Using the Site This site has been developed to provide interactive access to the Written Statement and Proposals Maps of the
Sedgemoor District Council Local Plan. It is separated into the two relevant sections, both of which can be accessed from the Home Page. To assist in navigation and irrespective of which section you are viewing, links to other areas of the site are always displayed at the foot of each page. Use the Back Button in the Bowser Toolbar to return to a previous page. Using the Maps
The Inset Maps are presented as fixed scale images for reference and navigation purposes. Move the mouse over the image and pause to see messages about links to larger scale maps or links to relevant sections of the text.
The Inset Maps are divided into tiles to enable reasonable detail to be
seen without the need for horizontal scrolling and to keep the performance of
the site reasonable. A list of the tiles is also provided on the left. The
tiles can also be accessed from the main large scale Index map.
The N, S, E and W buttons surrounding each map will move or 'step' you to the
adjacent map tile. When reaching the edge of a large scale map this action
will step to the appropriate proposals map on which the inset map appears.
The key maps in the top right hand of the page indicate which approximately
where the Inset Map can be found within the district. Clicking on the Proposals
Key will return to the Proposals Index Map, clicking on the Inset Map key will
return to the Inset Index Map. Policy and Proposal Areas on the map are linked to the relevant policy statement in the text. The mouse can be used to display a text message identifying the policy to which the link refers. The link can be found over the area or text description on the map, e.g.
H1. The relevant section in the text will be displayed in the browser window. When finished reading the text
use the back button in the browser toolbar to return to the map. A comprehensive legend is displayed
on the left with links to relevant text passages.
Using the Text
Use the contents panel on the left to jump to book-marks within the text. Similarly references within the text to other sections, external publications or other chapters are identified by colour. References to
the appropriate Proposals Map tile are also identified and linked, use the
back button in the browser toolbar to return to the text. Printing the Text To print all the text for a chapter use the right button of the mouse while the cursor is in the text frame and select the Print option. To print part of the text highlight the section of text to print and copy this to a Word or Notepad application for subsequent printing. Alternatively use the link on the left to open the PDF format for any chapter and print the document or part document from that.
These files can be quite large (up to
6Mbs in size) and can take several minutes to open if using a 28.8 Modem. Acrobat files can be opened directly in the web browser (with the appropriate plug-in) or, by clicking on the right mouse button you can open a dialogue box with options to save the file to your local disk for later opening and printing. You will still require a copy of Acrobat Reader 5.0 to open these files after downloading. A free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader can be obtained from the Adobe Web-site
(http://www.adobe.com). Printing the Maps
Place the cursor over the map to print and click the right mouse button. Select Print. |
