Geographic Navigation and Drill-down

Simple map navigation

The CartoVista map tools are designed for precise control and ease of use. Using standard zoom-in, zoom-out and pan tools, you can easily select your area of interest.

Responsive User Interface

Working with an interactive vector format like Flash has the advantage of creating a fast and responsive user interface. As soon as maps and thematic data are downloaded, there is no need to return to the web server for more information. The end user can zoom-in on the map, display or change a theme without making systematic requests to the web server. When you navigate in a map, the map scale is updated to display proper distances.

Geographic Drill-Down

CartoVista maps can be organized as a hierarchy of maps to create effective drill-down navigation. Drill-down is a natural way to explore map data and understand links between geographies. When drilling-down from one level to another, CartoVista keeps your indicator variable selection, if applicable.

The hyperlink tool from the CartoVista main toolbar is used to access the drill-down capabilities. This tool basically exposes links from the current map. The user can access other map levels by clicking on one of the object on the map.