Bernalillo County GIS

* This Application uses a pop-up window to display 'identify' results in a seperate window. Turn off any pop-up blocking software or allow the following URL http://ims.bernco.gov in your pop-up blocker settings.

This website has a toolbar on the left, the layer/legend area on the right, the map in the center, and the map title and links on the top of the page.

On the right side of the window is the Layers/Legend area. Each folder contains a number of map layers you can turn on and off. Click on a folder, see what layers it contains. Click on the white square to the left of a layer to turn it on. Every time you turn on or off a layer you must click the REFRESH button to see it on the map.

In order to use the Identify, Find & Address buttons/tools, you have to make the layer you are interested in active. Click on the name of the layer to make it the active layer (a light blue highlight appears around the layer name). Only one layer at a time can be the active layer.

As you zoom in, more layers appear on the map and on the legend. Parcels, local roads, schools, and parks layers do not appear on the map until the user zooms in quite close.

In order to see the description of a committed crime along with the date and time it was committed (data displayed is for 12 months of crime incidents): Click on the white square to the left of a layer to turn it on then click on the 'Refresh Map' button to see it on the map. Now click on the name of the layer to make it active, next click on the 'Identify button', and finally click on the crime point on the map to see the description.

On the left side of the website is the Toolbar. This next section explains the toolbar buttons.

	Legend button allows user to toggle back and forth between the legend and layer list. The legend shows the symbols used on the map for each layer. The layer list allows the user to turn on and off the layers shown on the map (click on the white square to left of layer). The user may also make one layer at a time active by clicking on it (background turns light blue). This will allow the user to use the Identify, Find or Address tools with it.
	Zoom In button allows user to change the map extent by zooming in closer. Click on the Zoom In button, then either draw box around features or click on map to zoom in.
	Zoom Out button allows user to change the map extent by zooming out farther. Click on the Zoom Out button, then click on the map to zoom out.
	Home button allows user to see the full extent of the map. Click on the Home button to show the map of the entire county.
	Pan button allows user to pan the map in a specified direction. This lets the user see the map just ims what is on the screen. Click on the Pan button, then left click the mouse and move it across the map in the direction you want the map to move.
	Find Date button allows the user to search the crime layers by date. First, make sure that the layer you want to search by date is the active layer. Then click on the Find Date button and a pop-up window appears. In the first pulldown on the left choose the DATE field. Then click on the Get Samples button to see how the date has to be written in the middle box. Click the Add to Query String button. Change the number in quotes in the bottom box to reflect the date you want (yyyymmdd format). Then click the Execute button. A new pop-up window appears with a table full of records for that crime layer for the date entered. Each record is for a different address. Click on the number to the left of the record/address you want the map to zoom in to.
	Find Beat button allows the user to zoom to the location of a specific Sheriff beat. First, make sure that the BCSO Beats is the active layer (In Admin Boundaries folder). When you click on the button a pop-up window opens. Type in what you are looking for (either beat, area command, sector, or agency). Click Find String button. A new pop-up window with many records appears. Click the number to the left of the record/location you want the map to zoom in to.
	Identify button allows user to identify attributes of a feature on the map. First, decide if you want to identify a crime or a sheriff beat area. Make a crime layer or the Sheriff Beat layer the active layer. Click on the identify button, then on the feature. A new pop-up window appears with data on that feature.
	Clear button allows user to clear the currently selected features and any output from the find, identify, or address tools. The Clear button also clears any strange colors that sometimes appear on the map. Just click the Clear button.
	Address button allows the user to zoom to a specific address on the map. First make sure that Assessor Parcels is the active layer (In the Base Map folder). Click on the Address button, then type address in pop-up window. A new pop-up window appears with records. Click the number to the left of the record you want the map to zoom in to.
	Print button allows user to generate a full-page map in another browser window suitable for printing. Click Print button, then a new pop-up window opens and asks for what you want to call your printout. Click Create Print Page button and a new pop-up window appears with the map. Click the file pulldown, and print. Choose your printer and choose portrait layout.

* Zoom to the result of a FIND or ADDRESS, by clicking on the number in the left column of the table.

* Note : For information and crime data for the jurisdictional area maintained and served by the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department, please contact BCSO’s Crime analysis Unit 768-4395

* Note : For information and crime data for the jurisdictional area maintained and served by the Albuquerque Police Department, please contact APD’s Crime analysis Unit 768-2200

If you have any questions or problems regarding this application, please contact Bernalillo County GIS by e-mail at gis@bernco.gov.

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