| · | In the GIS section of TAXIS create a desired map view with necessary layers.
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| · | Click "View|Show taxa"  which will display the Taxa tree.
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| · | Click "View|Show samples"  which will display the table of samples for selected taxon and automatically plot all the samples that have the coordinate record (X_coord and Y_coord columns in the Samples Section of TAXIS).
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| · | Browsing through taxa will dynamically plot appropriate samples to the map.
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Another useful tool is "View|Coordinate picker"
which allows you to record the coordinates to the selected specimen by just clicking the map at any point on the map. To record the coordinates manually - refer to Samples GIS.
