Preface Introduction Getting Started About the CD-ROM Contacts

SurView BASICS:
1. Right-click the mouse button to view more info/choices
2. Viewing and zooming
3. Query different feature types (e.g., point, line, or polygon features)
4. Navigating the menu
5. Selecting element for till geochemistry
6. SurView Help and Tutorial

Selecting Elements for Till Geochemistry

Under the menu item Sample Results, select NTS Area, any map sheet and Geochemistry. SurView will display a map with the surficial geology and proportionally sized dots. The dots represent till geochemistry the results of the geochemistry taken from the till. The default element that is displayed is Ag (Silver). Displaying more than one element at a time will overlap one another. This lesson will demonstrate how to change the element for display.

The image below is a snapshot of what the user will see. Right-clicking on the black dot that represents Ag will display a table that lists the results of the till geochemistry. For more information of the data fields please see About the CD.

As you can see below, there are more elements listed than Ag. How does one change the display, for example to view Ca (Calcium)?

First select the Edit menu item and then select Display attributes.

A table should appear like the one shown below. Look for 'symbols - line/fill colours, styles' under the file with the prefix starting with 'chm' and double-click it.

Once 'symbols - line/fill colours, styles' is double-clicked another box should appear, such as the one shown below. Ag (AG_PPM) is selected and double-click it to deselect or you can select Ag and press the Plot/NO Plot button to deselect it (a box checked indicates that it will be displayed). When the check box is clear on Ag then you are ready to select a new element to display.

Double-click the element Ca (CA_PCT) and then press the Ok button to see the new element on the map. In additon you can choose a color or change the way the symbol looks like the colour, scale, or shape.

Note: A message box (message box below and left) will appear when you exit SurView that displays the new element. If you select 'Yes' then you will get a message box like the one below and right. The message is saying that it can not write the changes to the CD-ROM. The only way to make the changes is to copy the data to your hard drive, however the one big disadvantage is that you would have to copy the most of the CD-ROM content onto your harddrive and start the INTRO.EXE on the hard drive.

For more information on using SurView you can refer to the Help menu item or go through the SurView tutorial.

 

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