User interface

The Gisquick clients are designed with a goal to put together minimal set of functions for useful generic responsive web and mobile-friendly mapping application.

The major part of the client’s User Interface (UI) are occupied by map canvas (1). Content management tools (2) are located on the left side and can be hidden using the button on its right side (3). Corners of map canvas are filled up (clockwise from bottom left corner) with map scale (4), tools (5), user menu (6) and zoom tools (7). Status bar is located in the bottom part and it shows current scale, projection and map coordinates of the cursor (8).

Content management tools

Content management widget is split into three major tabs:

• Base Layers

• Overlay Layers

• Legend

Base Layers tab allows switching base layers in map canvas. The list of base layers is defined by publication process as described in Traditional publishing section.

In the tab you can set opacity of the base layer.

Overlay Layers tab allows switching among topics (layer groups), see Traditional publishing section, or controlling overlay layers one by one.

In the tab you can set opacity of the base layer.

To switch to Layers mode use Topics and Layers switcher.

In Layers mode the overlay layers can be switch on/off one by one.

Tip

It is also possible to switch on/off group of layers .

Legend tab depicts currently selected layers in Layers tab.

Attribute data

In Layers mode attribute data can be accessed by . Attribute table is displayed in bottom part, see figure below.

Attribute table allows filtering data based on simple queries, see figures below.

Tip

Attribute table shows only a few rows. Use the arrows to scroll through the rows. Attributes can be also filtered by map canvas Filter to visible area.

Every row in attribute table has Zoom to button which enables zooming and centering related features in map canvas, see figure below.

Note

Attribute filter can be disabled by . Table view must be refreshed.

Also, every row has an Information button which displays the information panel with relevant data.

Zoom tools

Zoom tools enable controlling map view. Two basic zoom tools are available:

• Zoom in/out

• Zoom to extent

Tip

Zooming and panning is also possible by middle mouse button.

Tools

Two basic tools are available:

• Identify

• Measurement

Identify

By default, features are identified in all visible layers (in the example below in Schools and District layers).

These settings can be changed in Identification combo box.

Measurement

Three measurement modes are available:

• Location (point coordinates)

• Distance

• Area

Location menu allows:

• Zoom to location

• Change spatial reference system

By default, two systems are supported: QGIS project system and WGS-84 (EPSG:4326) known as “GPS coordinates”.

Distance menu allows:

• Zoom to distance

• Change units

Currently, two systems are supported: international (EU) and imperial (UK, US).

Area menu allows:

• Zoom to area

• Change units

Currently, two systems are supported: international (EU) and imperial (UK, US).

Note

Currently, no snapping to features is supported by measurement tools.

Print tool

Before project publication, the print tool can be activated in Gisquick, which enables one to download raw output from QGIS server GetPrint request and allows interactive visualization of map content directly in this template. One can zoom, pan and rotate map and see exactly how the result will look like. To get a better idea, see video below.

Important

Print tool in Gisquick is not accessible in Guest session, only log in users can use this tool.

User menu

User menu allows to:

• Logout current user

• Open user profile page

• Enter/Leave Full Screen mode

• Display attributions

• Show Help (this document)

User profile page

User page (My profile in User menu) allows managing published projects and uploading new ones. In Projects tab user can browse published projects including basic metadata. Project can be opened by clicking on its name.

Tip

Project data is available also via WMS service, click WMS link button . To open project in map canvas click .

New projects can be uploaded by clicking an upload button. Note that existing project will be automatically overwritten. Projects can be uploaded in zip or tag.gz formats.

Note

See project size limits in Configuration section.

Another option is Experimental publishing. There is publishing button for this option.

Project setting is opened by clicking the project name. See chapter Releasing project for more information.