Saved Maps

Save a map setup with your markers and layers, then reopen it whenever you need it.

Saved Maps let you keep a map along with the markers, shapes, drawings and notes you have added to it. You can reopen a saved map, keep building on it, share it with your team, and make it available without a connection. This is how you build an incident map that everyone works from rather than describing the same thing over the radio.

Overview

Opening Saved Maps gives you a short list of your maps by name.

Element	What it does
Saved map rows	One row per map, showing its name. Tap a row to open it.
Create New	Start a new saved map and name it.
Back	Close the list and cancel anything still loading.
"No data" message	Shown in place of the list when you have no saved maps yet.

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The list shows names only — no dates, counts or descriptions. Open a map to see what is on it.

Inside an open saved map you get the full map tool set plus the drawing tools. The map menu includes Base Map, Map Layers, Location Search, Coordinate Search, Convert Coordinates, Street View, Location Reference, EVAC Status, Flight Tracking, Unit Locations, District Status, Current Location, Downloaded Maps, Map Details, Bearing, Distance, Add Isochrone, Fire Perimeter, Fire Heat Map, Fire Heat Area, Fire MODIS, Object Details, Object Labels, Folder, Freehand, Line, Marker, Polygon, Radius, Snap To Road and Sector.

Getting Here

1. Open the Map or Reference Map.
2. Open the map's menu.
3. On the Reference Map, tap Saved Maps — the row expands into a bordered box listing your maps, with CREATE NEW MAP underneath. On the Map screen, tap Add To Map, which opens the same list as a popup.

Open a Saved Map

1. Find the map by name in the list.
2. Tap the row. The list closes and the full map opens with every saved object drawn on it — markers with their icons, lines, polygons, radii, sectors and freehand drawings, in their saved colours.
3. Objects filed into folders are drawn according to whether that folder is currently shown.

Create a New Saved Map

1. Tap Create New (or CREATE NEW MAP).
2. Give the map a Name — this is required — and an optional Description.
3. Decide on the two switches: Sharable so your team can see it, and Offline so it is kept available without a connection.
4. Tap Save. See Name a Saved Map.
5. Open the new map and start adding objects. See Add Objects to a Saved Map.

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Even when you have no saved maps at all, Create New is still available — you still need a way to make your first one.

Build and Manage an Open Map

Menu row	What it is for
Marker	Drop a single point with an icon.
Line	Draw a line through points you tap.
Polygon	Draw a filled area.
Radius	Draw a circle around a centre point.
Sector	Draw a pie slice from a centre, with a bearing and beam width.
Freehand	Trace a shape with your finger.
Snap To Road	Draw a line that follows the road network.
Folder	Create a folder to group objects.
Object Details	See every object on the map as a list.
Object Labels	Show or hide the names beside objects.
Map Details	Edit the map's name, description, Sharable and Offline switches.
Downloaded Maps	Outline an area and store its tiles on the device.

While you are drawing, the bottom bar gives you Undo to remove the last point, Save to finish the object, Clear to drop what you have drawn, Cancel to leave the tool, and Use Current Location to place the object where you are standing instead of tapping the map.

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Turn on Sharable when you name a map so your team can see it, and Offline so it stays usable when you lose signal. You can change both later from Map Details.

Edit a Map's Details

1. Open the saved map.
2. Open the menu and tap Map Details.
3. The details card opens titled Edit Map, pre-filled with the current name, description and switches.
4. Change what you need and tap Save, or Back to leave it as it was.

How This Connects

• Saved maps and their objects are written to the device first and then synced to the server. That means you can keep building a map in a dead spot and it will upload once you are back on a connection.
• A map marked Sharable is visible to other members of your organization. A map left unshared stays yours. Whether the objects other people have added appear depends on the map having synced on both devices.
• The map's objects are listed folder by folder in Map Shapes & Objects, and a saved map attached to an incident appears on the incident's Maps tab.
• The base map style and layers a saved map draws with are your account's map defaults, shared with Map and Reference Map. Change them from Base Map and Map Layers on the map menu, or from Map Style Options.
• Offline keeps the map's own data on the device. Base map tiles are separate — outline and download them with Downloaded Maps, as described on the Reference Map page.
• Live overlays on a saved map — aircraft, unit locations, evacuation status, district status and fire layers — come from the server on their own timers and are not stored with the map.
• A marker can carry a worksheet template, which is how a map object links to a form your team fills in. Pick it when you add the object — see Add Objects to a Saved Map.
• Points of interest you want on hand outside a map live in Waypoints.

Troubleshooting

If this happens	What to do
The list shows a "no data" message	You have no saved maps yet. Tap Create New to make one.
A map you expected is missing	It may belong to someone else and not be marked Sharable, or your device may not have synced. Reconnect and reopen the list.
Your new map did not appear for a teammate	Check the map is Sharable and that your device has been on a connection since you created it.
Objects you drew are not visible	They may be in a folder that is currently hidden — check Object Details. Their labels can also be off; tap Object Labels.
You cannot see the drawing tools	Markers and shapes only exist inside an open saved map, not on the plain map screens. Open the map first.
The map is blank in a dead spot	Base map tiles need either a connection or a downloaded area. Use Downloaded Maps before you head out.
An object saved but sits in the wrong place	Open it from Object Details, tap Edit, and correct it — for a radius or sector you can change the radius, bearing and beam width directly.
Back seems to cancel a load	That is intended: Back stops any request still in flight so the list closes straight away. Reopen it to try again.

Related Pages

• Name a Saved Map
• Add Objects to a Saved Map
• Map Annotations & Drawing
• Reference Map
• Map Style Options

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