Adding locations to the location catalog
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REQUIREMENTS | |
Permission | Operation Administrator or higher |
Connectivity | Online only |
This document describes how to add locations to the location catalog of your operation.
Step-by-step description
1. | Select 'Location Catalog' from the administration menu (cog wheel) (Fig. 1). | ||
2. | This will get you to the location catalog screen (Fig. 2). Please note that depending on your connectivity and the size of your location catalog, it might take a while to load your entire catalog and display all of the locations. A progress bar at the top of the catalog indicates when it is downloading.
The location catalog screen shows your location hierarchy tree on the left and a map on the right. | ||
3. | Expand the location hierarchy tree as required by clicking on the little plus (+) signs left of locations that contain other locations.
The locations in the location tree are sorted by location type first and within each type, they are sorted alphabetically. The location types are sorted as follows: | ||
4. | Navigate to the intended parent of the new location and click on it. The parent location is now highlighted in blue (Fig. 3) and the map will automatically zoom to the location of the parent location. To add a location either click on the above the top left corner of the location catalog (Fig. 3) or right click on the parent location itself and select 'New'. In both cases, a list of location types supported under the current parent location appears. Choose the appropriate type for your new location. | ||
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You will now be presented with a blank map and a dialog box for information about the new location on the left (Fig. 4). Enter the following information for the new location into the fields provided:
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6. | Add an appropriate geometry to the location. See Location types and symbology for details on the supported geometries for the different location types.
There are two options for adding geometries to a location:
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8. | Click on Add to add the new location to the location tree of the operation. This will add the new location to the location tree and return you to the regular location catalog screen (Fig. 2). |
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