Configuring location maps

In the Solution Administration view, you can customize location maps for display in the Operations view.

On the Location Map tab, you can customize the following items:

  • A map, diagram, or plan to display on the location map.
  • Areas within location maps to enable data items that are associated with those areas to be displayed on location maps.
  • A hierarchy of location maps to enable a menu on the location map and markers on the map. Menu items are displayed in alphabetical order. Location maps are divided by:
    • Collection depending on where on the geospatial map the location maps occur
    • Category depending on the type of location map in the collection
In the Location Maps tool, you can easily create, view, update, and delete location maps, collections, and areas. You can create new categories. You can delete existing categories, but you cannot update existing categories. Categories, collections, location maps, and areas are hierarchical as detailed in the following definitions.
Category
A category contains one or more collections of location maps. A category assists the user by organizing the menu so that location maps can be found easily. For example, a category that is called Police Stations contains collections of location maps that represent police stations in a city.
Collection
A collection contains one or more location maps. A collection usually consists of a set of maps and is represented by a marker at a position on a geospatial map. A collection must be assigned location coordinates and a category. For example, a collection that is called Fourth Precinct contains location maps that are associated with a police station in the fourth precinct of a city.
Location Map
A location map is any image that represents a location in the required detail. A location map must be assigned to a collection. For example, Floor 1 is a location map of the first floor of a building. This location map is assigned to a collection of maps for the Fourth Precinct police station within a category called Police Stations.
Area
An area is a user-defined shape, a polygon, that outlines a portion of a location map. An area must be assigned a name and description. The name is a unique identifier that represents that portion of the location map. Any data item with an area identifier that is received by the solution, is displayed on all location maps that have that area that is defined. For example, the Fourth Precinct map collection has an area that is called Staircase on the Floor 1 and Floor 2 location maps. There is also an option to assign a parent identifier to an area.

Use the parent identifier on more than one location map to create a hierarchy of areas. For example, create areas to represent the seating stands on the first floor of a sports stadium. Each seating stand is defined on the detailed location map of the first floor of the stadium. Additionally, give each seating stand a parent identifier to indicate that it is on the first floor of the stadium. A data item with an area identifier for one of the seating stands is displayed on the detailed seating map of the first floor. This data item is also displayed on an overview location map of the stadium. The first floor area on the overview map has the same area identifier as the parent identifier that is used for the seating stand areas.

For more information about configuring location maps, see the link at the end of the topic.