Indiana Water Quality Atlas
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Explanation of Selected Buttons and Tools
Zoom In. Select this tool and draw a box around your area of interest. To zoom by a factor of two on a particular location, simply click on the map.
Zoom Out. Select this tool and draw a box to zoom out. The smaller the box, the farther the map will zoom out. To zoom out by a factor of two, simply click on the map.
Zoom to Full Extent. Click this button to redraw the interactive map at its original extent.
Pan. Select this tool, then click and drag in order to display areas adjacent to current map view.
Zoom to Last Extent. Click this button to re-draw the map at its previous extent.
Identify. This tool lets you view information for particular features (point, line, or polygon) of layers. After selecting the tool, click on the feature of interest (such as a particular road, city, etc.).

After you have clicked on a feature, a table with the attribute information for features selected will appear bellow the map.
Print. This button opens a new window which contains a printable map. The map may be printed by selecting the "Print" option from the menu bar of the new window.
Refresh. This reloads the map image.
Delineate the watershed This button allows you to delineate a particular watershed. After clicking this button then click on the desired location of the map. An informational window will pop up next and you should read it and select "ok". Another window will be shown and ask you if want the original window to close. You should select "yes" and then wait for the LTHIA process to finish. This could take several seconds. When it is finished look for the link, link to IWQA and click on it. Your map should be reproduced in a new window with the area of the watershed depicted in red.
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