My Map Layers

Your Layers

Open My Map Layers from your account menu on the HUB website. The Preview map is on top and Your layers below it. Tap a layer to see it on the preview map, over a Map or Satellite background or on its own.

My Map Layers — the preview on top, your layers below, in the order they are drawn.

Each layer shows:

• a status dot: green = the last check loaded its tiles; amber = the test tiles were empty, often just the wrong spot (move the preview map to where the service has data and press Check it again); red = the service failed, with the reason in plain words;
• Base map (covers the map) or Overlay (drawn on top), the kind of service (Tiles, WMTS, WMS, ArcGIS), its zoom range and the credit shown on the map;
• On in the planner and On in DMD2: whether a new browser or device starts with it on. Each browser and device can still switch it on and off for itself;
• Opacity.

Adding a Layer

Add a layer has three tabs. Whichever you use, the map shows in the preview before you add it.

Add a map layer — the DMD library, with the picked map previewed on the right.

Export saves your layers to a file. Keys and logins are left out unless you tick Include my keys and logins; keep such a file private.

In the Route Planner

In the Web Planner, your layers are under Layers & style → More Layers → Custom Layers, in the same order as in My Map Layers. Base maps go under the roads and the hillshade; overlays go over the map but under your tracks, routes and the map's labels.

• The tick switches a layer on or off in this browser only; your other browsers and DMD² keep their own choice. A new browser starts with On in the planner.
• Each layer that is on has its own opacity slider, also for this browser only.
• A line under a layer says when the planner cannot show it (for example it shows in DMD2 only), or when its tiles keep failing (12 of the last 20 tiles failed (HTTP 403): often a missing or expired key).
• × removes the layer from your HUB account, so from the planner and DMD² everywhere.
• Add a layer pastes an address or picks from the DMD library right in the planner, with the map previewed where you are. Manage on My map layers opens My Map Layers in a new tab; changes made there show in the planner when you come back to it.

In DMD²

Signed in to your HUB account, DMD² lists your layers under User Links in Online Map Layers and in the Map Layers dialog of the Online Layers button, each with its own switch. A layer marked On in DMD2 starts on; what you switch on the unit stays on that unit.

• Add Custom Raster in DMD² takes the same addresses as the website. The HUB works out the service, and the layer is saved to your account, so it shows in the planner and on your other devices too. Added while offline, it stays on the unit and goes to your account once you are signed in and online.
• A line under a layer says how it is doing: Working, 3 of 20 tiles failing with the reason, or what to fix on My Map Layers.
• Offline downloads include your layers when their provider allows offline copies. For a layer you added yourself, DMD² reminds you to download it only if its provider allows it.

Good to Know

• Some services block web pages, or need a login a web page cannot send: the planner cannot draw them, and the layer's line there says it shows in DMD² only.
• A service that only works over plain http:// (not https://) cannot be shown for now, in the planner or in DMD². Look for an https:// address for the same map.
• Every layer keeps its provider's credit on the map.
• Your keys and private service addresses are never shown to anyone else.
• An account holds up to 200 layers.