WGCG Spring 2021 Newsletter - Flipbook - Page 24
WGCG
Spring 2021 Newsletter
The full map image can be manipulated by zooming in and out and by changing the area visible on screen.
The thumbnail of the whole sheet at the top right-hand corner is for reference and shows on which part of
the map the screen area is located. The maximum zoom should give a good image for your street and its
surrounding area. There is no facility to save or copy this image except by pressing prt sc on the keyboard,
which places an image of your screen on your device’s clipboard. I usually open a blank document in
Microsoft Word, change from portrait to landscape, select narrow margins and right-click paste and the
screenshot appears. By clicking on the image of the map, a box of lines and small circles appears around the
edge and an extra Picture Format tab appears on the top line of the toolbar at the top of the screen. With
the Picture Format tab, it is possible to wrap text and click ‘tight’ to re-position it on the page. The size of the
image can be increased by clicking on the bottom right-hand corner circle and dragging to the right and
down. There could also be value in cropping and making corrections to brightness and colour. With an image
in a Word document, it is also possible, by right-clicking, to save the image as a jpeg picture if desired.
These online images are often not the latest geology maps, as illustrated by the absence of newer housing
estates compared with the printed maps; perhaps as an encouragement to purchase the real thing. With the
full sheet available, there is access to geological sections, keys and other useful information too. The memoir
for each sheet can also be viewed online. The current path is Data – Information hub - Publications –
Publications viewer – Regional UK and Ireland – England – Sheet Memoirs new series. After finding the
required sheet it is again a case of View record on the right and View online in the details presented.
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