Table of Contents

1. Biodiversity GIS (BGIS) Online Maps
2. Getting Familiar with the BGIS Online Maps
3. Navigating Around the Maps
4. Using Intermediate Features of the BGIS Map Viewer
5. Using Advanced Features of the BGIS Online Maps
   1. Exercise using advanced features
   2. Measuring Distances
   3. Measure Area
   4. Upload Shape files
   5. Extract to Excel
   6. Extract GML
   7. Upload GPS waypoints
   8. The Markup Tools
   9. Working with Projects
   10. Save Session
   11. Save Markups to Shape File
   12. Extract Layer
   13. Downloading a layer
   14. Select by Buffer
6. Summary of built in functionality of the BGIS Web Map Service
7. Glossary of Terms

Working with Projects

Save Project

The Save Project Tool allows you to save the changes that you have made to the map. To save your project, click on the Save Project tool and a dialogue box will appear in the information panel. Click the link to download a project session file (.ssn) and save it to your computer for later use.

Exercise

You can now save all the additions you have made to your map. This will not only save the markup and uploaded files you have added to your map but also the open layers and the zoom parameters. Click on the and choose Save session now. You can then choose where to save the session file for later use.

Open Project

The Open Project Tool allows you to open a previously saved project. To reopen a project, select the Open Project tool and locate the project session file (.ssn) on your computer.