Using the MMBW Plans Interactive Tools

Main plan-viewing window

The main plan-viewing window displays the MMBW plans. Your view of the plans will change according to your zoom, pan and select choices.

Navigator view

The Navigator view allows you to see what section of the plan you are viewing in the main plan-viewing window. The entire plan remains visible at every zoom level and pan choice and a highlighter box shows which section of the plan is currently being viewed in the main plan-viewing window.

The Navigator view is also used to pan in Select mode. 

Zoom

The Zoom tool allows you to view the plans at different levels of magnification. You can ‘zoom’ in to see more detail (but less of the map) or ‘zoom’ out to see less detail (but more of the map).

Zoom mode

Zoom mode is the default mode. When you first view a plan you can choose a zoom level without having to choose Zoom mode. After you select a new plan, the mode automatically changes from Select mode back to Zoom mode.

If you choose Select mode but don't make a selection you will need to choose Zoom mode in order to resume zooming.

Zoom levels

The initial view of a plan is always set to minimum zoom – you see the full image. You can then set the zoom level to whatever you require.

+ displays a plan at maximum magnification
-  displays a plan at minimum magnification

Changing the zoom level

1. Choose your zoom level by clicking in one of the round buttons on the Zoom tool.

2. When you hover over a plan your mouse pointer will become a 'hand' - use it to click a point of interest in the main plan-viewing window or the Navigator view. 

The main plan-viewing window will display a magnified view of the plan. The point of interest you clicked will become the centre of this magnified view. The Navigator view will change to highlight the area you are seeing in the main plan viewing window.

To zoom again you must choose another zoom level and click on the plan again. Clicking the plan alone will not change the zoom level.

Pan

There is no Pan mode - you can move (pan) up, down and across the MMBW plans at any time in Zoom and Select mode.

Panning in Zoom mode

You can pan in Zoom mode, at any zoom level (except minimum zoom – as all parts of a plan are viewable).

• Main plan-viewing window - click anywhere in this window and your click-point will become the new centre of the plan. At low zoom levels it is more effective to click near a top, bottom or side edge to move around the plan. The Navigator view will change to highlight the area you are seeing in the main plan viewing window.

•  Navigator view – click an area within the Navigator view to see this section of the plan in the main plan-viewing window. 

Panning in Select mode

You can only pan in Select mode using the Navigator view. If you click in the main plan-viewing window you will click through to a lower-level plan rather than pan.

Click an area within the Navigator view to see this section of the plan in the main plan-viewing window.

Select

Select mode allows you to link to lower-level, more-detailed plans.

Select mode

Choose Select mode by clicking on the round button next to the Select heading. The full-size plan will change to show shaded areas indicating lower-level, more-detailed plans.

Making a selection

Click a section within the shaded area to view a more-detailed plan.

Uplink

You can navigate back up through the different levels of plans by choosing Uplink mode on Level 2 and Level 3 plans. This allows you to link to the most recent higher-level plan viewed. The view of the higher-level plans is the full-image (minimum zoom) view. You can only see previous zoomed and panned views by using your browser's back button. From Level 3 you can uplink to the Level 2 plan you were at. From a Level 2 plan you can uplink to the Level 1 plan, the main grid system.

Browser back button

Use your browser's back button to see previous plan pages you have viewed. This allows you to see the different zoom and pan views you have used.