Getting Started

Kano comes with small tutorials (a.k.a. tours) that can be directly run on the application in order to understand how its internal components can be used. You will first have to connect to make everything works as expected.

Then, you can launch the main tutorial directly from the main menu through the following icon . Follow the step by step guide , go back if required and stop anytime as illustrated by the following figure:

From the main tutorial you can open others tutorials dedicated to specific components (like e.g. the navigation bar) whenever you see the icon.

WARNING

Kano look and features are ever-evolving, moreover it can be configured according to your specific use case. As a consequence, your screen probably looks a little different than what you can read and see in this documentation but the key concepts remain the same.

Main menu

The main menu allows to open the documentation, manage your settings and logout from Kano.

👉 Launch the main tutorial from the main menu then open the link to the main menu tutorial to get more details

Application bar

The application bar allows to quickly execute recurring actions:

• switch from 2D (respectively 3D) activity to 3D (respectively 2D) activity,
• center the view on your current location and display it,
• seek for an address,
• manage your favorite views,
• tools to e.g. display the coordinates of a location,
• switch to fullscreen mode.

👉 Launch the main tutorial from the main menu then open the link to the navigation bar tutorial to get more details

Catalog

The catalog organises layers into different categories and comes with a set of built-in geospatial data (Catalog tab). However, you can complete it with your own spatial data (My data tab). The catalog allows to manage the layers displayed on your view. You can show/hide a layer by selecting it in the relevant category.

WARNING

The data of some layers are only visible starting from a given scale if there is too much data to ensure a readable and smvisualisation.

In this case the layer will be disable until you reach the required scale on the map (zoom in or zoom to the layer to do so).

Using the menu on a layer you can access available actions for this layer.

The catalog also displays your list of views (My views tab) and projects (My projects tab).

👉 Launch the main tutorial from the main menu then open the link to the catalog tutorial to get more details

Timeline

The timeline allows to quickly execute actions related to the time of the displayed data. Stick to real-time or go forward/backward in time as you wish.

👉 Launch the main tutorial from the main menu then open the link to the timeline tutorial to get more details

Floating action button

Using the FAB at the bottom right corner you can:

• Create a new view to recall a given extent while activating some data layers.
• Create a new blank data layer:
  • By connecting to web mapping services using OGC standards (WMS, WFS, TMS, WMTS).
  • By locating and drawing the underlying entities. You can add the data schema from a JSON schema file in order to edit the meatadata (i.e. properties) of your entities.
  • By import existing data from a GeoJSON file.
• Create a new project for your users by selecting a set of layers and views.
• Probe weather forecast data from active prediction models by selecting a specific location on the map.

👉 Launch the main tutorial from the main menu then open the link to the FAB tutorial to get more details

Contextual menu

A right-click on a feature of the map will display a contextual menu if some actions are available for the target element like editing the properties of a user-defined feature or remove it.

Layer actions

Depending on the layer different actions are available. The most common action is to zoom to the layer in order to fit the view on the available data. If the layer is disabled at high scales this action will set the current scale of the map so that data will start be visible if the layer is shown.

More actions are available on user-defined feature layers:

• save the layer (i.e. make it persistent),
• edit layer properties like its name or description,
• edit layer features (metadata and geometry),
• edit display style,
• filter data according to metadata,
• display raw data,
• create charts,
• delete the layer.

Projects

Users with permissions to manage the catalog (i.e. create, update, remove layers) can also create, update and remove projects. A project is a set of layers and views useful to cover a specific use case of your users.

When a user activates or opens a project by selecting it in the catalog, the current activity context will switch to only display layers and views available in the projects. A user can deactivate or close the current project using the icon in the application bar. He can also open another project using the dropdown project menu in the application bar.