Screenshot of the default Map Viewer panel without any data loaded
Map Pan & Zoom Controls
By default the Map Viewer features “pan & zoom” control tool in the lower left corner of the panel for manipulating the map. The functions include:
- Zoom Slider
- Rotation Adjustment
- Click to move North, South, East, and West
- Reset North
- Full Extent
GPS Tracks
Below is an explanation of how the GPS tracks are displayed and interacted with in the Map Viewer:
GPS track points are represented by red dots on the Map Viewer. Each track point contains information such as Latitude, Longitude, Altitude, UTC Time, Timecode, Speed, Number Of Satellites, Platform Pitch, Platform Roll, Platform Heading, Sensor Pitch, Sensor Roll, Sensor Azimuth, Frame Center Latitude, Frame Center Longitude, Frame Center Altitude, Horizontal Field Of View (estimated). The information may vary depending on the source of the GPS data. A GPS track is a series of GPS track points.
PRO TIP: A GPS track can be loaded, viewed, and edited in LineVision Desktop without an accompanying video file. This can be done from the Advanced Menu.
Example of a GPS track
When a user hovers their mouse over a GPS track point, the metadata at the mouse location is displayed.
Right clicking on a GPS point will offer several options.
Add Label
This feature will allow you to add a text label to a GPS point, the point will turn orange for easy identification to indicate that that GPS point has a label.
Copy Info
Clicking on Copy Info will copy the information about the selected GPS point to the Windows Clipboard. It can then be pasted into your preferred location.
Hide
Clicking on the Hide option will hide the selected GPS point on the Map Viewer
Add Waypoint Here
Selecting this feature will open the Waypoint Editor window where a variety of information can be added, such as name, description, unique ID, notes, attaching images or documents, and finding photos within a selected search radius. It also includes geoDVR Asset Information and geoDVR Alerts features that can be imported back into a Remote Geosystems geoDVR for follow up missions.
Begin Edit
Clicking this menu item will select the start point for trimming the GPS track and will also open the GeoEditor window for editing the GPS track.
End Edit
Clicking End Edit will select the end point for trimming the GPS track.
Cancel Edit
This will cancel the Begin Edit and End Edit selections
Trim from Start
Clicking this menu item will open the file explorer to choose the location to save the new trimmed video and create a new video file trimmed from the beginning to the selected GPS point.
Trim to End
Clicking this menu item will open the file explorer to choose the location to save the new trimmed video and create a new video file trimmed from the selected GPS point to the end.
Split
Clicking this menu item will open the file explorer to choose the location to save the new split videos and create 2 new video files.
Create Dispatch Report
Selecting this will open the Dispatch Report window. Which will have fields for Title, Author, Severity, Comments and a photo still of the GPS points location. Clicking Generate Report at the bottom of this window will open MS Word and include all of the information entered in addition the GPS coordinates and altitude in a report format.
Mission Builder
Clicking this menu item will open a submenu with the options to Add Point to Mission or Add Entire Track to Mission.
Choosing either of these options will also enable Mission Building Mode on the bottom right of the screen.
Right clicking a location on the map without a GPS point will open the following menu.
View Coordinates
This will open a window with the GPS data on the selected location and will include Latitude, Longitude, Altitude, UTC Time and Timecode data.
Copy Coordinates
Clicking on Copy Coordinates will copy the information about the selected location to the Windows Clipboard. It can then be pasted into your preferred location.
Geotag Photo Here
This will open the file explorer to select a photo to be Geotagged at the selected location.
Show Video Creation Tools
This will open the Video Creation Mode Tools in the lower right of the screen.
Enter Video Creation Mode
This will launch the fullscreen Video Creator. Everything within the yellow outline will be recorded in this mode.
Find Photos Near Here
Clicking this item will search for photos within a specific radius of the selected location. The default radius is 1000 feet.
Take Screenshot
This will take a screenshot of the Map Viewer at the videos current play position.
Create Dispatch Report
Selecting this will open the Dispatch Report window. Which will have fields for Title, Author, Severity, Comments and a photo still of the GPS points location. Clicking Generate Report at the bottom of this window will open MS Word and include all of the information entered in addition the GPS coordinates and altitude in a report format.
Mission Planner
This will open the Mission Planner submenu.
>Add Point
This will add a dark blue point to the selected location on the map. Hovering the mouse over this point will display information about this point.
Right clicking on the point will open the following menu 
>Add Annotation/Asset Marker/Alert
Selecting this feature will open the Annotation/Asset Marker Editor window where a variety of information can be added, such as name, description, unique ID, notes, attaching images or documents, and finding photos within a selected search radius. It also includes geoDVR Asset Information and geoDVR Alerts features that can be imported back into a Remote Geosystems geoDVR for follow up missions. Once finished editing, it will appear on the map as a purple point.
>Add Line
Selecting this will allow the user to draw a blue line between different locations on the map. Once finished, right click on the map, return to the mission planner menu and select “End Line”
>Measure Distance
Triggers the measuring tool which can be used to draw a line between locations. The first mouse click starts the line, the second mouse click ends the line and opens a message box with the measurement results in meters, kilometers, feet, and miles.
>Erase/Clear Mission
Clears all changes made in the Mission Planning tool.
>Save Mission As KML
Saves the changes made as a KML file which can be loaded into programs that support the format, including LineVision Desktop.
>Exit Mission Builder
Exits the Mission Builder tool.
Field Of View Adjustment, Altitude Offset, and Rotation Adjustment
IMPORTANT: In order to make changes to Camera FOV, Altitude Offset, and Rotation Adjustment, you will need to click to a location after the start point (ideally the 2nd GPS point) and the video must be paused. It is advised to make sure that “Pause Media at Click Location” is enabled before proceeding. Options> Play on Click Settings> Pause Media at Click Location. Make sure to to “Apply Changes” after making each adjustment.
