How to Use the Maps

Please turn off your popup blockers. The county is highlighted and the value for the indicator displayed when the mouse scrolls over it. When clicked, a graph will appear in a new window that reveals how that county’s indicator has changed over time.

A legend appears to the left of the map.  To see a table for the values of all counties, click the middle table tool.  A new window will open with a table of all the values. They can be sorted ascending or descending by clicking on the buttons to the right of each column name, as shown below.

To search for a particular value, click the right-side table tool. It will open a dialog for entering in search criteria. For example, it is possible to search for counties whose recycling rate is greater than 9% for 2005 by selecting “[2005]” from the Fields box, “>” from the Operators box, “9” from the Values box, and then clicking “Select” or “Select and Zoom”.

More Tools

The toolbar on the right side of the map allow for zooming in, zooming out, panning, returning to the map’s original view, identifying information about each county, and printing. Click on the question mark button to receive additional help on how to use these tools.