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29.4 Site Tab

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29.4.1 Overview

 

The Site Tab holds details of the location of a job site. It holds the Site address, Geographical coordinates (Longitude & Latitude), and multiple Legal/Land Descriptions. The Site Address is the standard street address of the job and is composed of an address text field, locality/suburb/town, state/prov, zip/post code, and country. It has a button "Load Lat/Long" that loads the Longitude & Latitude of Site Address using a Google service. To load from Google, Site Address must have a valid Street Name, Locality/Suburb/Town, State/Prov, Zip/Postcode and Country filled in. The "Load Lat/Long" button will automatically set the source of the Latitude & Longitude to "Google". If you manually enter the Lat & Long, the source is set to "Manual".

 

NOTE: Canadian postal codes are auto-formatted from any entry to “NNN NNN”, which is alphanumeric and has a space separating the third and fourth characters. You need to set up country to CA. See “Set Up Country” in this HTG.

 

29.4.2 Click on the "View Map" button to use the map coordinates to launch a request to show the job on a map. The map is centered on the current job and shows the Job Number, Job Type, Date, and Client Code above a yellow arrow. Surrounding job sites are shown as red arrows. Clicking any of these arrows will display their Job Number, Job Type, Date, and Client Code. The minimum number of surrounding jobs to display is set in the Latitude Setup screen. The system finds these jobs by searching out from the job site in 0.2 nautical mile (370m) increments until it has found at least the minimum number you want.

 

The map automatically group points that have similar or very near coordinates to form a cluster. If a pointer becomes a cluster, clicking it expands the pointer into a circle of pointers where you can click each one to view the job details

 

Click the "Add Legal Description" button to create a Legal Description and link it to the job.

 

Click the "Find Existing" button to search legal descriptions and link it to the job.

 

29.4.3 Job Mapping

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All Jobs on a map display their job number, job type, date & client. It also includes any surrounding jobs. You can set to show only the current Job info on a map (Setup -> Job/Task/Emp -> Show only current Job Info in Map).

 

To exclude old or inactive jobs,

From the Home, click Lookup Tables

Click Job Status

Select the job status you don't want the job mapped on

 

Use report (350) in Reports -> Jobs/Projects to identify jobs with missing, incomplete, or out-of-range co-ordinates: Map Link Sites with Missing, Incomplete or Out-of-Range Coordinates (Report#350).

 

29.4.4 Map Search Area - A red circle on the map showing the current area the system is checking for surrounding jobs. You can also set the maximum radius to search for jobs when generating a job map (Setup -> Job/Task/Emp ->Set the Maximum Radius to search in Map).

 

29.4.5 Set Fields to Display on the Map for Each Job Type

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By default, all Jobs on a map display their Job Number, Job Type, Date and Client. For each job type, you can select which fields to display. To do so:

 

On the ribbon, click 'Lookup Tables'.

Select 'Job Type'.

Click 'Select' to choose which fields you want to display on the information balloon.

 

NOTE: The Legal Description option will show all legal descriptions for all jobs (current or nearby) shown in the information balloon.

 

Click 'Close' to save.

 

29.4.6 MapLink Troubleshooting Tips

 

Proxy Server configuration

If you are using a proxy server to access the internet. Follow the instructions below to configure Latitude to connect using the proxy server

If using WinXP do the following:

Log in to Windows as a user with Administrator Rights

Click Start -> Click Run

Type "cmd" and press enter

Backup your current winhttp proxy values

Type the following command:

proxycfg >> C:\Lati99\winHttpProxy.txt

Add your proxy server to the list

Type the following command

proxycfg -d -p <proxy server host/ip>:<port> "<local>"

eg. Proxycfg -d -p proxy-internal.com:8080 "<local>"

Restart Latitude

If using Vista & Win7 do the following:

Log in to Windows as a User with Administrator Rights

Type "cmd" in the search bar and press enter

Backup your current winhttp proxy values

Type the following command:

netsh winhttp show proxy >> C:\Lati99\winHttpProxy.txt

Add your proxy server to the list

Type the following command:

netsh winhttp set proxy proxy-server="<proxy server host/ip>:<port>" bypass-list="local"

eg. Netsh winhttp set proxy proxy-server="proxy-internal.com:8080" bypass-list="local"

Restart Latitude

 

Error: JavaScript must be enabled in order for you to use Google Maps. However, it seems JavaScript is either disabled or not supported by your browser. To view Google Maps, enable JavaScript by changing your browser options, and then try again.

FIX: Open Internet Explorer then go to Internet Options

Click Advanced tab -> Security group -> select 'Allow active content to run in files on My Computer*

Click Apply -> click OK -> restart Internet Explorer

 

29.4.7 GIS Link - Manipulate Project Site Coordinates on a map using KMZ

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Change job site lat/long coordinates by dragging placemarks around a map

Go to Management -> Import / Export -> Load GIS -> KMZ - Export Job / Project Site Coordinates

Filter the jobs to export (eg. Jobs by State/Province)

Click Export (saves the KMZ file to the same folder that Latitude creates your job folders in)

Open the KMZ file in your GIS software (eg. Google Earth or any other software that supports the OpenGIS KML Encoding Standard (OGC KML))

Drag project placemarks around your GIS map

Save a KML Layer or specific portions of a KML (eg. Selected projects only) that you want to load into Latitude

Import site coordinates back into Latitude - go to Management -> Import / Export ->Load GIS -> KMZ - Import Job / Project Site Coordinates