The Publisher Module

The Publisher is a module made to publish your web application. It comprises of two panels: on the left, the maps list and, on the right, the configuration tabs.

Maps List

If you click on a map name from the list, the Publisher module will reload using the map you have choosen and giving the capability to change the configuration and publish again.

Configuration tabs

The Options which you can set in the Publisher interface are grouped by tabs, you should click on one of the following icons, to access the parameters.

Warning

Every modification made to the any tabs requires to press the Publish button to save your modifications.

Icon	Tab	Action
	General	General configuration
	Layers	Layers configuration
	Map	Map Configuration
	Control	Tools Configuration

General configuration

As Per default, in the activated tab, the settings you can made are listed below.

Parameter	Definition
Project name	The Project name (cannot be modified informative)
Project Title	The title displayed in the published application
Access privileges	Define access privileges
Classify in theme	You can group your layers per themes
Project URL	Display l’URL of the published application
Langue	Set the language of the published application
Key-Words	Metadata information for the published project
Author	Metadata information for the published project
Copyright	Metadata information for the published project
Description	Metadata information for the published project

Note

The Description field is set using the WISIWYG editor seen previously, its value will be used to define the abstract metadata information.

Layout configuration

By choosing the layout, you decide the way elements will be displayed in the final application. You are invited to first choose the Fullscreen option.

Layers configuration

Base layers

The base layers are optional, you can display only one proprietary base layer per project. Once you select one proprietary option (Google, Bing or IGN) you have access to the list of available base layers.

By using the Default option, you can choose amongst the activated base layers the one to use as per default.

Note that you can use your own published project as base layers. Indeed once a MapMint project is published, the setup of mapcache was automatically made with all the layers defined as activated by dafault in the project.

Note

You can use *Ctrl*+Click to select multiple base layers from a list.

Overlays configuration

You are invited to set all layers as Raster and as Activated.

You are now invited to activate the window option for the new_poi_names_wake layer and set it as Vector.

Parameter	Definition
Popup	Activate the popup to be displayed when a user move his mouse on top of a feature
Window	Activate the popup to be displayed when a user click on a feature
Vector	Display the layer as vector (WFS)
Raster	Display the layer as raster (WMS)
Activated	Define if the layer is activated per default
Min Zoom	Define the minimum scale from which the layer should be displayed (same for labels)
Max Zoom	Define the maximum scale until which the layer should be displayed (same for labels)
Acess	Defines which User groups are allowed to view the layer

Map Configuration

In the Map Configuration panel, selecting a layer in the list on the right of the table, automatically updates the extent on the corresponding row.

Parameter	Definition
Display Project Système	Define the SRS used to display mouse position
Render Method	Define the OpenLayer renderer (SVG or Canvas)
Unit of Measure	Define the unit of measure used to display measure tools informations
Default extent	Define the extent used per default when loading the application
Minimum extent	Define the minimum extent for the application
Maximum extent	Define the maximum extent for the application
Restricted extent	You can check this option to strictly restrict the extent to the one defined as maximum extent

Tools Configuration

In this section you can activate tools which will be available in the published application.

You are invited to select the following options:

• Pan

• Zoom Box

• Zoom to max extent

• Elevation Profile

• Print

• Mouse position

• Search Box

Select None for Spatial Analysis Tools.

Note

Use Ctrl + Click to add multiple tools at the same time.

Navigation toolbar

Icone	Paramètre	Définition
	Authenticate	Provide tools to authenticate users
	Permalink	Generate a permalink and the corresponding QRCode
	Twitter sharing	Share the permalink through Twitter
	Facebook sharing	Share the permalink through Facebook
none	Scroll	Zoom in/out by using mouse scroll
	Pan	Move the map by dragging
	My position	Access the browser localisation information and center the map on its location
	Track my position	Track the browser location
	Zoom Box	Zoom to extent defined by drawing a rectangle
	Zoom to max extent	Zoom to the maximum extent
	Elevation Profile	Activate the elevation profile
	Identify	Activate the simple selection tool (by rectangle)
	Identify Circle	Activate the simple selection tool (by circle)
	Mesure distance	Activate the measurement tools
	Mesure area	Activate the measurement tools
	Print	Print your map in a PDF document

Warning

The Identify tool imply that you have at least one layer with the Query option checked in the layer properties window of the Manager module.

Warning

The Elevation Profile imply that you have at least one raster layer with the Query option checked in the layer properties windows of the Manager module.

Other tools

Parameter	Definition
Overview Map	Display an overview map
Pan and Zoom	Display a zoom slider
Scalebar	Display a scalebar
Search Box	Display a search engine
Mouse position	Display the geographical position corresponding to the mouse
Add layer	Give capbility to add layer from the Overlays map
Add WMS layer	Give capability to add layer from WMS setup in the Distiller

Warning

Search Box should be activated only if one layer as been defined with the Search and Query option checked in the layer properties window.

Publish an application

Publish and preview

Once you have made all the settings required, you can publish application by clicking on the Publish button on top of the right panel. Then, you can preview your project by clicking on the Preview button.

Access the map publicly

To access the map publicly, use the link MapMint Client on your Desktop or directly use the following link: http:localhost/mapmint/ui/public/Sample1.

If you hover mouse on top of a green points, you should see the popup window you created in the previous section.

To use the Elevation Profile, first click on the Profile button, then draw a line on the map, once your line is finished, double click on the end position and you will see the elevation profile displayed.

To use the search engine, type few letters in the text field and wait for the list of available featured displayed, then click on one in the list to zoom on it.