3D Interface

  • Updated on Apr 15, 2025
  • Published on Mar 24, 2020
  • 2 minute(s) read

Before you start

The MetroMap Browser 3D Interface is constructed by the following elements:

  1. Overview
  2. Menu
  3. Navigation
  4. Tool Bar

1. Overview

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2. Menu

Icons Descriptions
City Open/close the Cities panel by clicking the Cities button.
Screenshot The Screenshot tool allows you to download a screenshot of the current view.
Back Exit the 3D Viewer.

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3. Navigation

Mouse Touch
Pan view
Left click + drag		 Pan view
One finger drag
Zoom view
Right click + drag, or
Mouse wheel scroll		 Zoom view
Two finger pinch
Rotate view
Middle click + drag, or
CTRL + Left/Right click + drag		 Tile view
Two finger drag, same direction
Rotate view
Two finger drag, opposite direction

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4. Tool Bar

Icons Descriptions
Measurement Click the Measurement tools button to open a list of measurement tools.
Search Hover over the Search button to expand the address bar, which allows you to search for a location.
Home Click the home button to reset the camera to its default position.
Help Click for detailed instructions on how to use the tools.
Viewshed Viewshed allows you to see the geographical area that is visible from a location.

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Measurement

Icons Usages
Distance 1. Click on the point cloud or the globe to set the start point and end points.
2. To make a new measurement, click to clear the previous measurement
Component Distance 1. Click on the point cloud or the globe to set the start point and end points
2. To make a new measurement, click to clear the previous measurement
Polyline Distance 1. Click to start drawing a polyline
2. Keep clicking to add more points
3. Double click to finish drawing
Horizontal distance 1. Click on the point cloud or the globe to set the start point
2. Move the mouse to drag the line
3. Press this shift key to clamp the direction of the line
4. Click again to set the end point
5. To make a new measurement, click to clear the previous measurement
Vertical distance 1. Click on the point cloud or the globe to set the start point
2. Move the mouse to drag the line
3. Click again to set the end point
4. To make a new measurement, click to clear the previous measurement
Height from terrain Click on the point cloud to get a distance from that point to terrain
Area 1. Click to start drawing a polygon
2. Keep clicking to add more points
3. Double click to finish drawing
Point coordinates Move the mouse to see the longitude, latitude and height of the point

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Viewshed

To add a viewshed, open the 3D viewer and click the viewshed button in the toolbar (located in the top-right corner of the interface).
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This will open a list of options for the viewshed. To add a viewshed object:

  1. Click “Add”
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  2. Left-click on a location on the 3D tiles.
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  3. The Options panel will be populated with the coordinates of the viewshed center point (the point you selected by left clicking) and default values for radius, heading, pitch and roll.

    You can change the values by typing into the input boxes.

    • Height and Radius are in meters.
    • Heading, Pitch and Roll are in degrees.
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  4. Use to play/stop the animation. Switch to anti-clockwise by clicking and clockwise by clicking .

  5. Click the delete button to delete the Viewshed.

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