NextGen Geo

Map configuration

Introduction

A map is the core element that visually represents geographic information.


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Figure 1 - Example of a map configured with one service

How to configure

Only Configurator group can access to this configuration

Before to configure a map, you have to configure basemap.

See reference: Create and manage basemap compositions

Going on Control Panel > Maps > Maps tab, you can see the list of all existing map. You can search map using the “Search by name” field at the top-right of the page.

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Figure 2 - Map menu

Clicking the “Add map” button at the top-left of the page, you can create a new map.


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Figure 3 - Map configuration

These are fields to configure and their descriptions.

Field

Description

Name

Map’s name (mandatory)

Description

Map’s description

Basemap

Basemap to use for the map (previously configured) (mandatory).

It shows only services already associated to a basemap category.

Type

Map type (mandatory)

  • Map: The Map class contains properties and methods for storing, managing, and overlaying layers common to both 2D and 3D viewing.

  • WebMap: Loads a WebMap from ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise portal into a MapView.
    3D is disabled for WebMaps.

Portal Url

It is enabled only for “WebMap” type.

Portal Id

It is enabled only for “WebMap” type.

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For each map it’s mandatory to define also the spatial reference system and the initial extent and full extent boxes


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Associate services on map using the control panel

Before to add services to a map, you have to configure server and service

See reference: Service Configuration

Going on the “Services on map” tab you can associate services to a map using the drag an drop, in order to see them in the TOC and on the map, according to services configuration.

The services' order depends from the order defined in the right-table of the page.

The “Load on startup” flag allows to associate the service on the map, but don’t load it at the startup. It is a useful feature when you need a lot of services but you don’t want to slow down the map loading too much, and use them only if needed. You can then load services using the TOC: https://overit-spa.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NEXTGENGEO/pages/edit-v2/103375340343#Associate-services-on-map-using-the-TOC


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Figure 4 - Associate service to map

Associate services on map using the TOC

You can also add a service to a map using the Table of contents, using only the service’s URL or services available

Going on the home page and opening the Table of contents, there is the add service icon (figure below).

Clicking on it a new pop-up will show a panel with two tabs:

  • Services Available, on which you can add services configured on the map with the “Load on startup” false


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  • Add by URL, on which define the new layer or service to add using:

    • Title: service’s title

    • Type: service’s type

    • URL: service’s url



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