POI MANAGEMENT
POI (point of interest) is a place on the map that has some importance for you and requires a
special attention in the tracking process. Each place can have its image on the map (an icon). In
addition, you can add any comments.
POIs have various applications:
POIs visually enrich the map by marking important places.
In POI tooltip, you can get dynamically updated images from external sources (video from
web cameras, photos of crossroads, weather, etc.).
POIs can be used as addresses in reports (in the 'Location' columns).
POIs can be used as check points for routes.
To open the POI panel, choose a corresponding name in the top panel or click on the necessary
item in the main menu customizer.
Create a POI
To create POIs, you should have Create, edit, and delete POIs access to at least one resource.
POIs are created on the POI panel. Press the New button and double-click on the map to locate a new
POI. Fill in the dialog of POI properties (at least, name is required) and press OK.
An alternative way to create POIs is to import them from a file or another resource.
POI Properties
Name
Name is a required parameter for a POI like any other system object. It can be of one or more symbols.
Besides, you can specify font color and size for the caption. It has sense if POI names on map are
enabled in User Settings.
Image
Each POI can have its own image. An image can be chosen from the standard icons (Icon Library
button) or loaded from your computer (Upload Image button). Supported formats are PNG, JPG and
GIF. Moreover, you can use the Icon Library application (for top accounts only) which enables to
upload individual icons for POIs. Icons uploaded to the system using this application will be available
for you in the standard icon library. To facilitate the work with the library, the uploaded icons are placed
in the same list, but separately from the standard ones (at the top). All loaded images are automatically
resized by 64×64 pixels to display the POI on the map and on the list. However, in the tooltip for the
POI you can see enlarged image (up to 256х256 px).
Description
When you create a POI, this field is automatically filled with address information for the point. However,
you can edit it and write any custom description. Its length is not limited. You can use html (including
iframe) tags in descriptions in order to format text or get images from other sites. For example, you
can embed video from web cameras, get photos from crossroads, load weather or currency exchange,
etc.
Latitude & Longitude
Coordinates are indicated automatically depending on the point on the map you have double-clicked
when creating the POI. However, you can edit coordinates manually if necessary.
Visibility Scale
Visibility scale is map zooms at which POI will be displayed or not. For example, if a POI is a city, it
has sense to see it on remote scales, whereas if a POI is a building it is more logical to see it on more
detailed scales. Different map types can have different graduation of map scales. However, all possible
values fall into the range from 1 to 19, where 1 is the most detailed scale (small streets and houses
are displayed) and 19 is an overview (the whole world).
Radius
Default radius for a POI is 100 (whether meters or feet, depends on resource settings). Radius
can be used for address detection in reports as well as to display the POI on the map. Tick the Show circle
checkbox and choose the color if you want the POI to be displayed on the map as a circle with the
specified radius.
When finished, press OK. The newly create POI will appear at the bottom of the list. However, when the
list is reloaded, the POI will take its place according to the alphabet. At that, the flag to display the POI on
the map will be enabled.
One resource cannot contain more than 31744 POIs.
POI are sorted by name. To quickly find a certain place, use the dynamic filter above the list. Begin to
input the name of a place and see the results. To move to a certain POI on the map, simply click on
its name on the list.
In the first column of the table, tick those POIs that should be seen on the map. Put the flag at the
header of the list to select/unselect all POIs. POIs can be presented on the map by their names (default
color is orange), attached images and circles as well as any combination of these three items.
Overlapping POIs can be grouped under one icon. Parameters of POI visualization are adjusted both
in POI properties and in User Settings.
Note, that in order for POIs to be displayed on the map you should check if the corresponding layer
icon in the main menu is active.
If you have too many POIs to show on the map, it may slow down browser performance. In this case,
enable the option of rendering POIs on server (see User Settings => Maps).
Place a mouse cursor over a place name on the list or on the map to see related information in a
tooltip: name, description, enlarged image, and a resource where the POI belongs (if there is access
to several resources). If POIs are rendered on the server, only name and description can be displayed
in the tooltip. If the description contains links to any external content, it is shown in the tooltip. For
example, a tooltip of a POI can look like this:
All POIs regardless resource they belong to are displayed on the list. However, you can easily filter
them by this parameter. To do this, in the dropdown list choose account name to display only POI
belonging to this resource. This filter is not displayed if the current user has access only to one
resource. To find a POI by name, use the dynamic filter. The following buttons can be used to manage
created POIs:
Change POI location.
When you push this button against a POI, a red marker appears on its place. Double-click on
any other place on the map to move your POI there and press Save. Otherwise, press
Cancel
to ignore
changes.
Edit or view
POI properties.
These buttons are used to open POI Properties dialog where you can edit POI or just view its
properties (depending on your access).
Copy POI.
Pushing the 'Copy' button you open the same dialog as for POI creation. The difference is that in
this case all the fields of the dialog are already completed in the same way as for original POI.
Delete POI.
To remove place, press the Delete button against it and confirm your intention. You can even
delete several POIs at once if you check them and press the Delete button at the heading of the
table.
Note: If you have not enough rights for a resource (you have View POIs but do not have Create, edit,
and delete POIs), you cannot move, edit or delete its POIs. That is why the corresponding buttons are
dimmed.
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