Map searches

Open a map search

Select Map in the left menu or use the globe/map button beside a query in Search. You can also use View on Map from an indexed file, document, project, or watchlist.

The map and the Results panel work together. Expand a project or layer group, show the items you need, and use the focus control to zoom to them. A large result count can cover a much wider area than your current view.

Search a specific area

1. Move to the region you want to investigate.
2. Use Search by Area and draw the area requested by the map tool.
3. Choose the data types you need in the filters. Keep an eye on Search Scope when including personal uploads.
4. Run the search and review both the new result counts and the drawn boundary.

For more focused questions, include a relationship in your query: drillholes near pegmatites in Western Australia, for example. Check the resulting area and filters to confirm they describe your intended search.

Understand the cost before opening more data

On Free and Starter, public map searches use credits for newly opened records. Empty results and previously opened records cost no credits, and there is no minimum search charge. A larger or denser area can return more new data.

If the results cost more than your balance, no credits are used. The dialog shows the cost and balance; expand Cost breakdown when available, then use the adjust or back button to narrow the selection. Paid accounts can select Buy credits; Free accounts see Choose a plan first. See How search credits work.

Compare layers without losing context

• Drilling: expand a project to inspect drillholes and available assay or lithology information.
• Maps and surveys: show a layer, adjust its opacity and available colour or value controls, and open its source.
• Spectral imagery: enable Show spectral imagery in Search Result Settings, then choose the source and bands in Results.
• Reference boundaries: add tenements and land access overlays where available.

Hide layers you are not using. If a layer appears blank, focus on its footprint and allow the detailed imagery to finish loading.

Keep the search with your project

Open Search Result Settings to organize the saved result. Under Add this search to a project, choose a personal or tracked public project and select Add. The search will then appear in that project's Searches tab.

To inspect drilling below the surface, use View in 3D and select a manageable area. To take data into another application, open the map's export controls.