Inspector Reference

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World Map 2D Edition · Core Concepts

Inspector Reference

When you select the WorldMap2D GameObject, the Inspector shows the following properties. Use the Reset option from the gear icon to revert all values to factory defaults.

WorldMap2D Inspector

Map Layout

Property	Description
Fit Width / Height / Center Map	Controls how the map can be moved and centered on screen.
Render Viewport	When assigned a Viewport GameObject, the map renders inside that viewport instead of its normal transform. See Viewport Feature.

Earth

Property	Description
Show Earth	Shows or hides the Earth texture. Hiding it shows only frontiers for a futuristic UI look.
Earth Style	Changes the texture applied to the map (Natural, Alternate 1–3, Solid Color, Natural High-Res, Scenic, 16K variants).

Grid Lines

Property	Description
Show Latitude / Longitude Lines	Activates or deactivates the grid overlay. Stepping options control the separation in degrees between lines.
Grid Color	Color of the latitude/longitude lines.

Cities

Property	Description
Show Cities	Show or hide city markers on the map.
Min Population (K)	Filters cities by population (in thousands). Set to 0 to show all cities in the catalog.

Frontiers

Property	Description
Show Frontiers	Show or hide all country borders. Individual countries can be styled via the API.
Frontiers Detail	Low (110M:1 scale, default) or High (50M:1 scale). High detail recommended only when zooming into small regions; may impact performance on low-end devices.
Frontiers Color	Color used for all frontier lines.
Thin Lines	When enabled, frontier lines do not get thicker when zooming in. Useful for VR and mobile.

Country Highlight

Property	Description
Country Highlight Enabled	Enables highlighting countries on mouse hover. The current country is available via `countryHighlighted`.
Country Highlight Color	Fill color for the highlighted country.
Draw Outline / Outline Color	Draws a colored border around the highlighted or colorized country.
Include All Regions	When enabled, all regions of the highlighted country light up (e.g., Alaska highlights when hovering USA).

Country Labels

Property	Description
Show Country Names	Draws country labels blended with the Earth map using a RenderTexture.
Relative Size	Controls how much labels fill the country area. Higher values make labels larger.
Minimum Size	Minimum label size. Keep low to prevent overlap in dense areas.
Font	Default label font (factory default: Lato). Use the Decorator component to assign per-country fonts.
Labels / Shadow Color	Color and alpha for labels and their shadows. Per-label customization is available via `Country.labelGameObject`.

Provinces

Property	Description
Show Provinces	When enabled, individual provinces/states highlight on hover. Access via `provinceHighlighted`.

Cursor & Navigation

Property	Description
Show Cursor	Displays a crosshair at the mouse position. Read the position with `cursorLocation` when `mouseIsOver` is true.
Navigation Time	Duration (seconds) for fly-to animations. Set to 0 for instant movement.
Autorotation Speed	Continuous rotation speed. Set to 0 to disable.

User Interaction

Property	Description
Allow User Rotation	Whether the user can drag to pan the map. Set to false to implement custom interactions.
Allow User Zoom	Whether the user can zoom with the mouse wheel.
Zoom Speed	Multiplier for mouse wheel zoom speed.
Screen Edge Scroll	Auto-pans the map when the mouse reaches the screen edges.
Static Camera	When enabled, the map moves instead of the camera during drag and zoom.

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