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Decide which of the Map controls you wish to display on your Spotlight map and, in the case of the Layer control, how you want the Legend to be displayed.

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Navigation

This displays the Navigation buttons at the bottom right of the map e.g.

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Users can then use these buttons to Zoom In / Out on the map.

Address search

This displays a box where you can type in and Address or postcode… to search for e.g.

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Info popup

If you tick Info popup then a Attributions button will be displayed at the bottom right of the map e.g.

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Users can select the button and then click on an icon on the map to display its details e.g.

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Layer control

Selecting Layer control will add a Layer control to the map with a Legend. You can decide how much information you wish to add to this control and whether or not you want it to be displayed by default.

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If you leave the Open by default unticked but you have selected to display the Layer control then you will see the following Legend button (top right of map) which, when clicked, will display the Layer control.

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Full screen

Ticking this will display a Toggle full-screen button at the bottom right of the map e.g.

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If you have embedded the map into your web page using an IFrame then the map will appear at specific size. The Toggle full-screen button with allow the user to view the map in full screen without the content from the rest of the webpage.

Map size

You can use the sliders or boxes provided to configure the size of the map (IFrame ) you wish to create.

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If you select to display a Map pin then you can choose whether where you wish this to be displayed when a user clicks on the map or to be placed at the map centre.appear. Either manually enter the Easting & Northing values or you can use one of the two buttons to update these values. To use either of the two buttons you first need to use the Search or Pan to position the map to the location of your choice and then either click PLACE AT CENTRE to put the pin at the centre of the current map position or select CLICK ON MAP and click on the map where you wish the pin to be displayed, the map will then centre on your location. The Easting & Northing for your chosen location will be updated with these coordinates.

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Map content

First pick the Map Source you wish to use from the selection provided e.g.

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Once you are happy with your map configuration click the EXPORT MAP button. This will provide you with the HTML to add to for the IFrame which you can embed within a web page or a link for you to open a full page map which you could then copy and share if required e.g.

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