1. How to plot or print to an exact scale?
2. How can the access time be reduced?
3. How is the compiled geology downloaded or viewed?
4. How can I display the maps in Transverse Mercator Projection?
5. How do I see 1:20 000 features?
6. How do I make a buffer around a map feature?
7. Why did the map of BC change orientations?
8. How do I use Zoom Goto to find locations, such as a place in BC?
9. Can I run the MapPlace on a Mac?
10. MapGuide Viewer and and Internet Explorer Security Settings.
11. MapGuide Viewer and CorelDraw / MS Word.
12. How do I capture the map and legend? or Create a Geology Legend?
13. How do I capture the geochemistry data?
14. How do I select objects?
15. How do I view or get Crown Grant Raster maps?
16. Internet Explorer 5.5 or Netscape 4.7 crashes using MapGuide 5.0.
17. Exploration Assistant and Netscape 6.0.
18. How do I use Map Bookmarks?
19. Why do I get errors when trying to open maps or layers?
20. How do I view or capture the coordinates of my mouse position?
21. Method to copy/paste from MapPlace to PowerPoint to Corel.
22. Viewing and printing PDF files.
23. How do I get access to current national First Nation community profiles?
24. How do I extract MINFILE data in an area.
25. Error installing MapGuide Viewer R6.
26. How do I use Rivers with Reports.
27. MapGuide and Windows XP.
28. How do I get Geospatial Data?
29. How to Copy & Paste from MapPlace with Scale Preservation.
30. Various formats of MINFILE.
31. MapGuide and Mozilla Firefox.
32. MapGuide Viewer and Windows XP SP2.
33. White lines in DEM images when printing from Corel
34. MapGuide shuts down IE sessions - mgaxctrl.dll
35. How to export from MapPlace into CorelDraw
36. How do I sharpen raster images when I zoom in?
37. How do I locate publications in an area of interest?
38. How do I control the look of the legend when printing?
39. Error and Internet Explorer shuts down when viewing reports.
40. Use of Select Map Objects and Zoom Selected to locate features.
41. How does one reference MapPlace and MINFILE.
42. How does one view data, acquire data and produce simple maps.
43. I get Unsupported Browser when I use the MTO Map Viewer.
44. I cannot toggle layers on or off with the mouse.
45. IE Shield does not let me install the MapGuide Viewer.
46. Annoying refresh of legend panel when layers selected.
47. How do I download the Mineral Title Online (MTO) Grid.

Once the required maps has been obtained and is visible in the map window press the right mouse button when the cursor is over the map to get the Popup Menu. Select the Page Setup feature and enter the desired scale and other features. Press OK. Then select the Print Page option in the Popup Menu. If you are changing output devices select it with the Print Page option before going to the Page Setup area.

There are a couple of ways to economize your time: 

1. If you are going to ZOOM IN to an area, downloading time can be reduced if you select or "turn on" the desired layers after ZOOMING into an area. The same process can be used when deselecting layers.

2. Deselect or "turn off" layers before you ZOOM OUT too far or some very large data sets will be downloaded.  You can try using the STOP button if this occurs but this may not work all the time so plan ahead.

3. When selecting more than one layer at a time, downloading time can be reduced by holding down the "CTRL" key and highlighting the Layer Name.  Next click the adjacent box of one of the highlighted layers.  This turns on all the selected layers.  The same process can be used when deselecting layers.

The digital geology for the province is available by areas. To get this data go the BCGS Geoscience Map, turn on the 2005 Digital Geology Download layer in the File Download Layers group, and double click the area desired. The resultant page displays the associated GeoFile and download files in ArcInfo Shape format in either Albers or Geographic (decimal degrees) projections. The datum is NAD83. Click on the item you require to download the zipped files. The files are also available from the main page for BC Digital Geology Maps and the Geospatial Data Downloads page, which also contain a link to the Metadata.

Digital bedrock geology is also available for interactive viewing on most maps, including the BCGS Geoscience Map. To view the geology data, zoom into an area of interest and turn on the BCGS Geology Layers 2005 group.  This will display the Bedrock geology by age and rock class.  If view scale is 1:1.5M or less, the Geology button at the top of the map will display a Geology Legend for the screen view, including bounding box coordinates and NTS sheet.  The Geology Description and Legend can also be viewed by selecting features on the map and appropriate report.  Other themes area also available in this group.

BC UTM Zone Projected maps are located in the Main Maps page.  These maps display BC, projected for each of the five UTM zones in the province. Select the appropriate Zone.  UTM zone projections are useful viewing smaller areas at medium to large scales, and for obtaining UTM coordinates. The UTM Zone maps also link to the other zone maps through the right-click-popup menu. The UTM Zone maps (#39-43) area also available in the Complete Table of Maps.

To switch from the standard Albers projection to Transverse Mercator projection in the the BCGS Geoscience Map, turn on the "TM Projection" layer under the File Download Layers group at the top of the legend.  Double-click the appropriate UTM Zone to load the map in Transverse Mercator Projection.  Once in the map, to get UTM coordinate readouts from the cursor position set your Preferences to Map Coordinates (see Section 20). Caution must be exercise in not panning outside of a zone or invalid displays will result. To change zones right-click the map and select another UTM Zone from the Popup Menu.

The 1:20 000 features are set to be visible at 1:50K or 1:100K depending on the map.  Zoom to that scale and they should appear in the legend. You can then turn on the appropriate layers.  The contours are split into two layers; if one doesn't work, try the other.

Buffering is available on most MapPlace maps. To make a buffer; 1) select object or series of objects to be buffered, then select VIEW/BUFFERS in the pop-up menu. Complete the dialog box and then the buffer will appear. Buffers can be turned off and on or removed. They will disappear when browser turned off.

The primary display projection used in MapPlace was changed from the Canadian Albers Equal Area Projection to the standard BC Albers Equal Area Projection.

The locations of over 40,000 locations in the province are available to help users quickly position themselves. Only communities actually appear on the map but the names of most common geographic features can be used with the Zoom Goto option. To use this feature click on the Zoom Goto button on the toolbar or Right-click the map and select Zoom, Zoom Goto. In the Category select BC Locality, type in part of the name of the Location you are looking for and enter the Zoom to width. All location features containing the string you entered will be returned. Simply pick the feature you wanted and press ok. The map view will now be centered on the feature. Turn on the desired layers to construct the map you want.

The wild card % can be used to search for secondary or alias names in the MINFILE Name search; e.g. %GOLD will return 4J GOLD, AITKEN GOLD, and others.  If the Category goes to polygon shapes, such as MTO Tenure Number, Zoom to width is not required.  Other Categories in the Zoom Goto include: 1:20K NTS Map (e.g. 092D.001); 1:250K NTS Map; 1:50K NTS Map (e.g. 094D/16); Aboriginal Community; ARIS Number; GSB Mapping Author; GSB Mapping Title; Indian Reserve; Mineral Tenure Number (Coal and pre January 2005 Placer and Mineral Claims); RGS Sample ID; Statement of Intent (SOI); TRACTS (Mineral Resource Assessment).

Location tools (Zoom To: Indian Reserve, Latitude - Longitude Coordinate, Mapsheet, Municipality, Place Name, Scale, UTM Coordinate) are also available in the Exploration Assistant.

The MTO Search Viewer can also be used to locate the MTO Tenure Number; view the Tenure Number details; click View Tenure which displays the claim with 1:20K map number (e.g. 82N.011).

See FAQ #40 on the use of Select Map Objects and Zoom Selected to locate objects.

The Autodesk MapGuide Viewer, Java™ Edition (for Microsoft Internet Explorer / MacOS) is downloadable from http://www.mapguide.com.

System requirements for Power Macintosh – Java Edition:

Apple® Macintosh® computer
Mac® OS X version 10.4.x
32 MB RAM (64 MB RAM or more recommended)
Mouse or compatible pointing device
Safari with Java Plug-In (Included with OS X)

Instructions are available at: http://download.autodesk.com/esd/mapguide/SP1/viewers/ENG/Distribution/index.htm

A Java™ Version of the BCGS Geology map is available for the Mac® OS;
http://webmap.em.gov.bc.ca/mapplace/minpot/bcgs_java.cfm.

At this time, other maps on MapPlace (including Exploration Assistant) are not available using Java™.

Maps on MapPlace require the use of ActiveX Controls which can only be used with the Windows® operating system. Mac® users who require full access to the site must use an alternate computer with Windows®, or install Windows® on their Mac® using Boot Camp™ (user must own copy of Windows®).

With Microsoft Internet Explorer, if you set security to High, you will not be able to view maps. To remedy this problem, in Microsoft Internet Explorer, choose Tools > Internet Options, and then set security to Medium.

Other issues and on-line help for MapGuide can be found at: http://www.mapguide.com/help/ver6/viewer/en/index.htm.

With MapGuide Viewer may not be possible to copy/paste into CorelDraw 5, 8, 9 or 10, but it is possible to copy/paste into CorelDraw 4, 7 or 12 and MS Word. MG 6 copies to the clipboard as EMF (enhanced metafile), by default. Earlier versions are copied as WMF (windows metafile).

Software (e.g. Metafile Companion http://www.companionsoftware.com/) is available to translate file formats from EMF to WMF. With this software you can cut/paste from the MapPlace to Metafile Companion to Corel in a two-step process. Objects can also be inserted into Corel (use Edit, Insert New Object, Enhanced Metafile). Metafile Companion handles the vector layers well but not raster.

Success with vector and raster layers can be achieved by printing as a PDF file (see next section on use of Adobe Acrobat) and importing the file to an applications such as Corel.

Copy the map via MS Word: copy the map window to the clipboard; paste it into Word (paste as... enhanced metafile); ungroup the map in Word; copy it into the clipboard; and paste it into Corel using paste as... enhanced metafile.

See #21. Method to copy/paste from MapPlace to PowerPoint to Corel.

To copy the map view, use the Copy Button on the MG tool bar or right-click and choose Copy; do not use the Edit, Copy function from the browser toolbar. Switch to the application in which you want to paste the map view. Choose Edit, then Paste. Successive pastes of different layers will place the data into various layers.

To capture the Legend you need to install Adobe Acrobat. Create your map in MapPlace and print using the Acrobat PDFWriter driver.  This will write a PDF file with the legend and map. Use the Text or Graphic Select Tool in Adobe Acrobat to capture the legend or map in the PDF file. It can then be pasted into other applications. See FAQ #22 or Help on viewing and creating PDF files to obtain other PDF printer drivers.

Create a formatted Geological Legend report by selecting the visible geology polygons.  To select polygons use your select tool and drag a selection box around the area of interest.  The polygons will be highlighted. Next select the report button on the tool bar (or right-click and select View, then View Reports from the pop-up menu).  For geology, there will be two reports to choose from - Geology Legend - Excel dump or Geology Legend - Screen dump.  The first produces an MS Excel table that contains the geology legend for the selected polygons (for this to work properly you need to associate the file extension .cfm with MS Excel).  The second opens a new window with a formatted legend for the selected polygons, which you can print or copy and paste into Word or PowerPoint.

You can also use existing polygons to select your geology polygons.  For example, if you have the NTS polygon grid layer turned on and click within a map tile, the area of the map tile will be highlighted.  Then right-click on the map and go to Select on the pop-up menu.  Pick Select within an Existing Polygon and all of the geology polygons within the Map tile will be selected. Note. You should set your selection method to Intersection (not Centroid) to make sure all polygons that occur within the map tile are selected. To set this option right-click within the map and go to About on the pop-up menu. Then select Preferences and set the Selection Mode to Intersection.

For convenience, the BCGS Geoscience Map has a Geology button at the top of the map.  Click this button to create a geology legend of the screen view.  The report includes bounding box coordinates and NTS sheet. The 'Bedrock geology - by age and rock class (solid)' layer must be turned on and zoomed in to at least 1:1,500,000 to view the Geology Legend.

Note: When printing the Geology Legend to a colour device (PDF or printer) from Internet Explorer, check on Print background color images in Tools, Internet Options, Advanced, Printing.

Use the select tool to select the geochemistry points.  View Report Geochem dump to Excel.  You may be able to open the file in Excel.

Internet Explorer tries to resolve the dbml.exe as an executable, when in fact it is a text (ASCII) file. When it asks you What would you like to do with this file? Save this file to disk, with extension .xls or .txt.  Then open the file in Excel or other database program.

Use the select tool and point and drag over an area to select objects.  You can also right click and Select within existing Polygon.  MapGuide R5 no longer defaults to the select tool, but sticks with the one last used, such as zoom. Tables, downloads and reports are attached to some objects.

You can double click on some objects (mineral occurrences and mineral titles) and go directly to a report of the object.  Double click does not work with Assessment Reports as some have the exact same location.  In this case, you must first select the report dot and use reports to view the data.

See FAQ #40 on the use of Select Map Objects and Zoom Selected to locate objects.

Select the Mineral Titles Map, 3rd one on Main Maps page.  Zoom in to your area of interest, click the Crown Grant Raster Index layer on, use your select tool to double click the resulting grid, which creates the NTS report. The BCGS Geoscience Map and others also have the Crown Grant Raster Index layer.

The report, Mineral Tenure Raster Map Download, has links to the Interactive map with Crown Grant Rasters or you can Download Crown Grant Rasters (TIFF format) and load them into a graphic package.

If viewing the map interactively with the MapPlace, and the image resolution is poor after a zoom, it can be sharpened by right clicking on the Crown Grant Raster Map layer and Rebuilding the layer. If the background is grey, turn off the BC Border layer at the bottom of the legend.

New grid layers link to Mineral Titles PDF maps.  A 1:250K grid layer links to Mineral Title PDF Map Selection reports enabling access to 1:20K or 1:50K scale PDF maps, depending on coverage.  A 1:20K grid layer, which is visible below 1:2M scale, links directly to the 1:20K PDF maps. To use, select either grid layer, located in the File Download Layers group, and double click on the desired grid.

You may experience errors and crashes using IE. 5.5 or Netscape 4.7 and MG 5 while printing and turning on layers. IE or Netscape shuts down with an error message similar to this: 'IEXPLORE caused an exception 10H in module MGAXCTRL.DLL at .....' or 'NETSCAPE caused an exception 10H in module NPMAPV32.DLL at ....'

In the case of IE, the BCGS Geology, Exploration Assistant and Mineral Titles maps have been updated to access the latest version of the MapGuide ActiveX Control (mgaxctrl.dll). Adjust your bookmarks to use the updated maps on the Available Maps page.

In the case of IE, it is also possible that a previous version of the MapGuide Viewer (ActiveX control) has not been removed, and the automatic download and installation of the new MapGuide 5 Viewer doesn't proceed. Depending on how the previous version was installed, automatically or manually, it (ActiveX control-mgaxctrl.dll file) must be removed either from Control Panel>Remove/Add Programs, or in c:\windows(orWINNT)\downloaded program files, or in c:\program files\autodesk\mapguide viewer\. Once the old version is removed, MapPlace (use the BCGS Geology map) will automatically install the current MapGuide Viewer 5.0 SP2 (5.5.1.2), which is also available at: http://www.mapguide.com/update/R5/Patch/MC5512.exe.

Another possible workaround is to close all other open browser windows, or close (via Task Manager) and start again.  Also consider installing and using Netscape with the Plug-in Version of MapGuide Viewer as an alternate browser/viewer combination.  If using Netscape, try using IE as the browser of choice.

Check the Autodesk site (www.mapguide.com) for the latest version of the MapGuide Viewer (R6.5.5.27) and their download FAQs.

Exploration Assistant doesn't work with Netscape 6. The full Javascript suite does not appear to be supported.  Also our double click links do not work well with Netscape 6. Exploration Assistant works well with previous versions of Netscape.

If you are having problems with the Javascript searches on the Analysis Tool window, we suggest uninstalling and downloading/installing the latest version of MapGuide (also see solution in #16).

Older versions of Netscape are available at: http://wp.netscape.com/download/archive.html

Bookmarks are used to save and return to a view of a defined map area. Right click on the map and choose Bookmark\Add Bookmark. Bookmarks do not save whether layers are turned on or off. The bookmark will take you to the map area, but you have to turn on the various layers. Note that if you are in the map that the bookmark was created and if the layers are already turned on, when you go to a bookmark, those layers will stay on in the new location. Bookmarks are connected to the map they were created in. For example, if you create a bookmark in the Mineral Title map, and later open the BCGS Geology map and use the bookmark, it will take you back to the Mineral Title map.

The Viewer help also describes using URL Parameters to customize map views. Look under Advanced Topics in: http://www.mapguide.com/help/ver6.5/viewer/en/index.htm

A report to display the Geographic Location of a point on the map is available: Open the map, click the Report icon. In the View Report dialog box, select the Capture Location report, and then pick a point that lies within the Map window. The report displays the latitude and longitude (in decimal and degrees, minutes, seconds) and UTM coordinates of the point you just selected.

See hint in ARIS MapBuilder to obtain coordinates of the MTO claim boundaries using KML files.

1. Open a blank presentation and blank slide in PowerPoint.
2. Create a map view in MapPlace.
3. Right click on the map, copy the image into the clipboard and paste into the blank slide in PowerPoint.
4. Convert the imported picture into a Microsoft Office drawing object. This can be done by Edit Picture Object or right click and select Grouping Ungroup.
5. Select All objects on the image (Regroup if desired) and paste into Corel.

1. See Help on viewing and creating PDF files.
2. Helpful hints to print Mineral Titles Reference Maps from Abobe Acrobat.
3. Mineral Title Map Printing Problems with Adobe Acrobat Reader version 5.
4. pdfFactory by FinePrint.com: create Adobe PDF files without Acrobat.
5. Pdf995.com: free PDF printer driver and Postscript to PDF converter.
6. CutePDF Writer: create PDF documents on the fly for Free.
7. GeoPrinter PDF Utility: free Windows print driver to create large format PDF maps.

1. Choose a map, zoom to the area of interest and turn on a polygon layer such as an LRMP area. Note that some polygons, such as NTS grids, may be outlines. These polygons cannot be selected; a filled polygon must be used.
2. Turn on the MINFILE status layer which will display point data showing location of mineral occurrences. 
3. Use the select tool to select the polygon, which will turn to a different colour. Right click on the selected polygon and choose Select, Select within existing Polygon.
4. A Select Within dialog box will appear with a list of available objects. Choose MINFILE status, then OK. This will display selected MINFILE points within the polygon.
5. Right click on the map (or use the View Report button) and choose View, View Reports. Select MINFILE Data Dump or MINFILE Number Dump reports to get a list of the MINFILE number. If Excel is associated with your browser, the MINFILE Data Dump report will open a spreadsheet of data. Otherwise the file will have to be saved as an ASCII file. Either way, copy just the column of MINFILE numbers into Notepad and save the MINFILE number list as a .txt file.
6. In your browser, open MINFILE/www and select Import Numbers near the bottom of the page. Type in the path and file name or use the Browse button to find the saved .txt file. Click on the Import File button and a tabular report will be created. On the right side of the screen, click on Summary Reports and Downloads, which goes to the bottom of the page. In the row labeled Downloads, select desired link (e.g. Production Data) and Excel will open (or an ASCII file needs to be saved and opened with Excel) with the appropriate data.

1. Ensure you have administrative control to install and your harddrive is large enough.
2. Try opening any map on MapPlace and the Viewer will likely automatically install after a delay while the ActiveX control downloads.
3. Consider the Netscape version of the Viewer (this would mean installing Netscape 4.7x, not Netscape 6x) and downloading the PlugIn.
4. See http://www.mapguide.com/downloads/downloadfaq.cfm for installation issues. February 2003 version of the MapGuide FAQ.
5. A quick search on Microsoft shows another related issue: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;228592.

1. Fisheries Information Summary System (FISS)

2. Fish Wizard http://www.fishwizard.com/

To use this report the Fish Wizard index page http://pisces.env.gov.bc.ca/index.asp must be launched before you can "tap" into their report. The page has to be completely loaded before proceeding.

MapGuide Viewer 6.5 requires IE 6.x or above and Administrator Privileges to install.

Only one version of the Autodesk MapGuide ActiveX Viewer can be installed on a machine. The MG 6.5 installer should automatically uninstall any earlier version. If this does not happen, a manual uninstall of 6.0 is required.

When upgrading to 6.5 the auto install process should work if you accept the installation in the security warning dialog ('I ACCEPT' button on the TERMS OF AGREEMENT document). If you choose NOT to accept the installation of 6.5, the application may not work and not use the previous installation (6.0). Note, that the live 'window' with the 'NEXT' button may be hidden behind the License Agreement window.

When closing Internet Explorer an error report (module mgaxctrl (Vers 6.5.5.7) causes a GPF) may be generated.  A popup blocker (e.g. Google) may be installed; try disabling the popup blocker for those pages.

Unable to turn layers on or off, but are able to double click and view individual legend symbols:  This may be to running dual monitors, or an external monitor from a laptop. MapGuide viewer may have issues with certain video cards, including dual-monitor arrangements. If the problem occurs on one screen, try moving the IE window to the other screen and try again.  Otherwise, try uninstalling and re-installing the MG Viewer control.

Other suggestions:

Reports from Autodesk:

1. Download and install Adobe's universal Windows postscript print driver (www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=1500). Once installed, you should see an 'Adobe PDF' printer icon in the print dialogue box when you go to print.
2. In MapPlace, right mouse-click on your print-ready map and select 'Page Setup'. You may want to deselect all but the scale and north arrow radio buttons at this point, as the rest just occupy limited map real estate. Then specify your desired output map scale in the 'Map Size' area. You may then receive a warning that your map will be cropped, if it's larger than the output print size. To avoid this, change your display scale (right mouse-click | Zoom | Zoom Scale) to the same as your print scale before printing. Click OK.
3. Right mouse-click on the map again and select 'Print'. Choose the Adobe PDF driver. You may want to adjust the driver's 'Properties' to optimize the output. Click OK, specify the file name and location to be saved. A pdf file should then be generated in this location. See FAQ #22 or Help on viewing and creating PDF files to obtain other PDF printer drivers.
4. Open CorelDraw, open a 'New' document and import the file. Hit 'Enter' to centre the image on the page and retain your original (chosen) scale. You can right-click, Ungroup the image and make edits before printing.

Other useful links:

Try any of these:

Procedure:

MapPlace (2006): Geology and mineral deposits of northern Vancouver Island, (NTS 102I, 092L); British Columbia Geological Survey MapPlace website, BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources; URL <http://webmap.em.gov.bc.ca/mapplace/minpot/bcgs.cfm>, scale 1:285 963, [Nov 20, 2006].

Please note the normal date for the reference after the ‘author’, and if one is referencing internet digital data there is a ‘date of access’ provided in square brackets at the end after the URL protocol. Also note that a scale should be included (lower right of the MapPlace screen view) if you have created a map, as there are a number of data sets which are scale dependant and only appear as you zoom in or out in the system. If you used the system through any of the ‘theme’ maps they should be added to reference just before the publisher (ie the Ministry) data.

If you want to reference the MapPlace as a system then it would be as follows:

BC Geological Survey (2006): MapPlace GIS internet mapping system; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, MapPlace website, URL <http://www.MapPlace.ca>; [Nov 20, 2006].

The correct citations for these references would be (MapPlace, Nov 2006) or (BC Geological Survey, Nov 2006). If there were multiple references to MapPlace then the standard conventions of date plus a, b, c, d etc would be applied as appropriate.

Click here on How to Reference MINFILE; web examples, one for a specific occurrence and one for a map area.

Mapping/GIS Information to assist clients with the means of how to view data, acquire data, and produce simple maps of interest: http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Titles/GIS/GIS.htm.

Acquire and Upload Data: Integrated Land Management Bureau (ILMB) has set up the Distribution service whereby clients (public/bceid/idir) can dowload a variety of datasets dependent on their level of authorization. This is available through the www.lrdw.ca website. For example, the ILMB distribution service may allow clients to download mineral title data.

In the distribution service, the client can specify an Area of Interest (aoi) by drawing the polygon on screen or by selecting a polygon from a pre-defined layer available, such as 1:250k grid or 1:20k grid, on the AOI Selector IMF (Internet Mapping Framework). The requested data to download is then clipped to the boundary identified as the AOI. If the client has a GIS software package he/she could then clip the downloaded data to their boundary.

It may not be possible to upload a shapefile to be used as the AOI selector in order to have the requested data to download clipped specifically to a boundary. The Land and Resource Data Warehouse (LRDW) Helpdesk provides assistance with all of the LRDW Services. For assistance with LRDW Applications, Data (content) and Services, e-mail: MALMoE.Helpdesk@gov.bc.ca.

Natural Resource Information Centre (NRIC): www.nric.ca provides iMapBC, which allows users to upload existing shapefiles to perform various levels of mapping / spatial overlays and also allows users to create their own mark-up and extract to a shapefile. It may not be possible to download shapefiles from iMapBC directly. Please consult the online documentation  ftp://ftp.env.gov.bc.ca/pub/outgoing/imapbc/training/iMapQuickReferenceV1_optimized2.pdf.

Also, if you double click on a tenure in MapPlace to link to the MTO Viewer report, then click View Tenure to link to the MTO Map Viewer, you will get an Unsupported Browser message if using IE7.  It recognizes it as Internet Explorer 4 and will not allow access into the map section.

If using dual monitors, try viewing the map in the primary monitor as opposed to the secondary monitor.  If using the nVidia Quadro graphics card, try upgrading our the latest nVidia drivers.  You may also notice the tooltip (object label) does not show up over the object as you mouse over it; it only appears on the edge of the primary monitor.

More information....

Not all features of the MapGuide Viewer work with dual displays where the desktop is extended across both displays. This appears to be a problem only when the primary display is on the right. When the map is on the "extended" display, layers and groups cannot be clicked on or off in the legend, making MapGuide essentially unusable with the second display. Verified with MapGuide Viewer 6.5 ActiveX control and plug-in. Fails with both ATI and nVidia display cards and drivers, indicating the problem is likely in the MapGuide Viewer and not the display subsystem. Source www.dot.co.pima.az.us/gis/mgdev/bugs.cfm.

This appears to happen if using the latest version of MapGuide Viewer 6.5.6.11 SP1 (ActiveX Control for Internet Explorer). The earlier versions did not appear do this. The refreshing is particularly noticeable in maps, such as the Exploration Assistant map with many layers.

Suggestions:

1. Use multiple select layers (ctrl-click layers, then check box) to turn on/off several layers at a time.
2. Use our simpler maps with less layers; try MapPlace2Go: http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geolsurv/MapPlace/MoreDetails/map2go.htm.
3. Remove the MapGuide Viewer 6.5.6.11 and install the previous MapGuide Viewer Version 6.5.5.7.  To check your version: right-click the map, select About, Help About.
   Procedure to uninstall and install (you must have administrative rights to your computer):
   • Select Start, Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, and Remove Autodesk MapGuide® Viewer ActiveX Control Release 6.5. See Note below.
   • Open the BCGS Geoscience Map and the older version will be automatically installed from our server.  We have rolled back our automatic install CAB version to 6.5.5.7.
   • Alternately, you can download Version 6.5.5.7 from our server (Autodesk downloads MGControl6.5SP1.exe):  http://webmap.em.gov.bc.ca/mapplace/DL/MGControl65.zip; unzip the file and execute MGControl65.exe, which will install the MapGuide Viewer.

Note: If Version 6.5.6.11 is still installed, you may have to assist in the uninstall by deleting the MgAxCtrl.dll program in C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MapGuideViewerActiveX6.5\.  It will be replaced in a new install.

Alternately, the Autodesk MapGuide Active ActiveX control can be deleted from the Downloaded Program Files though Internet Explorer: Tools>Internet Options>Settings>View Objects.