Settings

This section allows the administrator to configure overall settings for LocalMaps. This page is divided into two overarching tabs – General and Widgets. General settings are for components such as what Portal LocalMaps is registered against, the groups to pull content from, the geometry service and viewer information. The Widget settings control configuration of the Print service, Mailing List, Basemap, Add Data and Splash screen widgets. Administrators also have the option here to change the location of the popup or how the maps are ordered in the gallery.

Many of these settings are set during the installation of LocalMaps but if you do wish to change them at a later date you can do so by selecting or entering in new values. If changes to the settings do not come through immediately, try clearing the cache and reloading the page. Please take consideration when doing this as the content of LocalMaps will change.

Note

General settings such as the Install install status, Version and Viewer information are set up as part of the LocalMaps installation and are therefore read only.

In this section:

General settings

By default, the main settings page is set to the General settings. Administrators also have the option to Load Default Settings. This loads in the Print and Geometry services if they have been set up in your ArcGIS Online or Portal Organisation. For ArcGIS Online users, this will load in the service set under the Organization tab > Edit Settings > Utility Services administrators. This will either be the Esri default Print service or your own self entered service. Using defaults From Portal for ArcGIS

If LocalMaps is set up with Portal for ArcGIS, loading defaults can pull in both the Print Service and Geometry Service if they have been set up for your Organisation.

Portal URL

the Portal or ArcGIS Online organisation LocalMaps is registered in.

Install status

Install status: Complete (read-only)

LocalMaps Group

The ArcGIS Online or Portal Group that contains the content in the LocalMaps Gallery. To change to another group, simply select from the drop-down. This lists all groups in your organisation that your user owns.

LocalMaps Report Group

This group contains maps that are used for reports only. These will not appear in the Gallery. This is useful if you have maps that contain important information for reporting on but you may not necessarily want to make available for users.

Geometry Service URL

The geometry service LocalMaps uses.

Version

Version of LocalMaps (read-only)

Viewer File Location

Where LocalMaps sits on the web server (read-only)

Viewer URL

The URL or the LocalMaps viewer (read-only)

Widget settings

Default Map Sort

The order in which items appear in the gallery. Users also have the option to manually change this by changing the Sort order themselves.

Address Layer

This defines what layer is to be used in the Mailing List Widget. The Address

Basemap Group

This group contains the basemaps for the Basemap Gallery widget. When LocalMaps is installed, this group will default to the default basemap setting in your ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS Organisation. If you have a group of basemaps in your organisation you would like to use, simply select the group from the drop down. Basemaps within this group must all use the same projection.

Add Data Group

This is the group that contains content for the Add Data widget. Ensure content in this group is shared with Everyone for the content to be visible in LocalMaps.

Enable Popup Side Panel

This will change the standard popup to be a side panel of the right side of the viewer.

Enable Splash Screen

This defines whether the Splash widget is enabled for the LocalMaps Viewer. See here for how to set up a splash screen for a webmap.