Promap Masterclass - Article 3

This is the third offering in the Masterclass blogs and looks at tips to help with saving maps and maintaining your saved maps.  

This week we focus on:

•          How to save maps to ensure they are easier to search through
•          Maintaining your saved maps in Promap

How to save maps to ensure they are easier to search through

When saving maps there a number of things you can do to make searching through them later easier:

1. Save your maps into the org folder rather than the private folder as maps saved into the private folders are not visible to any of Promap’s automated searches.
2. Create your own filing system under the org folder by using the new folder icon to create subfolders.
3. Enter as much information as you can about your map when saving as the keyword search in Promap looks at any words you have entered into the map name, description and reference sections

NOTE : Did you know that whenever you open a saved map on Promap the first thing it does is update it to the latest OS information available.

Maintaining your saved maps in Promap

If you go to the Browse section in the saved maps you will be given some options to maintain your maps. These are as follows:

1. Move Files – This will allow you to move a map or groups of maps between folders
2. New Folder – This will allow you to add new folders on the system and create your own filing system within Promap
3. Delete File(s) or Folder – If you have multiple copies of the same map you can delete files and folders from the system using this option
4. Rename – This will allow you to update your map details ensuring you keep all your information for that file up to date.
5. Properties – Allows you to look at what information has been entered about your map and what map layers have been accessed on it.

If you found this blog useful, keep an eye out for our next Promap Masterclass blog which is due to be published on the 27^th AUGUST 2014 . For more detailed advice on Promap why not book one of our training courses (which are all now FREE) or visit our training website by clicking here to find other useful tips and training aids.

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If there are any other topics you would like to see included in the Masterclass blogs or if you have any other questions please call us on 0844 844 9965 or email us at training@promap.co.uk