Searching for a location in the location catalog

REQUIREMENTS
Permission	All user levels
Connectivity	Online only

This document describes how to search for a location in the location catalog of your operation.

Background

There are currently two ways for searching a location in the location catalog

• By location exploring the terrain of your operation in the Google Earth interface.
• By name using the find function of the browser

Step-by-step description

1.

Fig. 1: Administration menu for operation administrator Select 'Location Catalog' from the administration menu (cog wheel) in the top left corner of the screen (Fig. 1).

2.

Fig. 2: Location catalog screen This will get you to the location catalog screen of the application (Fig. 2). The location catalog screen shows your location hierarchy tree on the right and a Google Earth map on the right. NOTE Please note that depending on your connectivity and the size of your location catalog, it might take a while to start Google Earth and load your entire location catalog. Once the catalog has been downloaded, the location are drawn one-by-one. A progress bar will indicate the number of location that have been added to the map already. You are advised to wait until the entire catalog is drawn before proceeding to the next step.

Search for a location spatially

1.	Navigate around in the Google Earth map to the desired location using the regular Google Earth navigation tools.
2.	Fig. 3: Ski run location with info balloon Click on any location to show its name, abbreviation and description in a info balloon on the Google Earth map (Fig. 3).

Search for a location by name

Fig. 4: Pop-up window for searching location by name

Locations are sorted by location type and location name to make searching for a location as easy as possible. However, finding a location manually might be too cumbersome in large location trees with detailed hierarchies. For this case, we implemented a search functionality.

1.	Click on the button above the location tree in the left panel of the application. This will open up a pop-up window with for a search field.
3.	Start typing the name of the location you are looking for and the drop down list will automatically show all locations that match your text (Fig. 4).
4.	Select the location you are looking for and click on OK. The location tree will automatically expand as needed and the location will be highlighted in blue. The map will automatically zoom to the location.

Related documents

• Location catalog overview
• Location types and symbology
• Location hierarchy
• Adding locations to the location catalog
  • Creating the geometry of a new location using the available drawing tools
  • Importing the geometry of a location from a KML file
• Editing locations in the location catalog
  • Editing the geometry of an existing location using the available drawing tools
  • Importing the geometry of a location from a KML file
• Deleting locations from the location catalog
• Changing the hierarchy among your locations
• Searching for a location in the location catalog
• Viewing photos
• Downloading your location catalog as a KML file

Functionality tested by

• Dec. 22: Pascal Haegeli