Explore Oakville Tutorials
Explore Oakville is a web-based GIS application designed by Town Staff to meet the specific needs of the people of Oakville. In keeping up with progress in industry standards and technology, Explore Oakville was designed to be faster, more robust, and much more user-friendly than past web-mapping systems.For a demonstration of the new features available in Explore Oakville and how to use them, please be our guest in viewing Explore Oakville - The Virtual Tour. The tour will show you how to perform various searches, change map views, toggle map layers on and off, navigate the map screen, measure features, print a map, etc.
If your user needs are more specific, you can watch any of the four sub-chapters outlined below:
Map Views
- Detailed description of the various map views
- Switching between map views
- Turning map layers on and off
- Collapsing and expanding the map contents window
Performing Searches
- Address Search
- Street Search
- Intersection Search
- Bus Routes Search and Route Schedule
- Parks Search
- More Searches Feature
Map Navigation
- Zoom In and Out
- Zoom Scale Bar
- Pan and Scan
- Bringing up the overview map
- Moving back and forth through map extents
Analysis Tools and Printing
- Measuring Area and Length
- Finding UTM coordinates
- Creating a URL to paste into a document or email
- Printing a map
Retrieving Horizontal & Vertical Control Information
- Using the Identify tool in the Topo/Survey Map View, you can retrieve detailed information in PDF format regarding vertical and horizontal control points in the Town of Oakville. Be sure to disable your pop-up blocker.
