Map Legend

Map legends show a key to the map overlays available on your map. It also allows you to turn on or off individual overlay’s and individual layers in a map to show only the maps more appropriate to your requirements. It also allows you to adjust translucency of a layer.

Map Legend

You can perform following actions by using Map Legend:

Click on the Show\Hide Overlay on the Map check box next to the required map overlay in the legend to turn on a map overlay. Overlay check boxes can show following three states:
1. Checked- when all children layers are checked.
2. Unchecked - when all children layers are unchecked.
3. Indeterminate (solid color filled)- when some and not all layers are checked.
Click on the Show\Hide Layer on the Map check box next to the required layer under the overlay to turn on a layer.
Click the overlay name or the arrow next to the overlay name to expand or collapse the legend display for an overlay.
Click on the Opacity control icon and adjust translucency by using Layer Opacity slider to adjust translucency of a layer.
Click on the Label icon to show or hide the label layers on the map.

Note: The Opacity Control icon appears only when Show\Hide Overlay on the Map check box is clicked. The individual Layer Show\Hide option is available based on settings done in Admin Console.

Note: Click on the Delete icon next to the thematic map legend to delete it. The delete option is only available for thematic map.