Opening a location & viewing the map

Overview

Click any location card from the home screen to open it in the Map Window — Soarvo's interactive 2D/3D map environment for exploring, measuring, and annotating geospatial data.

Key Panels and Controls

Element

Description

Home Button

Return to the home screen

Reset View

Reset map to starting position

Panel Button

Toggle panel visibility

Layers Panel

Show or hide loaded data layers

File Upload Panel

Upload files and monitor processing

Background Maps Button

Open the Background Layer picker to switch basemaps, enable Additional Layers, or add WMS sources

3D Buildings Button

Turn On/Off the Google 3D Buildings Layer

Measure Tools

Distance, area, and volume measurements

Project Features Panel

Create and manage feature types; digitise points, lines, and polygons. Includes built-in search.

Background Layer

Click Background maps to open the picker. Choose a basemap (Aerial Imagery, OpenStreetMap Standard/Light, OS Open Data Standard/Light, Black, White), enable Additional Layers with adjustable transparency, or click Add WMS for a custom source.

2D vs 3D Mode

Mode

Best for

Orthomosaics, GIS layers, shapefiles, top-down feature mapping

Point clouds, 3D meshes, terrain, volume measurements

What's Next?

Opening a location & viewing the map

Open the Data Viewer to explore your data in 2D and 3D.