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Area of Interest Plugin

What is the Area of Interest Plugin?

The Area of Interest plugin allows specific geographic extents on a map to be easily displayed. Using the Area of Interest plugin, simply click on the preprepared extent and zoom to the specified area. By bringing the area into focus, the user can learn more about that area.

The world is full of information, which means highlighting necessary information/locations on the map without distracting the user can be a huge task. Utilizing the Area of Interest plugin, the results are a cleaner look that makes it easier to see helpful and actionable information. The highest places with the highest concentration of value to the user are brought forth to the user as they explore the map (Figure 48).

Figure 48: Map Showing Land Cover for Agricultural Regions for Canada and Indigenous Mining Agreements

Feature Highlight

  • Directly points users to the extent indicated.
  • Ability to customize the thumbnail of each Area of Interest.

The Area of Interest plugin can be accessed using the Menu tab to the left of the Layers information box.

Figure 49: Activate Area of Interest plugin

After clicking on the Menu bar (Figure 49), scroll to the bottom and look under the plugins section. Simply click on the Area of Interest plugin to enable it.

Configuring the Area of Interest Plugin

Step 1. Enable Area of Interest

Navigate to the Plugins section in the FGP Authoring Tool. Under the Area of Interest, click on Enable (Figure 50).

Figure 50: Area of Interest - Configure Parameters

Step 2. Provide Areas of Interest

Provide a subsequent English Title and French Title that describes your dataset. Click on Set Area to set the Area of interest. Zoom and pan to the extent then close the window. If applicable, provide a thumbnail URL pointing to an image to be displayed.

Tip

Holding down the shift key while left-clicking on the mouse draws a square box that will quickly zoom to any area of interest.

Note

By clicking on the Add button (Figure 50), you can add as many Areas of Interest as required.

Preview plugin