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Maps are an excellent method of visualising complex sets of data that have  a geographical content. An example of an InstantAtlas screen is shown on the right. An example of HEALTHCAREmaps is shown on the left.
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InstantAtlas workspace

using HEALTHCAREmaps

HEALTHCAREmaps provides the portal to several types of map - mainly maps created by us, and maps created using a tool called InstantAtlas.

There are several types of InstantAtlas screen, but when you see one, the first thing to do is select the data you want to see.  Your data is usually to be found within a menu that appears when you click on the data button (most likely at the top of the map, or there could be a set of drop-down lists at the top of the screen).

For HEALTHCAREmaps built by us it is a matter of magnification to see the detail. Abbreviations used on the maps are explained on a separate page.

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seeing the detail

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InstantAtlas

HEALTHCAREmaps can be provided for the media, for schools, colleges and universities, for home use, for GP practices, for pharmaceutical companies, for medical device companies, for self-help groups, political campaigners, politicians, opinion formers and policy makers.

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INTERNET EXPLORER Try using the keyboard ‘CTRL’ & the ‘+’ keys together to magnify images

FIREFOX USERS: When on a map, right click and ‘view image’; you can then click to magnify

GOOGLE CHROME USERS: When on a map, use the tools zoom facility to magnify

To magnify the maps, the magnification features provided on the web browser window can be used. Each browser has its own method of increasing the map size. For example:

All the HEALTHCAREmaps built by us are high quality ‘png’ images and, with Internet Explorer, will appear with clear PCT boundaries on the page as it is seen immediately on download.  Magnified to see the PCT names, the quality will remain. If the image is not as expected -

1. check you browser settings (notably, are you using a latest Internet Explorer browser, e.g. IE8 and higher).
2. Google Chrome has an inbuilt magnification on the toolbar (the spanner on the top right).
3. Firefox does not reproduce the maps well at first sight, so right click, ‘view image’ and click to zoom.
4. usefully you can simply copy the map image and paste it into an application such as MS Word
...,where it will appear with excellent resolution.

You may be able to change the colour, and number, of classes mapped (the intervals) using the legend button. You can zoom in and out on the map using the control buttons on the map itself. You can move the map using the border and corner arrows, or possibly by grabbing the map and sliding it. If you lose a map, click on the ‘zoom full’ button and it will re-centre in the map window

Almost every Instant Atlas screen has a way to set up a print. It may be called ‘Print Preview’ or ‘Edit & print’. Use this feature to expand the map and remove any unwanted parts of the dashboard before you print.

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