You can configure your personal preferences for using EarthRanger under the Settings tab on the left-hand Side Bar Navigation.
General Settings
App Refresh Settings
EarthRanger enables you to retain specific settings after refreshing the page, ensuring a consistent user experience. Activating the following options will preserve the settings for that particular feature:
- Map Position & Zoom Level: Preserves your last map position and zoom level upon page refresh.
- Event Filters: Preserves Event filters after page refresh.
- Patrol Filters: Preserves Patrol filters after page refresh.
- Map Layers: Preserves active or deactivated map layers after page refresh.
Experimental Features
Explore new functionalities by activating experimental features.
Please note that experimental features are subject to change over time.
For more detailed information, refer to the EarthRanger Users' Guide.
Map Settings
Customize how information is displayed on the map through the following settings:
General
- Lock Map: Locks the map in its current position, preventing movement.
- 3D Map Terrain: Enables a 3D view of the terrain surface on the map.
- Simplify Map Data on Zoom: Simplifies map data when zooming in.
Display
- Show Track Timepoints: Displays or hides track timepoints on the map.
- Show Inactive Radios: Displays or hides inactive radios.
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Cluster Data When There Is Overlap for….: Creates clusters or groups of data in similar locations when overlap occurs.
- All: Allows all data to create clusters.
- Reports: Allows only reports to create clusters.
- Subjects: Allows only subjects to create clusters.
Map Markers
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Show Names on Map Markers For: Determines which map markers display their names.
- All: Displays names for all options on the map.
- Subjects: Displays names only for subjects.
- Stationary Subjects: Displays names only for stationary subjects.
- Reports: Displays names only for reports.
- Patrols: Displays names only for patrols.
- Show My Current Location: Allows EarthRanger to display your current location.
Alerts
See these pages for information on how to set up Alerts: