awips2/docs/cave/maps-views-projections.md

## Default Map Scales

The first toolbar menu item is a dropdown menu for different geographic areas and map projections.  The efault view is always **CONUS**, which is a North Polar Steregraphic projection centered on the Continental United States.

Default projections and areas available in the menu

   * **N. Hemisphere** (North Polar Stereographic)
   * **Regional** (for the selected localization site)
   * **WFO** (for the selected localization site)
   * **World Mercator**
   * **World CED**
   * **World Mollweide**
   * **Geostationary (GOES East Full Disk)**
   * and **Regional** Mercator projections for **Africa**, **Australia/NZ**, **South America**, **Europe**, **Alaska**, **Hawaii**, **Puerto Rico**, **Japan**, **Pacific Ocean**, and the north and south poles.

There is also a **WFO** submenu which contains a map scale for every NWS localization site. 

![image](../images/map_scales.png)


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## New Map Editor / View

**File > New Map**

Opens a new map editor tab with the default projection (CONUS Polar Stereographic).  

![image](../images/67Wwz3L.png)

This can also be done by **right-click** on any tab and selecting **New Editor**

![image](../images/Sd3qL6LJ55.gif)

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## New Projection

**File > New Projection**

Create a new map projection.

![image](../images/VANzMW2.png)