Instructions for Locate a Service

Instructions for using Locate a Service

 

  
 
Map Window

• Map Tools
• Map Themes
• Search Facility
• Result Window

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Useful Tips

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"How do I ?" Questions

 

• How do I zoom in and out of the map on the Map Window?
• Find my nearest childcare service
• Find which day my refuse is collected
• Find nearest service feature
  

Map Window

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Map Tools

  

The "Map Tool" toolbar controls the zoom level of the Map Window. It enables the user to zoom in or out on the map, move the map in various directions and select a particular area or the map.

Map Themes

  

Each map is divided into a number of themes; Education, Planning, Recreation etc. So for example if you wish to know which electoral area you live in, you choose Administration Boundaries. If you wish to know what day your bin is collected, you choose the Environment theme.

 

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Search Facility

 

   

This section enables you to search for a particular Place Name or Street. Included in the Place Name search is townland, town/village, cross roads, housing estates, bridges. Select the option you wish to search for by selecting either “Place Name” or “Street” from the drop down list. Then type in the place or street name and hit return on the keyboard. The search details will be displayed in the Results Window. The other themes will have extra searches available.

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Result Window

If you have selected Place Name or Street search a list of all place or street names fitting your search criteria will be displayed in the results window.

 

Click on the Map icon  on the Results Window and the Map Window will be refreshed to display the selected area.

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Useful Tips


 

Hover the cursor/mouse over the Map Window to quickly display a town/village or feature like Childcare. Click on the Childcare icon on the Map Window to quickly display the details in the Results window.

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“How do I ?” Questions

How do I move the map within the Map Window?

Hover the cursor/mouse over the Map Window this displays hand  and hold down left mouse key to move window.

How do I Zoom in and out of the map on the Map Window?

Simply click the -, + or Zoom Level Indicator buttons on the Map Tools Section to zoom in the out of the Map Window. There are 10 presets Zoom Levels with preset features on each level, examples shown below.

  

Level 1 displays the county map with the County Boundary, National and Regional Roads and the Towns/Villages.






 

Level 2 and 3 displays the Discovery Mapping

 

Level 4 displays the aerial photography, low flown aerial photography for Dungarvan and Tramore

 

Level 5 displays the vector mapping.

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How to find the nearest childcare service

If you know the name of a specific childcare service you can type this in, otherwise you can find a childcare service in your area by searching for place name or street.



The results page will display a list of all childcare services fitting your search criteria in the results window. Selecting Map will direct you to that service geographically.

 

 

How to find which day my refuse is collected?

 

Type in your place name and hit the return key.  The results page will display a list of all place names fitting your search criteria in the results window

Choose Map and map window will move to that particularly area.

Use Legend in the main menu to determine which day bin is collected.

 

Find nearest service Feature

This tool allows customers to locate all services within a predefined area, with quick results information displayed and optional “Map To”.