Map controls

Adjusting your compass

To change the orientation of your map, right click and hold on the map:

• Dragging left will spin the map clockwise
• Dragging right will spin the map anti-clockwise
• Dragging up will change to a 3D orientation
• Dragging down will change to a 2D orientation.

Alternatively, left click and hold on the map simultaneously with the CTRL key.

Click on the compass icon on the right side of your screen to return the compass to north.

Use your scroll wheel on the map, or the plus and minus buttons at the right of the map, to zoom in and out.

Changing and customising your background map layer

You can select from six different background map layers, depending on your needs and preferences. To change the selected background map layer, click on the layers icon found toward the top right of the map and select from the list.

• Light
• Dark
• Colour
• Satellite
• Nearmap
• Live Traffic

The default colour background map layer is a general purpose underlay with terrain information and highlighted points of interest. The light and dark base maps are designed to highlight the data of your visualisation.

For further customisation, click on the gear icon next to a style name to open the base map settings dialog. This dialog allows you to toggle on or off certain map features, such as labels and roads.

Changing your market

Click on Jump to Region on the top right of your screen and select a city from the drop down box. The map will then jump to the new market.

Search

You can use the search box at the top left of the site to search for addresses and locations.

As you type in an address or location, the search box will give a list of suggested locations. You can hit enter or click on an item of the list to go to that place on the map. The address or location will be highlighted on the map with a purple circle. You can remove this circle by clicking on the in the search box.

The search functionality is available in all modules of the site. However, its behaviour in the Catchment Analysis module is slightly different. Instead of adding a highlight to your map, the search box will add a site. You can then take full advantage of the Catchment Analysis module to learn more about that location.

Share

Planwisely makes it easy to share map visualisations with your colleagues.

Click the share icon on the left-hand side menu (third icon from the top).

Type in the email address of a colleague who works at your organisation and type in a short message. Click the Send button to send an email with a link to your visualisation and your message to your colleague.

The share feature does not support sharing maps with people outside of your organisation.

Help

If you need help using the site, the best place to start is the help module.

Click the question mark icon on the left-hand side menu (second icon from the top).

The help module has links to the documentation pages and to our YouTube tutorials.

You can also send a support request directly to one of our support staff. Simply type in your subject and a message in the relevant fields. Then click the Send button to send your request. Our support staff will contact you by email to help resolve any issues that you might have come across.