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Accessing SIX
Six easy steps for using SIX
Go to the Spatial Information eXchange www.six.nsw.gov.au
To find an address
- Click on ‘SIX Viewer’ in the top menu bar
- Click on the ‘SIX Viewer screen shot’ (the image of NSW). Accept the terms and conditions for use.
- Go to the top of the right-hand menu ‘Take me to a:’ and click on ‘address’.
- Fill in the address in the listed boxes and click on ‘Get results’.
- Click on the correct address in the list that appears below ‘Get results’.
- Your selected address will appear! Use the tools to zoom in or out.
You can substitute address for any of the menu items under the ‘Take me to;’ menu in step 3, such as Lot no., catchment area, electoral district and more.
To view images of Sydney City in 1943
- Follow the first two steps in the address finder above.
- Go to the top of the right-hand menu ‘Take me to a:’ and click on ‘Suburb’. Type in ‘Sydney’. Click on ‘Get results’.
- Click on ‘Sydney’ in the list that appears below ‘Get results’.
- Click on the arrow in the ‘Display Images’ menu on the lower right-hand menu.
- Tick the ‘1943 Sydney Suburbs’ box on the left of the list.
- Using the ‘transparency’ bar above the list, click on it and move it all the way to the left. A black and white view of Sydney should appear. Enjoy!
Note: The 1943 images only apply to Sydney City. Use the tools to zoom in to a specific area.
Tools listed below the SIX view image
Listed from left to right. Click on the tool to make it active:
| Pointer tool: | Use the pointer tool to click on screen and get information about the displayed area |
| Magnifying glass: | Click on the map and drag up to zoom out, and down to zoom in. |
| Magnifying glass in box: | Click and drag the map to zoom into a selected area |
| Hand: | Click and drag the map to pan around. |
| Box: | Click and zoom out to extent of largest displayed image. |
| Arrows: | Click to view previously viewed extent, forward or backward. |
