Wait’s over team, LocalMaps 2.0 is now available.
As our major release for the year, 2.0 is filled to the brim with new features, greater administration capabilities and various UI enhancements. Scroll down to see some of the key updates and keep an eye out here for our new 2.0 video guides coming soon.
NOTE: the below is an overview of key features in this release. See the Version 2.0 full release notes and Functionality matrix for more detail.
LocalMaps Viewer
With Version 2.0 we have enhanced several of the existing widgets, brought in the Add Data widget and in some cases updated widgets with Esri’s OOTB tools. As Local Maps is closely aligned with Web AppBuilder this means that as Esri release new versions of these widgets, we can just plug them into LocalMaps.
Widget updates
Select
Updated to Esri’s OOTB Select tool however, administrators can now additionally enable Advanced Select tools for selection by attribute and / or feature.
Draw / Measure
Leveraging the best of both tools, LocalMaps has combined the OOTB Esri Draw and Measure widgets into one powerful tool. Users now have interactive measurements shown whilst tracing line/shape, the option to include bearing measurements, a fixed radius and line segment lengths.
Zoom to Point
Capture and convert coordinates – NZTM, NZMG, WGS84
Switch Map
Filter map to switch to using tags or titles.
Basemap & Share widgets
Updated to Esri OOTB.
NEW - Add data
Add data from an ArcGIS online group, file or URL
NEW - Widget Help
Users can now see step by step how to use a widget in LocalMaps by clicking the info icon located in the top right of the widget header.
LocalMaps Theme for Web AppBuilder
This release now includes a new LocalMaps Custom theme for Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS. This gives organizations the flexibility to build their own Web Apps, bring in specific widgets outside of the core LocalMaps widgets while maintaining the consistent styling of the LocalMaps viewer.
The LocalMaps theme will be available to download from the LocalMaps Community Page along with instructions on how to build your own Web AppBuilder.
Administration
The LocalMaps administration tools continue to grow giving you even greater flexibility when configuring your LocalMaps site. Below are some of the key new tools and enhancements.
NEW sections:
Hilltop
Hilltop software is used in New Zealand by regional councils, electricity companies and consulting engineers for storing and analyzing environmental data. The Hilltop section in LocalMaps allows you to pull data from Hilltop Server and create a new hosted feature layer to view and query in your webmaps and web applications.
When you first create a Hilltop layer, LocalMaps also creates a new folder in your ArcGIS Online or Portal Organization called “Hilltop”. Any new Hilltop layers you create through the LocalMaps administration page will be indexed here. These can then be added to a webmap and subsequent Web Application.
Feature Queries
A brand-new addition to LocalMaps are Feature Queries. Feature Queries give you the ability to view additional information about a property that doesn’t exist on the layer itself. Essentially, you are creating a related record on the fly and then displaying this information in a layer’s popup.
For example, in the below image a feature query has been configured to display the number of wells that intersect with this parcel. If there are multiple wells, you can scroll through and view the attribution by clicking the arrow button. If there are no wells that intersect this parcel, the popup will show only the parcel attributes as set up in the webmap.
Analytics
This section lets you quickly and simply see how people are using LocalMaps, what maps are most popular, what widgets are most popular and who are your heavy users.
Contents analytics provides administrators with insight into what maps are being loaded, how many times they have been viewed and when as well as what widgets are being used.
The User analytics tab delves deeper into who is logging into LocalMaps and when along with what maps they are viewing most regularly.
Updates and Enhancements:
Reporting
- Dynamic text reports. Dynamic text reports allow you to use placeholders with specific syntax that the LocalMaps reporting engine understands. When a report is then generated, LocalMaps will replace your placeholders with real values and give you a nice printable document back.
Datasources
- Add SQL or Oracle Databases
- Add Hilltop Servers
Maps & Apps (Previously Maps tab)
- Web apps can now be feature maps too
- Click on Map thumbnail to launch viewer directly from Admin
- Assign a Widget to open on map launch
- Order how widgets appear in the map toolbar
- Set map to be default e.g. the viewer URL will go to this
- Enable the Advanced Select Widget
Get Version 2.0 now!
Now we know there is a lot to take in in this release so make sure to check out the new Administration and User “How-to” videos coming soon as well as the release notes and updated documentation – all available right here on Geonet. To install or upgrade to version 2.0 contact your Eagle Account Manager.
The LocalMaps Team, December 2017