How to change the basemap and panel layout

You can customize the panel layout for every slide and choose a different basemap.

Change your basemap #

CartoVista offers a variety of basemaps, available in the Layer control. Here’s how to select another basemap:

1. Open the Layer control
2. Click on the current basemap to open the list of available basemaps
3. You can use the Search bar to search for a specific basemap
4. Then, select a basemap in the list:

When you have selected your basemap, click on the down arrow to change the opacity and grayscale settings:

Change the panel layout #

You can close panels with , resize them with . You can open a new panel from the left bar.

You can also set the map to full-screen mode with . Panels will be floating windows you can drag to move:

Save your basemap and layout in your slide #

To save your customization, switch to the edit mode of your slide if you are not currently editing it:

Then, save your changes by clicking “Save” or the green dot in the top bar :

By saving your slide, all other slide elements will be saved. See what other elements will be saved here.