Find My Nearest
Help with Interactive Maps
The Interactive Maps Portal is best viewed using Internet Explorer.
Some features may not function correctly in other browsers.
To find out more about using the interactive maps Click on an area of the image below or use the following links:
[Address Search],[Find My Nearest],[Main Map],[Map Layers],[Map Context],[Overview Map],[Points Of Interest],[Results Table]

Find My Nearest - Feature Descriptions
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Description |
| Address Search: |
Enter a name, number, road or postcode of an address that you wish to locate. Click on the Search button , and then scroll down the page to see the results. Click on the required property from the list, and the map will then zoom to that property, highlighted with a red star. If you then wish to make another address search, you can click on the Clear button to clear your previous search information.
Type in the parts of the address you know. It is possible to type in just the first few letters of a road name. For example typing ‘Cam’ into the ‘Road’ box, will produce a list of all the road names beginning with ‘Cam’. The road may be what you refer to as your street, village or locality.
Typing ‘14’ into the ‘Number’ box will produce a list of all the number ‘14’ properties on any road this will include properties with a suffix e.g. '14A, '14B'. Typing a letter in the ‘Number’ box will result in an error.
Please note, you need to type in your postcode with a space in the middle e.g. HS1 2BW rather than HS12BW.
If your search produces just one address – for example, you typed a house number and a postcode – move the cursor over the address and click once. A map will be drawn with the selected address at the centre.
However, if the search produces a number of addresses in a list, you can select an address by moving the cursor over the required result, and clicking once. A map will be drawn with the selected address at the centre.
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| Find My Nearest |
Enter a postcode or select a town, then choose a layer or information that you wish to search, and the radius (in kilometres) that you wish to search in. Click the Find button , and then scroll down the page to view the results in the results panel. You can click on any of the results and the map will zoom to that feature.
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| Main Map: |
To move around the map, click on the 'pan the map' button then click on the map and drag the "hand cursor" around the map. You must hold the left mouse button down to drag the map.
To extract information from the map, click on the 'info' button , then click on the feature on the map that you wish to know more about. You then need to scroll down to the results window to view details of that feature, and any others underneath it. I.e. Clicking on a purple circle on the main map will enable you to view Address information on a property.
To zoom in, click on the plus button and then click on the map. To zoom out, click on the minus button and then click on the map. If you would like to view the map at a particular zoom level, you may click on one of the 'zoom bars' between the plus and minus buttons.
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| Map Layers |
This lists the services or layers and how they are represented on the main map.
To deactivate a layer, click the checkbox on the right beside the layer you want to switch off. Click on the update button . The map will reload with only the specified layers visible.
Note: Some layers are only visible at specific zoom levels. i.e. On the Information mapping portal, address points appear when the zoom level is 600 meters or less. Once the map is zoomed out past 600 meters the address points are not visible.
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| Map Context: |
This lists the available map contexts. By default, this is set to 'General Information'. Select from the list of links to change the context. |
| Overview Map: |
This shows you the location of the main map in context (zoomed out).
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| Points Of Interest |
Use the Points of Interest drop down menu to see the available points of interest e.g. council offices, visitor centres. Click on the feature that you wish to zoom to, and click on the Find button . The main map will then center on the point of interest that you have selected.
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| Results Table: |
Results from the Information Search, Find My Nearest and Address Search will be displayed at the bottom of the screen. You can click on any of the Address Search or Find My Nearest results and the map will zoom to that feature.
Clicking on a Link icon in the results panel will open a web page related to the selected service in a new window. |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar,
Sandwick Road, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis,
HS1 2BW.
Tel: 01851 703773
Fax: 01851 705349 e-mail: enquiries@cne-siar.gov.uk
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