What is a spatial search and how do I use it?
A spatial search is a search that is dependent upon a pre-defined geographic extent such as a township, NTS geographic area or a custom defined area. Spatial searches are performed under the search databases pages. Establishing the geographic or spatial area to which database searches are applied can be achieved using several methods. On each of the database search pages there exists a small map of Ontario in the Table of Contents along the left hand side of the page. The map of Ontario can be zoomed using a mouse and either clicking once in an area or by holding down the mouse button, drawing a box and then releasing the mouse button. If the map has zoomed in too far, the negative magnifying button can be used to zoom back out. Panning across the map area can be done by selecting the pan button (hand). In addition to the index map found on the search databases pages, one can also launch the GeologyOntario map viewer. This can be done by selecting Launch: Geology Ontario in the introdu
