CARVER COUNTY FIBER MAPPING USER GUIDE

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1 CARVER COUNTY FIBER MAPPING USER GUIDE GETTING AROUND When you open the application, you have the option to search for a specific fiber project address, fiber segment, city, or address. When you go to the map, you will have to navigate using the directions below in the Additional Navigation section. Zoom to Project Address: Zooms to specific fiber project address. This is the destination for fiber segments. Zoom to Segment: Zooms to a specific fiber segment. Each segment is defined by a From location and a To location. Zoom to City View: Zooms to Carver County Cities and Townships Address Search: Enter a building number, then click the dropdown at right and select the appropriate road. Click Accept. If, after you have manually closed the search screen (using the the search by clicking the Search ( button), you can re-open ) button on the toolbar at upper right. GETTING INFORMATION You can get information about a property or a segment in one of two ways. First, use the search methods described above. Second, single click on a property or segment. After you click on the map or zoom to a property or segment, using the above search methods, an Identify window will pop up. The information will be different, depending on which method you searched. Identifying a Project Address will give you the ability to view a Bird s Eye Shot of the property (See below) and Trace Segments Back to Backbone :

2 When you trace segments back to the backbone, a highlighted line appears to show the segments that will return you to the fiber backbone (red). You can also click to zoom to individual segments leading back to the backbone. TOOLBAR Street View: Traditional map view Aerial View: Aerial Photography view Bordering: Roads and cities outside of Carver County Globe: Zooms out to the extent of Carver County. Property Report: The Property Report tool will activate when you zoom into the map far enough for properties to display. When you turn on the Property Report tool, the mouse cursor will turn to a crosshair. Click on the property you would like to view taxpayer information for. A new window will launch showing the property report (be patient as this may take a few moments. Pop-up blockers must be disabled.). Bird s Eye: When you activate the Bird s Eye tool, the cursor will turn to a crosshair. With the crosshair, click on the map in the area you would like to view. Please be patient as it may take a few moments for the map to load. Also, pop-up blockers must be turned off. Re-click the tool to go back to map browsing. Search: Search dialog

3 Measure: Click the map for distance calculations. Double click the map to stop measuring. PRINTING Printing is only currently available using your computers Print Screen. Click and hold the Alt button, and while holding, click the Print Screen button

4 Fiber Mapping Demo 1. Carver County CCOFI Fiber Project ( a. Search Box a. Zoom to Project Address 71 Individual Addresses (both Backbone and Lateral), sorted by City. Segment ID is following in parenthesis. b. Zoom to Segment 95 Individual Segments (both Backbone and Lateral), list From and To nodes. (From Building A to Building B) c. Zoom to City View Carver County City & Townships d. Carver Co. Address Enter Building #, Tab or select the dropdown for available streets, click Accept. e. Help Page Click for PDF help b. Zoom Slider a. Click and drag the slider up and down to zoom in and out c. Legend a. Click to expand b. Backbone entities in Red c. Lateral entities in Blue d. Fiber Huts are houses e. Additional basemap symbols f. Click again to retract d. Toolbar a. Street View (Default View) b. Aerial View c. Bordering Roads & Cities outside of Carver County for reference. **Please be patient as this takes some time to appear on the map.** d. Full Extent Takes you back to the map starting point. e. Property Report View taxpayer information for specific parcels f. Bird s Eye Tool for launching Pictometry Imagery g. Search Brings Search Box back h. Measure Tool to measure distances in miles & feet. 2. Getting Information a. Search Box a. Select a Segment from the dropdown a. B01: Zooms to the Extent of B01. b. Identify Window: 1. From/To locations 2. Length of segment in feet 3. Owner Information 4. Segment Type (Backbone, Lateral) 5. Environmental Assessment b. Select a Project Address from the dropdown

5 a. Carver East Union Elementary (L04) b. Identify Window: 1. Bird s Eye 2. Address 3. Owner Information 4. Type (Backbone, Lateral) 5. Environmental Assessment 6. Trace-back to Backbone b. Bird s Eye Carver County s Pictometry (Oblique Imagery from 2008) provides a better vantage point than traditional aerial imagery. a. From Identify Window Only available when searching Project Addresses Click View Bird s Eye View of Property link. 1. Launches new Window (Pop-up blockers MUST be disabled) 2. **Please be patient as this application may take a little bit to launch. 3. Say yes to any warnings that may pop-up. b. From Bird s Eye Tool 1. Click Bird s Eye Tool 2. Mouse Cursor turns to crosshair 3. Click on the map where you want to see imagery. c. Using Pictometry 1. Cameras & Compass for Spinning map 2. Most, not all, have 4 camera angles to choose from, some only Zoom in for better resolution. Not all locations will have this option. c. Segment Trace-back a. Traces a Lateral Project Address back to the Backbone, showing the segments taken back. 1. Click to identify Chaska Kindergarten Center (L56) 2. Trace Segments Back to Backbone Zooms to and highlights the route back to the Backbone. 3. Select Individual Segments to zoom to and get information about those segments. d. Measure Tool a. Single Click to draw a segment 1. Distance will tally as you click b. Double Click ends the measurement c. Close out of the tool to return to map browsing. e. Property Report Tool a. Click Property Report Tool b. Mouse Cursor turns to crosshair c. Click on property where you want to get taxpayer information d. Be patient as a new window will open with taxpayer information (Pop-up blockers must be turned off) 3. Additional Resources a. CCOFI Associated Spreadsheet for Appendices and Cost Tables a. Use links to access the application

6 b. For those with a GIS in house, a set of GIS Shapefiles are available for download c. Google Earth KMZ file for Google Earth Users (Free download from ) d. PDF of the CCOFI Project Map