Video Stream Map Item

Choose one camera when several stream pins overlap on the map.

When camera pins sit on top of each other, or you tap a cluster circle, the app cannot know which camera you meant. This card lists every camera found at that point by name so you can pick the right one, and the title tells you how many were found. Choosing a camera takes you straight to its detail card, where you can review it or open the feed.

Overview

Element	What it does
Header	Reads Select Overlap Point- followed by the number of items found
List rows	One row per camera, showing its name
Done button	Closes the card without choosing anything

The card is a plain list with no groups or search — the point is to make a quick choice and move on. It sizes itself to the number of rows, so two overlapping pins open a short card and a cluster of a dozen opens a taller one.

What you tapped	What the list contains
Two or more pins drawn on top of each other	Just those cameras
A cluster circle	Every camera inside that cluster, with duplicates removed
A cluster holding more than 100 cameras	Nothing — the map zooms into the cluster instead

note

Each row shows the camera's published name. When a camera has no name, its description is shown instead, so rows are never blank.

Getting Here

1. From Home, open References then Video Streams.
2. Switch to the Map tab.
3. Tap a cluster circle, or a spot where several camera pins overlap.
4. The card opens listing each camera found at that point.

Choosing a Stream

1. Read down the list — each row is one camera.
2. Tap the row for the camera you want.
3. The card closes and that camera's Stream Detail card opens, including its View button because you came from the map.
4. From there, tap View to open the snapshot, the live player, or the full-screen image, depending on what the camera publishes.

tip

If the names in the list all look similar, zoom the map in first and tap again. At a closer zoom the cluster breaks apart into individual pins, and tapping a single pin skips this card entirely.

When a Cluster Zooms Instead of Listing

Very large clusters are not turned into a list, because a list of hundreds of names is no faster to read than the map itself.

1. Tap a large cluster.
2. Instead of this card, the map eases in over a couple of seconds to frame the cameras inside that cluster.
3. At the new zoom the cluster splits into smaller clusters and individual pins.
4. Keep tapping until you get either a single pin or a cluster small enough to open this list.

Closing the Card

1. Tap Done to close the card without choosing a camera.
2. The map is left exactly as it was — the same camera position, the same zoom, and the same group filter.

Why Pins End Up on Top of Each Other

Understanding why the card appears makes it easier to avoid.

Cause	What you see	How to avoid it
Several cameras at one intersection	Two or three pins in a stack	Zoom in one or two steps
Cameras published at the same coordinates	Pins that never separate no matter the zoom	Use this card, or the list view
A cluster at a wide zoom	One circle with a count	Zoom in until it splits
Label bubbles overlapping	Pins drawn close with their names touching	Zoom in; labels are hidden rather than overlapped
Two sources publishing the same camera	One row, because duplicates are collapsed	Nothing to do

tip

Applying Filter By Group to a single source thins the map out dramatically and usually removes the need for this card altogether — useful when you only ever watch one agency's cameras.

Reading the Header Count

The number in the header is how many items your tap found, and it is worth a glance before you start reading rows.

Header reads	What it tells you
A small number, such as 2 or 3	Two or three pins are drawn on top of each other at this zoom
A larger number	You tapped a cluster and the app expanded it into its cameras
A number larger than the list	Duplicate entries for the same camera were collapsed into one row

Working a Crowded Map

1. Zoom before you tap. At a closer zoom, clusters break apart and single pins open their details directly, skipping this card.
2. Use the count as a guide. A count in double figures usually means another zoom step will save you reading.
3. Pick, review, come back. Selecting a camera opens its detail card; tap Back on that card and tap the same spot again to try a different camera.
4. Fall back to the list. When the names all look alike, switch to the List tab, where each camera also shows its description and status dot.

Situation	Best move
Several cameras at one intersection	Open each in turn and read the Bearing field to find the right angle
Names are almost identical	Use the list view, where descriptions are shown too
You only want your usual cameras	Favorite them and work from the Favorites group
The map is too busy to tap accurately	Apply Filter By Group to cut the map down to one source

What the Card Does Not Do

You might expect	Reality
Status dots on the rows	None; check the status on the detail card or in the list
A search field	None; the card is built for a short list
Descriptions under the names	Only the name is shown, unless the camera has no name
Multi-select	None; picking a row closes the card
A way to open live video directly	You reach video from the detail card that opens next

note

Rows are not sorted alphabetically. They appear in the order the cameras were found under your tap, so the same spot can list them in a different order at a different zoom.

How This Connects

• Where the list comes from. The cameras in this card are the same ones shown in the groups on Video Streams — only cameras with both a latitude and a longitude are plotted, so a camera missing coordinates never appears here even if it is nearby.
• Duplicates are removed. A camera that is published by more than one source, or appears in both its source group and Favorites, is listed once. The app keeps a single entry per camera identifier.
• What you land on. Selecting a row opens the detail card described in Stream Preview, and its View button follows the three outcomes that end at Stream Detail.
• Non-camera features use a different card. If your tap also lands on map layer features rather than camera pins, the app opens Map Vector Tile Item, which groups results by layer and lists them as numbered points.
• Shared with the map screens. The same overlap picker appears on Reference Map and on incident maps, see Incident Maps Tab.
• Offline and reconnect. The card is built from the stream list already on the device, so it opens and lets you pick with no signal. Opening live video from the detail card still needs a connection.

Troubleshooting

If this happens	What to do
Tapping a cluster only zooms the map	The cluster holds more than 100 cameras. Keep tapping to zoom until it breaks into smaller clusters.
The card lists fewer cameras than the cluster count	Duplicate entries for the same camera are collapsed into one row.
A row shows a location instead of a camera name	That camera publishes no name, so its description is used.
The camera you want is not in the list	It may have no coordinates, or it may be filtered out. Check Filter By Group on the map, or find it in the list view.
Nothing happens when you tap a row	Tap the row text itself and give it a moment — the card closes first, then the detail card opens.
You picked the wrong camera	Close the detail card with Back and tap the same spot on the map again.

Related Pages

• Video Streams
• Map Vector Tile Item
• Stream Preview
• Stream Detail

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