The basemap controls the look and feel of your project, and also contains information. Giraffe uses Mapbox as the architecture for our mapping.
Mapbox styles contain graphics and information. Some styles have very little information, like roads and buildings only. Others have more, like points of interest.
Giraffe comes with 6 default map styles, and you can also add your own Mapbox style.
You can change the map style within a saved project. You cannot change the map style in scratchpad.
There are 2 places to change the map style:
In the drawing toolbar, click map settings then “map style”
In ‣, click “system” then “edit map style”
In both cases, a pop-up appears. Click on a map style from the selector to apply it to your project.
If you need further customization beyond the 6 Giraffe default map styles, you can add any published Mapbox style to your project.
In your Mapbox account:
Go to account > Studio
Create a style using Mapbox studio. Save it as a style. (See Mapbox documentation for more information)
Click the 3 dots next to the style.
Click “share”
A menu appears:
Paste the URL into the giraffe modal.
Then click “use this custom style”
Refresh your tab to see the changes.
