Identification

Name

Enter a name for the new project. The name must be unique.

Description

Optionally enter a description for the new project. Used for administrative purposes.

Parameters

Map projection

Determines how the data will be displayed in the client applications. Any data that is in a different projection will be transformed to that projection. Note that changing the map projection of a project invalidates the layer cache.

Map unit

The map unit is automatically selected according to the selected map projection.

Display unit

The unit used to display map coordinates

Distance unit

The unit used to display distances (measurements, zoom levels, etc.)

Minimum scale

The minimum scale of the map. Users cannot zoom out further when this limit is reached. Default value is 1:infinity (no limit).

Maximum scale

The maximum scale of the map. Users cannot zoom in further when this limit is reached. Default value is 1:1.

Map rotation

The rotation of the map in degrees. Default is 0.

Map background color

Default color to use for the background of the map

Default selection color

Color of selected objects on the map. It can also be defined for each layer

Parameters

Prevent label overlapping

This option applies to the project globally and makes the automatic labeling engine skip some labels to avoid overlaps. This is useful to keep the map readable when it contains a lot of data. However, some layers can override this option to allow every label to be displayed for those layers. See Labels for more information about automatic labeling.

Rebuild layer caches automatically

When the map projection is changed for a project, the cached data for all layers of the project is cleared. Select this option to automatically rebuild the layer cache when this happens.