How-to · Map
How to turn off owner names
Land Owl prints the owner's name across each parcel. It is on by default, and at closer zooms it can cover the imagery you are actually trying to look at. Here is how to switch it off, and back on.
Step by step
Pick the app you're using
The web app and the mobile app don't always work the same way, so each has its own instructions.
Open the map at app.landowl.com/map.
In the toolbar, click Layers.
Find the row of controls at the very top of the Layers panel.
It sits just above the Filter layers... search box and reads Parcels, Owner names, Map labels.
Click Owner names.
It switches from green (on) to grey (off), and the names disappear from the parcels straight away.
That is it. No save button, no refresh. To bring the names back, click Owner names again.
Good to know
Worth knowing before you start
Turning owner names off keeps the parcel outlines
The yellow boundaries stay exactly where they were; only the text goes. If you want the outlines gone too, switch Parcels off as well.
Turning owner names back on switches Parcels on
If you had turned Parcels off, it comes back with the names, because the names are drawn on the parcels.
If you only see icons
When the Layers panel is narrow, that row collapses to icons. Owner names is the tag icon, in the middle of the three. Hover it for "Hide owner names on parcels", or widen the panel to bring the labels back.
Still stuck?
Email support@landowl.com and we'll walk you through it.
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