LSIS has eleven map tools as shown in the following paragraph. Each tool has two statuses: unselected and selected.

Unselected:
Selected:

The following table describes each button, from left to right in the Map Tools toolbar.

	Zoom In	Zoom in on the map to a user-defined rectangle that defines the area of interest.
	Zoom Out	Zoom out on the map based on a user-defined rectangle.
	Pan	To pan the user should click on a point that indicates a new center point. The map will shift in the direction of the click and re-center the map at that point.
	Identify	The identify tool provides the name of an individual township. When the user clicks the identify button and then chooses a township with the cursor, one or several townships will be highlighted in the map window. The detailed attributes for those townships are shown in the search results window.
	Overview	Clicking on this tool will turn on/off the overview map. The overview map displays where your selection is in the U.S.
	Full Extent	Clicking on this tool will make the map viewer return to the full extent of the data.
	Last Extent	Clicking on this tool will make the map viewer return to the previous extent.
	Clear	Clear the selected area.
	Print	Print the currently selected map, legend, and overview in HTML format.
	Print PDF	Create a PDF of the currently selected map, legend, and overview.
	Select by Rectangle	This tool allows the user to draw a rectangle on the map to select one or more townships. The selected townships are highlighted on the map and appear in the search results window.

LSIS has two search tools which include Place Name and Township. Place Name allows users to search for a place and zoom the map to that specific location. While Township searches for parcels in a given township. Township search results give the LR2000 Report for a specific parcel and also allows the user to zoom the map to that parcel.

In addition, when the Layers button is selected, users can use the controls in the Layers window to manage the visibility of existing Reference Themes.  More than one reference theme can be selected at a time by clicking in the box to the left of the name. A check mark indicates that the reference theme has been selected. Active themes are in black, inactive themes are in gray. As you zoom in more reference themes will become active. For example, after a user checks the "County Boundaries" checkbox the counties will automatically be displayed on the map.

A selection of Base Maps are available and can be viewed by selecting the radio button next to the base map. The Color Shaded Relief base map can be displayed with any of the other base. Only one other base map can be display at a time as indicated by the radio button. You can toggle the base maps on and off by selecting or unselecting any one of the maps. The map will refresh automatically. The Download Availability base maps will tell you where there is PLSS data available for downloading either as BLM data or alternate source data. The other maps are general reference base maps to help you locate your area of interest. This site only has data for areas where we show Data Download Availability (BLM, USFS or alternate source).