Map View

The Map is Orbit's core component to view all resources and to link or interact with any other component or extension.

Map View is available for 2D, 3D, and 3D GL rendering.
Some capabilities are available on specific Map View only.

The Backdrop icon in the right upper corner toggles the map background color, useful to detect white-colored vector objects.
On 2D: white, light gray, dark gray, black. On 3D: white, light gray, blue, black. On GL: white, light gray, blue, black.

The Maximize icon in the right upper corner toggles the window between maximized Map view and split screen mode Map-Tab view.

Select vector objects or point cloud data.
See Select Objects on Map.

Measure points, lines, areas, circles, angles, and rectangular volumes.
See Measure.

Right-click on the map to open the context menu and to navigate.
See Map Context Menu.

The Status Bar at the bottom of the Map View displays and/or gives access to the active Map Function, the Map Coordinate Reference System, Map Reference Ground Height, the Map Scale, display, and the Map cursor coordinates.
See Map Statusbar.

The active map function is indicated in the left lower corner of the Map Status Bar and by the appearance of the cursor when hovering above the map.

The current Map Display Coordinate System is indicated and editable from the Map Status Bar.
All visible datasets are re-projected on the fly, if the Dataset CRS differs from the Map CRS, to be rendered in the Map CRS.

Compass rose, pan, zoom and rotate functions.
See Map 2D Navigate functions.

Navigation, Selection, and Edit Menu.
See Map 2D Menus.

Search objects based on a single attribute query.
See Find Objects.

Search objects based on complex attribute queries.
See Query Objects.

Visualization of 2D images resources.
See Supported Resources.

Navigate, pan, zoom and rotate functions on Map 3D,
see Map 3D Navigation functions.

Visualization of Textured Mesh resources,
see Supported Resources.