Change Map Type and Include Views

OpenSolar gives you the flexibility to select exactly what view and angle your customer will see on their proposal. In the following article we will review:

Table of content:

• Change imagery provider.
• Adding project views
• Adjusting your views
• Change Map Type from Online Proposal

The following article takes place in the design section of the project:

Change imagery provider.

By default, our map type used is Google Maps. Depending on the design mode you've selected the following providers are available:

In 3D:

• Google Solar API

In 2D:

• Google
• Google road
• Bing

In Manual mode:

• Google API ground imagery
• No ground imager

To change the imagery provider, you can expand the design mode within your design. You can use the 3D, 2D, and manual option to switch between the design mode and the imagery provider drop-down will allow you to select the provider you want to use:

Adding project views

Once you have selected an imagery provider you can locate the image views at the bottom center of the page:

By default, the following views will be added depending on the selected design mode:

• 3D mode will add the 3D view.
• 2D mode will add a top, north, East, South and West view.
• Manual mode will add a none view.

You can select the +view option to add more views to your project. Once the + view is selected, a little window will appear where you can select the provider and type of image you want to add:

Adjusting your views

You can include multiple Map Views to show customers in the online proposal. Panel shifting can happen when adding multiple views specially if you had 3D and add a 2D view. If this happens, simply select the align button on the bottom right. Once the align button is clicked, the panels will be grayed out and you can move them to the correct location. Once they are in the right location, click on the align button once again to make this change permanent. 

Selecting a specific view will give you further options:

• Show customer toggle: this must be selected for the custome to see the view in the proposal
• Delete: Allows you to delete the selected view
• Reorder: Gives you the option of rearranging your views. 
• More: Expands the menu with even more capabilities.

• Duplicate: Allows you to duplicate he selected view
• Add Obliques: adds the noth, east, south, west views to the design 

Change Map Type from Online Proposal

From the Online proposal, select “Customer Views”. 

Once selected, this will enable all the options available in the design but within the online proposal:

The align will also be available for more control over the needed view