East Riding Archive Maps

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How do I select the required archive map?

How do I use the tools on the archive map screen?

How do I view archive maps in a certain geographic location?

How do I view archive maps when I know the name of a settlement, but I am not sure of its geographic location?

Why do I need to install all these plugins?

How do I use the map on the front page? When you move the mouse over the map, the OS map sheet of that location will be highlighted. To the right of the map, a list of settlements for the highlighted area (OS map sheet) will be shown. Click the mouse on the desired OS map sheet. You will then be transfered to a page where you may view the archive maps for the selected OS map sheet.

Map

How do I use the place search? The place search tool appears at the top of every page.

Enter the name of a settlement in the place search box and press the enter key. If a settlement is found the results are displayed.

The results show us data about each archive map, that includes the search.
Click on the map button to display the archive map.

How do I select the required archive map? Image of archive map screen

The list of map tiles on the left are filtered by OS Map sheet.

The map sheet is made up of 16 map tiles, these may then subdivided into smaller tiles.

Use the overview map to locate the tile for the area of interest.
Click the tile name in the list to see the available archive maps for that tile by year.

Click the date to display the archive map.

How do I use the tools on the archive map screen?

Icon	Name	Description
	Zoom Selected Area	Click and hold while dragging the cursor to draw a rectangle around the area you want to zoom in on, then release mouse button. The view changes to zoom in on the rectangle you defined.
	100%	Displays page at actual size.
	Fit Width	Displays page so that entire width fits in view.
	Fit Page	Displays page so that entire page fits in view.
	Zoom In and Zoom Out	Display the page at next zoom level in or out.
	Select Zoom Drop-Down List	Offers 100%, Fit Width, Fit Page and other zoom levels for quick selection.
	Pan	Click and hold anywhere on the page, then drag image to view other desired areas.
	Previous and Next page	Display the previous page or the next page.

How do I view archive maps in a certain geographic location? By using the map on the front page.
See How do I use the map on the front page?

How do I view archive maps when I know the name of a settlement, but I am ... By using the place search at the top of every page.
See How do I use the place search?

Why do I need to install all these plugins? The Treasure House site requires the one time installation of two plug-ins.

An SVG plug-in is required* to access the Map screen, therefore allowing you to find documents quickly and easily by their geography.

*SVG support is now included in the latest version of Mozilla Firefox!

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