Multiple 2D Map Views

The Add/Remove Map Views... command is found under the View menu, or on the Global Mapper Viewer toolbar.


This tool enables creating multiple 2D planar views of the workspace data. The map view manager maintains multiple 2D views of the data. The views may contain different layers, and may be zoomed and panned independently, or linked in location and scale using the 2D Map View Manager settings.

For information about docking the 3D viewer, path profile or attribute editor, see Window Docking

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Once Add 2D Map Views... is selected, the Map View Manager dialog will open.

Under the Main Map Window section, the current Map Views are listed.

Press the Add Map View button to add additional an addition map view. The new map view will appear floating, but can be docked with existing windows. For more information see Window Docking

2D Map views can show different layers than the Primary Map View. They may also have the Map Layout layers (legend, scale bar, etc.) turned off independently. Highlight a view in the Main Map Window list and press the Select Layers... button to control the layers that display for that view.

Optionally set the views to have linked zoom and/ or center points using the check boxes.

Map View Manager Options