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Hi, let's get started exploring Scanex Web Geomixer! Your first map topic is "Logging in Intact Forests of Sumatra"
Open the Trial project link
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Theres the table of contents on the left
These are the working space, the vertical toolbar and the horizontal scale line. The red polygons containe high resolution imagery
Let's change the base layer to hybrid
Zoom to red polygons using the mouse wheeel
Then Worldview imagery appears. Zoom more to see details.
خي, let's pan to Sumatra, Indonesia
Let's create the Intact Forest Landscapes (IFL) layer. Go to the upper menu Layers - Create vector layer
Fill fields you need. The data come from http://www.intactforests.org, let's fill the Copyright and Description fields using information from the official IFL web-site
Click to folder icon and go though the data catalog. The layer Sumatra which conanes IFL polygos is already added to the system.
The full path is @open.landscape.info@gmail.com\Maps\open.landscape.info@gmail.com DEFAULT\ifl_sumatra\ifl\
Push the arrow near Sumatra
When it's done, click Create
Proceeding
Although the IFL layer has been created, nothing appeared on the map
Let's change styles of the layer.
Notice, we changed mimimal zoom and polygones appeared
Let's change the outline colour
thickness
And make polygons transparent
Let's insert coordinates to the finder - 5.5949917 S 104.35432 E and click Find
Marker attributes are shown upn the table of contents Let's zoom to the marker
Wow, there are new logging, fields and plantations inside the IFL contour!
lets turn off the Worldview-2 Images layer - there was no trace of human activity on Landsat 2000-x
and turn it on again
let's chek the details - this is a fresh logging, you can see fallen trees
Pick the polygon tool to draw the logging sites
You can check the area of polygons and the lenght of lines in the table of contents on the left
Pick the line tool to draw the road
Change styles for the new polygons and lines
Put a mark - one click to put a mark, click to insert text, another clik to finish
Saving the map: Map - Save As
Get and share the link to the current map: Map - Link to the map
Print your map
Editing markers
Downloading vectors you created
Add a bokmark
That's it! Easy:)