Atlas - a sequence of entities

Principle

Warning

This atlas feature is not linked to a QGIS layout based on an atlas. See Layout with an atlas when using a popup for layouts using an atlas.

This feature let you chose and configure a layer to make a sequence of entities in your Lizmap project.

Since Lizmap 3.4 :

Many layers can be configured in this tool. If the checkbox Auto-play is checked, the first layer in the list is used.

Configuring the tool

At the layer level

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  • For setting a atlas layer:

    1. Click the add_layer_svg button.

    2. you need to chose the layer you want your atlas on

    3. select the primary key field, it must be an integer

    4. check if you want to display the layer description in the dock of your atlas

    5. chose the field who contains the name of your features, it will be shown instead of the primary key in the list of features

    6. your atlas will be sorted according to this field

    7. you can chose to highlight the feature selected by the atlas, it will change every time it’s switching to a new feature

    8. chose between a zoom on the feature or to make it the center of your map

    9. you can chose to display the popup in the feature in the atlas container or not

    10. check if you want to activate filter on the feature selected by the atlas, it will hide all other features of the layer and only show the one selected

    11. you can select the duration between each step

  • To edit a layer in the table, select it and click the edit_layer_svg button or double click on the row.

  • To remove a layer from the table, select it and click the remove_layer_svg button.

  • To move a layer up or down, select it and click down_layer_svg or up_layer_svg buttons. The order will change in Lizmap too.

At the project level

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Options:

  • check if you want to open the atlas tool when you open your project

  • check if you want to launch the auto-play mode when you open your project