Searching for map data in Geoportal and overlaying it onto an OnPoint map

In Geoportal you can perform a search for the map data you require and then have it added to an existing map or to a new map in OnPoint.

1.	In Geoportal, perform a search for the map data you require using a keyword.

2.	Click the required map data, and then click the Add to Map link.

NOTE:

Clear the Add to current map check box. If you do not clear the check box, the map data is automatically added to the current map when you click the Add to Map link for the map data.

•	The Add Geoportal Map Services to Map Viewer window appears. See Figure 389 .

 

Figure 389 

Adding Geoportal map data to a map in OnPoint

At this point, you have the option of adding the Geoportal map data to an existing map or adding it to a new map. See one of the following subtopics:

•	Adding Geoportal map data to a new map

•	Adding Geoportal map data to an existing map

Adding Geoportal map data to a new map

By default the New map option is selected on the Add Geoportal Map Services to Map Viewer window. A new map is created, and the Geoportal map data will be displayed. You have the option of overlaying existing maps on the Geoportal map data in the new map or the reverse by modifying the map display order to suit your needs. See the procedure below.

1.	In New map name, type a name for the new map.

•	By default the Geoportal map data that is about to be added to the new map is the only data entry you see in the Display order in new map list box.

2.	If there is another map you want to overlay on the Geoportal map data or which you want the Geoportal map data to be superimposed on, select that map in the Display order in existing map list box.

Figure 390 

Selecting an existing map to add to the new map

3.	Click the right-pointing arrow to add the map you selected to the new map.

4.	In the Display order in new map list box, select the map you just added and position it in relation to the Geoportal map data using the Up and Down buttons.

•	The order in which maps are listed is the same order in which they are overlaid on each other when they are displayed online. The topmost entry is overlaid on the next map in the list and so on.

NOTE:

If a map you are positioning on top of another is not transparent, it will obscure the map beneath. The onus is on you to know whether or not the map is transparent.

Figure 391 

Maps are superimposed on each other in the order in which they are listed in Display order in new map list

5.	Once you are satisfied with the display order of the maps, click the Launch Map Viewer button to view them in OnPoint in a new map.

Adding Geoportal map data to an existing map

In this procedure, you add the Geoportal map data to an existing map in OnPoint. You have the option of overlaying existing maps on the Geoportal map data or vice versa by modifying the map display order to suit your needs. See the procedure below.

1.	Select the Existing map option.

Figure 392 

Adding Geoportal map data to an existing map in OnPoint

2.	In the Select a map drop-down list, select the map to which you want to add Geoportal map data.

3.	In Map display order, the order in which the maps are listed is the same order in which they are overlaid on each other when they are displayed online. If you want to change the order, select a map and then move it using the Up or Down buttons until you are satisfied with the map display order.

NOTE:

If a map you are positioning on top of another is not transparent, it will obscure the map beneath. The onus is on you to know whether or not the map is transparent.

4.	Click the Launch Map Viewer button to view the Geoportal data in the map you selected.

 

Figure 393 

Maps are superimposed on each other in the order in which they are listed in Map display order