Within Neapoljs there are two ways to print maps: a simple & quick way via HTML and a highly sophisticated way via PDF. HTML printing generates the current map in a higher resolution and puts it in a simple layout, ready to be printed. Using the Neapoljs PDF Printing you can:

• Define as many paper layouts as you want using templates and assign them to user groups.

• Use different paper sizes (such as letter, A4, A3 etc.).

• A sophisticated user interface allows even rotation (latter only available for UMN MapServer).

• See the movie about  Neapoljs PDF Layouts: How to create and use paper layouts.

HTML Printing

The HTML is intentionally kept simple and is optimized to print on an A4 or Letter size . You can define:

• Banner image: Displayed on the top of the page.

• Map title: This is the title assigned in the Neapoljs map definition (language dependent).

• Map: The map, positioned automatically.

• Optionally the overview map and the legend which can be positioned in any corner. Optionally the legend can as well be positioned below the map.

• Date and approximate map scale.

• Optionally a copyright note and / or a disclaimer can be added (or any other text).

As follows:

PDF Printing

For PDF printing, in a first step, templates have to be set up. There you can define:

• Paper size and orientation

• Size and position of the map on the paper

• Supported output scales

• Map rotation yes/no (UMN MapServer only)

• Any number of text objects (such as copyright, disclaimers and so on)

• Any number of image objects (such as logos)

• Text from functions, such as date, map title from the database, scale

• Any number of frames

As you see, you can freely create high end output layouts as you like. Inside a project, you assign the text and the images to single layouts.

Example (click on the image to see the original PDF):

PDF Printing GUI

Depending on your templates, Neapoljs will automatically create the print PDF GUI as shown in the image below:

• You can choose from the available templates (user group dependent)

• Available scales depend on the chosen template

• Availability of rotation depends on the chosen template (UMN MapServer only)

• In the map a preview of the area to be printed is shown (below, blue border)

• In addition, using the Neapoljs pan function, you can precisely position the section