Print

What it does

Printing a web page that contains a map often gives a poor result: the map is cut to the window, controls are printed too, and the legend is missing.

Print composes a page instead: A4, portrait or landscape, with a title and, optionally, the legend beside the map.

It can include a viewer link: a permalink to the map as printed, with the same layers and view.

Using it

1. Open the tool, give the map a title.
2. Choose a format: portrait or landscape, with or without the legend.
3. Optionally add the viewer link.
4. Print. Use your browser's print dialog to save as PDF if you want a file.

What is printed is the current view, so frame the map before opening the tool.

In your own map

Add print to a toolbar. Nothing to configure.

Worth including on any map meant for classroom or fieldwork use, where the result is carried around on paper.

Extending it

The printed page uses the same legend component as the panel, so layer swatches and ramps stay consistent.