Welcome to NetMaps!

How to Turn Maps and Layers On and Off

Once of the great benefits in today’s world of digital maps is the ability to display

the specific information you require.

To that end, the Cowlitz County NetMaps website provides the tools that allow you to

choose which maps you want to see as well as to choose the individual layers in each map.

Depending on the link that you used to access the Cowlitz County NetMaps website, some Live

maps may be defaulted on while others may, by default, be turned off.

The first place to look to identify which maps are turned on or off is the Live Maps widget in the

upper right corner of the web page.

In this particular example, there are three “live” maps available. Two of them (County Base

Layers and Political/Administrative Districts) are already turned on. The Sales map is currently

turned off which means the information will not be displayed.

To turn on or off any of the maps, simply click the checkbox located next to the map name.

Layers

Typically, digital maps are comprised of a number of layers that represent different groups

of elements on a map. For example, the County Base Layers map is comprised of a Parcel layer,

a Streets layer, a Section layer and a Township layer.

To view available layers in each individual map, click the grey arrow next to the map. To hide the

list of map layers, simply click the grey arrow again.