The Map exists in all modes. Usually, the map occupies the greatest part of the screen. Units and their traces, marked POI, geofences and other elements are displayed on the map.
To expand the map, hide the work area and the log. The appropriate buttons are situated on the ground panel at its ends:
and
. In addition, you can switch to the fullscreen mode by pressing <F11> that is supported by most of browsers.
The map is common for all of three modes: map mode, messages mode, and reports mode. It means that while switching between modes the zoom and coordinates of the map center remain the same. Graphic elements such as track lines, markers, places, geofences, units icons stay in their places as well.
However, graphic elements mapped in any mode can be easily on or off. To display or hide these elements, put marks in the corresponding check boxes in the modes panel.
This option can be switched off. To do this, disable the flag Use common map for all modes in user settings. Then when switching between modes, graphic elements of inactive modes are disabled automatically. At that, map zoom and center remain the same.
On the right edge of the map there is a button
to expand the map menu – an additional window to choose the map source. Select the map source you like, and currently displayed map area will be reloaded from different source.
To activate more maps, go to User Settings.
There are three basic ways to navigate over the map.
Left click on any place of the map and drag to necessary direction. Then release the mouse button.
at the right edge of the map. Click on any place in the minimap window to move through the main map. Except navigation, the minimap can be used in tracking mode. Here several methods are also assigned:
At the bottom of the map the current scale (in kilometers/meters and miles/feet) and geographical coordinates of the cursor are indicated.
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