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How to create and share a tactical map link
You can share your edited maps with somebody. This article will show you how is it able to do it.
Tutorial video about the map sharing
Share creating
Follow these steps if you would share your map with somebody:
Click on the ‘Map Overlays icon’.
After that one window will appear. You have to click on the ‘Share Military Map icon’.
After click to the ‘Create New MilX Share…’ button.
You have to choose which sharing types would you like to use. There are ‘Read Only’, ‘Edit & Copy’ and ‘Edit & Overwrite’ options.
Click on the ‘Copy Link’ or on the ‘More…’ button for share on one social media platform. It is just a special choice.
The first icon is an iframe icon. This function provides the full HTML code to implement the project directly into a web page or blog.
Add layers to your share
After creating an empty share, populate it with your work:
- Open the Layer Manager (the same Map Overlays menu).
- Drag the layers you want to publish into the Share MilX Layer section. (Layers can carry MIL-STD-2525 symbols, image overlays, vector geometry, or any combination.)
- Click the green ‘Update Current MilX Share’ button (shown in the Versions of shares section below) to save the layer composition into the share. Until you save, the share remains empty for anyone who opens the link.
Recipients who already have your share link will see the new layers the next time they reload the page (or, with Track Changes enabled, after the next 10-minute polling tick).
Versions of shares
The shares have versions.
It is possible to update the versions after the map editing. Just click to the green ‘Update Current MilX Share’ button.
After the version update the version number will change:
Types of share
The map.army has three types of share.
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Read Only | The shared person will only be able to read this map. |
| Edit & Copy | The shared person will able to edit this map and make a copy from it, but this copy will use one other ID. |
| Edit & Overwrite | The shared person will be able to read, edit and overwrite this map. |
Known limitations
A few constraints to keep in mind when planning share usage:
- No password protection. Share links are obscure but not authenticated — anyone with the link can open it, with the permissions of the share type chosen above. There is no password / private-link option today; sensitive maps should not be put behind a public share. If you need access control, consider a closed-network deployment (see the FAQ entry on closed networks).
- No user accounts. The free hosted version has no user accounts or persistent personal storage. A share is the only way to “save” a map server-side; otherwise rely on local MilX export (see Layers → Export Overlays).
- Reload resets the view. Opening a share link re-centres and re-zooms to the share’s stored default view; any pan/zoom the recipient performed before a reload is not preserved.
Create new Version from the share
It is possible to create new versions from the share. This new version will use total another ID.
First you have to click on the ‘Map Overlays icon’.
After that one window will appear. You have to click on the ‘Share Military Map icon’.
Click to the green ‘Create New MilX Share’ button.
How to load a specific share
It is possible to load a specific version of the share. Follow these steps if you would like to change the versions.
First you have to click on the ‘Map Overlays icon’.
After that one window will appear. You have to click on the ‘Share Military Map icon’.
After click into the white square next to ‘Include Version in Link’.
For go back to one of them previous version you have to change the number in the URL.
Track changes
The track changes function makes it available to the user that to get a notification from the website when the share is changed. It is good for collaboration.
Follow these steps if you would track the share:
First you have to click on the ‘Map Overlays icon’.
After that one window will appear. You have to click on the ‘Share Military Map icon’.
After click into the white square next to ‘Track changes’. For the tracking it must be selected.
If the share are edited you will get one notification after 10 minutes.
To see the changes refresh the page.