Other Menu Tools

At the top of the Map there are more menu items which we are are going to explain in this section.

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The Map Options Menu

Printing a map

The MapStore based map viewer of GeoNode allows you to print the current view with a customizable layout.
Click the Print option from the Menu, the Printing Window will open.
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The Printing Window

From this window you can:

  • enter Title and Description;

  • choose the Resolution in dpi;

  • select the format

  • select the coordinate

  • add the scale

  • add grid with label

  • customize the Layout

    • the Sheet size (A3, A4);

    • if include the legend or not;

    • if to put the legend in a separate page;

    • the page Orientation (Landscape or Portrait);

  • customize the Legend

    • the Label Font;

    • the Font Size;

    • the Font Emphasis (bold, italic);

    • if Force Labels;

    • if use Anti Aliasing Font;

    • the Icon Size;

    • the Legend Resolution in dpi.

To print the view click on Print.

Add dataset

All the datasets available in GeoNode, both uploaded and remote, can be loaded on the map through the Catalog. Click on the Add dataset option of the Menu to take a look at the catalog panel.

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The Datasets Catalog

You can navigate through datasets and look at their Thumbnail images, Title, Description and Abstract. Click on a dataset to load it into the map, it will be also visible in the Table of Contents (TOC).

Performing Measurements

Click on the Measure option of the Menu to perform a measurement. As you can see in the picture below, this tool allows you to measure Distances, Areas and the Bearing of lines.

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The Measure Tool

To perform a measure draw on the map the geometry you are interested in, the result will be displayed on the left of the unit of measure select menu (this tool allows you to change the unit of measure also).
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Measuring Areas

Add an Annotation

Click on the Annotations option of the Menu to enrich the map with special features which expose additional information, mark particular position on the map and so on.

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Annotations panel

To begin, from the annotation panel, the editor can open the new annotation panel by selecting the add_annotations_button button.

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Add an Annotations

From here the editor can insert a Title, a Description and choose between five different types of Geometries:

  1. Marker

  2. Line

  3. Polygon

  4. Text

  5. Circle

See the MapStore Documentation for more information.

Saving a map

Once all the customizations have been carried out, you can Save your map by clicking on the Save option of the Menu.
Click Save again under the Save options.

|You could create a new map from the existing view by clicking Save As... | A new popup window will open.

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Saving Maps

The current map title is filled by default, You can change it to the prefered naming then click on Save. The page will reload and your map should be visible in the Finding Data list.