Hot Spots Help Guide

Use hot spot mapping to identify and analyse trends and key themes in your data

Hot Spots Help Guide

Use hot spot mapping to identify and analyse trends and key themes in your data

Creating a project

A project is used to group together a collection of map layers that have been put together in order to fulfil a specific objective. The following instructions are a step by step guide showing how to create a new project, name the project and save it so that it is ready to add layers to and is available for future use.

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Opening an existing project

How to open and save an existing project within Geoplan mapping software.

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Importing hot-spots data to the map

How to import data from a spreadsheet add map it as a hot-spot layer in Geoplan mapping software.

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Rename of a hot-spot layer

Control the name and appearance of the layer, as well as the data associated with it.

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Change the colour of a hot-spots

Use the Design and Build tools to change the appearance of your hot-spots in Geoplan mapping software

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Hot-spot labels

Change how the label is displayed in your hot spot layer on the map.

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Search hot-spots

Use the search tool to interrogate the hot-spot layer.

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Hot-spot info tool

Use the info tool to click on the map and find out about your hot-spot layer.

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Filter hot-spots

Apply a filter to your data to control what you see on the map.

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Exporting hot-spots

Export your hot-spot data from Geoplan mapping software

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Printing a map with a Google map base

Create a PDF using the printing and reporting tools.

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Printing a map with an OSM map base

Create high resolution detailed PDFs using the OSM printing capabilities within Geoplan mapping software

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