User interface¶
The Gisquick clients are designed with a goal to put together a minimal set of functions for useful generic responsive web and mobile-friendly mapping application.
The major part of the client’s User Interface (UI) is 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 the
bottom-left corner) with map scale (4
), tools (5
), user menu (6
) and
zoom tools (7
). The 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 the map canvas. The
list of base layers is defined by the publication process.
In the tab, you can set the opacity of the base layer.
Overlay Layers
tab allows switching among topics (layer groups), or
controlling overlay layers one by one.
In the tab, you can set the 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.
Legend
tab depicts currently selected layers in Layers
tab.
Attribute data¶
In the Layers
mode, attribute data can be accessed by .
The attribute table is displayed in the bottom part, see figure below.
The attribute table allows data filtering 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 the attribute table has a Zoom to button which enables zooming and centering related features in map canvas, see figure below.
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:
Tip
Zooming and panning are also possible by the middle mouse button.
Tools¶
Two basic tools are available:
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 the Identification
combo box.
Measurement¶
Three measurement modes are available:
Location (point coordinates)
Distance
Area
Location menu allows:
Zoom to location
Change the 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 the map and see exactly how the result will look like. To get a better idea, see the video below.
User profile page¶
User page (Projects
tab user
can browse published projects including basic metadata. A project can
be opened by clicking on its name.
Tip
Project data is available also via WMS service, click WMS link button . To open the project in the map canvas, click .
New projects can be uploaded by clicking the upload button. Note that
existing project will be automatically overwritten. Projects can be
uploaded in zip
or tag.gz
formats.
Project settings are opened by clicking the project name. See chapter Releasing project for more information.