Exploring Maps

From the Maps > Explore Maps link of the navigation bar you can reach the Maps List page.

The Explore Maps link

Select a map you are interested in and click on it, the Map Page will open.

Map Page

Click on the View Map button to open the Map Viewer.

The Map Viewer

The Map Viewer (based on MapStore) provides the following tools:

the Table of Contents (TOC) to manage the map contents;
the Basemap Switcher to change the basemap (see the next paragraphs);
the Search Bar to search by location, name and coordinates (see the paragraph below);
the Options Menu Tools which contains the link to the Print tool, to the layers Catalog and to the Measure tool;
the Sidebar and its tools such as the Zoom tools and the Get Features Info tool;
the Footer Tools to manage the scale of the map, to track the mouse coordinates and change the CRS (Coordinates Reference System).

Search Bar

The Search Bar of the map viewer allows you to find point of interests (POIs), streets or locations by name.

The Search Bar

The map will automatically re-centre on that area delimiting it by a polygon in the case of an area, by a line in the case of a linear shape (e.g. streets, streams) and by a marker in the case of a point.

Result of a Search

Sidebar Tools

The Map Viewer makes also available the Sidebar. It is a navigation panel containing various tools that help you to explore the map such as tools for zooming, changing the extent and querying objects on the map.
By default the Sidebar shows you the zooming buttons  and , other options can be explored by clicking on  which expands/collapses the toolbar.
 

The Default Sidebar

The Expanded Sidebar

The Sidebar contains the following tools:

The Query Objects on map allows you to get feature information through the button. It allows you to retrieve information about the features of the map layers by clicking directly on the map.

Querying Objects on map

When clicking on map a new panel opens. That panel will show you all the information about the clicked features for each active loaded layer. Click on the pull-down (see below) to reveal list of layers. Select each layer to reveal information.