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PNCIS Online Tutorials

We have developed the following series of online tutorials to help you use the PNCIS.  Clicking each of the links below will open a short video demonstrating how to perform some of the basic functions on the PNCIS Website.  Please e-mail us at pncis@pitt.edu if you have any suggestions for future lessons.

• Getting Started
• Introduction to tools and toolbars
• Navigation
• Turning on Layers
• Viewing one record from a particular layer on screen using the identify tool
• Using the map to view a parcel record on the Allegheny County Website
• Selecting one or more records from the map using drawing tools
1. Point
2. Polyline
3. Polygon
4. Rectangle
5. Circle/Oval
• Working with selected records
• Selecting records based on distance
1. Selecting records around a user-specified point with the buffer tool
2. Selecting records in one layer within a specified distance from one or more selected objects
3. Selecting records located inside one or more selected polygons
• Data queries
1. Selecting parcels by owner name
2. Selecting records from a layer using multiple criteria
• Map customization with Markup tools
• Saving maps and layouts
1. Bookmarks
2. Save the map project
• Printing maps

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 Indicators Partnership
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