Using the EnergyGateway

Selecting one of the 14 regional "Gateways", the map will appear at a pre-set scale showing a complete overview the region. The user can then use a series of sophisticated online tools to navigate, zoom in or out, explore, interrogate, search, export and even upload their own GIS data to overlay the EnergyGateway maps.

By using the map export tool the user can easily download or export of any map image and have a very powerful and informative document ready in minutes.

The Offshore EnergyGateway Tools:

• Full Extent - returns the user to the complete Gateway they are logged into
• Zoom In / Out Icons - this permits the user to simply magnify or reduce any area of the map
• Refresh - the returns the user to the previous screen
• Pan - this permits the user to pan to any area of the map by dragging the extent across the screen
• Identify - this identifies any icon on the map, with the information that it held on the item being displayed
• Simple Search - search any one or all data layers and highlight results within the map
• Dynamic Search - use the inbuilt query language to run complex searches
• Line Measure - measure the distance between two icons
• Area Measure - measure the area of any part of the map
• Import - import GIS data onto the EnergyGateway
• Locate - this allows the user to find a specific geographic location within the maps
• Buffer Results - this permits selection of data within a specific radius from a user determined point within the map
• Export Layer Attributes - permits the export of a GIS layer's attributes to be exported outside the EnergyGateway, these can be either text files or shape (.shp) files
• Export Map Image - this permits any map to be exported to PDF or JPG to be used outside the EnergyGateway
• Show Overview Map - shows the map overview
• Bookmarks - allows the user to save any map extent to a library
• Map Tips - allows for multiple selection and the highlighting of specific layers of information
• Compass - allows the user to pan up, down, left and right