Creating a Map

you need to first create maps in the system, each of which contains a set of objects to be shown on the map display then, you can open the map to see those objects displayed in their geographical locations the objects displayed on the map are organized in layers, which can be shown or hidden together each channel that is included in a map constitutes a separate layer, including all objects associated with that channel you can also create custom layers that include any group of specific objects for example, you can create a layer that shows all of your broadcasters or you can create a layer that shows all objects related to a certain product to create a new map in the main navigation, click maps click + add the create new map screen is displayed in the info section, in the name field, specify a name for the map in the tags field, select one or more of the predefined tags from the drop down list tags are used for access control by selecting a tag, you are relating this map to that tag tags are associated with certain roles (through the users & roles screen), and roles, in turn, are associated with users and user groups if you would like to create a new tag, see docid\ ypm9tw81ap6nq8stkv4rd in the configuration section, in the default region field, select from the drop down list the default region for your assets available options are africa , asia , australia/oceania , europe , north america ( default ) or south america the default region will be used to position the marker if there is no ip based geolocation and you haven’t manually set the location for the asset in the default style field, select from the drop down list the default background style for this map available options are street (default) , topographic, dark or light select the cluster markers checkbox if you would like the map to cluster nearby markers together as a single marker in the channels section, in the mediaconnect flows field, select from the drop down list one or more of the mediaconnect flows to be viewed as a layer on this map in the adaptive channels field, select from the drop down list one or more of the adaptive channels to be viewed as a layer on this map in the pass through channels field, select from the drop down list one or more of the pass through channels to be viewed as a layer on this map in the objects section, if you would like to add individual objects as a layer on this map, click + add layer the objects fields are displayed configure the layer as follows in the layer name field, specify a name for the layer in the feeders/receivers/broadcasters/sources/mediaconnect sources/targets field, select from the drop down lists one or more of the available objects to be added to this layer if you would like to add an additional layer to the map, click + add layer if you would like to add additional layers, repeat the previous procedure for each layer click save