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2. The magnifying glass icons allow you to zoom in (the plus icon) or out
(the minus icon). You can zoom by clicking in the window or clicking
and dragging a box around the area you want to zoom into.
3. The hand icon is the Pan tool that allows you to “grab” the View by
clicking on it, and dragging the map around the screen for navigation.
4. Use the Zoom and Pan tools to center the View on Ohio so that you’re
able to see the entirety of the state and its cities and roads.
5.6 Interactively Obtaining Information
1. Even with the View centered on Ohio, there are an awful lot of point
symbols there, representing the cities. We’re going to want to identify
and use only a couple of them. AEJEE has a searching tool that allows
you to locate specific objects—on the toolbar, select the Find tool (the
binoculars icon) as follows:
(Source: Esri® ArcGIS ArcExplorer graphical user interface Copyright © Esri.)
2. In the Find dialog box, select the Features tab.
3. In the Value field type: Akron.
4. Choose Cities for the Layers to Search.
5. Click on the Find button. The returned results will be shown on the right
of the dialog box.
6. Drag the dialog box out of the way, so you can see both it and the View
at the same time.