Layers
Smart City Elements 
Query
Tools
GMC Services 
Near Me 
Direction 
Know your Property 
Grievance
Announcement
Explore The Map Getting Started:-
Use City GIS Gandhinagar - Citizen Portal on your computer, phone, or tablet, to explore and find more about Gandhinagar your Smart City. Here's a guide to get you started using City GIS Gandhinagar citizen Portal.
Note: Icons of all the functionalities are available on the menu bar at the top of the portal.
Layers:-
A group layer is collection of all features /facilities that fall within a category. You can select layer to view its related data to find out location(s) and information of particular features/facilities.
1. Click layers from top menu bar of citizen portal.
2. On the widget you can view and expand all the group layer categories listed.
3. By clicking the drop down icon associated with each group layer you can view all selected feature layers or you can hide the grouped layers.
4. Mark the checkbox to individual feature layer for you wants to view on the map. All the features of the selected layer get populated on the map area.
Smart City Elements:-
Smart City helps you to view the location of smart city elements which is come under smart city initiatives. By clicking the smart city from top panel bar you can get the details of smart city element window on right side from where you can get the location and more detail about the elements on map by clicking individual elements.
Query:-
Queries helps you identify and focus on a set of pre-defined features and find relevant information regarding the inquiry, such as find ward by corporate name, find school by name, and find hospital by name
1. Click on query from top menu bar of citizen portal.
2. Select question for you want to query from drop down list
3. Select value from drop down list.
4. After clicking apply, the result will display on the map.
5. You can navigate to queried features by clicking get direction tab.
6. You can also view the other information of features by clicking the view other information.
7. By clicking clear result you can clear the results.
Tools:-
You can get the drawing and measurement tools from the Tools available in top panel. Click on Tool on top panel of citizen portal you will get the
Drawing Tools
1. Select the type of draw mode you want to use from the Drawing tool. For example, when you click on the Line string button, the tool activates the line geometry.
2. Move the mouse pointer over the map and click to add graphic/geometry on the map.
3. You can now view the graphic/geometry on the map, and also print this.
4. You can clear, undo and Redo from option available
4. You can clear, undo and Redo from option available
Measurement
5. Click Measurement from the tools option
6. Choose Measure Type (Line, Polygon, Point), and Measurement Unit.
7. Click on your map at the starting point. Move your cursor to your end point, or next point, repeating until you are done. Double click to finish. In case of location, click on a point to view the coordinates of the location.
8. When done, the measurement result is available on the widget and Map.
9. You can also print the maps
GMC Services:-
Event Planner
Add your public event in Citizen Portal of Gandhinagar for it to feature in our portal for public to view.
1. Click GMC service the menu bar on top of the portal.
2. Then Click on Event Planner
3. Fill in the Add Event form with particulars of the public event.
3. Fill in the Add Event form with particulars of the public event.
5. Browse and choose event image file.
6. Click on Submit to send the request for add event to the administrator.
7. Click Reset to start afresh on the form.
Note: The display of event added is subject to approval of administrator.
Payment Center
Payment center will give the location information of GMC tax payment center across the Gandhinagar city on map. After clicking the payment center you will get the list of payment center just below the popup window.
1. You can select one of them just clicking radio button.
2. After selection you will get the location of center on map.
3. Find route to reach there from your current location or any other location by plotting the point by click on Get Direction from Popup window after identifier selection.
4. You can view more details about payment center by click on view details from Popup window.
5. You can also view another nearby feature location (e.g. ATM, Hospitals, School etc) around the selected center by click on Around Me by set the distance.
Toilet Finder
You will get the location details of Toilets on map by toilet finder
1. On clicking Toilet finder, you will get the location of all toilets on map and list of all toilets below the window you can scroll down all by scroll.
2. You can get the information of toilet, by identifier
3. Find route to reach there from your current location or any other location by plotting the point by click on Get Direction from Popup window after identifier selection.
4. You can view more details about toilet by click on view details of Popup window after selection.
5. You can also view another nearby feature location (e.g. ATM, Hospitals, School etc) around the selected center by click on Around Me by set the distance.
6. You can give the rating and attach photos related to toilet from right selection list.
Bin Locator
You will get the location details of Bin on map by Bin Locator.
Disease info
Help the GMC to get updated the various selective diseases on map so that necessary action can be taken to control the disease. You can add disease if you or your family member diagnosed with any selective disease like malaria ,dengue with filling details in form disease name, name , address and coordinates of your location by plotting point or getting your current location
G Bike
You will get the location details on map of G Bike service providing center across the Gandhinagar city
Near Me:-
Near me allows you to quickly identify services/facilities around a specified location point. It shows a complete list of all the nearest service providers in all the layers (e.g. Bank, Hotel, Hospital, Points of Tourist Interest, Police Station and Restaurant) selected along with the aerial distance.
1. Click Near Me from the menu bar on top of the portal.
2. Select the layers you wish to identify around a location.
3. Drag the slider to set buffer distance (you can select up to 5 KMs of aerial distance).
4. Now, click on a location on your map to create buffer around it.
5. All the location of search criteria get displayed on map
6. Total number of location points gets displayed adjacent to the layer name in the widget.
7. You can select the services/facility from the list and also get the more details, routes from your location after selection either from identifier or selection from list.
Direction:-
Direction allows you to get shortest path from one location to another location
1. Click on Direction from the menu bar on top of the portal
2. You can set the source by search the location name from search box, by plotting the point or by getting the current location.
3.You can set the Destination by search the location name from search box, by plotting the point or by getting the current location.
4. Now, click on get direction to find the best path from source to destination
5. You can clear the direction from clear direction
Know your Property:-
Know your property allows to user to find the property, plot and Ward on map of Gandhinagar city. Click on Know your property from top menu of citizen portal you will get below details:-
Zoom to Property
1.Click Zoom to property from the tab.
2. On Know Your Property widget, choose attribute to search property by (Sector, Sub sector ,plot number or by owner name or address.
3.Now, select the attribute value of the property from the dropdown. The property gets highlighted on the map.
Know your Plot
1. Click Know your plot from the tab.
2. On widget select ward and plot number from the drop-down list.
3. Now the plot gets highlighted on the map.
Know your Ward
1. Click know your ward from the tab
2. On widget select ward from the dropdown list.
3.Now the ward gets highlighted on the map and its related information is available on the widget (Cooperator, Ward Details, Zone Details, Buses, , Educational Institutes, Health Facilities, Hotels and Entertainment, Fire station etc)
Grievance:-
Help us make Gandhinagar City GIS citizen portal better by providing us your valuable feedback. You can report problems (wrong names or other errors), give us suggestions, and compliment us here. We’re always looking for ways to improve and would love to hear from you
1. Click Grievance from the menu bar on top of the portal.
2. Choose the grievance type Feedback, Suggestion or Complains
3. Select from Category that best fits your feedback, suggestion or complain (Smart City Initiative, Public Service, or Others).
4. Add Comments and provide Personal Details.
5. Click on the map to set location co-ordinates or get your current location for your Feedback, Suggestions or complains.
6. You can also attach the support Photograph, documents for your Feedback, Suggestions or complains.
7. Click Submit to send feedback & suggestions to us.
8. Click clear to start afresh on the form.
Note: Be as specific as possible and include as much information as you can, so that we can serve you better.
Announcement:-
We consider keeping you aware as our most important responsibility. Keep an eye on announcements module regarding information on any event, meeting, downtime, addition of features, and new data (such as layers) etc. on the website. The location and point of interest details with related to announcement can also be viewed on map
Explore The Map:-
Search Place
Search provides you with an opportunity to look up for features (e.g. Bus Stops, ATM, Schools etc.) within a category and view their location on the map.
1. Click on the down arrow on the search bar to select search category, type in the search term in the text box at the top left of the portal, as you type, you may see words begin to appear below the search box. These are auto-suggestions that may match what you’re interested in.
2. As actual search result loads, click on the feature result to view location on the map and related information on the pop-up.
Proximity Analysis
Proximity Analysis allows to user to quickly search/ identify services/facilities nearby across Gandhinagar city from his/her current location if he/she is in Gandhinagar or nearby to plotting point on map set buffer distance from widget. The user can also run complex buffer like if he/she wants to see hostel around school/college or he want to see multiple facility like clinic, ATM around School by setting buffer distance in KM. There are 3 categories fall under Proximity analysis
Nearby:-
Search Nearby allows the users to quickly identify services/facilities across Gandhinagar City around a specified location point in the extent of the map. It shows a complete list of all the nearest service providers for following; Financial, Entertainment, Medical Service, Education Service, Transport Service, Community, Tour, Petrol Pumps, Parking, Park and Garden etc
1. Search for a location in the vicinity of which you wish to identify services available.
2. Now, on the left hand panel, click on Proximity Analysis icon
3. Select the services/facilities by clicking on main category icon and further choosing the subcategory icon (if available in the category)
4. If you are in Gandhinagar then it takes your current location and get highlights selected services/facilities around 1 km from your location ,you can also set the buffer distance before selecting any facilities just below the facility icons, the maximum buffer distance up to 5km.
5. Here, you can view result listed under the category, the facilities/services available on the map.
6. User can view the detail of result either by selecting any one among the highlighted from the list populated in left hand panel or by selecting feature through identifier from the maps.
Complex Buffer:-
Complex buffer allows user to view complex query like if user wants to view hospital and fire station around 2 km from any school then he can run query by select the attribute from the complex buffer widget
1. Select the source layer services/facility from dropdown for which you want to see other nearest facilities.
2. Enter Source layer value , type name of services/facilities from where you want to view nearby any other facilities, the suggestion text get highlight for selecting the proper name
3. Select target layer one from drop down that means any other services/facility you want to view around source
4. Select target layer two from drop down that means any other services/facility you want to view around source
5. Set the buffer distance (Arial distance) in km
6. Click on generate
7. The result get highlights on map and as well as list of result will also populated on left widget
8. You can select the interested feature from list or selecting by identifier on map
Polygon Buffer
Polygon buffer allows user to find services/facilities in manual drawn polygon
1. Select layer of services/facilities from drop down.
2. Click draw polygon.
3. The draw pointer get enable, so you can draw polygon of your area of interest.
4. The result get highlights on map and left widget
Zoom in
Click on the Zoom in icon in left panel to zoom the maps for detail view. Also, you can use mouse scroll to achieve zoom in.
Zoom Out
Click on the Zoom out icon in left panel to zoom out the maps for scale change. Also, you can use mouse scroll to achieve zoom out.
Zoom to Home
Click on icon from the left panel of the portal will reset the map to default extent. This function proves extremely helpful when you zoom in or out too much on the map and wish to return to your original landing page extent.
Current Location
On clicking the icon, symbol displays on the map, showing your current location. The map extent is updated to show the current location as the area of interest.
The first time you visit Citizen Portal, you will have the option to allow or disallow the browser from sharing your location data. If you have denied the permission and would like to change the settings, follow the below steps to enable location sharing on your browser.
Google Chrome
Open Chrome.
At the top right, click More and then Settings.
At the bottom, click Advanced.
Under "Privacy and security," click Content settings.
Click Location. Turn Ask before accessing on or off.
IE
In Internet Explorer, click/tap on Tools (Menu bar or gear icon) and Internet Options.
Click/tap on the Privacy tab
To Allow Websites to Request Your Location, Uncheck the Never allow websites to request your physical location box, click/tap on OK.
Close and reopen Internet Explorer to apply.
Firefox
Go to the Tools menu, then select Page Info.
Select the Permissions tab.
Change the setting for Share Location.
Note: Current location is not supported in the Chrome via https due to Google’s privacy policy. Even in other browsers, the tool will only function when you let the website track your location.
Clear map
Click on the clear map to clear the any displayed result on map
Map Tools
Go to the next map Extent
Click on icon to go to next map extent
Go to the previous map Extent
Click on icon to go to previous map extent
Zoom to extent on coordinates
You can go to the map extent by entering lat long and also can set custom scales by using this map tool
Legends
Legends give you the symbology used in citizen portal for GIS layers
Swipe tool
Swipe tool allow user to swipe between two layers , you need to select the layer for which you want to swipe between the map .
Tag locater
Tag locator allow user to tag any location on map of citizen portal by giving information in form and by plotting coordinates or use current location.
Upload Kml file
You can upload any kml file around gandhingar city in portal and can view the kml on map. 
Identifier tool
The user can identify any feature on the map by clicking on the map anytime. The feature gets highlighted on the map area and the related information is displayed on poup.
Bookmark
You can create spatial bookmarks for the areas you frequently map to provide a context for other information. A bookmark preserves a particular map extent so that you can come back to it whenever you want. Bookmarks are saved with a map, so anyone who opens a map can quickly zoom to a particular bookmarked area.
1. Click Bookmark icon from bottom left panel of the screen.
2. Zoom to the area on map which you frequently visit. For Example, If Mahatma Mandir is one of your frequently mapped areas, search for it on map. Now, bookmark this map for later use.
3. Add name for the bookmark and click on + to add the bookmark. For example, type ‘Mahatma mandir’ to successfully create the bookmark for Mahatma mandir area.
4. When done, you can come later and click on the Mahatma mandir Area bookmark to view the map zoomed to the map extent and scale saved
5. Click on a bookmark and then delete to remove a bookmark from the system.
Note: The bookmark saved will remain available in the system till cache is not get cleared by the user.
Export Map
You can use the Export map tool to create a file of your active map view.To save a map follow the steps listed below.
1. Open a map.
2. Zoom in and out to reach the map area you want to print.
3. Click the export map icon button from bottom left side of the screen.
4. Select the format, file title, file name, page setup etc from the option
5. Check box if you want to legend on map.
6. Click save, the map get exported.
Share
You can share the link of the Gandhinagar GIS - Citizen Portal with others on social media or embed it on a web page.
1. Click Share icon from the bottom left of citizen portal.
2. You will redirected to the social media page where you want to share
3. Now you can share the link on social media
