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Map Settings

The DSPTCH Map contains Map Settings that allows you to choose what information to display on the Map, and how the information is displayed on the Map.

Map Buttons​

On the Map Screen, there are three (3) buttons that allow you to change your orientation or the content displayed on the map:

  • Compass
  • My Location
  • Layer Tray

Compass​

By default, the Map is oriented Due North, with the cardinal direction North being the top center of the screen. With two fingers, you can rotate the map clockwise or counterclockwise, changing the orientation of True North to a different direction on your screen.

Once True North is no longer at the top center of the screen, the Map Compass will appear. Tap the Map Compass to reset the orientation of the Map, returning True North to the top center of the screen.

Map view with the Compass button highlighted in red to reorient the map to true north

To reorient the map North, click the compass

Map oriented to true north with the Compass button hidden because no rotation is applied

If the map is oriented True North, the compass disappears

My Location​

On the Map Screen, you can scroll and zoom to different parts of the Map. The My Location button lets you reset the map view to your current location. To orient the map window onto your current location, tap the My Location button to fly to your current location. When the Map is oriented on your current location, the My Location button will turn blue.

Map view with the My Location button highlighted in red to recenter the map on the user's current location

Click the My Location button to zoom to where you are on the map

Map centered on the user's location with the My Location button shown in active blue state

The My Location icon will turn blue once the map is centered on your location

Layer Tray​

To change the appearance of your map, press the Layer Tray button in the top left corner of the map.

Once selected, the Layer Tray will appear from the bottom of your screen, where the Search Bar is typically located.

Swipe up to expand the Layer Tray, and scroll to find additional configurations.

To close the Layer Tray, swipe down or tap the ✖️ button in the top right of the Layer Tray.

Map view with the Layer Tray button highlighted in red to open the map style and layer settings

The Layer Tray button changes the map's appearance

Layer Tray expanded showing Map type, Sites type, and Weather layer configuration sections

Press the X to close, or swipe down

Layer Tray Configuration​

In the Layer Tray, there are options to configure the style of the underlying map, the interactive locations on the map, and the non-interactive layers that show onto of the map.

  • Map Type
  • Site Type
  • Weather Layer

Map Type​

Explore is the default map, displaying road names and Points of Interest. Satellite displays the terrain and ground cover as captured from an aerial view of the Earth. Traffic shows road congestion and closers adjacent to the road network.

  • Explore
  • Satellite
  • Traffic

Map displayed in the default Explore layer showing road names and points of interest

Default Explore Layer

Map displayed in Satellite layer showing aerial imagery of terrain and ground cover

Satellite Map Layer

Map displayed in Traffic layer showing road congestion patterns adjacent to the road network

Traffic Map Layer

Site Type​

The selected Site Type determines what interactive locations are displayed on the map, as well as the DSPTCH locations that are returned by search. If you are only interested in a particular type of Location, you can filter the map to only the locations of interest.

  • All
  • Wind
  • Solar
  • Battery
  • O&G
  • Power Plant

Because of the massive number of Oil & Gas locations in North America, you must select O&G to search for Oil & Gas Locations. This allows for optimal performance and enhanced searchability.

Map with the All Sites filter applied showing wind, solar, and battery sites mixed together

By default, all sites appear on the map

Map filtered to Solar sites only showing solar projects without wind sites

Filtering to Solar sites removes other site types such as Wind

Map filtered to Wind sites only showing wind projects without solar sites

Filtering to just Wind sites removes the Solar sites

Site Type Filters also apply to search:

Limestone search results with the All Sites filter showing wind, solar, and power plant matches

Search when "All" sites selected

Limestone search results filtered to Solar sites only showing only solar matches

Search when Site Type is only Solar

Limestone search results filtered to Wind sites only showing only the Limestone Wind site

Search when Site Type is only Wind

Weather Layer​

Weather Layer is a non-interactive way to display weather conditions on the map. When a Weather Layer is selected, you can still search and click on locations. The colors and Icons displayed by a Weather Layer provide information as to current weather conditions.

To remove a selected Weather Layer, tap on the Weather Layer highlighted in blue.

Relevant Weather Layers are:

  • Air Temperature
  • Relative Humidity
  • Cloudiness
  • Accumulated Precipitation
  • Precipitation Intensity
  • Wind Speed & Direction
  • Wind Speed

Air Temperature weather layer with red and green coloring representing warmer and cooler regions

Red: Warmer, Green: Cooler Air Temperature

Relative Humidity weather layer with blue indicating the wettest and red the driest regions

Blue: Wettest, Red: Driest

Cloudiness weather layer with grey overlays indicating areas of cloud cover

Grey Sections indicate Cloudiness

Accumulated Precipitation weather layer with violet indicating recent rainfall accumulation

Violet indicates where precipitation has recently occurred

Precipitation Intensity weather layer with red indicating heavy rain and green indicating light rain

Red indicates heavy rain, Yellow indicates medium rain, Green indicates light rain

Wind Speed and Direction weather layer with explanatory tooltip describing the joint display of arrows and color

Wind Speed and Direction explination

Wind Speed and Direction weather layer showing arrow sizes and orientations representing wind strength and direction

Bigger Arrows: more wind Direction: where wind is blowing

Wind Speed weather layer with red indicating wind speeds over 15 meters per second

Red indicates wind speeds over 15 m/s