Other Menu Tools¶
At the top of the Map there are more menu items which we are are going to explain in this section.
Printing a map¶
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.
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.
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.
To begin, from the annotation panel, the editor can open the new annotation panel by selecting the button.
From here the editor can insert a Title, a Description and choose between five different types of Geometries:
Marker
Line
Polygon
Text
Circle
See the MapStore Documentation for more information.
Saving a map¶
|You could create a new map from the existing view by clicking Save As... | A new popup window will open.
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.