Geometries in Mapifator

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Geometers in Mapifator help you to highlight political and administrative boundaries, visualize roots and show any custom lines and areas on the map.

Related and not related geometries

The same as amenities geometries could have a relation to replace or be independent.

Related geometries are shown only when the place is selected on a map.

Adding geometries

You can always add geometries from in "Geometries" section. And you can add geometries to a place from the "Related geometries" tab in the place editor.

Let's add some geometries to the Grand Canyon National Park.

Option 1. Add a boundary geometry

First let's add a boundary for the park. By clicking the "New geometry" button a new geometry with the selected type is created and the geometry editor is opened.

Press the "Get boundaries" button and click on the preview map to get all possible administrative and political boundaries for the location.

Choose the boundary and click the select button to accept it.

Specify the color and the name for the geometry.

When the Grand Canyon National Park is selected its boundary is shown on the map.

Option 2. Add a route geometry

Let's add some interesting routes to the park! Now the geometry editor is opened in route mode. It allows us to specify locations and generate the route.

The route has two waypoints minimum. You can add the location from the location input or by clicking on the preview map.

Choose the driving mode and build the route.

By default, the preview map show all related entities. Press the "Show/hide related objects" button to see only the current geometry.

The name of the geometry pop ups as a hint on the map when a user hovers the geometry.

You can as well specify a color and line width for the route.

Let's add one more route to the Grand Canyon National Park!

You can do it by duplicating the current one. Then all properties like the related place color and line width will be populated from the original.

Be aware route builder tries to build optimal for the selected driving mode route. Sometimes it's required to add additional waypoints and experiment a bit with the driving modes to obtain the desired shape.

Option 3. Add a custom geometry

Let me show you the custom geometry editor as well! The editor allows adding areas and lines of any custom form.

Press the "Add geometry" button and choose the geometry type you would like to add.

Press ENTER to finish the current shape.

Press the "Save geometry" button to accept the geometry.

Specify color, line width and add geometry name.

Geometries list

To see all geometries added to the map go to the "Geometries" menu item. Here you can add new geometries or remove the existing ones.

Use the geometry search filter to find the geometry from the long geometry list.