Configuring the Map Manager

The Map Manager centrally manages all mapping resources in your system, including imported map files, external map providers, and KML objects. It also acts as the map server for client applications and as the record provider for system entities placed on georeferenced maps.

1. From the Configuration desktop homepage, open the System task, and click Roles.
2. From the entity browser, select Map Manager, and click the Properties tab.
3. In the Map providers section, connect the Map Manager to third-party map providers.
   A map provider is a Geographic Information System (GIS) used to create geographic maps. Most of them require a license to use. These systems can be offline or online. The following map providers are supported:

   Azure

   Azure map and Azure satellite map are online map providers offered by Microsoft.

   Custom *

   A Tile Map Service (TMS) server, such as one provided by the OpenStreetMap Foundation, can be added as an online map provider.

   Google

   Google map, Google satellite map, and Google terrain map are online map providers offered by Google.

   WMS

   A Web Map Service (WMS) server can be added as an online map provider.

   The list of map providers also serves as a geocoding priority list. This means that the map provider at the top of the list is the first to be tried as the geocoding provider. If this provider cannot return a result, the next provider in the list is tried.
4. (Optional) In the Map layers section, import the KML objects you want to show on your maps.
5. In the Default map list, select the default map for your system.
   The system default map, also known as the global default map, is the map initially loaded for all users when opening the Maps task. The global default map can be overridden both at the user group and user levels, where a default map can be configured for each user and group. You can only set the global default map after creating your first map.
6. Click Apply.
7. (Optional) Configure the map objects you want to use as record types.
   1. Click the Record fusion tab.
   2. From the Use map locations for list, select the object types you want to use for location correlation.
      The selected object types are registered with the as record types and can be viewed using the Unified report investigation task. All map objects registered as record types can be filtered on their Location, Name, Description, and Entity attributes. For more information, see Investigating record types.
   3. In the Maps list, add the maps that must be examined by correlation requests.
      Select at least one map.
   4. Click Apply.