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Map Toolbars and Footer

The toolbar and footer around the map in Enlighten Enterprise give you quick access to a range of map tools.

Notes:

  • The Open Spatial Cloud icon at the very top left of the screen takes you to the product webpage.
  • Throughout the system, any icon highlighted on a toolbar or panel in green is active.
  • See detailed information for each icon on the top toolbar here: The Toolbar
  • Details for the bottom toolbar and functions can be found here: The Strip Under the Map

Try it yourself #

Pan, Zoom, and Select #
  1. With your mouse cursor inside the map area, Click the left mouse button and drag to pan.
  2. Roll the middle button to zoom in or where your mouse cursor is located.
  3. Click on a feature on the map to select it and see the popup of it’s data (Popups will be covered in a later section). Click the X to close the popup and clear the selection
  4. Note: The default workspace has been preset to have a layer active (More on that in a later section). With an active layer set, hold down the Control key to multi-select features within a radius. There are a few ways to clear a multi-selection
    1. Click once somewhere else.
    2. Deactivate the active layer.
    3. Clear the selected items in the data grid (covered later) but usually the most used way to control multi-selections.
Measure #
  1. Click the measure icon in the toolbar.
  2. Click on the map to start drawing. You can zoom in and out with your mouse while measuring.
  3. Click again to add measure points. Double click to end the Measure. Note you can copy the measurement values from the dialog box.
  4. Click again on the map to start another measure.
  5. Close the dialog to exit measure.
Print #
  1. Optionally zoom around and I to an area you would like to print (you can refine this while defining the print in the preview panel)
  2. Click the print icon in the top toolbar.
  3. Select your options on the left panel.
  4. Zoom and pan the map in the preview window as needed. You can rotate the map with Shift+Alt, although to return it to North up you will need to rotate it there yourself.
  5. Use the X on the panel to exit/close the print preview window.
  6. Note: Clicking the print button opens your browser tab to the print preview, this will use the current browser print settings which you can change as needed.
Export a Layer #
  1. Set the layer you want to export as the ACTIVE LAYER in the workspace panel, using the radio button on the right of the layer name.
  2. Click the Export a Layer icon on the top toolbar.
  3. Step through the wizard and select your options as desired. Selecting the columns, extents, Title and output format.
  4. The Export Jobs dialog will open. You can close it and continue working. You can return to it on the Export a Layer Icon – use the drop down for Export Jobs.
  5. You will receive an email when you start the layer export and when the export is done.
  6. You can download the exported layer using the button in the email, or directly from the Export Jobs dialog.
Bookmarks #
  1. For this exercise, you should be in the MCQT_Water workspace.
  2. On the Workspaces & Layers panel (on the right), open the Bookmarks tab on the bottom of the panel
  3. Click on the saved bookmark “Street View usage example”  to zoom to the predefined location. Bookmarks also restore the layer state set when they were saved.
  4. Set Water Nodes as the Active Layer
  5. Click on the Hydrant in the middle of the screen – node number 2431 showing as a blue circle.
  6. You should see the popup with information for Hydrant 2431.
  7. Now we can use the Google Street View integration to view Hydrant 2431
Google Street View #
  1. Optionally before you start this exercise, you can do the flowing to give you more screen space.
    1. Hide the popup. There are two ways to do this: You can use the minimize icon on the popup window or you can toggle popups to be inactive, using the green callout icon on the bottom of the layers list in the Workspaces and Layers panel. It should be green, showing popups are active. Remember to toggle popups on again when done or needed.
    2. Collapse the Workspace & Layers panel to the side of the window.
  2. With an item selected (node 2431), click the Google Street View icon on the toolbar at the top right of the map.
  3. Explore the street view image by rotating or moving up and down the street. And/or explore another map location by clicking on the map and seeing the updated Google image there.
  4. When done, close the Google Street View Panel.

More/Advanced Information #

  1. Map Tools – User Guide
  2. Map Navigation – User Guide
  3. Map Navigation – The Strip Under the Map – User Guide