Introduction
This guide describes the main steps involved in publishing data through a JMap Cloud mapping application, whether public or restricted.
Within an organization, each user is assigned one of three roles in JMap Cloud: Administrator, Editor, or Viewer. The Roles section describes the responsibilities associated with each role.
Only Administrators and Editors can access JMap Cloud Portal, the platform’s data management interface. Some management operations, however, are restricted to administrators.
Viewers, on the other hand, access only the mapping applications that publish the data, such as JMap NG Cloud.
The diagram below illustrates the general workflow and highlights the roles involved at each step.
Integrating Data
In this first step, the Editor integrates data into JMap Cloud by creating data sources. These sources may originate from GIS files, spatial data servers, satellite imagery, or non-spatial tabular files.
Data can be:
Uploaded and copied into the internal JMap Cloud databases
Dynamically connected through external web services
Accessed through data sharing with other organizations
These sources then become available for project configuration.
For more information, see the Integrating Data: Data Sources section.
Organizing Data into Projects
Data integrated into JMap Cloud is organized into projects. A project includes:
The definition of map layers
Security settings (access permissions)
Measurement units
Other display settings
When creating a project, the editor defines the map’s appearance, the data it contains, and which users can access it.
For more details, see the Organizing Data into Projects section.
Configuring Project Data
The editor then creates map layers by selecting data sources.
For each layer, the editor can define:
Feature display styles
Labels
Tooltips
Visible zoom levels
And other configuration options
It is also possible to add non-spatial tabular data to a project.
For more information, see the Configuring Project Data section.
Publishing Data
Once the project is finalized, it can be published to end users through JMap NG mapping applications.
Depending on the security settings defined by the editor:
The application can be public
The application can be restricted to authenticated users with the Viewer role
For more information about these applications, see the JMap NG User Guide.
Extensions developed by various software vendors can also be added to projects to provide additional functionality for the applications that publish the data.
The Extensions section lists the extensions available for projects.