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About Projects

Another advantage to web maps is that you can add bookmarks, measurements, shapes, or text to a map in order to mark important features or make notes. You may also have added layers to a particular map and want to use it again. In order for you to be able to keep these additions, you can save map projects and open them later, either to continue working on them or to share it by sending its URL to others. Alternatively, you can export a map and email the map.

When you save a map project, these are the aspects of the map that are saved:

The zoom setting, which is also referred to as the map extent.
The layer settings, including which layers are on or off, including transparency settings.
Any measurements or markup added to the map.
Any data added to the map such as CSV files or Shapefiles that are in a layer.
The layout of the Map when you saved, for example, if the toolbar was open or closed.
The current layer theme if one was selected.

Where are Projects saved?

Up until version 1.6, Projects were automatically saved to the server in a special folder named Projects and given a URL. The URL makes it possible for others to share the map by pasting the URL into their browser. From version 1.7 onwards, you can also save a project as a file and select where you want to save it on your computer or network.