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Organise Your Work
View your Workspace, and save it as a project to organise your work. Use the Layer Manager's Feature Layers to manage measurement objects and annotations you have added to your Workspace. Use Data Layers to view property boundaries, roads overlay and AI layers. In this section Your Workspace The Layer Manager Import a KML…
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About the Layer Manager
Layers provide a simple way to group different objects together so that you can organise 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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Work with Feature Layers
Every object you add to the map is added as a feature layer. Let us now see how you can use the Layer Manager to manage feature layers to: Add a Layer Duplicate a Layer Group Layers Delete a Layer Import and Export Feature Layers
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Work with Data Layers
A data layer is a visualisation of information overlaid on to the map, where the information includes: Boundaries : Use this layer to visualise 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…
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Create a Project
Creating a project There are two ways to create a new project in the PROJECTS dialogue: Click NEW PROJECT . An untitled project is created. Highlight the Workspace that you want to save as a project. From the context Menu , select Save as Project . A project called Workspace is created. Name your project by clicking on the…
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Your Workspace
When you first log in to MapBrowser a new Workspace is automatically created in MapBrowser. Think of the Workspace 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 workspace as a Project. Once you save your workspace as a project, the…
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Add a Layer
To add a feature group layer to your Workspace (or project): Select the + sign, then select Feature Group . A feature group is added. Change the name by double-clicking on the l ayer n ame. Once you type the name, press Enter . You can also use the context menu to rename the layer. Add new objects to the feature group, or…
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View Boundaries
The MapBrowser Boundaries feature allows MapBrowser users to visualise boundary lines as well as other data about a property or land parcel, as an overlay on Nearmap imagery, with boundary data provided by Precisely. Nearmap uses a national data aggregator, which sources boundary data from each state’s official land…
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Open a Project
In the PROJECTS dialogue, click the MY PROJECTS tab. Open any existing project by highlighting it in the projects list. Click the Menu and select Open Project. You will need to be online in order to retrieve and open your projects. The PROJECTS dialogue is closed, and the project is displayed for you to work on.
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Duplicate a Layer
Right-click on the layer. Select Duplicate from the context menu. The layer is copied at the same layer level as the original.
