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Revision as of 17:48, 22 December 2013
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. | Select 'Location Catalog' from the administration menu (cog wheel) in the top left corner of the screen (Fig. 1). | ||
2. | 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.
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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. | 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
1. | To search by name:
The easiest way to search for a location by name in the current system is to use the find functionality of the browser:
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Related documents
- Location catalog overview
- Location types and symbology
- Location hierarchy
- Adding locations to the location catalog
- Editing locations in the location catalog
- 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