Create and edit map layers

Best practice guidelines when working with map layers. As each individual layer will be represented as a single item in the map legend, we recommend you:

• Use distinct layers for pins and shapes, i.e. Don't have pins and shapes on the same layer
• Use a distinct layer for each shape, i.e. Don't combine multiple shapes on one layer
• Use one layer for each individual pin category (e.g. Picnic area pins on one layer, restroom area pins on a different layer).

How to add layers to a map

Map layers can be used to display the following items on a map:

• One or multiple descriptive pins, with each pin having an individual description
• A shape (e.g. polygon, line, rectangle, circle) to indicate specific area on the map

District Engage provides two ways to add layers to a map:

1. Create a layer in District Engage and add it to your map. To learn more about this option, see below.
2. Upload a layer created outside of District Engage to your map. To learn more about this option, click here.

Create a layer in District Engage

District Engage has a Layer Builder that allows internal users to create layers and add them to the map. To create a layer:

1. In the left-hand menu bar, click Projects. This displays a list of all existing projects.
2. Click on a Title to open a project.
3. In the project sub-menu, under Content, click Maps. This shows all the maps available for this project. Select the map you would like to add a layer to.
4. Click the Edit tab.
5. Scroll down and click +Add layer.
6. Select the GeoJson Builder type from the dropdown.
7. Fill in a Title (the title will be referenced in your map legend), and click Configure new map layer. This will open a lightbox window that allows you to add pins or shapes to a layer.
8. In the Style tab, select the element you would like to add to your layer. Note: It is best practice to use distinct layers for pins and shapes.
   1. When creating a pin layer: Click Point, and drop your pin to the map. Provide the pin with a Title, Description and Marker color and Marker size.
   2. Tick the Enable street view checkbox to include a link to the marker's street view. Public users will be able to click on this link to access the marker's street view on Google. Note: when you enable the marker's street view, a link is automatically generated below the checkbox. This allows you to check whether the Street view for the selected coordinates exists in Google.
   3. Click Done. Repeat this process for every pin you want to add to the layer. Note: It is best practice to only display pins of the same category on a single shape (e.g. pins indicating picnic areas should be on one layer, pins indicating restroom areas should be on another layer)
   4. When creating a shape layer: Depending on your preferred shape, click Line, Polygon, Rectangle, or Circle, and draw your shape on the map. Set the shape styling: Fill, Fill opacity, Stroke, Stroke opacity, Stroke style and Stroke width. Click Done. Note: It is best practice to only display one shape per layer.
9. When you have created your layer element(s), click Save.
10. The lightbox window will now close. To add your newly created layer to the map, click Add new GeoJson layer.
11. Click Publish. The layer has now been added to the map.

Edit a layer created in District Engage

1. In the left-hand menu bar, click Projects. This displays a list of all existing projects.
2. Click on a Title to open a project.
3. In the project sub-menu, under Content, click Maps. This shows all the maps for this project. Select the map with the layer you would like to edit.
4. Click the Edit tab.
5. Scroll down and click on the layer you would like to edit.
6. Click the Edit map layer button. This will open a lightbox window. This window will display the elements of this layer.
7. To edit existing layer elements, click the element on the map and make the edits in the right-hand sidebar. Click Done.
8. To add new elements to the layer, select either Point, Line, Polygon, Rectangle, or Circle and add these elements to the layer. Click Done.
9. Note: To erase all elements on an existing layer, click Edit features and click Delete all.
10. Click Save to save the edits to the layer.
11. The lightbox window will now close. To save the changes on the layer, click Done.
12. Click Publish to publish the map and its layer(s).

Delete a layer created in District Engage

1. In the left-hand menu bar, click Projects. This displays a list of all existing projects.
2. Click on a Title to open a project.
3. In the project sub-menu, under Content, click Maps. This shows all the maps for this project. Select the map with the layer you would like to delete.
4. Click the Edit tab.
5. Scroll down and click on the layer you would like to remove.
6. Click the Remove button.
7. The layer has now been deleted.