How to organize maps by category on the MapStore main page?

[Sofia Moya]

Hi everyone,

I’m working on developing MapStore as a production geoportal for an institution.

To do this, I installed Tomcat v9, GeoServer v2.22.2, and MapStore v2024.02.02, all using the .war format.

I’m also using a PostgreSQL v13.21 database, where I’m uploading many shapefile layers to be displayed in MapStore through GeoServer.

I need the maps to be organized into thematic categories, because there are too many and it’s important to keep everything clear and easy to find for users.

Important: I can’t use "contexts" or "groups" to organize the layers, because each map has too many shapefile layers and it becomes very difficult to manage.

What I’d like to have is something like this:

• Natural Hazards (main category)
  • Fault Map
  • Mudflow Map
  • Landslide Map
• Watersheds (main category)
  • Map X
  • Map Y
• PDF Documents / Images
  • Document 1
  • Document 2
  • Image 1

How can I organize the maps this way in MapStore?
Any suggestions or ideas would be very helpful.

Thanks a lot in advance!

[Sofia Moya]

[Lorenzo Natali]

Hi,

MapStore 2025.01.00 introduced a new home page, were all the resources can be searched in one place and categorized by tags:

You can :

-  Manage tags as administrator 

- Filter resources by tags on the home page

You can give a try to it, I think it can be a good solution to organize your maps.

https://github.com/geosolutions-it/MapStore2/releases/tag/v2025.01.00