Maria Map Maker settings

This article describes the settings window in Maria Map Maker, which can be opened at any time using the button on the left vertical bar. As with most options and settings in Maria Map Maker, each setting has a help text which is displayed by hovering the mouse over the title of the specific setting.

Workspaces

Add or remove workspaces. Each active workspace gets its own button on the left vertical bar. Note that adding or removing a workspace will automatically restart all the built-in map services, so you should save your work and make sure that there are no active map tasks before you do this.

If you have copied a product into your workspace or otherwise made changes outside Maria Map Maker, you can use the "Reload Workspace" button to restart the built-in map services. They will then be aware of the changes that you made.

Map

Settings related to how maps behave in Maria Map Maker. These settings applies to your M3 client only - they do not have any effect on the products you produce.

Background map

Background map which is always displayed at the bottom of your maps. Two simple maps are included with Maria Map Maker, but you can use any map as a background through an external source.

Pixel scale

When zooming in, this determines how much a tile is enlarged before it is re-drawn at a higher resolution. A smaller number has the effect of making the map look sharper, at the cost of performance.

Tile cache size

The amount of memory in megabytes allowed for storing tiles for re-use. This can increase performance when panning and zooming alot in the same geographical area.

Display projection

The projection to use when displaying maps. The default option "Mercator" is equivalent to the Web mercator (EPSG:3857) projection