Map Markers identify the geographic location of database items on a ClearSCADA map. For example, a Map Marker might display the location of an outstation (see Displaying the Geographic Location of a Database Item) or track the location of engineers (see Use the Location Tab to Specify an Item's Geographic Coordinates).
A typical Map Marker display is shown below:
In ClearSCADA there are four different types of Map Marker symbol: circle, triangle, square and diamond.
- Circle—This symbol indicates the marker was displayed as a result of a Display On Map request or when a user clicked on a hyperlink that contained a query in a mimic (see Display On Map in the ClearSCADA Guide to ViewX and WebX and see Creating a Hyperlink to a Map in the ClearSCADA Guide to Mimics).
- Triangle, Square, Diamond—These symbols indicate that the marker was displayed as a result of a user query (see Configuring a User Query in the ClearSCADA Guide to Core Configuration and see Associating User Queries with a Map Set). The same symbol may be associated with more than one user query if there are more than three user queries on a ClearSCADA map.
The illustration above shows the circle marker.
A Map Marker consists of two parts. The outer part of the Map Marker symbol shows the background color of the database item and the inner part shows the foreground color (see System Colors and see System Color Priorities in the ClearSCADA Guide to Core Configuration). In addition, if the foreground color is set to 'Flash' then the inner part of the shape will blink on and off. For more about the Flash setting, see Use the Color Palette to Define a Custom System Color in the ClearSCADA Guide to Core Configuration.
If you right-click on a Map Marker, ClearSCADA will display a menu of standard actions for the database item (see Object Menu and see Object Menu Options in the ClearSCADA Guide to ViewX and WebX Clients).