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  • Work environment
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  • User interface
  • Menu bar

Menu bar#

The right-side Menu bar contains the Navigation buttons that allow interaction with the map and provides access to some of the MapX tools. All of these buttons/tools are accessible to users regardless of their role in MapX.

Navigation buttons#

Button

Description

image1

Restore the default map northing and tilting.

image2

Zoom in.

image3

Zoom out.

image4

Rotate the map to the left.

image5

Rotate the map to the right.

image6

Enable or disable globe mode.

image7

Enable or disable topography mode in the map.

image8

Enable or disable the aerial photography theme.

image9

Change between dark and light theme.

image10

Enable or disable vegetation cover in the basemap.

image11

Enable or disable water highlighting in the basemap.

In addition to the navigation buttons, some interactions with the map can also be done via mouse and keyboard:

  • Dragging through the map can be performed by clicking the left button of the mouse and moving the pointer.

  • Zoom can be performed by scrolling the mouse’s wheel.

  • Clicking SHIFT and dragging with the mouse allows selecting an area where to zoom in.

  • Clicking the right button of the mouse (or clicking CTRL and clicking the left mouse button) and moving the pointer allows the map to be tilted and rotated.

Tools#

Button

Description

Link to the specific documentation

image12

Map composer

link

image13

Draw tool

link

image14

Sharing manager

link

image15

Geocoder

link

image16

Report problematic content

link

Others#

Button

Description

image17

Enable or disable fullscreen mode.

image18

Terms of use.

image19

Access the MapX documentation.

image20

Application source code (link to the MapX GitHub repository).

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