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How to Post Labels for Alberta Crown Held Land

GeoVista enables you to post labels on the Map View that show your result lists' land ownerships, ownership percentages, lease agreement numbers, sale dates, and lease expiration dates for held lands. This feature makes it easy for you to overview hold lands and, for example, to determine when hold land leases might soon expire in your area of interest.

To post labels for hold lands, follow these steps:

1. On the Map Tools toolbar, click to change your cursor to the zoom tool.
2. Click and drag your cursor on the map to draw a small square that represents the area you want to zoom in to. Release your mouse to zoom to that area.

• If you zoom too small an area on your map, it is more likely that this area will not have Alberta held crown land. The larger the area you zoom to, the more likely it will have data.

3. From the Main Menu bar, select Query | New Query to open the Create New Query dialog box.

4. In the GeoVista Databases list, select a database for your query. Select AB_CROWN_LAND.
5. In the Import section, click <Map Area> to import data from your zoomed area.
6. Click <Search> to generate your results list and open the Display Result Set As dialog box.
7. Click <OK> to keep the GeoVista default name for this result set. A new Result Sets layer will display in the Layer Manager tab.
8. On the Layer Manager tab, expand the Result Sets layer.

9. Right-click the Alberta Held Crown1 heading to open a shortcut menu.
10. Select Properties from this menu to open the <Layer Name> Properties dialog box, where you can set label and posting properties for your freehold land query.

• GeoVista applies the name of your result set to this dialog box. For example, if you selected freehold land, rather than Alberta crown land, its name would be Freehold Land Properties. Here, you see the name: Alberta Held Crown1 Properties.

While you can set properties for either Expiry date, Owner Name, Agreement number, or Sale date, the next steps will only explain how to set posting properties for the Expiry date for your result set.

11. On the <Layer Name> Properties dialog box, click <Labels/Posting>. The Land Posting dialog box opens.

12. In the Select posting item list, select Expiry date.
13. Click <Font> to open the Font dialog box, where you can set your labels' font properties.
14. In the Font Style list, select Bold.
15. Click the Color rectangle, to open the Color dialog box, where you can select a font color for your label.
16. Select a new color for your labels. Select Yellow.
17. Click <OK> to return to the Land Posting dialog box.
18. Click <OK> to return to the <Layer Name> Properties dialog box.
19. Click <Apply> to see your label settings and selection on the Map View. Your labels now appear in yellow, bold font.

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