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Basemaps are the starting point for WinLoG RT, they are used to organize, find, and select projects. In addition, basemaps are used as the basis for the Geographic Information System (GIS) in WinLoG RT. The GIS stores all of the basemap, project, boring/well, and other spatial data for the application.

 

Web map services use a standard protocol to serve georeferenced map images over the Internet. This protocol was developed and published by the Open Geospatial Consortium. Several web map services are available within the application and more are being added with each update.

 

The web map service displayed for the basemap can either be selected from the basemap toolbar or in Preferences. If it is selected in Preferences it will be the default basemap display and will be shown every time the application is started. When it is selected from the basemap toolbar it will be effective only until it is changed again or the application is closed.

 

On the basemap toolbar, the North arrow can be turned on and off using the North Arrow button. The basemap can also be rotated from North by specifying the angle of rotation in the Rot field.

 

Distances can be measured on the basemap using the Measure tool on the basemap toolbar. When this is selected you can measure the distance between two points in a variety of units.

 

You can locate an address using the Locate button on the basemap toolbar. When this button is selected an address form will be displayed where you can enter the address to be located. Enter as much information about the address as possible and then click on the Goto Address button to zoom the basemap to that address. The address will be highlighted with a flag.