Teton County Map Server Help Page

Contents

1. Start-up
2. Navigation: Zoom In, Zoom Out, Re-Center the map
3. Getting information from the map (Info Tool)
4. Finding things on the map (Jump To... Find)
5. Controlling what is displayed on the map (Layer Control)
6. Measuring distances
7. Technical information

Start-up

• Click any one of the first five map links to start working with the GIS. The only difference between these five selections is the layers that are initially turned on, and the area that is zoomed-in on.
• Pick the "Property Search" link to search by address, location, or owner name See "Finding things on the map", below for a more detaled discussion on searching.
• Pick the "Natural Hazards" link to jump to the Be Prepared Teton County web site, which provides a map-centric view of natural hazards in Teton County, and steps to take to be prepared for them.

To Zoom In - Select the tool from the tool bar and then either:

• Click on the map to zoom by a factor of 2 and re-center the map around your click point
• Or if you are using the Java version, you can hold the mouse key down to drag a box over the area on interest

You can always use your web browser's Back button to get back to the previous view.

To Zoom Out - Select the tool and then click on the map.

This will zoom you out by a factor of 2 and re-center the map on your click point.
You can always use your web browser's Back button to get back to the previous view.

To Pan or Re-center the map Pick the tool and drag your mouse to pan the map.

Select the tool from the tool bar and then either:

• Click on the map
• Or if you are using the Java version, you can hold the mouse key down on the map and drag a box over the area on interest to select multiple lots or parcels.

Finding things on the map

The "JumpTo ..." drop-down list provides a means to quickly re-orient the map to various areas of Teton County. Just pick the desired area and wait a moment while the map re-draws.

Searches are initiated with the button.

1. Search by Street Address
   • You may enter a street address number (not required), a direction (N, S, E, W, not required) and a street name. Generally it is best to leave off the "Road", "Street", "Ave", etc. You will be presented with a list of addresses matching your search. From the list you may pick an address to map.
   • If you would like to see the whole street, or if you are not sure how to spell a street name, click the "Street Name List" button. This will load a list of street and road names (almost 700) from which you can select a street to be mapped.
2. Search by Subdivision
   • You can enter a subdivision lot number (optional) and a subdivision name. You will be presented with a list of matching lots. From the list you can pick a single lot to be mapped.
   • If you would like to see the whole subdivision, or if you are not sure how to spell the subdivision name, click the"Subdivision List" button. This will load a list over 700 subdivision from which you can select.
3. Search by Owner
   • You may search by property owner name. A list of matching property owner names will be presented, from which you may select a property to be mapped. The property owner may request that their property be "un-listed". If you would like your property to be un-listed, you may send email to gis@tetonwyo.org or call the Teton County Clerk at (307) 733-4430.

After you have used the "Map It" button to highlight a selection from any of the above searches, the selection will remain highlighted until another searches is run, or until it is "Unselected" by clicking the button.

Map Layers

There is too much information to show all of at one time, so the map is organized in "layers" of data. A list of available layers is accessed via the button. There are foreground layers and background layers. The foreground layers are text and lines, which are more or less transparent, so you can turn on as many as you want. The background layers are photography or solid color shading, which are opaque, so it is only possible to turn on one background at a time.

Many of the layers are scale dependent. This means that even if a layer is turned on it may not be displayed if the scale is too large or small (if you are zoomed in too far, or zoomed out to far). For example, street address numbers simply can't be read at scales smaller than 1:5000 so they are not displayed. If you do not see a layer that you have turned on, try zooming in a bit.

Measuring Distances

Approximate distances may be scaled from a map using the "Ruler" tool . Select the tool, and then single-click a starting point on the map. As the mouse is moved over the map a red "rubber band" is drawn, and the distance is show near the top of the screen. Additional single clicks on the map allow you to measure distances along a route or around a polygon. Both a running total distance and an individual segment distance are displayed. Double click within the map window to terminate a distance sequence.

Technical Information

Please report problems to gis@tetonwyo.org

The Teton County Web Map Server was developed by Greenwood Mapping, Inc.
The system is powered by MapServer, Open Source software developed by the
University of Minnesota in cooperation with NASA and the Minnesota Department
of Natural Resources. More information can be found at: mapserver.gis.umn.edu