Changing basemap style
How do I change the basemap in the FWV? Click on the top right map icon. You can switch between an Open Street Map base, or LINZ world imagery.
Adding traffic impacts
How do I add traffic impacts?Traffic impacts of a project can be added when you create your project, or can be added afterwards by editing your project. The traffic impact will be linked to the boundary of the project. In the future we will be introducing a traffic impact layer, so that you can see […]
Adding stages
If you’d rather watch a video, scroll further down If you selected ‘create project’ when you entered your project into the FWV, and now want to add additional stages, you can do so. From the project summary screen:
Edit / delete my projects
If you’d rather watch a video, scroll to the bottom of this page. Important: please only edit / delete your project if you have entered it manually through the FWV platform. If your project has been published via an automatic feed, any edits or deletions you make in the FWV will be overwritten by the […]
Drawing boundaries (auto uploaded project)
If you’d prefer to watch a video, see further down. Drawing / editing boundaries from an automated project upload, supplied with no shapefile Organisations can supply us with projects that don’t have a shape file, and the organisation can then draw the shape on the map within the Forward Works Viewer. For example, if you […]
Drawing boundaries (manually added project)
If you’d prefer to watch a video, see further down. Drawing / editing project boundaries from a manually created project To draw, edit or delete a project boundary, you need to edit the project. Click on the edit icon on the project summary page (or the stage page if you’re editing a stage boundary). If […]
RAMM to NFWV
RAMM layers can be published to the NFWV. If you have data held in RAMM, follow the below steps to create a URL of the data you want to share. 1) Set up a RAMM layer that you want to share. What you see on the RAMM map will be what is published to the […]
Clash / Opportunity detection
The Forward Works Viewer has built in clash/opportunity detection. A clash is a project which is occurring in the same shape boundary, during the same time, as your project. An opportunity is a project which is occurring in the same shape boundary, at a different time to your project. The shapes have to overlap on […]
Access stacked projects
If you’d rather watch a video, see further down. In busy areas, there will often be multiple projects stacked on top of each other. To access a project which may be hidden underneath another, click on the project. This will open up a menu on the left-hand side which will list all of the projects […]
