This is a general overview of what “Draw a Search” brings to “Progress Map”. This extension will enhance your maps with drawing tools that will allow your map users to search exactly where they want to. The plugin also provides other tools to build predefined areas, to customize these areas and many more… Enjoy your time discovering this add-on!
Hint: The heatmap layer will guide you to the areas where you can start drawing to find locations! Click on the “Help [i]” button for more instructions!
Add Area
Cancel Add
Edit Area
Cancel Edit
Delete Area
Cancel Delete
Search
Draw from scratch
Please confirm!
History
Draw a Map Search
Find locations in the exact area and streets you want to search in by drawing a polygon around your desired area. Once drawn, the map will display all available locations inside the drawn area. You can also draw other areas and/or edit the existing areas.
Add Area
Click to start drawing a search area. To draw an area, click on the map and maintain the click, then, move the cursor around your desired zone.
Cancel Add
Click to cancel adding areas.
Edit Area
Click to edit area(s). Areas color will be changed to yellow. To edit an area, click and drag a vertex/point to another location. You can also edit an area by removing vertices/points.
Double click on a vertex/point to remove it. Once finished editing the area(s), click on the button "Search".
Click & Drag a vertex/point to move it or Double click to remove it.
Cancel Edit
Click to cancel editing areas.
Search
Once finished editing area(s) Click to search again.
Delete Area
Click to delete area(s). Once areas color has turned to red, click on the area to delete.
Cancel Edit
Click to cancel deleting areas.
Click to show the history of all drawn areas including the previously deleted areas.
Area ? (? item)
Click to display the area info (Boundaries length & Surface).
Edit
Click to edit the area.
Delete
Click to delete an area.
Restore
Click to restore the area.
Permanently Delete
Click and confirm to permanently delete an area.
Draw from scratch
Click and confirm to permanently delete all areas and to start a new search.
To test this search tool, try selecting the areas “City of London” or “Lambeth” or “London” or “Camden”