CUSTOMIZE YOUR WORKSPACE

There are several options for customizing your DisasterAWARE workspace and experience:

Choose custom language preferences and time zones (see section on Adjusting Language Preferences).
Change the default background map, zoom extent, and visible layers.
Customize your layers panel.

Customize your default map view

You can customize the default map view so when you login into the system it appears with the desired background map, zoom extent, and the visible layers. To learn more about customizing maps, see the section above on how to Create Custom Maps.*

Once you have your map set up the way you want it to appear at each login, click the Bookmark icon on the left toolbar.

Next, click the three dots at the top of the Bookmark panel, and then Add Bookmark to save your current map layers. Be sure to name your bookmark something meaningful so it’s easy to find at a later date.

Choose the Extents and Layers option, Create Bookmark button, and give your bookmark a meaningful name like “Default map.” Learn more about creating bookmarks in the section Bookmark and Share Information.

Once your default map bookmark has been created, you are now ready to assign the bookmark to your default map view.


	Click the Bookmark icon from the left toolbar, and then choose the bookmark you just created. Select the three dots from the upper right panel and choose Set as Default. Your default bookmark will now be the view you see each time you login to the system.

Note: You can also set the bookmark you have created by clicking the User icon from the left toolbar, selecting the Bookmark option, and then choosing a bookmark from the list.

Change your default background map

Create Custom Maps

Change your default background map

DisasterAWARE comes with a variety of background maps that you can choose to make your default. Below are just a few examples.

Click the Layers panel from the left toolbar and open the Background Map Layers folder. Check the option for the map theme you’d like to have displayed as your background map.

Combine and mashup layers

Create Custom Maps

Combine and mashup layers

You can turn on multiple layers at one time to create a better understanding of potential disaster impacts.

Here are two layers depicting estimated exposure for a multi-hazard event that included a tropical cyclone and a simultaneous M6.6 earthquake intersecting with exposed populations in Nicaragua.

A third layer depicts disaster resilience which is useful for planning evacuations, response efforts, search and rescue, and delivery of humanitarian assistance in low-resilience areas. Learn more about layers in the section titled Layers to Support Situational Awareness.

Add drawings, text, and images to maps

Create Custom Maps

Add drawings, text, and images to maps

Drawing tools allow you to add your own content to the map and can help with preliminary damage and needs assessments, identification of staging areas, staffing and resources, measuring areas and distances, and more.

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Customize your default map view

Note: You can also set the bookmark you have created by clicking the User icon from the left toolbar, selecting the Bookmark option, and then choosing a bookmark from the list.

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Customize your default map view

Note: You can also set the bookmark you have created by clicking the User icon from the left toolbar, selecting the Bookmark option, and then choosing a bookmark from the list.

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