The Image Overlay screen is used for user to upload image files(.jpg,.jpeg,.png)
and overlay them on the map.
There are two different methods to overlay an image on the map:
Method 1 : Overlay the image by drawing a box on the map.
Bounding box can be defined by two points on the map, the lower left and upper right. The lat and lon of the two points can be manually entered on the form or retrieved by clicking on the map.
There are two different methods to overlay an image on the map:
Method 1 : Overlay the image by drawing a box on the map.
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step 1: Select 'Overlay the image by drawing a box' radio button
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step 2: Select an image from the image dropdown box
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step 3: Click on 'Draw Box on the Map' button and start to draw a regtangular box on the map,
once finished drawing, the image will be overlayed inside the box
Bounding box can be defined by two points on the map, the lower left and upper right. The lat and lon of the two points can be manually entered on the form or retrieved by clicking on the map.
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step 1: Select 'Overlay image using bbox' radio button
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step 2: Select an image from the image dropdown box
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step 3: Obtain coordinates for the two points that define the bounding box
You can either manually enter lan and lon for the two points or click on the map to retrieve them.
To retrieve the lat and lon by clicking on the map:
a. select radio button 'Get coords for lower left point' or 'Get coords for upper right point'..
b. click on the map of the desired location, after getting coords for both points, click on 'Overlay selected image' button
You can Hide, show and remove the image layers on the map.