Using the Map Display
Spatial Explorer provides several tools for moving and sizing maps, and identifying wells in the map view.
Main toolbar
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Zoom in on the map. |
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Restore the map to the original extent shown when starting Spatial Explorer or to the currently selected area of interest (AOI). |
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Zoom out on the map. |
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Restore the map to the previous extent. |
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Pan Mode |
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Enable clicking and dragging (panning) of the map. |
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Zoom in on the map to the bounds of the traced rectangle. |
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(Kingdom only) Use a spatial query. For more information, see Spatial Queries and Well Queries (Kingdom only). |
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Draw a ruler or planimeter polygon. For more information, see Using the Ruler and Planimeter Polygon. |
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Select items on the map by drawing a rectangle. For more information, see Selecting and Saving Data. |
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Select items on the map by drawing a polygon. For more information, see Selecting and Saving Data. |
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Select a single item on the map (use the Control key [Ctrl] to select multiple items). For more information, see Selecting and Saving Data. |
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Select all items available on the map. For more information, see Selecting and Saving Data. |
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Select all items currently shown in the map pane. For more information, see Selecting and Saving Data. |
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Edit text or polygons on an editable layer. For more information, see Adding Text Layers To The Map or Adding Editable Polygon Layers. |
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(Kingdom only) Perform well planning. For more information, see Well Planning Using Quarter Sections (Kingdom only). |
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Define current map view as the area of interest. For more information, see Defining An Active Area Of Interest (AOI). |
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Select the current view as the area if interest. For more information, see Defining An Active Area Of Interest (AOI). |
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Digitize area of interest by rectangle |
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Define properties for the area of interest boundary indicator. |
Working with multiple maps and map sessions
You can save the following items on the Map View tab for each project:
- Data sources
- Data layers selected for the map
- Data layers selected for display
- Data layer order
- Data layer display properties
This enables you to select and organize the data sources you want to display, configure their display and map layout settings, and preserve this information for later use. Saving the map and AOI print view settings in a session file ensures you have the same information displayed the same way each time you use Spatial Explorer.
You can create and save multiple maps and also have multiple sessions of Spatial Explorer with different maps open at the same time.
Starting a map from Kingdom or Harmony Enterprise
When starting Spatial Explorer from the Kingdom Project menu, you have the following options:
- Open the most recently opened map (Spatial Explorer > Last Opened Session)
- Open a map you have saved (Spatial Explorer > Open Saved Map)
- Start with a new map (Spatial Explorer > New Map).
When starting Spatial Explorer from Harmony Enterprise, click the Globe icon (
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- Last Opened Session — opens the most recently opened map.
- Open Saved Map — opens a map you have saved.
- New Map — starts with a new map.
When starting a map from Harmony, Spatial Explorer uses the units currently set in Harmony. If these units are changed in Harmony, this has no effect on Spatial Explorer. Units are only displayed within the Display Settings. Therefore, units for values in the Details Pane may not match those in Harmony.
Starting a map from Spatial Explorer
After Spatial Explorer is open, from the Map menu, you can also open a saved map (Map > Open) and create a new map in a new session (Map > New). You can also clear the data sources and layers from the currently open session (Map > Clear).
By default, when you close Spatial Explorer, it saves any changes you make to the first map you opened. The first map you open is treated as the default session. To open this map again, select Last Opened Session from the Kingdom Project menu, or from the Harmony Map menu. If you want to save the current map as a unique item, from the Map menu select Save As and then give the map a name. You can then open this map again by selecting Open Saved Map from the Kingdom Project menu, or from the Harmony Map menu.