uMap/Guide

The uMap user guide in English.

This guide is intended for users exploring maps and authors that create and modify maps.

This guide has been created on instance umap.openstreetmap.fr/nl with software version 1.1.2. This instance is also available in other languages.

Reading guide

Register

Registration/login in for this program is not mandatory, it is possible (and recommended for authors).

uMap is intuitive to use and shows functional pop-ups and help texts: uMap can be used without this guide.

For readers, this manual provides details plus the knowledge to send authors specific requests. For authors this is a reference and gives it the opportunity to study all the possibilities without having to do much testing.

This main article serves as a table of content and contains very little substantive text. The fonts in the tables below have the following meaning:

Bold: A set articles to get started with authoring.
Normal: Articles in the guide.
Italic: Alternate titles for articles.

Consult, browse Umap maps

Interaction buttons for usage of the map

Subject	Icon
Open a map, search maps
Using the map
Export/download map information.
See datalayers, browse information
Show slideshow.
Short (stable) URL of the map

Editing of uMap maps

Interaction buttons to edit the map

Structure of the uMap map

Level	Subject	Icon	Keyboard
Map	Create a new map.
Map	Switch Edit mode on and off.		Ctrl+E
Map	Save this map.		Ctrl+S
Map	Edit map properties.
Map	Define who can view my uMap.
Map	Define who can edit my uMap.
Map	Define editors to modify my uMap.
Map	Choose a usage licence for my uMap.
Map	Save this center and zoom.
Map	Setup slideshow.
Map	Import data files.		Ctrl+I
Map	Clone, delete and empty a map.
Layer	Create a layer.
Layer	Edit layer properties.
Layer	Manage layers.
Layer	Edit properties of layer objects
Layer	Export data of a layer.	Also
Layer	Import layer data.
Layer	Clone, delete and and empty a layer.
Object-marker	Add a node marker.		Ctrl+M
Object-marker	Customize the icon and display of a marker.
Object-line	Draw a line.		Ctrl+L
Object-line	Customize the display of a line.
Object-polygon	Draw a polygon.		Ctrl+P
Object-polygon	Customize the display of a polygon.
All	Configure shape interaction (labels…)
All	Text formatting, links and images in the text.
All	Select color and fill color