Preview a PDF or a photo

Who can do this

Anyone who can read the project Every plan.

Open in GISweaver

Open a file attached to a parcel or a saved measurement from the map, without downloading it.

1. With a project open on the map, select the parcel or the measurement: on the map, or under Saved work in the rail. The Inspector shows it.
2. In the Inspector, choose the Files tab. It lists the attached files.
3. Select the file's name. It opens in a viewer over the map.
4. For a PDF, turn the pages with Previous and Next. With several files, move between them with the arrows at the sides of the viewer, or the Left and Right arrow keys.
5. Select Close (the ×). The map is back.

What happens next

Nothing changes in the project. To keep a copy, select Download original (size) for a PDF or a video, or Download (size) for a photo, in the viewer's bar; the button shows the file's size. A PDF or a video downloads as it was uploaded; a photo downloads as the copy the project keeps, not the camera's file.

If something goes wrong

• Showing the first 200 of 350 pages. Download the original for the rest. A preview shows at most 200 pages of a PDF. Download the original to read the rest.
• This page could not be loaded. Try the next page, or download the original. Turn to the next page, or download the file.
• The preview could not be loaded. The original is still available to download. Download it instead.

• This file has no preview to show here. Download the original, or find it in the project’s files. GISweaver keeps the file, but cannot show it in the browser. Select Download original (size), or Show in project files. The project's Files list says why:

  The list says	What to do
  No preview: this PDF is password-protected. Download the original to open it.	Download the original and open it with its password.
  No preview: this file could not be read for a preview. The original is kept exactly as uploaded.	Check that the original opens on your own computer.
  No preview: this file is too large to preview. Download the original.	Download the original.
  No preview: this PDF has no pages.	The PDF opens but holds no pages.
  No preview could be made for this file. The original is kept exactly as uploaded.	Making the preview failed or took too long. The original is unaffected.
  - This browser cannot play this video. Download it to watch it. Your browser does not read the video's format. Download it and play it on your computer.

Details

Attach a file to a parcel or a measurement

In the Files tab, select Attach, find the file or link in Attach a project file or link, and select it. Detach takes it off again; the file stays in the project's files. People who can only read the project cannot attach or detach.

Which files have a preview

A PDF gets one picture per page, up to the first 200 pages. A photographic image, such as a photo or a scanned plan, gets one picture. Map files (GeoJSON, DXF, LAS, ZIP and elevation GeoTIFFs) have no preview.

A preview is for reading. Fine print, thin lines and colours are close to the original but not identical, and a preview is not a measurement source. Download the original to print it, measure from it or search its text.

Who can see a preview

Anyone who can open the original file in the project can see its preview. A reviewer you send the file to sees it too, even when their review access does not include downloading originals.

An organisation you share a release with, or deliver it to, gets no preview, only the original files. A preview does not count towards your organisation's storage.

On a phone

The viewer fills the screen, with its bar at the foot. Swipe left or right to move between files.

Other places the viewer opens

The same viewer opens from a project's Files list and its releases in the Console. To attach or detach a file, see Attach a file or link to a feature.

The product words on this page are explained in the glossary.

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