Tutorial Maps

Tutorial - show plots on the maps

The results list box displays the current set of plots found by the database query. To show a certain plot on the map, just click at the entry. Due to the coordinates of the place the map will be adjusted to this area and build up. There are 3 choices how to display the plot: Browser, GIS - View and GIS - Edit:

Browser uses a GoogleMaps window and pins to show the geography of the plot, if any. This is rather fast and interactive, but there is currently no support of areas or line strings and no possibility to display more than one plot.

GIS - View uses the powerful GIS Editor tool of the Diversity Workbench, which can handle all kinds of geographies and display distribution maps of multiple plots. Depending on the internet connection and the map server it can take some seconds until the map tiles have been build. A message box will pop up to advice the user to wait, until the map is complete:

When all tiles of the background map are drawn, press OK to continue. Then the online map will be scanned and frozen and the plots should appear on the map:

Be aware that this mode is just a viewer of the GIS Editor’s geography objects. If multiple plots have been selected in the query list box, press the reload button to display them. If you want a certain zoom level for the map, select the Use zoom level check box and adjust the desired level.

GIS - Edit provides all controls and capabilities of the GIS Editor including editing the sample plot. Select a plot in the query list, then the map will be adjusted and a message box will pop up according to the GIS - View mode. Press OK to add the map and the plot to the sample list and display the geography: