Recommendation: Save the map information before a download action to ensure the latest information.
Advanced actions
Recipe for downloading layer properties:
Enter edit mode by
Select on the right side Manage layers
Select button Edit layer for the layer to be modified.
Expand Advanced actions and click Download
Download window
The system opens a new browser window with the information of the layer.
Details of the download window:
The first line shows tabs to show the available information types.
The second line depends on the selected option in line 1.
Option JSON shows:
Save : Save to a plain text file.
Copy : Copy the text to the clipboard
Collapse All and Expand All influence the displayed information (everything is downloaded)
Option Raw data shows:
Save : Save to a plain text file.
Copy : Copy the text to the clipboard
Pretty print influences the indentation of the displayed information (everything is downloaded)
The line marked 3 is collapsed in this example. Expansion shows all markers, lines and polygons of the layer
The line marked 4 shows uMap information for this layer e.g.:
The name and type of the layer
Display properties for the layer
Display properties for inheritance by features.
The system proposes extension .umap for the file, with effect that the file is refused by a subsequent Import action. Remedy: Modify the extension during download or later in .json
Side effect is that layer information (name, description,...) is lost on import
