Tour 2:  Finding a Location by It's Place Name

To find the 'Flaming Gorge Dam' using the ‘All Topo Maps: UTAH’ collection. Press the Place button then enter the first few characters of the place name:

The grid instantly moves to show all of the place names that are close.

Double click the 'Flaming Gorge Dam' entry.

The 'Dutch John' topographical map will be loaded, and centered at the Flaming Gorge Dam. The dam location will be noted with a blue note:

Finding a Location If You 'Kind of Know It's Name'

Use the 'Advanced Search' tab when you don't know the exact name of a location, but you do know a few characters contained in the place name of what you are looking for.

For example:

A 'Simple Search' finds no match for 'Box Butte' in the Utah map collection. Press the button (or press 'Alt-P'), then select the 'Advanced Search' tab, and enter 'box butte' in the search box, then press 'Submit Search'.

It takes All Topo Maps a few moments to search through the thousands of place names and display the search results. Next double click the highlighted location or press 'Display Selected Place' to load and display the 'Clay Basin' topographical map. Again, the 'Band Box Butte' is centered and noted on your display.

The 'Advanced Search' tool is a great way to explore for generic features like hot springs too. Using the Idaho map collection we can quickly explore Idaho (and Yellowstone) hot springs:

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