Exploring Maps

In this section, we are going to explore all tools provided on the Map View page. From the list of available maps, you can select the map you are interested in and click View map, THe map vie will look like this.

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The Map View

The Map Viewer (based on MapStore) provides the following tools:

  • the Table of Contents (TOC) to manage the map contents;

  • the Basemap Switcher to change the basemap (see the next paragraphs);

  • the Search Bar to search by location, name and coordinates (see the paragraph below);

  • the Other Menu Tools which contains the link to the Print tool, to the datasets Catalog, to the Measure tool and the Annotations tool;

  • the Sidebar and its tools such as the Zoom tools and the Get Features Info tool;

  • the Footer Tools to manage the scale of the map, to track the mouse coordinates and change the CRS (Coordinates Reference System).

Basemap Switcher

By default, GeoNode allows to enrich maps with many world backgrounds. You can open available backgrounds by clicking on the map tile below:

  • OpenStreetMap

  • OpenTopoMap

  • Sentinel-2-cloudless

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The Basemap Switcher Tool

You can also decide to have an Empty Background.

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Switching the Basemap