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