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The Map management section is available only in the CMS Manager and for top accounts. In this section, you can add, edit, and delete maps. A standard table contains all the added maps that can be used as basemap, routing source, geodata source, and distance matrix. The available services of the map are marked with the icon .

When adding a map, you should specify the name of the service with which you can control access to the map and its services. Thus, the top account user can enable or disable this service in the properties of the required billing plans or subordinate accounts. See more about other map settings.

Map settings

The table below describes the settings that can be available when adding maps. The required settings are marked with an asterisk (*).

SettingDescription

Map source*

The source the maps and key of which you want to use. In the drop-down list, the following map sources are available: 2GIS, AMap, ArcGIS, Bing, Custom map, GoMap.Az, Google, HERE, Kosmosnimki, Mapbox, MyIndia, Namaa, Navitel, Navteq, OpenSeaMap, OpenStreetMap, OpenWeatherMap, Sygic, Trimble, Visicom, what3words, Wikimapia, Yandex.

The list doesn't contain GIS Maps because they are available by default.

The number of settings described below depends on the selected map source.

Using the Custom map source, you can add a custom map. It allows you to specify the server of any map source. Custom maps can only be used as basemaps.

Service name*

The name of the service which should be displayed in the list of services in the account or billing plan properties. Using this service, you can manage the access to the map services.

Key*

The API key purchased to connect the required map source. For some maps, a free API key can be used. In this case, you can get it on the website of the required service.

The Key field is required when selecting the following map sources: AMap, Google, HERE, Kosmosnimki, Mapbox, MyIndia, Namaa, Navteq, OpenWeatherMap, Sygic, Trimble, Visicom, What3words, Yandex. When selecting the Custom map source, the Key field is available, but is optional.

Service type*

The selection of services that allow you to provide access to display maps, determine addresses, create and calculate routes. The number of services depends on the selected map source. The following types of services are available:

  • Basemap, allows you to display maps. This service is available for all map sources except for ArcGIS, Sygic, Trimble, and What3words.
  • Geocoding, allows you to determine addresses by coordinates and coordinates by addresses. This service is available for following map sources: AMap, ArcGIS, Google, HERE, Mapbox, Namaa, Visicom, What3words, and Yandex.
  • Routing, allows you to create routes. This service is available for following map sources: Google, Yandex, HERE, Mapbox, Namaa, Sygic, Trimble, and Visicom. 
  • Distance matrix, allows you to calculate the duration and length of routes. This service is available for following map sources: Google, HERE, Sygic, Trimble, and Yandex.

Layers

The setting that allows you to add graphic layers of maps. It is available only when selecting the following map sources: Custom map, Mapbox, OpenWeatherMap, and OpenSeaMap. 

When selecting the Custom map source, the following fields are available:

  • Layer name, the name of the layer, which should be shown to the user;
  • Layer value, the name of the layer determined by the map source.

To add a layer, specify its name and value and click on the icon . To delete the layer, click on the icon in its row.

For the Mapbox source, the following layers are available:

  • Streets;
  • Light;
  • Satellite;
  • Navigation day;
  • Satellite streets;
  • Dark;
  • Outdoors;
  • Navigation night.

For the OpenSeaMap source, the following layers are available:

  • Sea marks;
  • Elevation profile;
  • Marine traffic;
  • Water depth 100 m;
  • Marine profile;
  • Depth contours;
  • Water depth 10 m.

For the OpenWeatherMap source, the following layers are available:

  • Clouds;
  • Pressure;
  • Temperature;
  • Precipitation;
  • Wind.

When selecting the Mapbox, OpenSeaMap, and OpenWeatherMap sources, the Layer setting is required. You should select at least one of the available layers.

Commercial key

The option is available only when selecting the Yandex map source. Enable the option if you use a commercial API key purchased from Yandex. See more about the commercial version of Yandex.

Region

The filed is available only when selecting the Google map source. In order for the basemap to be displayed correctly and for the addresses to be determined, you should specify the region code here. All available codes are listed in the table.

You can specify the code of only one region.

OverlayThe option is available only when selecting the Custom map source. If it is enabled, the map is shown as an additional layer over the base layer. If the option is disabled, it is shown as a base layer.
Map name*

The filed is available only when selecting the Custom map source. Here you should specify the map name that should be shown in the list of basemaps in the monitoring system.

Map server*The filed is available only when selecting the Custom map source. Here you should specify a link to the map server.

Zoom

The setting is available only when selecting the Custom map source. In the From and To fields, you should specify the minimum and maximum scale values, respectively. The available values are from 0 to 24.

Sites*

The sites on which you can use the added API key. You should select at least one site.

Adding maps

When adding a map, you should specify the following required settings:

Depending on the selected map source, other additional settings can be available (for example, Region, Layers, Zoom, etc.).

Below you can see the steps required to add a map (using the Google map source as an example).

  1. On the Map management section, click Add map.

  2. Select the map source. In our example, this is Google.

  3. Specify the name of the service with which you can provide access to the map and selected services.
  4. Specify the map key.
  5. In order for the basemap to be displayed correctly and for the addresses to be determined, specify the code of the region in which the map should be used. For example, NL is the Netherlands (see all codes).
  6. Select one or several service types.
  7. Select the sites on which you can work with the map.
  8. Click OK.

After that, the added map is shown in the table.

To change the properties of the added map, click on its row in the table. To delete the map, point to its row, click on the icon , and confirm the action.

Next, in order for the map to become available to the user, enable the service corresponding to the added map key (Access to maps: ...) in the properties of the user's account or billing plan. For Google Maps, the Google (custom) or Google (standard) service should be additionally enabled; for Yandex Maps, the Yandex (custom) or Yandex (standard) service must be activated.