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

Step-by-step description

1.	Fig. 1: Administration menu for operation administrator Select the 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). 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. The location catalog screen shows your location hierarchy tree on the right and a Google Earth map on the right. ISSUE The system currently does not provide the user with any progress information about the loading of the location catalog. JIRA: -834 (Aug. 26, 2013)
3.	To search for a location spatially: Navigate around in the Google Earth map to the desired location. Click on any location to show its name, abbreviation and description in a balloon on the Google Earth map.

Related documents

• Location catalog overview

Functionality tested by

• Oct. 21: Pascal Haegeli / QA Server / Test Version 0.31.00