Creating Map Features

Features are map images (like geofences, boundaries, or points of interest) placed on a map to help track the activities of Devices (or Radios). Features are created to alert you when a Device enters, gets near or leaves a specific area. Application allows you to create an almost unlimited number of on-screen Features for tracking Devices. The software provides easy-to-draw squares, circles, polygons or distance lines. These images can be placed over large geographic areas, in small local neighborhoods or as multi-zoned features (as seen below). 

 

 

 

 

Example:  Multiple Security Zone Features  

When a Feature is created, it is attached to a list of Features in the Features grid. A special Feature 

ID number is generated at creation, along with a name or label. 

 

 

All Features either can operate independently or be connected to an Operation and to specific Devices for monitoring. A list of your assigned Features is found using the Menu. 

 

 

11.1 Drawing a Feature (Geofence, Line, Boundary etc.)   

To create a Feature and add it to a map, follow these steps: 

 

Important Note:  When you select a Feature to create, instructions will appear at the top of the page for each type of Feature being created. These instructions appear as below. 

 

 

 

 

 

Note:   To draw a Line or Polygon with curved or rounded edges,  

hold the ‘Shift’ key down as you drag your mouse. 

 

1. Right-clickon theBase map where you want to locate the new Geofence. The word Draw appears.  

 

 

1. Left-click Draw to highlight. A list of drawable Feature types drops down. 

 

 

 

1. Select the type of Geofence you want to draw. (In this example, a Box.) 

 

 

 

1. Click on the map where one corner of the new Feature will be located.  

Using your Mouse, drag the Box out as far as needed. 

Release pressure on the Mouse. The Feature will be created and a dialog box opens. 

 

 

1. In the dialog box, enter a Name for the new Geofence’.  

1. If the Feature connects to a URL, enter the URL along with a brief description.  

1. Enter the Target Operation to connect the Feature to, using the drop-down arrow on the right side of the text box. 

1. To shade (colour) inside the box, and colour exterior lines, click inside each text box and make a selection. 

1. To resize the Feature, click the Drag/Resize Feature button at the bottom of the Modify Feature window. 

1. Click CREATE. 

 

 

6. At the top of the screen, a message states the Feature has been created. 

 

 

1.  The Box appears on the map as seen below.  

 

 

Note:    The new Feature is now listed in the FEATURES grid. 

 

 

11.2 Drawing an Arc Feature 

 

 

1. Right-click on the Base map where you want to locate the new Arc Feature. The word Draw appears. 

 

1. Left-click Draw to highlight it. A list of drawable Feature types drops down. 

Scroll down and select Arc.  

 

 

1. A Tool Tip appears at the top of the screen instructing you to ‘click on the map to set the centre point of the arc’. 

 

1. Click on the map where the centre of the Arc will be located. (The CREATE FEATURE: ARC panel opens.) 

 

1. In the panel, enter the required Information*, beginning with a Name. 

If the Arc connects to a URL, enter the URL along with a brief description (optional). 

Set the Shading and the Line Colour for the Arc as desired. 

 

  

 

1. After entering other setup information, if needed, click CREATE. 

 

1. At the top of the screen, a message states the Feature has been created.