WebMapX tools, controls and calculated layers

Tools

Opened from a toolbar, and answered in a panel. A tool is something you go to when you have a question — measure this, tell me about that, draw here — and close again when you are done. Each one is a tools entry naming its type, plus an item in a toolbar.

3D `3d`	Tilts the map and shows terrain.
Buffer `buffer`	Creates a zone at a set distance around a layer.
Cartogram `cartogram`	Resizes regions by a numeric value.
Compare `compare`	Compares the current map with later changes.
Data analyzer `data-analyzer`	Finds useful fields, statistical families, and map-making options in a layer.
Deep time `deeptime`	Shows reconstructed coastlines from deep time.
Draw `draw`	Adds points, lines and areas to the map, with your own fields.
Geolocation `geolocation`	Shows your location and optional track.
Analysis `geoprocessing`	Builds a new layer from one or two existing layers.
Import layer `import-layer`	Adds layers from a service URL.
Feature info `info`	Shows the attributes at a point on the map.
Isochrone `isochrone`	Shows where you can get within a chosen time or distance.
Legend 3D `layerLegend3d`	Shows map layers as a 3D stack.
Legend `layerOverview`	Lists the layers on the map.
Catalog `layerTree`	Lets readers choose layers from a grouped catalog.
Map language `maplanguage`	Changes the language used for map labels.
Measure `measure`	Measures lengths, areas and perimeters by clicking on the map.
Tools `menu`	Puts several tools behind one menu button.
Print `print`	Prints the current map view.
Projection `projection`	Changes the map projection.
Routing `routing`	Finds a route, distance and travel time.
Search `search`	Finds a place by name and moves the map there.
Settings `settings`	Changes theme, style, engine, and API keys.
Stories `stories`	Guides readers through a map step by step.
Time `timeSlider`	Sets the time used by time-based layers.
Toolbox `toolbox`	Puts several tools behind one icon row.
True Area `truearea`	Moves an outline to compare its true size at another latitude.

Map controls

Drawn on the map itself rather than in a panel. A control is furniture: a scale bar, a coordinate readout, a north arrow — it takes a position such as bottom-left instead of a toolbar entry, and it is simply present rather than opened. The toolbar that holds the tools is positioned on the map the same way, though it is a container rather than a tool in its own right.

Engine label `activeAdapter`	Shows which map engine is being used.
Attribution `attribution`	The credit your data requires, kept legible.
Coordinates `coordinates`	Shows pointer coordinates in the chosen format.
Fullscreen `fullscreen`	Fills the screen with the map.
Inset map `insetMap`	Shows where the main map is.
Navigation `navigation`	Provides zoom buttons and a compass.
Scale bar `scale`	Shows the current map scale.
Spinner `spinner`	Shows when the map is busy.
Zoom level `zoomLevel`	Shows and sets the current zoom level.

Calculated layers

Data worked out in the browser rather than fetched — where night falls, where the moon stands, what a projection does to a circle, where the coastlines were 200 million years ago. A source names one with an internalfunc:// url instead of an address, which is also how a reader of a config can tell at a glance that nothing is downloaded.

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