Set GIS Map and Icons

This page allows you to enable GIS (Geographic Information System ) map function to display the online or/and offline GIS map on the Web Client and Control Client, so that the geographic location of the resources (such as current site, Remote Sites, cameras) can be shown on the map.

  1. On the top navigation bar, select > Security Monitoring > Visual Map.
  2. Select Map on the left panel.
  3. Click Map Settings on the top right to enter the map settings page.
  4. On the top right, click GIS Map Settings and set the GIS Map.
    1. Switch the GIS Map on to enable the GIS map function.
    2. According to the actual requirements, select Online or Offline to set the online GIS map or offline GIS map.

      • For online GIS map, enter the GIS map API URL.

        Note:

        • The Google map API is supported currently.

        • Google Maps are provided by Google Inc. (Hereinafter referred to as "Google"). We only provides you the URLs to use Google Maps. You shall apply by yourself for the use of Google Maps from Google. You shall comply with Google terms and provide certain information to Google if required.

        • You shall set the correct GIS map API URL, otherwise the configuration can not be saved.

      • For offline GIS map, you can upload map files in tar.gz or tar format, of which the size is no larger than 1 GB.

        Note:

        Click Download Offline Map Configuration Guide to refer to the guide and the interface instruction to add and configure the offline map.

    3. Click Save.
  5. Click Icon Settings to set the customized icons.
    1. Click Hot Region or the following device types to enter the icon settings page.
    2. Set the icon size, including width (px) and height (px).
    3. Click Add to select a picture file from the local path.
      Note:

      The icon picture format can only be PNG, JPG, or JPEG.

    4. Optional: Click to constrain the aspect ratio.
    5. Click Save.

You can view the GIS map on Map Monitoring page and perform the following operations in the map area.

Filter

Click and select the object type you want to show on the map.

Full Screen

Click to show the map in full-screen mode.

Zoom In/Out

Scroll the mouse wheel or click / to zoom in or zoom out the map.

Adjust Map Area

Click-and-drag the map to adjust the map area for view.

View Resource Latitude and Longitude

Hover over a resource, and you can view its latitude and longitude on the GIS map.