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How to set up visibility ranges

Visibility ranges for layers, labels or clusters allow you to set the scales where your layers, labels are clusters should turned on or off automatically. Visibility ranges are set in the layer…

Visibility ranges for layers, labels or clusters allow you to set the scales where your layers, labels are clusters should turned on or off automatically.

Screenshot showing visibility ranges in CartoVista when setting up visibility ranges

Visibility ranges are set in the layer settings in the map:

  1. Open the layer control
  2. Click on the down arrow to open the details
  3. Click on “More settings
  4. In the properties panel, click on the Advanced tab
  5. Open “Visibility Ranges“.

Screenshot showing visibility ranges in CartoVista when setting up visibility ranges

Layers

When visibility ranges are enabled for a layer, it will only be visible in between the scale ranges set as Min and Max.

Screenshot showing visibility ranges layer in CartoVista when setting up visibility ranges

When the infinity symbol is on, the max value is ignored:

Screenshot showing visibility ranges infinity in CartoVista when setting up visibility ranges

Labels

When visibility ranges are enabled for a layer’s labels, the labels will only be visible in between the scale ranges set as Min and Max.

Screenshot showing visibility ranges labels in CartoVista when setting up visibility ranges

Labels have to be enabled in the layer properties as well:

Screenshot showing labels active in CartoVista when setting up visibility ranges

Clusters

For point layers, clusters can be enforced above a certain scale:

Screenshot showing visibility ranges clusters in CartoVista when setting up visibility ranges

This will disable the cluster toggle in the layer control above the scale set in the visibility ranges:

Screenshot showing forced clustering in CartoVista when setting up visibility ranges

To learn more about clusters, see our dedicated article.

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