Welcome to the MapX Documentation!

This document details MapX , an open-source web application designed for managing and visualizing geospatial data, developed by UNEP/GRID-Geneva .

MapX allows to visualize the temporal evolution of cartographic and statistical data.

Although, the content has been prepared and reviewed with utmost care by the authors, errors may still exist. As such, UNEP/GRID-Geneva and the authors disclaim any responsibility or liability for errors and their potential impact.

We welcome any feedback regarding inaccuracies you may encounter and encourage you to contact us at info@mapx.org .

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The documentation source code is available on GitHub, as well as in HTML and PDF formats at https://docs.mapx.org .

We wish you an excellent reading!

The MapX team

Note

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Introduction

• Introduction
  • MapX highlights
  • MapX key concepts
    • Projects
    • Roles
    • Special roles
    • Data organisation

User Interface

• User interface
  • Work environment
    • Project
    • Login
    • Language of the interface
    • Data catalog
  • Toolbox (basics)
    • Spotlight tool
    • Utilities
  • Search tool
    • General description
    • How do I use the Search tool?
  • Menu bar
    • Navigation buttons
    • Tools
    • Others
  • Map Composer
    • General description
    • How do I use the map composer?
    • License and data credits
  • Draw tool
    • How to create a new vector layer from scratch in MapX?
    • Example of use
  • Sharing manager
    • How to create a share link in MapX?
  • Report problematic content tool
    • How to report problematic content in MapX?

Views

• Views
  • Badges
  • Tools
  • Querying and filtering data
  • Publication of new views
    • Vector views
    • Raster views
    • Custom code views
  • Dashboards
  • Sharing views between projects
  • Download tool
    • How do I use the Download tool?
  • Attribute table
    • General description
    • How do I use the attribute table?
  • Code share tool

Metadata

• Metadata
  • Structure
    • Description of the MapX Metadata Standard
  • Editing the metadata of a source

Sources

• Sources
  • Publication of new sources
    • Data preparation
    • Supported formats
    • Data publication
  • Tips & tricks
    • ESRI Shapefiles import: column format might not be respected
    • Layer cleaning and simplification
  • Managing sources
  • Edit vector source
    • How does the tool work?
  • Table join tool
    • SQL joins
    • The table join tool in MapX

Story maps

• Story maps
  • How to tell a great story?
  • Recommendations for story map development
  • Creating a story map
    • Glossary
    • Creating a story map view
    • Adding content to a story map
  • Sharing a story map
  • Tips & tricks
    • List of current shortcuts
    • How to handle badly formatted HTML from story map slides ?

Advanced tools

• Advanced tools
  • Area intersection tools
    • How do I use the Area intersection tool?

Project management

• Project management
  • Data catalog organization
  • Project configuration
  • Management of members/roles
    • Invite new members
    • Setting users roles and permissions
    • Receiving/accepting membership requests from public users

Information for developers

• Information for developers