diff --git a/VIPSWeb/static/js/frontpageMap.js b/VIPSWeb/static/js/frontpageMap.js
index 8e5dbb75adfc962f088825665590bb0fec505b8c..64dfe9f907380964ab5ffdd5b05b4176817ecffe 100755
--- a/VIPSWeb/static/js/frontpageMap.js
+++ b/VIPSWeb/static/js/frontpageMap.js
@@ -126,17 +126,14 @@ function initFrontpageMap(lonLat, zoomLevel, mapAttribution)
 			target: 'map',
 			layers: [backgroundLayer, forecastLayer, observationLayer],
 			overlays: [popOverlay],
-			renderer: 'canvas'
+			renderer: 'canvas',
+			view: new ol.View({
+				center: ol.proj.fromLonLat(lonLat, 'EPSG:3857'),
+				zoom:zoomLevel,
+				maxZoom: getSelectedMapLayer() == FORECAST_LAYER ? maxMapZoomForForecasts : maxMapZoomForObservations
+			})
 	});
 
-	// Setting zoom and center for the map (need to do this after creating map. so that we can transform our
-	// center to correct map projection)
-	var view = new ol.View({
-		center: ol.proj.transform(lonLat, 'EPSG:4326', map.getView().getProjection().getCode()),
-		zoom:zoomLevel,
-		maxZoom: getSelectedMapLayer() == FORECAST_LAYER ? maxMapZoomForForecasts : maxMapZoomForObservations 
-	});
-	
 	// Getting data and rendering the selected layer
 	selectMapLayer(getSelectedMapLayer());
 	/*if(getSelectedMapLayer() == FORECAST_LAYER)
@@ -148,8 +145,6 @@ function initFrontpageMap(lonLat, zoomLevel, mapAttribution)
 		initObservationLayer();
 	}*/
 	
-	map.setView(view);
-	
 	// Attempting to adjust map to small screen
 	if(map.getSize()[0] < 500)
 	{
diff --git a/VIPSWeb/static/js/weatherStationSelectorMap.js b/VIPSWeb/static/js/weatherStationSelectorMap.js
index 609b81b3a5ee6bf713c9fc941a61699c1319a6e8..6afbda4b865a5796108b98c2e98328e2be9d7350 100755
--- a/VIPSWeb/static/js/weatherStationSelectorMap.js
+++ b/VIPSWeb/static/js/weatherStationSelectorMap.js
@@ -70,24 +70,16 @@ function initMap(center, zoomLevel, attribution, organizationId, weatherStationF
                     target: 'weatherStationSelectionMap',
                     layers: [backgroundLayer,weatherStationLayer],
                     overlays: [popOverlay],
-                    renderer: 'canvas'
-    });
-    
-    var centerPosition = ol.proj.transform(center, 'EPSG:4326', map.getView().getProjection().getCode());
-
-    // Setting zoom and center for the map (need to do this after creating map. so that we kan transform our
-    // center to correct map projection)
-    var view = new ol.View({
-            center: centerPosition,
-            zoom:zoomLevel
+                    renderer: 'canvas',
+                    view: new ol.View({
+                        center: ol.proj.fromLonLat(center, 'EPSG:3857'),
+                        zoom: zoomLevel
+                    })
     });
-    map.setView(view);
     
     // Using Bootstrap's popover plugin. See http://getbootstrap.com/javascript/#popovers
     var poiDetails = $("#popover");
-    
-    
-    
+
     // Displays popup with forecasts for a given station
     // (if there is a station where the click event is fired)
     var displayFeatureDetails = function(pixel, coordinate) {
diff --git a/applefruitmoth/static/applefruitmoth/js/map.js b/applefruitmoth/static/applefruitmoth/js/map.js
index 5496de3cda65bd130b6dc261a2ac8c6769c009ff..9602b07c683f426909b5f8512fdd006d8c25a399 100755
--- a/applefruitmoth/static/applefruitmoth/js/map.js
+++ b/applefruitmoth/static/applefruitmoth/js/map.js
@@ -49,17 +49,13 @@ var initMap = function(container, mapAttribution)
 			target: container,
 			layers: [backgroundLayer, forecastLayer],
 			overlays: [popOverlay],
-			renderer: 'canvas'
+			renderer: 'canvas',
+            view: new ol.View({
+                center: ol.proj.fromLonLat([9,61], 'EPSG:3857'),
+                zoom: 6
+            })
 	});
-	
-	// Setting zoom and center for the map (need to do this after creating map. so that we can transform our
-	// center to correct map projection)
-	var view = new ol.View({
-		center: ol.proj.transform([9,61], 'EPSG:4326', map.getView().getProjection().getCode()),
-		zoom: 6
-	});
-	map.setView(view);
-	
+
 	// Using Bootstrap's popover plugin. See http://getbootstrap.com/javascript/#popovers
 	var poiDetails = $("#popover");
 	
diff --git a/ipmd/static/ipmd/js/ipmdlib.js b/ipmd/static/ipmd/js/ipmdlib.js
index def866f696f77ea0946e6c8d4154864621a0a276..7f45505aaad502acb692352abf09c47f3735d3f3 100644
--- a/ipmd/static/ipmd/js/ipmdlib.js
+++ b/ipmd/static/ipmd/js/ipmdlib.js
@@ -670,21 +670,16 @@ async function initDataSourceMap(containerId, geoJson, countryCodeList, featureC
     map = new ol.Map({
             target: containerId,
             layers: [backgroundLayer],
-            renderer: 'canvas'
+            renderer: 'canvas',
+            view: new ol.View({
+                center: ol.proj.fromLonLat([10,65], 'EPSG:3857'),
+                zoom: 7
+            })
     });
 
-
     // Adding it to list of maps, for bookkeeping
     maps[containerId] = map;
 
-    // Setting zoom and center for the map (need to do this after creating map. so that we can transform our
-	// center to correct map projection)
-	var view = new ol.View({
-		center: ol.proj.transform([10,65], 'EPSG:4326', map.getView().getProjection().getCode()),
-		zoom: 7
-	});
-	map.setView(view);
-	
     // Read the datasource's geoJson features
     let drawnFeatures = undefined;
     let features = new ol.Collection();
diff --git a/observations/static/observations/js/observationList.js b/observations/static/observations/js/observationList.js
index 31b65b8b83b5774eb93637813f514662dff36a0f..987e4786f9b802e7c3818018d70ca1e7d9ee2cc1 100644
--- a/observations/static/observations/js/observationList.js
+++ b/observations/static/observations/js/observationList.js
@@ -101,7 +101,12 @@ var initMap = function(
                     target: 'observationMap',
                     layers: [backgroundLayer, observationLayer],
                     overlays: [popOverlay],
-                    renderer: 'canvas'
+                    renderer: 'canvas',
+                    view: new ol.View({
+                        center: ol.proj.fromLonLat(center, 'EPSG:3857'),
+                        zoom:zoomLevel,
+                        maxZoom:7
+                    })
     });
     
     // For some reason, we have to wait with selecting the layer until after the map has
@@ -110,16 +115,6 @@ var initMap = function(
     // Using Bootstrap's popover plugin. See http://getbootstrap.com/javascript/#popovers
     poiDetails = $("#popover");
     
-    // Setting zoom and center for the map (need to do this after creating map. so that we kan transform our
-    // center to correct map projection)
-    var centerPosition = ol.proj.transform(center, 'EPSG:4326', map.getView().getProjection().getCode());
-    var view = new ol.View({
-            center: centerPosition,
-            zoom:zoomLevel,
-            maxZoom:7
-    });
-    map.setView(view);
-    
     // Need to build the query string
     var params = [];
 
diff --git a/observations/static/observations/js/observationViewMap.js b/observations/static/observations/js/observationViewMap.js
index a37cf9b12a76d6623cc66eb15cc98fda0cc35a47..7414e30b2514b12da73ed3c9b874a870f72b6feb 100755
--- a/observations/static/observations/js/observationViewMap.js
+++ b/observations/static/observations/js/observationViewMap.js
@@ -39,22 +39,16 @@ var initMap = function(geoJSON, poi, container, mapAttribution)
 	map = new ol.Map({
 			target: container,
 			layers: [backgroundLayer],
-			renderer: 'canvas'
+			renderer: 'canvas',
+            view: new ol.View({
+                center: ol.proj.fromLonLat([10,65], 'EPSG:3857'),
+				zoom: 7,
+				maxZoom: 7
+            })
 	});
 	
-	// Setting zoom and center for the map (need to do this after creating map. so that we can transform our
-	// center to correct map projection)
-	var view = new ol.View({
-		center: ol.proj.transform([10,65], 'EPSG:4326', map.getView().getProjection().getCode()),
-		zoom: 7,
-		maxZoom: 7
-	});
-	map.setView(view);
-	
 	var features = new ol.Collection();
-	
-	
-	
+
 	if(geoJSON != null)
 	{
 		var featureOverlay = new ol.layer.Vector({
diff --git a/spatial/static/spatial/js/gridmap.js b/spatial/static/spatial/js/gridmap.js
index 4f9937e99ca1142253091eec1b3f60d853d3272d..ee181beb1831c2398443699ffefc5dcf0a06fce7 100644
--- a/spatial/static/spatial/js/gridmap.js
+++ b/spatial/static/spatial/js/gridmap.js
@@ -327,19 +327,11 @@ async function initGridMap(inputModelId, wmsURL, mapAttribution) {
 	map = new ol.Map({
 		target: "mapContainer",
 		layers: [backgroundLayer].concat(layers),
-		renderer: 'canvas'
+		renderer: 'canvas',
+        view: new ol.View({
+        })
 	});
 
-
-	// Setting zoom and center for the map (need to do this after creating map. so that we can transform our
-	// center to correct map projection)
-	var view = new ol.View({
-		//center: ol.proj.transform(lonLat, 'EPSG:4326', map.getView().getProjection().getCode()),
-		//zoom: 5,
-		//maxMapZoom: 10,
-	});
-	map.setView(view);
-
     // If today is outside of the date range, use the most recent timestamp
     if(wmsServiceSuccess && isDataReturned)
     {
diff --git a/spatial/static/spatial/js/spatialMap.js b/spatial/static/spatial/js/spatialMap.js
index b2d8c711dc70ba256657648becdae1d2d9d44945..a57ba0b849f54be8f21423760a168610b18090d8 100644
--- a/spatial/static/spatial/js/spatialMap.js
+++ b/spatial/static/spatial/js/spatialMap.js
@@ -86,18 +86,13 @@ function initSpatialMap(lonLat, zoomLevel, mapAttribution, mapId) {
 	map = new ol.Map({
 		target: mapId,
 		layers: [backgroundLayer, carrotLayer],
-		renderer: 'canvas'
-	});
-
-
-	// Setting zoom and center for the map (need to do this after creating map. so that we can transform our
-	// center to correct map projection)
-	var view = new ol.View({
-		center: ol.proj.transform(lonLat, 'EPSG:4326', map.getView().getProjection().getCode()),
-		zoom: zoomLevel,
-		maxMapZoom: maxMapZoom,
+		renderer: 'canvas',
+		view: new ol.View({
+			center: ol.proj.fromLonLat(lonLat, 'EPSG:3857'),
+			zoom: zoomLevel,
+			maxZoom: maxMapZoom,
+		})
 	});
-	map.setView(view);
 
 	map.on('singleclick', (evt) => {
 		const coordinate = proj4('EPSG:3857', 'EPSG:25833', evt.coordinate)