Welcome to JMap NG

Table of contents

1. Connecting to JMap NG
2. The graphical interface
3. Profile and user settings
4. Navigating on the map
5. Displaying tooltips

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JMap NG is an online mapping application that belongs to the JMap family of applications (JMap Pro, JMap Survey, and JMap NG).

Along with JMap Survey, JMap NG is part of the new generation of JMap applications. Unlike traditional applications such as JMap Pro, which must be deployed, new generation applications connect directly to the JMap Web API, allowing users to access an entire project.

JMap NG provide users with an interactive tool, which allows them to navigate the map as well as query and edit spatial and descriptive data.

Connecting to JMap NG

JMap NG is accessed via a Web browser (Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc.) using a URL provided by your JMap administrator.

The following image shows JMap NG’s login interface.

The login interface and the application itself will be displayed in the language you configured for your web browser.

1. Click on the icon located at the bottom of the interface to display the available languages and change the display language of JMap NG.

   To the left of the icon are displayed the version of JMap NG and the version of JMap Server to which the application is connected.

   If access to the application is controlled, you must obtain a username and password from your organization to log into it. If your organization uses single sign-on tools, you can use them to log in.

   Once you are logged into the application, the following interface allows you to select the project you wish to access. The projects you have permission to access will be displayed.

   

2. Use the filter to more quickly identify the project that interests you.

3. Click on a project to access it.

4. Click on to open the menu providing access to the documentation and allowing you to log out of your JMap NG session.

The graphical interface

The graphical interface is comprised of the following:

• A lateral bar with icons allowing you to access menus with the application features, which are organized into panels.

• Geographic positioning and map scale tools.

• The map itself, which displays the application data.

Each panel contains features and information. Each panel contains a breadcrumb that allows you to switch projects.

Profile and user settings

The Profile and user settings panel offers some basic functionality to customize JMap NG’s interface.

1. Click on to open the Profile and user settings panel.

2. If you want to change your password, open the Change Password menu.

3. Enter your current password.

4. Enter the new password.

5. Confirm the new password.

6. Press Change to save the new password.

7. Select the Theme of the application.

8. In the Distance unit drop-down menu, select the unit that will apply to the scale and the distance and area measurements.

9. Click on to display the available languages and change the application’s language. The change can take a few moments because it may involve changing the language of the application and data (layer titles, attribute names, tooltip content, etc.).

10. Click on Logout if you wish to log out of the session. You will return to the JMap NG login interface.

11. Click on to close the Profile and user settings panel or on another icon in the sidebar to open another panel.

Navigating on the map

You can search for a specific place in the map:

1. Press to open the box and write location information.

2. Enter search terms. You can enter an address, a postal code, a city name, a place, etc. JMap NG uses the Mapbox Geocoding service to find the location. As you enter information, places with matching information are displayed.

3. Select the desired location by clicking on it. The map zooms and centers on the place identified by a mark . Location information is displayed in a tooltip.

   When you search for another location, the mark of the previously selected location disappears.

   

4. Press to close the place search and clear the last place information.

You can navigate on the map using your fingers or the cursor:

1. Using your fingers you can zoom in and out, move the map, and tilt it to navigate on it in 3D, as shown in the figure below.

   

   Some layers will display 3D data. You can navigate through this data in 3D.

   

2. Click on the icon to display map rotation information (in degrees, with North as a reference) and map inclination information (in degrees, based on the horizontal plane).

3. Click on the icon to straighten the map, eliminating the rotation and tilting of the map. The icon turns gray and indicates the North on the horizontal plane .

You can center the map at a specific coordinate and change the map scale:

1. Press to open the geographic information window.

2. Press Scale to open the Change the map scale window.

3. Enter the new scale or select it using the arrows. The scale of the map changes as you change the numbers.

4. Press OK to close the window. The map is displayed at the scale you have chosen.

5. Press the Latitude and Longitude (Lat Lon) data to open the Recenter the map window.

6. Enter the new Latitude and / or Longitude or select them using the arrows. The map automatically recenters at the chosen coordinate.

7. Press OK to close the window.

Displaying tooltips

Some map elements will display a tooltip when you touch them or when you click on them. The tooltip contains information on the element’s attributes, and it can include text, hyperlinks to open documents or videos in their native applications, photos, etc.

Tooltips also provide access to tools for editing items (if the layer is editable and you have the editing permissions) and to information reports (if the layer has reports configured).

Tooltips are displayed temporarily for one element at a time.

To display a tooltip:

1. Click on an element whose tooltip you wish to display. The tooltip automatically appears.

   

2. Click on a photo to enlarge it and to display its title and comments.

   

3. If the photo is a 360-degree photo, the viewer opens automatically in panoramic mode.

   

4. Use the and buttons to navigate the photo or to view it in full screen.

5. Click on to see the photo in standard mode.

   

6. Click on to see the photo in panoramic mode.

7. Click on to close the 360-degree photo viewer.

8. Click on to download the photo.

9. Click on another photo to enlarge it.

10. In the tooltip, click on to modify the element. The Editing Data section contains the details of this topic.

11. In the tooltip, click on to open the feature information report. This icon only appears in the tooltip of layers that have reports of information configured. The Information Reports section provides details on the subject.

12. Click on to close the tooltip or click on another map object to open its tooltip.

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