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About the Layer Manager
Layers provide a simple way to group different objects together so that you can organize your site layout more easily. For example, if you were creating a landscaping plan, you might draw out all of the areas of retaining walls, and then group those areas together under a layer called ‘Retaining walls’. You can create as…
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MapBrowser Content
Explore the different content types you can view in MapBrowser, and learn how best to use these to meet your project or business requirements. With Nearmap's most basic subscription, view high resolution Vertical imagery. Overlay terrain or road maps on to this, and view your location in Google Street View. Upgrade your…
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Measure and Annotate
With our high resolution aerial imagery and MapBrowser's tools, take measurements confidently on computer and tablet devices without having to visit sites. Learn how to annotate maps, and add notes or details related to site measurements. MapBrowser's measurement tools use appropriate local representations of the Earth's…
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Measurement Tools for Content Types
Now that you are familiar with the different content types and measurement tools in MapBrowser, learn about measurement tools that are available for different content types, and how best to use them.
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Organize Your Work
View and save your work as a project. Use the Layer Manager's Feature Layers to manage measurement objects and annotations you have added to your project. Use Data Layers to view property boundaries, roads overlay and AI layers. In this section The Layer Manager Import a KML or KMZ File MapBrowser Projects
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Export MapBrowser Content
Learn how to export content out of MapBrowser to use in your own application or for presentation purposes. Take a snapshot and export an image of the map. Get a subscription to export Vertical imagery from MapBrowser. All this and more is covered here. NOTE: Any MapBrowser export that is older than 6 months will not be…
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Search for and View a Location
In this section Learn how to search for a location in MapBrowser, mark the location, and view its details. To see how a location has changed over time, use MapBrowser historical surveys and compare location imagery at two different dates. Want a different view of a location? Simply rotate the map to view a location from…
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About the MapBrowser URL
The MapBrowser URL, that is the web link, typically looks like this: https://apps.nearmap.com/maps/#/@ -33.5928845,151.3226905 ,19.00z,360d/3D/20200227. Let's understand the construction of this URL, and see the ways in which we can use this URL to view a location without using the controls in MapBrowser. Understanding the…
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About MapBrowser Projects
When you first log in to MapBrowser a new "Untitled Project" is automatically created in MapBrowser. Think of this project as a blank canvas – you can search for a location, browse imagery and create measurements just as you would normally do. You can save your project with any relevant name. Once you save your project,…
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Work with Data Layers
A data layer is a visualization of information overlaid on to the map, where the information includes: Boundaries: Use this layer to visualize boundary lines as well as other data about a property or land parcel, as an overlay on Nearmap imagery. Roads Overlay : Use this layer to display a transparent road map over the…