Getting Started In Surety Customized Online Mapping Software

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Welcome to the Surety® Customized Online Mapping Software!

Surety® provides a way to efficiently acquire maps, reports, and forms containing a wide variety of datasets for a mapped area. This page is to provide an introduction to the basic elements of the mapping interface and a step-by-step instruction on how to generate a printable/savable/emailable map or report from the main Surety mapping interface.
For more detailed explanations of each tool, please visit the Surety® Customized Online Mapping Features support page.

The mapping interface consists of 4 main areas:

1. Drop Down Menu and Search Bar
2. Left Panel (Mapping Tools)
3. Interactive Map
4. Right Panel (Maps/Reports/Forms, Layers, and Search)

Surety Mapping Interface

Surety Mapping Interface


1. Drop Down Menu and Search Bar
The drop-down menu area contains access to a number of options pages, links to support material, software update information, account management tools, and more.

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The yellow Search bar is an integral part of the mapping process for most users. It allows a wide variety of location datasets to be queried. Click the Question Mark Image to view examples of many of the ways to search within Surety.

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2. The Left Panel (Mapping Tools)

The left panel of the mapping interface contains important tools that enable a user to manipulate the position and zoom level of the interactive map, draw boundaries and lines, select existing or drawn boundaries, and place annotations on the map.

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More Info: Zoom In, Zoom Out, Pan,Draw Field Tool, Labeling, Symbols

3. Interactive Map

The Interactive Map is what you will be zooming, panning, drawing, and selecting prior to creating printable reports and forms. By default, it will start at the map of the US. Use the Search or Zoom functions to narrow down your Area of Interest before selecting or drawing boundaries.

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4. Right Panel (Maps/Report/Forms, Layers, and Search)

The Right Panel contains links to the printable reports and forms as well as access to the Map Layers panel and a dedicated Search Panel

Once a boundary has been selected or drawn, click on a Report or Form in the top half of the panel to generate a printable report.

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The bottom half of the Right Panel contains the Layers and Search Panels

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Clicking on the Layers button will display important available map layers that can be enabled or disabled. This list contains a wide variety of useful data layers to overlay on the map.

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Clicking the Search button will display multiple convenient search options to use as an alternative to the Search bar in the top panel.

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The bottom half of the right panel will switch to the Draw Field panel if you have any of the Drawing tools selected in the Left Panel. This panel contains useful tools and info including: acreage and length measurements, acreage adjustment tool, the polygon or line buffer tool, and the ability to delete one or all of the current drawings on the map.

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Creating a printable report within Surety® (Soil Map, FSA Map, etc.)

For this example, a section - township - range will be entered into the yellow search bar and then either type the enter key on the keyboard or click the magnifying glass to the right of the yellow search box to perform the search.

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Note that if there are duplicate results, click on the desired result in the results pop-up. For this example, we are looking for a field within Holt County, NE.

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The map will zoom to the location selected. Close the search results to view the map.

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Alternatively, the Zoom In, Zoom Out and Pan tools can be utilized to locate the Area of Interest.

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When zooming into a section view, the Select tool will automatically be enabled in the left panel. If the map contains the desired boundaries (FSA Fields) then simply left click within the boundary or boundaries you wish to have highlighted on the report or form. Tip: Click the first point again to close the polygon boundary.

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If the yellow FSA Field boundaries do not match the desired boundary, switch to the Drawing tool and use the Draw Field option to single click around an area to create a polygon.

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Once a boundary has been selected or drawn, use the links in the upper portion of the right-hand panel to generate a printable/savable report including a Soil Map, a full page Aerial Map (FSA Map), and many more.

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The FSA Map option will produce a full page 8.5in x 11in Aerial map.
Once the report is generated, use the buttons on the right to save, email, or print.

FSA Map(Aerial) Example

FSA Map(Aerial) Example


The Soil Map option will produce a Soil Map of the selection or drawing which includes soil rating and productivity information specific to the mapped area.

Soil Map Example

Soil Map Example


Watch our tutorial video on how to create a printable map/report within Surety.

The Surety Mapping Software contains many features, reports and functions to help any level of mapping need. Please browse our Surety® Customized Online Mapping Features Support Pages for help on any of the tools.

Also feel free to use the Contact Us link in the upper left corner of the interface to contact our support staff for any questions you have.

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