Downtown Eugene – Interactive Map, Public Features, District Boundaries

The Downtown Eugene map page includes:

• An interactive map that allows you to select and display several types of City features.

• Pictures and descriptions of public sites, with links to Internet pages related to some of those sites.

• A search feature that allows you to select and display specific locations or specific addresses on the map.

• Tools that allow you to manipulate the map display.

When you display the Downtown Eugene map page the map shows the Downtown Plan boundary, with the Downtown Plan Boundary check box selected. Read more about the Plan

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Select a Location

• On the Search tab, in the Locations list, click a site. The program:

• Changes the zoom level, if necessary, of the map display to give a close-up view of the location and surrounding streets. Centers the location on the map.

• If an appropriate check box is not selected, selects a check box, depending on the location you click in the list. Generally, this is the Public Places of Interest or Recent Public Investments check box. See Select Map Features below.

Note  The Locations list includes University of Oregon. With this selection, the map displays the University of Oregon campus and street routes between the two areas. View sample

• Displays a red star on the map for the location you select.
  

• If necessary, displays the location and locations that are in the same category (for example, Places of Interest, or Public Investments) with the colors found in the map legend:

Places of Interest        Public Investments  

• If available, displays in an area next to the map: a picture, textual information, intersection street names, and links to Web sites related to the location. Some locations have more than one selection. After the location information displays, click the box above the information to make another selection:
  

• Maintains the selection location until you select a new Location, or select an address (see "Search for an Address" below).

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Search for an Address

1  On the Search tab, type either a full or partial address and click Find.

• Search Results tab displays with one or more addresses, or with a message indicating the search could not match your entry.

2  On the Search Results tab, click an address. The program:

• Changes the zoom level, if necessary, of the map display to give a close-up view of the location and surrounding streets.

• Displays a red star on the map for the address you select.
  

• Displays the address next to the map. If details related to the site located at the address are available, the program also displays a picture, textual information, intersection street names, and links to other Web sites.

Important  The more complete the address you enter, the more the program narrows your search and the more likely it will list the address. More?

Read more about search

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Select Map Features

The program allows you to display multiple categories of information by highlighting map features with different colors.

1  To add map features, select one or more check boxes in the Areas of Interest and Business Incentives sections:

2  To remove a feature from the map, clear the feature's check box.

Notes

• The program automatically selects check boxes when you select a location.

• Click links to view more information on the Eugene Web site:
   

• Great Streets  –  The Downtown Plan includes Eugene's intention to establish a network of "great streets" that offer safe, convenient and interesting routes to parks, plazas, cultural and commercial activity areas. The streets are pedestrian-oriented in design and appearance, with retail and other active ground-floor uses. They accommodate bicycles, slow-moving automobile traffic, on-street parking and emergency vehicle access.

• Recent Public Investments  –  Displays significant public investments made since 1998.

• Downtown Plan Boundary  –  The program selects this check box by default. Read more about the Plan

  The Downtown Plan recognizes that the area within Eugene's Downtown Plan boundary is the "civic center and the economic, cultural and governmental focus of the region." The plan "presents ideas and policies regarding current conditions and desired changes" aimed at transitioning the downtown area into a vibrant city on the Willamette River.

  Two central themes from the plan declare that the City of Eugene will:

  • Reinforce downtown Eugene as a strong regional center by working closely with property owners, developers and community members to bring about a diverse, dense and economically strong urban center.

  • Strengthen downtown as a cultural center and the center of community life, coordinate with public and private developers to create special places downtown, and establish a network of great streets that link parks and plazas, cultural and commercial activity areas.

  The Eugene City Council adopted the plan in 2004 following several years of visioning and design processes that involved community members, numerous organizations, government agencies and elected and appointed City officials. The plan builds on previous plans and studies.

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• Downtown - UO Connection  –  Displays the street routes between downtown and the University of Oregon campus. View sample

  

  To view the streets    the map must be displaying the area of those streets when or after you select the check box. If necessary, use the Pan map tool and perhaps the Zoom Out tool to move the map view to include the southeast portion of the downtown area (and other points east and south).

  

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• Aerial Photography  –  The map must display a closer view than the default display before you can see an actual overhead photograph of the map area displayed. After selecting the Aerial Photography check box, use the Zoom In tool to get a closer look. If you create a small rectangle with your dragging motion, the photo displays with less steps than if you click the map repeatedly. Once the photo displays, repeat the zoom actions to make areas of the picture even bigger. View sample

  Aerial view of Hayward Field at the east side the of the University of Oregon campus, taken in 2004. To find this location on the map, use the Pan map tool to move the view to the east from downtown; or select Hayward Field in the Locations list, and then use the Zoom In tool. For a picture this clear, make sure the Public Places of Interest and Downtown - UO Connection check boxes are cleared.

  

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Map Tools

When you select a location or address the program generally adjusts the map display. Often, for example, the program automatically "zooms in" to display a location close-up and centered on the map.

However, you can also use the map tools described below to adjust the map display yourself.

When necessary, click a tool to use it. The red outline indicates which tool is selected. In the picture of the tools below, Zoom In is selected. In that case, there's no need to click the Zoom In symbol to use it with the map.

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Zoom to Downtown  –  Returns the map display to the default view showing the Downtown Plan boundary and area. Clears entries you've made on the Search tab.

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Zoom In

• With the Zoom In tool selected, do one of the following to get a closer view:

• Click the center of the area on the map where you want to look closer.

• Drag to create a rectangle around the area you want to zoom to. View example

  When you drag to create the rectangle below . . .

  

  . . . the program zooms in to a view similar to this picture . . .

  

Note  Repeat the action (drag, or click the map) to zoom in closer.

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Zoom Out  –  Displays a longer distant view of the area on the map that you click or drag in. Zoom Out works similarly to Zoom In, only in reverse.

• After you click Zoom Out, click, or drag, an area of the map.

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Pan  –  Moves the display in the direction you drag the pointer.

• Press and hold the mouse button while you drag the mouse pointer.

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Zoom to Full Extent  –  Zooms the map outwards, displaying a distant view of the entire city of Eugene, outlined by the city limits and Urban Growth boundaries. When you click Zoom to Full Extent, the new view occurs automatically. This picture shows a portion of the display when the map is at full extent:

Identify

• Displays a red star on the map at the location you click.

• Changes the zoom level, if necessary, of the map display to give a close-up view of the location and surrounding streets.

• If available, displays a picture of, information about, and links to Web sites related to the location, next to the map.

• Usually displays an address or intersection street names for the location next to the map.

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Scroll arrows  –  Moves the display in the direction of the arrow. Click an arrow at the map's edge to shift the map view in that direction.

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