Training Exercises

Manage Account

• Edit account information

Using the Map

• Switch basemaps
• Use the Identify tool
• Navigate to area of interest
• Zoom to coordinates
• Search a feature 
• Measure a feature

Generate a Conservation Planning Report

• Use the drawing tools
• Modify a shape
• Generate a conservation planning report 

Create a Project – Using Drawing Tools

• Create Project 
• Select project type
• Draw a project with at least two parts
• Show Preview of Project Screening Area (Buffer)
• Complete project forms 

Create a Project – Using Shapefile/Resource

• Start Project creation
• Add Shapefile or use existing resource 
• Select a feature from resource for analysis
• Modify shape with Buffer tool 
• Modify shape with Erase tool

View/Edit Projects

• Open My Projects
• View Project  Info 
• View Project Receipt
• Edit Contact Info and Project Details
• Upload Documents
• Edit/View Project 
• Finalize Project
• View Project Status
• Re-run a Project
• Review and Questions

Each of the following scenarios represents a typical procedure that you might need to carry out using Conservation Explorer.  Describe the steps you would take to complete them. Note: there may be more than one answer.

• Example Scenario 1: Customer needs to locate his/her area of interest on the map to draw the project footprint.  Answer:

1. Click on Find address or place box.
2. Type a place name or address, example Harrisburg, PA.
3. Press Enter.
4. Click on the “x” to clear the search and remove the marker.

• Scenario 2: Customer needs to add a resource to the map and select a feature from the added resource to generate a PNDI receipt and a conservation planning report.
• Scenario 3: Customer needs to modify the footprint of an existing project.
• Scenario 4: Customer needs to turn on/off the satellite image and zoom to various map scales to verify a project location.
• Scenario 5: Customer needs to query a list of parks, zoom to the park of interest, select the park, and edit the shape to create a project footprint with one or more parts.
• Scenario 6: Customer needs to be able to change Information in his/her profile.
• Scenario 7: Customer needs to determine how many Class A streams are within 25 miles of a Bald Eagle State Park using a spatial search. 
• Scenario 8: Reviewer needs to locate a project using filters, e.g., project type, title, ID, date, contact name, etc. 
• Scenario 9: Reviewer needs to view project footprint on the map, add notes to a project folder and email info to the applicant.