XMAP has a clean, modern and intuitive interface. It has a focus on displaying high quality mapping and enabling the user to quickly get to the data they need. The interface is configurable to allow client logos to be displayed instead of ours. This gives your users a better sense of ownership to the service.

The interface is split into 3 key sections;

• Top Menu Bar. This menu bar along the top of the screen includes the account logo, tools available to the user, a search box and a Log Out button.
• Layer Menu / Action Pane. This vertical section on the far-left of the screen includes some quick-access navigation buttons and an expandable list of all the layers available to the user to view. This panel is collapsible to give more map space.
• Map. The rest of the screen is for the map. It is interactive and can be controlled by mouse or touch.

By clicking on any location on the map, the software will interrogate that position and return the information about any object it finds there. This is a quick and easy way of displaying information held within each map object.

As well as the attribute information inputted by the user, automatically calculated statistics also show including who the object was created by and it’s area. This aids accountability and accuracy of the data.

The Layer Control allows the user to switch Map Layers on and off. This hides or displays them on the map. They are switched on simply by clicking on them. A tick appears to show if a layer is switched on.

The layers are organised into Collections (folders) so that themes of data can be found easily. This arrangement is controlled at administrator level.

The collections (folders) of layers are either coloured in teal for base maps (i.e. OS mapping, aerial photography etc) and the grey collections are vector maps (i.e. company assets, addresses, etc). In some scenarios this area is replaced with key options for a particular tool, e.g. printing.

It can sometimes be hard to remember what collection a Map Layer is in, so there is a search tool that finds layers based on their title.

The main search tool on the top menu bar gives the user the option to search a variety of datasets including Postcode and Place. Other datasets can be added into this section if different datasets or gazetteers are loaded. We help with this process.

Carrying out a search and clicking on the results takes the user to that location.

The print tool allows the user to create high quality PDFs in A4 or A3 in Portrait or Landscape with a Title, Description, Legend, and other useful information.

The tool prints everything that’s displayed on the map at the correct scale.

Administrators can define which users are able to edit specific Map Layers. This granularity of permissions means data integrity can be retained by only giving editing access to people who require it and have the relevant training and responsibilities.

A user may want to annotate a map without having to create a new structured Map Layer. This is achieved with the Annotation tool and allows the addition of text, points, lines and polygons to be added. These are private and temporary to each user.

The measuring tool allows distances and areas to be calculated on-the-fly. This, again, is temporary and private to a user.

This gives a spreadsheet-style view of a Map Layer. It shows a row for each map object along with its attribution. This is searchable and can be used to find an object based on attribute criteria and then navigate to it on the map.

XMAP includes an Admin Dashboard which allows the customer to self-serve the creation of users, configuration of datasets and editing permissions, among others.

Administrators can use the Admin Dashboard to create, edit and delete users with no interaction from us. They can issue password-reset emails and change their profiles to reflect what data they can view and edit.

The Administrator can define what Map Layers a user, or group of users can view and edit. The Admin Dashboard can be used to give permissions at organisation level, profile group level or individual level, offering advanced levels of granularity.

XMAP has an advanced styling tool that allows Map Layers to styled based on attribution. This gives greater visibility of the underlying data. For example, a layer that has a ‘Freehold’ or ‘Leasehold’ field in the data can be styled to show Freehold records in a different colour. This immediately shows the user more information about the object.

The tool also includes advanced labelling options and settings that restrict viewing a particular zoom scales.