Attributions¶

All layers have an attribution, which appears at the bottom of the map and details basic copyright and licence information. We keep these in a database rather than relying on fetching metadata from the layer source for two main reasons:

Speed - retrieving individual attribution information from every layer is dependent on the speed of the web server, so can be slow
Availability - from experience, many services simply do not provide attribution information or it is wrong. Some types of layer (such as XYZ layers) do not even have this capability

Add a new attribution¶

Select the Add new attribution button and fill in the details:

Name - a friendly name for the attribution used by admins
Attribution HTML - the HTML used to display the attribution. Can be written in plain text, but if you need links you'll need to use HTML for that. Use the placeholder {{CURRENT_YEAR}} to inject the current year into the string

Example

Copyright <a href="https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk" target="blank">Dorset Council</a> {{CURRENT_YEAR}}.

Renders as

Edit an attribution¶

Select the attribution you want to edit. Make the changes you want and hit Save.

Delete an attribution¶

Select the attribution you want to delete. You will be asked if you're sure, press Delete again to confirm.