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Opening a Project

To open a JMap Cloud project in QGIS:

  1. Click Web → JMap Cloud → Open project to open the Open project interface.

  2. Select the JMap Cloud project you want to open. The interface displays all projects in your organization that you can access.

When the plugin opens a JMap Cloud project, it retrieves all the information: layer data, styles, layer order, layer groups, etc.

The QGIS project is identical to the JMap Cloud project.

When opening the project, you must select one of three options:

  • Default: The project's layer data will be loaded as vector tiles and/or GeoJSON, as defined in the JMap Cloud project.

  • All in GeoJSON: The project's layer data will be loaded in GeoJSON format only.

  • All in Vector Tiles: The project's layer data will be loaded as vector tiles only.

Notes

  • WMS/WMTS layers have sub-layers. QGIS cannot retrieve all sub-layers in a single raster file layer. The extension therefore creates a layer group containing all the sub-layers of the WMS/WMTS layer.

  • QGIS vector tile layers do not support rule-based styles. The extension therefore creates a layer group containing one vector tile layer for each style rule of the layer.

  • If a vector layer can be edited based on your permissions, it is served as a GeoJSON vector layer; otherwise it is served as MVT. The reason is that vector layers can be edited in QGIS while MVT layers cannot, but MVT layers offer faster rendering.

  • All layers depend on JMap Cloud API endpoints. This means the layer will not work if the user is not connected or if there is no internet connection.

Legend Icons

The plugin can use the Layer tree icon plugin to improve legend icons.

Some icons are modified to make the legend more readable. If the Layer tree icon plugin is not installed, the default icons are displayed.

Created by the plugin

Replaced by

Raster layer groups

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MVT layer groups

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MVT layer

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Legend folder

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