AgVerdict NEXT: Map Notes

Map Notes is a feature that allows you to make notations directly onto the map.  You have the ability to navigate on the map to a specific Grower, Farm, Field and place text in a variety of colors, sizes and angles, as seen below.

To start using Map Notes:

• Click on the Map Notes icon in the upper right side of the Map.

When selected two additional icons will pop out onto the screen.

Then “HAND” icon is to allow the ability to move the map around while using Map Notes.  It also allows you to select, move and delete existing notes.

Selecting the “A” will expand the options to customize the notes you want to place on the map.  You can control the font size, color, angle and visibility.

Once the Text options are the way you want them, move your mouse to the location on the screen where you would like to place the text and click.

Deleting or Re-positioning Map Notes

Once a map note has been added to the map it can be edited using the Hand Icon.

To delete or re position notes:

1. Select the Map notes icon in the upper right hand of the Map.
2. Navigate to the location of the Note you would like to remove.
3. Select the “hand” icon. 
   • This allows you to move the map while having the Map Notes tool open as well as having the ability to select specific Notes.
4. Click on the note you want to re position/remove.
   • It will highlight red and have a red X at the end. 
5. To delete, click on the red X.  To re position, click and drag the note to its new location.

Visibility

When using map notes there are a couple things to keep in mind.

• Map Notes Icon Grayed Out – When you are looking to add map notes onto a location, the ability to use to tool will only be available at a certain zoom level when looking at the map.  If you are zoomed out too far the tool will be grayed out.
• Cannot see other peoples notes – When creating map notes, you can either create them for Public visibility so that any logged in user will see them if they turn on the Map Notes layer.  You also have the ability to set them as “Private” so that you are the only one that can see them.
• Map note is no longer there – When you create a Map Note that is publicly visible, this also means that anyone that can see it and delete it.
• Zoom Level Visibility – While navigating the Map, if you zoom out to a certain zoom level the text will be replaced by small colored icons to identify where Map Notes are located.

Next: Learn how Layers work  Map Notes and Layers