Oskari Features

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General

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• Support for multiple languages. Currently English, Finnish and Swedish are available. A limited set of functionalities have been translated into following languages:
  • Estonian
  • German
  • French
  • Italian
  • Spanish
  • Dutch
  • Nynorsk
  • Norsk bokmål
  • Slovenian
  • Slovakian
  • Icelandic
• Works with all major browsers: IE9+, latest versions of Firefox, Chrome and Safari
• The interface should work with modern tablets and smartphones, currently there is no separate mobile/tablet-optimized version of the main map
  • Embedded map tools are gradually developed into responsive tools which work well with smaller screens and are touch-friendly
• Some Oskari modules can make use of role-based user management. Users belonging to different roles can be given access to specific functionality
• Authentication and SSO is supported using SAML 2.0

Map window

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• Supported layer types:
• WMS
• WMTS
• WFS (requires backend)
• ArcGIS Cache layers
• ArcGIS REST feature layers
• Tile size and image format parameters are configurable
• Coordinate system is configurable
• Coordinate display adapts according to configured coordinate system
• Zoom bar with a configurable number of zoom levels
• Pan map view
• Restore initial map state
• Scale bar

GetFeatureInfo

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• Always active, starts by a single click / tap on the map
• All GFI enabled map layers are queried on the single click
• Response is shown in a popup dialog
• Response can be styled using XSLT transformation (requires backend)
• Multiple response types are supported

Mouse click functions

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• Panning by dragging
• Zoom in by double clicking on the map
• GetFeatureInfo action with a single click on all map layers with GFI enabled
• Feature information is returned also from WFS layers

Menu bar

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• Menu entries can be configured individually
• Menu can be hidden (together with the toolbar)

Location search

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• One-field search which can return search results from multiple sources, such as placename, address, cadastral parcel or similar services
• Service access parameters are configurable in the backend

Metadata search

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• Search for metadata from a CSW backend
• Advanced search options
• Display resulting layers on the map

Map layer selector

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• List of available map layers, grouped either by theme or by data provider
• Add map layer to map view
• Filter layers function
• Show metadata for layers (link to the metadata display module, which accesses CSW interface)
• Supported layer types are:
• map layer
• map layer stack,
• background map layer
• WFS layer
• thematic map layer
• analysis results layer
• own data layer
• time-enabled WMS layer (WMS-T)
• New map layer types can be added programmatically

Selected map layers

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• List of layers displayed in the map view
• Layers have localized titles and subtitles (optional)
• Layer opacity can be controlled using a slidebar or by entering opacity percentage
• Layers can be temporarily hidden and shown
• Show metadata for layer (link to the metadata display portlet, which accesses CSW interface)
• Layers can be organized in the layer stack by dragging and dropping
• WFS layers provide a link to attribute information table
• WFS layer style can be changed on a temporary basis
• GeoServer-backed WMS-layers can be visualized as heatmaps
• For WMS-layers the available styles can be viewed and selected for use

Map Legends

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• Flyout shows map legends from all selected layers

Toolbar

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• Toolbar buttons can be disabled and enabled individually
• Toolbar can be hidden
• Restore initial map state button
• Map view history manager: back and forward buttons
• Rubber band zoom button
• Drag & pan button (enabled by default)
• Measurement tools: distance and area
• Marker tool: markers with associated text can be created on the map and sent as link
• Link map view: creates an url which opens the current map view
• Print map view: starts the print mode
• Save map view: Map view configurations can be saved by logged-in user
• Find nearest place tool: Find the nearest placename by clicking on the map
• Tools can be made to appear when a specific map layer is added to selected layers list

Flyout manager

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• Flyouts can be opened from the menu, moved around the map window and closed by the user or programmatically
• Flyout size adapts to screen size
• Some flyouts can be resized by the user

WFS layers and attribute data table (requires backend)

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• Attribute data from WFS layers can be displayed in an attribute table
• Also complex schema WFS layers can be displayed
• Table view is synchronized with the map view: attribute rows are shown only for the features visible on the map
• Columns to be shown can be selected
• Data can be sorted ascending/descending
• Features can be highlighted by clicking either on the map or in the table rows
• Shift / Ctrl can be used to select multiple rows

Create map mode (requires backend)

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• Tool for creating embedded map windows
• The embeddable map window is shown in WYSIWYG mode
• The embedded map has same basic functions as the main map
• Embedded map parameters are name, website and language
• Size can be configured
• Tools available in the embedded map: scale bar, index map, zoom bar, search field
• Map functions which can be enabled or disabled: panning by dragging, GetFeatureInfo
• Created embedded maps are saved and can be later edited
• Status of an embedded map can be either published or unpublished

My Data (requires backend)

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• Points, lines and areas can be created and saved
• Multigeometries and creation of holes is supported
• Multiple layers can be created
• Symbology is separately configurable for each layer
• Description of map view can be edited and may contain links to external resources

Print mode (requires backend)

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• Paper size and layout selection
• Automatic Print preview window
• Printout format selection: PNG or PDF, also PDF/A
• Title, scalebar, date and a logo can be added, also text and markers of your choice

Import data (requires backend)

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• Supported format for importing data as zipped files
• Shapefile
• Mapinfo MID/MIF
• GPX trace
• KMX (zipped KML)

Embedded map features (requires backend)

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• Zooming and panning
• Measure tools
• GetFeatureInfo
• WFS tabular data display
• Map layer menu
• Supported layer types
• WMS
• WMTS
• WFS
• My Data
• Imported data
• Thematic Maps and Tables
• Analysis results
• ArcGIS rest Feature Layer
• Address, placename and real estate search
• Customizable layout (colours and tool positioning)
• Customizable size (preset size, fill space available)
• Find my location
• RPC API for interaction with the web site where the map is embedded
• RPC API features are listed separately here: http://oskari.org/examples/rpc-api/

Thematic Maps (requires backend)

http://www.oskari.org/documentation/bundles/framework/mapstats ​

• Creation of thematic maps by joining statistical data and administrative units
• Importing own statistical indicators
• Downloading of indicator data into CSV/Excel formats

Spatial Analysis (requires backend)

http://www.oskari.org/documentation/bundles/framework/mapanalysis ​

• Available analysis methods:
• Buffer
• Descriptive statistics
• Union
• Clip
• Geometric filter
• Analysis Layer Union
• Buffers and sectors
• Difference Computation
• Spatial join
• Draw your own feature to be used in analysis
• Clip a feature
• The analysis tool also provides functionality to use search channel results as input for analysis.

Authentication and user management (requires backend)

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• Bundle for user management
• Bundle for management of layers privileges

Digiroad Feature selector

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• Adds a grid to display features fetched via WFS or some other protocol supported by OpenLayers
• Users can view the features and edit their attributes
• Features get added to the grid when the user clicks on the map. Alt and Ctrl keys can be used as modifiers
• A proxy is needed in case features are fetched via WFS

Last modified: Mon Nov 06 2023 17:46:05 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)