Navigating in Digimap for Schools

Zoom to your location

On opening Digimap for Schools, your map window will be centred on Great Britain.

To zoom in on a location:

• Double click on the map window
• Double tap on the map window
• Select the plus sign on the scale bar
• Select any point on the scale bar to zoom to that scale
• Select the drag zoom tool (above the scale bar), then drag a box on the map window to zoom to that area
• Move the mouse scroll wheel towards the screen, i.e. away from you

To zoom out:

• Select the minus sign on the scale bar
• Select any point on the scale bar to zoom to that scale
• Move the mouse scroll wheel away from the screen, i.e. towards you

To move around

• Click on the map window and drag, i.e. click and hold the left mouse button, then drag to move the map.
• Tap on the map and hold, then drag to move the map.

Move around video

Watch our help video to see how to move around and zoom in and out.