Introduction To User Interface
Introduction
Once the citiwatts platform is opened, the disclaimer page is shown. Besides the disclaimer message, additional information regarding supported browsers, the objectives of the citiwatts project, the link to the Citiwatts project website, and the data repositories is provided.
📌 Short introduction to Citiwatts platform
The citiwatts GUI is a GIS-based interface. By closing the disclaimer page, the user sees the map of Europe. Once the disclaimer page is closed, a window prompting to accept cookies is displayed. The cookies are only statistical and do not contain any personal information on the user.
🗺️ Initial Page
Here you can spot at first glance 3 parts of the user interface:
- A toolbar on the top of the page
- The interactive map itself
- A radio button for changing the style of the map
- Radio buttons to change the are of selection of the map
🔝 Upper Toolbar
With this toolbar, you can:
- Connect: Register and log into the toolbox by clicking the user icon.
- Go To Place: Zoom in to a specific region by typing its name and pressing enter.
- Feedback: Provide feedback regarding the tool.
- Disclaimer: Go back to the disclaimer page by clicking on the logo.
💬 Feedback
Do you have any suggestions on how to improve the tool? Have you noticed any errors? Please let us know! Your feedback helps us enhance the platform.
🗺️ Tiles
You can choose the territorial scale that you want to analyze (regional or hectare level) and configure the map tiles.
🎚️ Tile Configurations:
- 🔍 Zoom in and out of the map
- 🏙️ Show regional boundaries to select specific regions
How To Cite
The citiwatts and Hotmaps teams, in citiwatts wiki, Introduction to user interface (2025)
Authors And Reviewers
Written by the citiwatts and Hotmaps teams and namely by:
EASILab - HES-SO Marie-Esther Mabillard EEG - TU Wien Jeton Hasani