measure options for Draw Polygon
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Step # Instructions
22. Select Hectares from the list.
Figure 126 ‐ Selecting Hectares from the list
23. Single left click the Distance Units drop down box.
Figure 127 ‐ The Distance Units drop down list
24. Select Kilometers from the list.
Figure 128 ‐ Selecting Kilometres
NOTE: You will notice that the spelling of some units of measure is US based.
This is a consequence of the application that Native Title Vision has been built on and
not able to be corrected to suit the Australian spelling of those words.
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Step # Instructions
25. Position your mouse cursor so that it is in the correct position to place the first point of
the polygon.
Figure 129 ‐ Getting started with a polygon
26. Single left click to place the first point of the polygon.
Figure 130 ‐ The elastic band effect when placing polygon points
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Step # Instructions
27. Continue to use the single click action to place further points that define the shape of
the polygon.
Figure 131 ‐ Capturing a Polygon
28. Double Click to place your last point and finish drawing the polygon.
Figure 132 ‐ The completed polygon
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TIP: Any elements you construct using the Draw Tools appear on any printed maps
you generate.
If you are intending to print the drawn elements, take a little time to consider the
colours and styles you choose so that they are easily seen on your final printed map.
Place Text on your map
Step # Instructions
29. Single left click on the Text icon in the Draw Mode selection panel.
Figure 133 ‐ The Place Text icon
30. Type Area of Interest into the text input box.
Figure 134 ‐ Text formatting options
NOTE: As you can see from Figure 132 it is possible to have multiple layers of drawn
elements on your Map View.
This makes it really easy to construct multiple drawn elements with different
geometry types (for example: point, line or polygon) all with different symbology.
There is, however, no way to adjust the positioning of measurement text.
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Step # Instructions
31. Move your mouse cursor to the exact centre of where you would like to place your
text.
Figure 135 ‐ Text justification is Centre‐Centre only
32. Single left click once you are happy with the position of the pointer.
Figure 136 ‐ Text placement success
33. Close the Draw Tool dialog box.
NOTE: Some notes on text placement in Native Title Vision:
Font: It is not possible to change the font of the text. This is a limitation of the Native
Title Vision environment,
Text justification: This is set to always be horizontal justification of centre and vertical
justification of centre (centre‐centre). There is no way to change this.
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End of Workflow
Behaviours: Text is simply another type of geometry that is placed by the Drawing
Tool. As a result, it responds to the Clear, Undo and Redo buttons in the same way as
the Marker symbol, polyline and polygon elements do.
It is also subject to the same care guidelines during placement.
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Chapter 5
Measuring in the NTV system
Understanding the size of an application area or the distance away from a culturally significant location is sometimes difficult without the ability to measure a distance or an area. It is even more difficult to impart an understanding of proximity of significant locations or distance between them without a map. In this chapter, you will learn how to extract approximate linear and area based measurements to establish a deeper understanding of the land discussed in an application or matter you may be working on.
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Workflow 5.1 Measuring in the NTV app
At the end of this section, you will have a good understanding of how to use the measuring tools
available to you in the Native Title Vision application.
You will be able to measure lines and areas and feel sure about selecting the best units of measure
to suit the task you are working on.
Approximate time to complete the workflow is 20 minutes.
Learning Objectives
Workflow Overview
Measure a Distance
Measure an Area
Workflow Steps
Measure a Distance
Step # Instructions
1. Single left click on the basic search input box at the top of the Map View area.
2. Type DI2004/002 and wait a moment for the list to appear.
Figure 137 ‐ Locating a Determination with a basic search
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Step # Instructions
3. . Adjust the zoom of your Map View so that you can clearly see the entire boundary for
the ILUA area.
Figure 138 ‐ Fit the Determination Boundary to your screen
4. Single left click on the Measurement icon in the Anchorbar.
Figure 139 ‐ Activating the Measurement Tool
5. Single left click on the Distance icon.
Figure 140 ‐ The Distance Measurement Tool
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Step # Instructions
6. Single left click on the Units of Measure drop down arrow.
Figure 141 ‐ Selecting the most appropriate Units of Measure
7. Single left click on ‘Kilometers’.
8. Move your cursor to the exact location that you would like to start your measurement.
9. Single left click on your Map View to begin measuring.
10. Continue to single left click until you have completed your measurement process.
Figure 142 ‐ Markers are placed as you go to show where the measurements are taken
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Step # Instructions
11. Double left click to complete your measurement.
12. Single left click on the Units of Measure drop down arrow once again.
13. Single left click on ‘Feet’.
Measurement within Native Title Vision is not to be considered authoritative.
The environment does not allow for accurate measure and should not be regarded as
anything other than an indicative measurement tool.
It is for this reason that the measurement areas drawn whilst using the measurement
tool are not able to be printed from Native Title Vision.
NOTE: Each time you click during a distance measure, you will notice that a small
green map marker is placed on your Map View.
This serves no purpose other than to indicate your measurement path and the exact
to and from points for the actual measurement.
NOTE: Notice that you can change between units of measure without having to re‐
measure the same distance.
The ability to do this quick conversion is very helpful is you are dealing with a client
that still refers to feet instead of meters.
Very handy indeed.
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Measure an Area
Step # Instructions
1. Single left click on the basic search input box at the top of the Map View.
2. Type ‘Scheelite Cres’ into the search input box.
Figure 143 ‐ Selecting from the Basic Search Results
3. Select Northern Territory search return.
4. Zoom In to DCD2007/001 to the east of Scheelite Crescent.
Figure 144 ‐ The area we will be measuring
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Step # Instructions
5. Single left click on the Area icon in the Measurement dialog box.
Figure 145 – The Measure Area Icon
6. Single left click on the units of measure drop down box.
Figure 146 ‐ Units of Measure options for the Measure Area Tool
7. Single left click on hectares.
Figure 147 ‐ Selecting Hectares from the list
8. Single left click at the exact location you would like to begin your measuring.
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Step # Instructions
9. Continue clicking until you have defined the area you would like to measure.
Figure 148 ‐ Constructing the area to measure
10. Double click to end drawing the measurement area.
TIP: Converting measured areas to another unit of measure is extremely simple in
Native TitleVision.
Once you have completed capturing the area to measure, all you have to do is left
click on the Units of Measure drop down box and choose the new units that you
would like to see.
The conversion is immediate and changeable at any time.
Step # Instructions
11. Close the Measurement Dialog box.
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Chapter 6
Advanced Searching
Throughout your day, you are asked to contribute to many different matters of all different types.
Determination Applications, ILUAs, Future Acts, Tenement negotiations are but a few.
It is because of this, that advanced searches will be your most frequently used tool within the NTV
environment.
The ability to search for tenement, parcel (Non‐Freehold) and details other than Tribunal ID will
really give you the power to quickly and confidently get on with the task.
It is worth spending the time to work through this chapter, even twice, to make sure you feel
confident to perform an advanced search at any point in your day.
You will be glad you did.
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Workflow 6.1 The Native Title Near Me Tool
Upon completion of this workflow, you will confidently be able to identify any Native Title matters
that are in close proximity to a location you are interested in.
You will be able to set a custom search distance criteria and be able to interrogate the results that
are returned to you by the Native Title Near Me Tool.
Approximate time to complete the workflow is 10 minutes.
Learning Objectives
Workflow Overview
Identify your search centre
Set a custom search distance Interrogate the search results
Workflow Steps
Step # Instructions
1. Single left‐click on the Native Title Near Me Tool in the Anchorbar.
Figure 149 – Activating the Native Title Near Me Tool
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Step # Instructions
2. Click + Hold on the distance slider.
Figure 150 ‐ The default search distance
3. Drag the slider so that it is set to approximately 2000 metres (2km).
Figure 151 ‐ Setting a search distance of around 2km
TIP: When dragging the slider to set your search distance, it is not easy to set the
exact distance. This is a result of the type of setting mechanism built into the tool.
Simply set it to as close as possible.
Step # Instructions
4. Single Left Click in the ‘Find address or place’ text box.
Figure 152 ‐ Identify a search location by address
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Step # Instructions
5. Type 22 Gunn Street, Mataranka.
Figure 153 ‐ Search for this address
TIP: Clicking on a listed location or the search tool icon will initiate the Native Title
Near Me search.
It is best to leave the location or address as the last thing you do before you initiate
the search.
If you don’t, you end up running the search twice.
When you activate the Native Title Near Me search, it automatically queries all the
National Native Title layers to find any that fall within your specified search distance.
You will notice that the search initially lists all our layers in the Native Title Near Me
dialog box, but as the search progresses and boundary types are identified as not
fitting the search criteria, they disappear from the layer list.
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Step # Instructions
6. Single left click on ‘Determined Outcomes’ in the search returns list.
Figure 154 ‐ Drilling through to more detailed information
7. Single Left Click “Determined outcomes: Town of Mataran… 55.65m”.
Figure 155 ‐ Second level of search return details
This is where you start to see the power behind the Native Title Near Me tool.
As soon as you click on one of its search returns, the Map View immediately zooms to
show you the entire extent of that particular return and highlights it.
The lower half of the Native Title Near Me dialog box switches to display all the details
of the matter you clicked on.
If you expand the dialog box, you are presented with an extraordinary amount of
current information about that particular matter.
Getting access to the most current information about a particular matter can
therefore be very efficient.
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Step # Instructions
8. Single left click on ”< Determined Outcomes”.
Figure 156 ‐ Navigate back to the other Search nearby returns
9. Single left click again on ”< Determined Outcomes”.
TIP: It is very easy to investigate all the nearby Native Title results from this location
in the dialog box.
The search return results are not ‘cleared’ until with a new search is performed or the
dialog box is closed.
Step # Instructions
10. Single left click on the X‐Close button for the Native Title Near Me Tool.
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TIP: When you need to search for Native Title in a rural area that has no street
addresses or close named place, simply use the mouse to identify your desired
location on the Map View.
By left clicking on the Map View at the exact location you need to investigate, a map
‘pin’ will be placed and the search initiated to the search distance set in the Distance
Slider.
Step # Instructions
11. Single left click on the Native Title Near Me Tool in the Anchorbar to reopen it.
12. Move your mouse cursor over the Map View.
Figure 157 ‐ The first step to identifying location by marker
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Step # Instructions
13. Single left click on the Map View.
Figure 158 ‐ Place a marker to identify location on the map
14. Explore the results.
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Workflow 6.2 Introducing the Attribute Table
Upon completion of this section you will be have a sound understanding of how to access and use
the Attribute Table to support your daily tasking. Additionally, you will be able to master selecting
records, viewing them in the Attribute Grid and in the Map View and exporting them to a
spreadsheet.
Approximate time to complete the workflow is 15 minutes.
Learning Objectives
Workflow Overview
Open and Close the Attribute Table
Understand the elements and tools within the Attribute Table
Select and deselect a record
View your selection in the Map View Export your records
Workflow Steps
Accessing the Attribute Table
Step # Instructions
15. Single left‐click on the blue Attribute Table button toward the right of the Anchorbar.
Figure 159 ‐ The Attribute Table Anchorbar button
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TIP: Take a moment to look at the different components in your Attribute Table dialog
box. There are a few!
The major components of the Attribute Table are shown in the diagrams below:
Figure 160 ‐ Attribute Table Components (Tabs)
Figure 161 ‐ Attribute Table Components (Menu)
Figure 162 ‐ Attribute Table Components (Attribute Grid)
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Step # Instructions
16. Single left‐click on the blue Attribute Table icon in the Anchorbar to close it.
17. Another way to open the Attribute Table is to access it from the Layer List.
Open the Layer List.
18. Ensure that the Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUA) layer has the check mark to
indicate it is on.
19. Single left‐click on the More Options button to the right of the ILUA layer.
Figure 163 ‐ ILUA More Options button
TIP: If you click on the More Options button and can’t see the full drop down list,
Click+Hold on the scroll bar on the right hand side of the Layer List and drag it down
until you can see “Open Attribute Table”.
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Step # Instructions
20. Single left‐click on “Open Attribute Table”.
Figure 164 ‐ Opening the Attribute Table from the Layer List interface
You will notice that when the Attribute Table opens, it does so with the ILUA tab
active. That is, it has a blue underline.
This can save you a little time if you need to go to a specific Tab within the Attribute
Table.
Navigate the Attribute Table
Step # Instructions
21. Single left‐click on the Local Government Areas Tab (four tabs from the right).
Figure 165 – The active Determinations tab in the Attribute Table
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Step # Instructions
22. Single left‐click on the Applications (Schedule) tab.
23. Single left‐click the “Filter by Map Extent” button in the Attribute Table Menu Bar so
that it becomes inactive.
Figure 166 ‐ Inactive Filter by Map Extent button
Figure 167 ‐ Active Filter by Map Extent button
Take a moment to observe what happens to the number of records in the Attribute
Table when you zoom in and out of your Map View.
You can see how many are selected by looking at the bottom left corner of the
Attribute Table Grid.
Figure 168 ‐ Viewing the number of selected records
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Step # Instructions
24. Single Left click on the Applications (RNTC) tab to make it active again.
25. Turn off the Determinations layer in the Layer List dialog.
Simple selection in the Attribute Table
Step # Instructions
26. Turn on the Applications (RNTC) layer in the Layer List dialog box.
27. Single left‐click on any record in the Attribute Grid.
You will notice that as soon as you click on a record in the Attribute Grid, the record is
highlighted in bright blue and the “Zoom to” button in the Menu bar is no longer
greyed out.
It is important to make sure that the Applications (RNTC) layer has been turned on in
the Layer List.
Some of the functions in the Attribute Table environment will not work if the layer
you are working with is turned off in the Layer List.
The Zoom to function is one of these.
Step # Instructions
28. Single left‐click on the Zoom To button.
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When the Zoom to button is active it will zoom to a selected feature so that it best fits
to your Map View screen.
If more than one record is selected, the Map View will zoom so that it can best fit all
selected records to the view.
It does so by calculating a minimum bounding rectangle around all the selected
features and fitting that combined area to your Map View.
Step # Instructions
29. In the Attribute Table Menu Bar, Single left‐click on ‘Clear Selection’.
Export to Spreadsheet
Step # Instructions
30. Single left‐click on a record in the ILUA Tab
31. Press and hold your CTRL key and Single left click on two more records in the
Attribute Grid.
TIP: To manually select more than one record, simply hold the CTRL key down while
selecting discrete records, or hold the SHIFT key down while selecting contiguous
records..
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Step # Instructions
32. Single left‐click on the Options button on the left side of the Attribute Table Menu
Bar.
Figure 169 ‐ Options button in the Attribute Table
33. Select Export to CSV from the bottom of the Options drop down list.
Figure 170 ‐ Export to CSV option
34. When the “Export to CSV” dialog appears, Single left‐click“OK”.
Figure 171 ‐ Export to CSV dialog
35. When prompted, save the CSV file to your preferred location with a meaningful
filename.
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TIP: If you are using Internet Explorer 8 or 9, you need to type the .csv extension into
the filename when you are exporting your table.
Step # Instructions
36. Navigate to the file and open it in MS Excel.
Initially, you will be presented with a spreadsheet that needs some formatting before
you can interrogate the data in it.
Once you have resized the column widths to fit the contents, you will see that the data
in the spreadsheet is a direct extract from the information you were viewing in NTV.
You will also notice that there is an extra field called “OBJECTID”.
This is a reference used by NNTT Geospatial Services to link the record directly with
the spatial database record.
Step # Instructions
37. Close MS Excel.
38. Single left‐click on the ‘Clear Selection’ button on the Attribute Table Menu Bar.
39. Single left‐click on the Attribute Table icon located in the Anchorbar to close it.
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Chapter 7
Interrogating your map
The ability to source additional or contextual information from NTV is critical if it is to be
worthwhile.
One element within NTV that has not yet been explored in this workbook is the Pop‐up box. This
is where the real utility aspect of NTV comes into play.
The Pop‐up acts as a mini dashboard to support your business processes.
Not only do they present multi‐layered information about a single point identified on the Map
View, but they also provide you with ‘on the spot’ tools to access additional documentation
regarding that particular matter or relevant websites. This means you can collect all the current
information to support your business processes from the one centralised tool.
During this chapter you will be introduced to these tools and shown how to take advantage of
them if it fits your business processes.
You might not use all of the tools available, but certainly, you will know they exist and where to
find them.
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Workflow 7.1 The Powerful Pop‐up
Upon completion of this section you will know about all of the tools that are available to you via
the Pop‐up dialog interface.
You will know where to find them and what they produce to support your business processes.
Approximate time to complete the workflow is 10 minutes.
Learning Objectives
Workflow Overview
Activating a Pop‐up dialog
Viewing multiple returns Accessing additional information
Workflow Steps
Understanding the Pop‐up
Step # Instructions
1. Open the Layer List dialog.
2. Single left‐click on the check box next to Applications (Schedule) to turn it on.
3. Single left‐click on one of the blue Schedule boundaries you can see on your Map View.
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The blue and white Pop‐Up that appears on your Map View is the first time you are
exposed to some of the real power behind NTV.
Aside from presenting you with boundary / matter specific information, it provides you
with a list of utilities that in essence are a self‐serve dashboard.
You will spend most of your time between the Attribute Table and the Pop‐Up tools.
Step # Instructions
4. Single left‐click Zoom to at the bottom of the Pop‐up.
5. Zoom out using your mouse wheel a little so that you can easily see the matter that is highlighted in a bright blue and a little extra space around the outside of its boundary.
If you are trying to find out what other matters could be in a particular location, you
should know that the Pop‐Up dialog only returns results for those layers that are
actually turned on in your Layer List.
If it’s not turned on in the Layer List, you will not get a return in the Pop‐up.
Be sure to take care and turn on those layers you need to know information about.
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The Pop‐up dialog has four main components.
Information Panel:
Displays the information you also see in the Attribute Table Grid,
Tool Dashboard:
Immediately below the Information Panel, and
Elements here are a clickable link if content is available and it applies to that
particular context (ie. Determination outcomes will not be listed in the Popup
options for an ILUA layer.)
Pop‐up Title Bar:
Shows how many layers have returned information for you to read,
Navigation arrows to ‘turn the pages’ of the Pop‐up, and
Maximise and close tools.
Zoom To:
Allows you to zoom to the selected feature that is reported in the Pop‐Up tool.
Step # Instructions
6. Take note of how many returns you got (at the left most portion of the Pop‐up Title
Bar.
Figure 172 ‐ Pop‐up Title Bar Returns.
Does your return count correspond with the number of layers you have turned on?
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TIP: Be aware that if a layer is turned on in your Layer List, but there is no feature for
that layer where you click on the Map View, it will not give you a return for that
particular layer.
It pays to have a good look at the layers when they are turned on in the Map View so
you have an idea of what is likely to give you a return in the Pop‐up.
Step # Instructions
7. In your Layer List, turn on the RATSIB Areas layer.
8. Single left‐click on the same feature you did previously.
What did you notice about the return count?
9. Close the Pop‐up by single left‐clicking on the X‐Close button in the top right.
Moving between Pop‐up ‘pages’
Step # Instructions
10. Perform a location search for Tennant Creek in the Title Bar.
11. Close the Pop‐up that automatically appears.
12. Turn on the following layers:
Determinations,
Determined Outcomes,
ILUAs, and
Applications (Registered)
13. Click on the Map View where you can see there are multiple overlaps.
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Step # Instructions
14. Single left‐click on the navigation arrows in the top of the Pop‐up Title Bar to ‘turn’ the pages between the received returns.
Did the number of returns match the number of layers you have turned on in the Layer
List?
Why do you think it was different?
On‐Board Tools
Step # Instructions
15. In the Pop‐up, scroll to the very bottom of the Pop‐up window.
16. Take some time to click on each one of the active links that are available to you.
Each layer in the Layer List has its own particular set of tools that can be used with it.
The following table will give you an idea of what tools you can use for each layer.
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Chapter 8
Add your data
From time to time, you may be provided with a file or a link to data that is in a specialised GIS
format for a particular matter you may be working on.
Being able to view this data in conjunction with authoritative and current Native Title data can be
difficult without specialised software and skills.
The NTV system provides a tool to do just this. It’s called “Add Data”.
It will allow you to load, zoom, interrogate and print your data just like any of the pre‐packaged
data layers delivered as part of the core system.
Loading and accessing your data within Native Title Vision is a matter of a few clicks.
Within this chapter, you will learn how to add your own data from ArcGIS Online or files based
origin and begin to utilise them confidently.
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Workflow 8.1 Add Data
Upon completion of this section you will be able to use the Add Data tool to integrate your own
data into the NTV interface.
You will know what types of data can be used, how to import it and how to interrogate it.
Approximate time to complete the workflow is 10 minutes.
Learning Objectives
Workflow Overview
Activate the Add Data tool Add data from a file Add data from ArcGIS Online Add data by pointing to an online service
Resources required
In order for you to complete this chapter, you will need to download and save the following zipfile:
NTV_Training_Data.zip
Workflow Steps
Adding data from a file
Step # Instructions
1. Activate the Add Data Tool by Single‐left‐clicking on the Add Data Tool icon in the
Anchorbar.
Figure 173 ‐ Activating the Add Data Tool
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Step # Instructions
2. Single left‐click on the File tab at top of the Add Data dialog box to identify the source
of your data.
Figure 174 ‐ Selecting the data source
3. Open your file browser software (for example: Windows File Explorer).
4. Navigate to the folder that the NTV zip file was saved into.
5. Click‐Hold and Drag the file onto the Drop or Browse dialog box in the NTV Add Data
Dialog box.
Figure 175 ‐ Dragging a zip file into the NTV Add Data tool
6. Release the left mouse button to drop the zip file into NTV.
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Step # Instructions
7. Close the Add Data dialog box.
As soon as you release or drop the zip file into the drop or browse window, you will see
it draw onto your Map View.
Also notice that the Map View zooms to fit all of the added data to your screen.
Interrogating your data
Step # Instructions
8. Single‐left Click on once of the boundaries that has been added to the Map View.
9. Inspect the Pop‐up that displays.
Figure 176 ‐ Pop‐ups make the details of your own data easy to access
10. Single left click to close the pop‐up.
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Step # Instructions
11. Single left click on the Layer List tool in the Anchorbar.
Figure 177 ‐ Activating the Layer List tool
12. Single left‐click on the More Options button to the right of the top most layer.
Figure 178 ‐ discover more options for your own data.
13. Single left click on the Open Attribute Table option.
14. Take a moment to inspect the information available to you from your own data.
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Being able to view your own data in the Attribute Table means you can sort your data,
use advanced filter queries and quickly zoom to individual records with a double click of
your mouse button.
Step # Instructions
15. Single left click on the column heading “Area_km”.
16. Select Statistics from the options box that appears.
17. Inspect the results box. This can be very handy indeed.
18. Single left click on the X‐Close button at the top right of the Statistics dialog box.
19. Close the Attribute Table tool by single left clicking on the Anchorbar icon.
20. Close the Layer List dialog box.
21. Close the Add Data dialog box.
Accessing the Statistics option in the Attribute Table is not restricted to your own data.
It can be used to gain more insight into any data displayed within the Attribute Table
environment for any layers available in the NTV environment.
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TIP: If you look at the data we have added to NTV, you will see three boundaries.
They are three water bodies.
Have a look at the bottom most one. Notice anything odd?
A hint, if you use the transparency slider from the More Options button in the Layer
List, you will be able to clearly see that the data is not shaped as you would expect (to
follow the boundary of the small water body).
This has been done on purpose to show you that not all data is as it should be and to
have a good look at the data you have added before you base any decisions upon it.
When you add your own data, it behaves in the same manner that existing data layers
do.
They react to a transparency slider, moving the layer up and down to modify the layer
sequence, zooming to the layer and opening the attribute table.
This can be particularly handy if you need to emphasise a particular boundary in
relation to your own data.
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Removing your data
Step # Instructions
22. Open the Add Data dialog box.
23. Single left click on ‘LAYERS’ at the bottom right of the Add Data dialog box
24. Single left click on the bin icon to the right of the layer you would like to remove.
Figure 179 ‐ Removing your data layer
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Step # Instructions
25. Close the Add Data dialog box.
Adding data from ArcGIS Online
Step # Instructions
1. Single left click on the Add Data icon on the Anchorbar.
TIP: If you are presented with the remove layer option screen, single left click on the
‘BACK’ link at the bottom right of the dialog box to return to the main dialog box
screen.
Step # Instructions
2. Single left‐click on the Search tab at top of the Add Data dialog box to identify the
source of your data.
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Step # Instructions
3. Click‐Hold + Drag the bottom right corner of the dialog box to be very large.
Figure 180 ‐ ArcGIS Online Library
The ArcGIS Online Search tool makes a large number of third party services available to
you in the NTV environment.
The majority of these are redundant because of pre‐existing content in NTV or they do
not cover your area of interest.
Additionally, many are out of date and it would be to your advantage to read the
details about any layer you are considering including in your NTV session.
At times, you will attempt to load a layer service and it fails. This may be due to an
issue with the third party layer itself, not our NTV environment. It is, as a consequence,
an issue that is beyond our control.
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TIP: Being aware of the on‐board tools in the ArcGIS Online dialog box header is an
important contributor to your success in using the tool.
Step # Instructions
4. Single left click in the Search input box.
5. Type Northern Territory.
6. Locate “Australian federal electorates 2016 Northern Territory” in the service library.
7. Single left click on the “DETAILS” link.
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Step # Instructions
8. Observe the Contributor’s Name, last modified date and the Description provided.
Figure 181 ‐ Details of layer services are important to know
9. Close the Details window.
10. Single left click on the “ADD” link at the bottom right corner of the service we are
investigating.
Figure 182 ‐ Locating the "ADD" link
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Be sure to observe the test that appears to the left of the “ADD” link.
It will change once you click the ADD link to ‘Adding…’.
From time to time, you may receive different message. An example is when adding the
service layer has failed:
Figure 183 – Add failed message for a service layer
This may be the result of a technical issue with the particular service layer you are
attempting to add.
You do not get a message when the Add was successful. You do, instead see a change
in the options for that Service Layer.
Figure 184 ‐ Adding the service layer was successful
Step # Instructions
11. Close the Add Data dialog box.
12. Open the Layer List dialog box.
Take notice of where your new layer has been inserted into your layer list.
Be sure to click the expand arrow (to the left of the layer name) to view the
symbolisation used.
13. Single left click on the More Options button to the right of the layer name.
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TIP: Notice that you can manipulate the newly added data in the same ways as you can
for the pre‐exiting NTV data layers.
Step # Instructions
14. Select Zoom To from the More Options drop down list.
Now you are familiar with the newly added layer from the ArcGIS Online environment,
you can easily go about any necessary workflows to support your tasking.
Remove your ArcGIS Online Service Layer
Step # Instructions
15. Activate the Add Data dialog box.
16. Single left click on “LAYERS” at the bottom right of the dialog box.
17. Single left click on the rubbish bin icon to the right of the layer that you would like to
remove.
18. There is another workflow through the search window itself (remove instead of Add).
Figure 185 ‐ Removing an online service layer
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Chapter 9
Getting Help
There are a couple of things you can do to get help with using the NTV system.
You can:
1. Seek assistance from other staff located within your office, or
2. Send an email to [email protected].
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