Map Controls & Capture

Converts a place name into a centered map view via geocoding; requires a geocoding service.

Explains map values with a color bar and legend, measures lengths and areas, saves bookmarks, and shows camera status.

Creates georeferenced observations, tracks, and audiovisual material through field collection, GPS tracking, and recording. Field Collection sessions can be reopened for their named target and ended without deleting saved project data.

Controls GPS tracking with start/stop, pause/resume, follow location, point capture, and point logging.

Gates track logging and point capture by minimum distance, time interval and accuracy.

Saves or discards the recorded track, or exports it as GeoJSON or GPX.

Retrieves Wikipedia information for the selected point when available, adding geographic context.

Copies the feature as GeoJSON and centers or zooms the map on the selected location.

Generates scale-based buffers and 5, 10, or 15 minute drive/walk isochrones; isochrones require a routing service.

Opens Google Maps or Google Earth at the current position and scale in an external service.

Zooms, pans, and tilts the view to inspect layers at different scales and angles.

Expands the map canvas to full screen for distraction-free comparison and more display area.

Displays current north orientation and resets it with one click to interpret headings and rotated layers correctly.

Centers the map on your current location to place an observation or start fieldwork. Requires location permission.

Toggles a global perspective to assess extensive layers, long routes, and planetary context.

Toggle terrain relief, set vertical exaggeration, and use a local or HTTP single-band EPSG:3857/EPSG:4326 elevation COG via the double-click dialog.

Shows a distance reference bar for estimating feature sizes and measuring context visually.

Exposes provenance and usage terms of basemaps and data layers to maintain cartographic traceability.

Shows or hides platform and basemap provider branding; provider logos appear only when using their basemaps.

Adds atmosphere to the globe to improve spatial readability; configured in Controls. Globe only.

Overlays cloud and precipitation frames with playback controls and a date-time slider when multiple frames exist.

Rotates the globe automatically, unlocking map bounds when they block the motion.

Overlays reference coordinates on the map for visual orientation and measurement; enabled from Controls.

Computes routes between points and resolves coordinates to place names. Depends on provider and network.

Simulates solar shadows, animates routes, and flies through 3D terrain for analysis and presentation.

See photo galleries, images, links, sanitized rich text, and raster pixel readouts in the Identify panel.

Query every visible, queryable vector, DuckDB, WMS, NetCDF, time-series, and COG layer from one map click; results are grouped in an anchored popup with feature selection and pixel values.

Connect external GPS receivers over serial port or Bluetooth NMEA instead of the device's built-in location.

Export a recorded GPS track as GPX or GeoJSON, or save it directly as a map layer.

Capture point features at your current location, blocked whenever the fix accuracy misses your quality threshold.

Center or zoom the map on any right-clicked point and copy its coordinates to the clipboard.

Measure distances and areas on the map with selectable metric and imperial units.

Add surface distance, slope-corrected area and elevation gain to measurements. Needs 3D terrain or Earth.

Save named map views with their visible layers into folders, then restore or export them at any time.

Track the main view on an interactive overview map docked in the corner at a wider zoom.

Read the live center coordinates, zoom level and bounding box of the map in a docked info panel.