Starting WebMap from a URL

WebMap is usually launched using the URLs included during installation. You can also tweak these URLs and use them to open a map view quickly and directly inside your browser. 

Adding or removing parameters in this way is called “decorating a URL”. This method bypasses navigating through the WebMap tools or menu. 

TIP: See also Installation URLs.

 

Examples

Parameters

Query on the URL

Examples

1. Include Map in the URL to display all available map cards. e.g.

https://servername/webmap91/en-gb/Map/

2. Include the map name in the URL to open the map directly (bypassing the Manager interface). For e.g.

https://servername/webmap91/en-gb/PublicMap/PublicMap/

Using just the first mapname will show the map Card, with image and description for the map e.g.

https://servername/webmap91/en-gb/PublicMap/

Maps can be opened directly on one of the tool options or extensions. See Starting Dialog.

You can however override the Starting Dialog. To do this, use initialroute as a parameter. For example:

~/en-gb/PublicMap/PublicMap?initialroute=localKnowledge
~/en-gb/PublicMap/PublicMap?initialroute=mydata

This will open the map on Local Knowledge or My Data irrespective of whatever extension has been set in the Starting Dialog.

Parameters

Here are additional parameters (case-sensitive) that can be added to the URL:

Additional parameter WebMap action Extension Required Example
geolocate=true Launches WebMap with centre set at current location. None ./webmap91/en-gb/PublicMap/PublicMap?geolocate=true/
x=545352&y=258359&resolution=17 Opens at specific location (x, y coordinates) and a specific resolution. None ./webmap91/en-gb/PublicMap/PublicMap?x=545352&y=258359&resolution=17
baseLayer=[BaseLayerName] Open with specified Base Layer in active state. None ./webmap91/en-gb/PublicMap/PublicMap?x=545352&y=258359&
zoom=10&baseLayer=OpenStreetMap
overlayname=<overlay name>& schemacolumn=<schema column name>&uid=<schema column value> Launches WebMap with view centered on a specific feature. Query ./webmap91/en-gb/PublicMap/PublicMap?overlayname=Scheduled%20Monuments&
schemacolumn=Name&uid=Tilbury%20Fort/
datalayers=[OverlayName] Launch WebMap with specified data layers visible. You can use multiple overlays inside this parameter, simply separate each overlay using commas. None ./webmap91/engb/PublicMap/
PublicMap?datalayers=Scheduled%20Monuments
showpin=true Places a pin at the location where the map opens. (There is no default pin assigned by WebMap. For this parameter to work, remember to select a pin first in Map > Coordinates) Coordinates ./webmap91/en-gb/PublicMap/PublicMap?showpin=true/

Query on the URL

Specific extensions can be called by adding /<Extension Name> to the the map request URL. For e..g ./webmap91/en-gb/PublicMap/PublicMap?/MyData

These extensions can be called by adding the extension name with the extension symbol to the end of the URL:

  • /MyData
  • /Query
  • /Measure
  • #/Drawing
  • /localKnowledge
  • /ReportIT
  • /ZoomToCoordinates
  • /Bookmarks
  • /Drawing
  • /Editing (Private maps only)
  • /FeatureInformation
  • /ReportIT

Remember to include the query AFTER you have already launched the URL. After adding the query, refresh your browser again.

The following parameters are also available but should be used together (to open a map on a specific feature):

  1. overlayName=<overlay name>
  2. schemacolumn=<schema column>

    TIP: Expression name minus the property symbol ($, &, @ etc)

  3. UID=<unique value for a feature in the schema column>

Note: When opening the map on a specific feature using the above parameters, the map will zoom to the geometry of Polygon and Linestring items only. For Points, remember to define the zoom level first in Query > Point Zoom Resolution.