Edit the incident map

Edit the incident map

You can edit the incident map in the incident form, when registering or editing an incident. When in Edit mode, you can zoom, pan, and search for coordinates in the map. You can also edit the default map layers, and to place markers, drawings and texts.

If you are editing the incident map from the incident form, you can use full screen mode to expand the map, so that it fills the whole form. To toggle full screen mode click the Full screen button in the lower right corner of the map. If you are editing the map in full screen mode, remember to switch off full screen mode before closing the form, otherwise you will lose unsaved information that you added to the form, before you started editing the map.

Add markers, drawings and texts

Before you start adding markers, drawings and texts to the incident map, you have to mark the main location of the incident. Therefore, at first only the Draw a marker button is enabled among the drawing tools displayed to the left on the map.

• To place a marker at the main location of the incident, click Draw a marker, then click on the location where you want to place the marker. The location of the main marker is the only information about this incident, that will be displayed on a map showing several active incidents. After the main marker is added, the remaining drawing tools are enabled.

The procedure for adding other markers is the same as for adding the main marker. The only difference is that you can add several of each of the other marker types, but you can only add one main marker.

• To change color before adding a shape, click the color picker () and select a color. Then click the drawing tool you want to use, and draw the shape. You cannot change the color of a shape after you have started drawing. If you want to change the color of a shape, you have to delete the shape, select the desired color, and then redraw the shape.
• To draw a simple or complex line:

1. Click Draw one or more lines, then click on the map to mark the first point of the line.
2. Continue clicking on new locations to add new points to the line. While you are drawing, you can reverse your actions, one point at a time, by clicking the Delete last point button, next to the tool for drawing lines
3. To end the line, click again on the last point.

• To draw a circle: : Click the circle-icon, then click where you want the center of the circle to be situated. Continue holding down the mouse button, and drag outwards, until the circle has the desired size. While you are adjusting the size, the circle radius is displayed in a speech bubble next to the circle.
• To draw a rectangle: Click the rectangle-icon, then click where you want one of the corners of the rectangle to be situated. Continue holding down the mouse button, and drag the opposite corner, until the rectangle has the desired size and proportions.
• To add a custom shape: Click the shape-icon, then click on the map to mark the first point of the shape. Continue clicking on new locations to add new points to the shape. While you are drawing, you can reverse your actions, one point at a time, by clicking the Delete last point button. To close the shape, click again on the first point.
• To add a text to a marker or a shape, or to edit the text:
• 1. Click the marker or shape. This will open the text that is currently associated with the marker or shape.
  2. Click the Edit button in the speech bubble, and type some text, or edit/delete the text already in the text box.
  3. To save the changes, click the Close button in the speech bubble, or click outside of the speech bubble.

The Incident Map

About

You can view the incident map in the detail window of each incident and in the Incident overview in the window to the right. In addition to the current state of the incident map, you can view the timeline of the map changes for the incident. This is only available in the detail view for the selected incident. You can also view a map showing the main location of your active incidents.

Functions

You can zoom and pan the map, click on markers to see associated texts, search for coordinates, and view the timeline of changes made to the map:

·  To zoom in and out: Click on the plus () and minus () buttons in the top left corner of the map, or use your mouse wheel. You can also zoom in by double-clicking on a location on the map.

·  To pan the map: Click and hold, so that the pointer changes to a closed hand, and then drag in the desired direction.

·  Attached text: To see whether there is text attached an incident on the map, click on the marker.

·  To toggle full screen mode: Click the Full screen button in the lower right corner of the map in the detail view window.

Search in map

You can search for locations on the map using coordinates.

1. Click the Search button () in the top right corner of the map, to display the search box.
2. Type some coordinates. You can use several different coordinate formats, for example:
3. • Latitude and longitude in decimal degrees
   • Latitude and longitude in degrees minutes and seconds
   • UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) coordinates

When you start typing in the search box, you will see a help text with examples of the coordinate formats that can be used.

1. When the location is found, it is marked with a red marker that is displayed until you reset the search box or conduct a new search.

Timeline of changes

From the incident map in the detail view, you can view the timeline of changes that have been made to the map.

To show and hide the timeline of changes, click the Show/hide timeline of changes button () in the top right corner of the map.

When the time line is displayed, you can see the following elements under the map:

• At the bottom - the total time axis for the issue map, starting at the point in time when the first change was made to the incident map, and ending with the latest change. This axis has a slider with adjustable start and end, used to zoom and pan in the timeline.
• Above the total time axis, you can see a zoomed-in view showing only the portion of the time axis that is between the starting point and the end point of the slider. The map changes are marked with blue dots.
• The map above the timeline shows a snapshot of the drawings and the markers that were visible on the map at the selected point in time.

To view the date and time of a particular change, hold the pointer over the corresponding dot. To view a snapshot of the map at the time when a particular change was made, click on the corresponding dot.

To zoom in and out, and move backwards and forwards on the time axis:

• Drag the handles marking the starting point and the end point of the slider.
• Use the zoom presets displayed to the left, above the time axis (1 m, 3 m, 6 m, YTD, 1 y, All) to adjust the span of the slider.
• Drag the slider to the left or to the right.
• Type a From date and a To date in the boxes to the right, above the time axes.