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# Maps, Views, Projections
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## Default Map Scales
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The first toolbar menu item is a dropdown menu for different geographic areas and map projections. The default view is always **CONUS** , which is a North Polar Steregraphic projection centered on the Continental United States.
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Default projections and areas available in the menu
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* **CONUS**
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* **N. Hemisphere** (North Polar Stereographic)
* **Regional** (for the selected localization site)
* **WFO** (for the selected localization site)
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* **World - Mercator**
* **World - CED**
* **World - Mollweide**
* **GOES East Full Disk** (Geostationary)
* **GOES West Full Disk** (Geostationary)
* **Regional** Mercator projections for
- **Africa**
- **Alaska**
- **Antarctica**
- **Arctic**
- **Australia,New Zealand**
- **Europe**
- **Hawaii**
- **Japan**
- **Pacific Ocean**
- **Puerto Rico**
- **South America**
* **WFO** (Has a submenu which contains a map scale for every NWS localization site)
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## New Map Editor / View
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### Adding a New Map Editor
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This can be done in two ways: using the **file menu** and **right clicking** on the tab bar.
Using the file menu, simply go to: **File > New Map** .
This opens a new map editor tab with the default projection (CONUS Polar Stereographic).
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To use the tab bar, **right-click** on or next to any tab and select **New Editor**

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### Renaming Map Editor
Any of the map editor tabs can be renamed. This can be particularly helpful if you have multiple tabs, with a different focus on each (ie. different geographic reigon, different types of data, etc).

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## New Projection
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A new map projection can be created using the file menu: **File > New Projection** .
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