Visualizing Data
All employees can use the data catalogue to search and discover environmental and scientific data. To begin, simply navigate to the Data Catalogue homepage and select a search type.
Overview
Geospatially enabled data in the data catalogue can be visualized using the interactive web map viewer feature.
Process
Discover > Combine Data/Select Data → Visualize
Before
There are no conditions to using this feature. Anyone accessing the Data Catalogue can visualize geospatial data with the map viewer.
Discover
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To begin visualizing geospatial data, simply locate the data using the data catalogue's search functionality (for more information, see Discovering Data).
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If a dataset can be visualized using the map viewer you will see two additional buttons: a globe or globe with drop down menu, and the pushpin with drop down menu.
Add to map and view on map buttons
These allow you to:
- view on map, which will open the selected dataset in the map viewer, or
- choose layers to view on map, which will open the selected layers in map viewer, or
- add the dataset to the Map, where you can combine multiple datasets to view in a single map.
View Data
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To view a single dataset on the map viewer, press the View on map* button for that dataset. The map viewer will open and display the data.
[screenshot of search result, arrow points to view on map button]
Combine Data
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By adding datasets to the Map Preview you are able to overlay multiple datasets into a single viewer. This can be used to generate new insights and support decision making.
[screenshot of example displayed in map viewer]
Add datasets to the preview list by pressing Add to map list button (see pushpin icon) on each dataset from the search results page or metadata details.
[screenshot of search result and arrow to add to map preview button]
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The Add to map list with your selected datasets will display on the left-hand side of the search results page. At any time you can:
[screenshot of map preview list]
- remove data you have added to the preview by clicking the X beside the title
- combine and visualize the datasets by clicking Add to map. Select the Map tab in the administration menu to view the results.
Visualize
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Whether you have selected one or multiple datasets to visualize, the map viewer has a number of features to explore the data.
[screenshots of map viewer with expanded panel -- ie) add layers, manage layers, etc]