View maps

After retrieving the maps you are interested in, you can use the built-in DataViz WebApp to browse the map via one of the following ways (View permission is required. If you only have search permission, you need to perform Resource Application and Authorization first):

• In the list mode, click "Open Map" link on the map item to open the map
• In the grid mode, click "..." icon, select "Open Map" on the map card to open the map
• Enter the map details page, click "Open Map" button

DataViz WebApp is a professional online mapping application software for users to quickly online map and collaboratively edit (For details of supported browsers, see: Supported Browsers by DataViz). The following will introduce the supported operations when browsing a map with DataViz WebApp.

• Browsing maps
• Zooming maps
• View map details
• Map measurement
• Edit maps

Browsing maps

Drag the map to browse different areas of the map. Click the features on the map to view the attributes.

Zooming maps

Click the "zoom in/out" icon on the right side, or directly use mouse scrolling to zoom a map. Click the "entire" icon to zoom the map to the current window size.

View map details

Click the "details" button on the upper-left corner to view the detailed information of the map, including map name, label, author, description, update time, etc.

Map measurement

When browsing a map, you can click the "measure" icon on the right side to measure the features in the map. Distance and area measurement is supported.

• Measure Distance: Measure the distance of a line on the map. Select "Length", click on the map to draw the start point of the line for measurement, continue to click on the map to draw other following points, finally double click the left key of the mouse to end the draw action. The total length of the line will be displayed. Click "Clear" button to clear all measurement results.
• Measure Area: Measure the area of a polygon on the map. Select "Area", click on the map to draw the start point of the polygon for measurement, continue to click on the map to draw other following points of the polygon, finally double click the left key of the mouse to end the draw action. To draw a polygon successfully, you should at least draw three points. When finished, the area of the polygon will be displayed. Click the "Clear" button to clear measurement results

Edit maps

The "Edit" button on the upper-left corner allows you to edit the map with WebApp if you have the edit permission. For detailed edit operations, please refer to: Create maps with DataViz WebApp.