Picture credits: Description de l'Egypte
We present here a general overview on how to use the EGYLandscape webGIS map interface in order to browse the evolution of the Egyptian landscapes from the 13th century until today. Other sections of this “Help” page, available on the left panel, dive into more details about the different tools available on this platform.

As for most web maps available online, the map area (presented in the background) allows you to pan the map by clicking on an area and dragging your mouse to move the view in the opposite direction. Note that when hovering over mapped features, some may highlight and clicking on them will allow you to access the information attached to them (see the “Explore Toponyms” section on the left). The mouse wheel can also be used to zoom in or out on the map.

A number of tools and controls are overlaid on the map, which are detailed below:

  1. The sidebar hosts the main tools on the maps, allowing you to choose the data to be displayed on the map, filter toponyms, search for a specific place, access more information on mapped features, download datasets or export/print the current map. All these tools can be accessed by clicking the corresponding icon on the sidebar, which will open the relevant panel. Details on each of these tools are provided in different sections available on the left of this page.
  2. A zoom control is also available to zoom in or out on the map, either by clicking the +/- signs, or by clicking and dragging up or down the middle bar located in between them. This bar also provides an insight to your current zoom level on the map. This control complements the mouse wheel tool to adjust the zoom level of the map.
  3. The scale bar automatically adjusts with the zoom level and gives the correspondence between the distance on the map and the actual distance on the ground.
  4. An overview map is provided at a lower zoom level to locate the current map view in a broader context. It can also be used to pan the map by dragging around the box displaying the map extent.
  5. The legend updates automatically with the data displayed and defines the symbols used to represent the different features on the map.
  6. Lastly, an attribution panel sources some external data and datasets that are being used in the webGIS when they are displayed on the map.