The Map Overview

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Toolbar: The map screen toolbar contains buttons for performing most tasks you can accomplish using the map.

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Show All button: Click here to zoom the map so that all the vehicles in your fleet are showing.

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Map controls: Map control buttons let you set the state of the map. Selected buttons are shown with a dark gray background. The map states that you can set are:

	Pan: When selected, you can click and drag the map to pan the view, moving the map to center on a new location.
	Zoom to area: When selected, you can click and drag to define a rectangular area. When you release the mouse button, the map zooms to fit the defined area.
	Select point: Click this control, then click a point on the map to create a temporary marker, which shows the address of the point and links for performing tasks such as creating markers, finding activity, adding the point as a route stop, or finding nearby vehicles.
	Show static info balloons:When selected, static info balloons are shown for vehicle icons and small cluster icons.
	Satellite imagery: When selected, the map shows satellite imagery. This option is not available in all versions.
	Show markers: When selected, markers are shown on the map, even if a vehicle is not stopped at them. For greater control over which markers are shown on the map, you can use the map settings dialog box instead.
	Marker map settings: This toggle, available only if the Show markers control is enabled, opens the marker zoom settings panel. From here you can control the visibility of marker labels, and of marker icons and outlines, at different map zoom levels:
	Select the Show marker names on map check box to display the text names of markers on the map (above their respective marker icons), and then use the Show names at zoom slider to specify the minimum zoom level at which these names are visible. Zoom levels available are between 1 (no zoom) and 17 (maximum zoom). The Show markers at zoom slider is used to specify the map zoom level needed before marker icons are visible. The Show perimeters at zoom slider is used to specify the map zoom level needed before the shape and size of polygon and circle markers are visible. If you have a large number of markers, increasing the zoom levels required to display their names, or to show them on the map, can prevent the map becoming cluttered. Note that the Show markers at zoom and Show perimeters at zoom settings above are also available from the Visible Markers tab.

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Docking tab: Click the docking tab to open or close a docking region on the side of the map where you can dock pop-ups.

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Overview map and control: The mini-map lets you see the broader context of the location you are viewing in the main map. When the map is showing, click the link in the upper right corner to hide it. When the mini-map is hidden, click the arrow in the lower left corner to display it (the map must be zoomed in for the mini-map to be displayed).

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List view area: Tabbed regions can optionally be displayed below, to the right of, or instead of the map where you can lists such as the vehicles list or history timelines.

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Scale: The scale of the map is shown in both metric (kilometers) and imperial (miles) units.

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Cluster icon: If there are so many vehicles in an area of the map that their icons would interfere with each other, the map displays a cluster icon to let you see at a glance information about all the vehicles in the area.

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Vehicle icon: When a vehicle is alone in a map location, it is shown using an icon that represents the vehicle's status or, if the vehicle is stopped at a marker, the category of the marker where it is stopped. Right-click to open a contextual menu from which you can perform additional tasks relating to the vehicle.

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Zoom control: Use the + and - buttons or drag the slider to zoom the map in and out.