There are five different types of map available.

Points - icons placed at positions on the map.

Bubble - circles places at positions on the map with the radius acting as a comparative value.

Area - shapes placed on the map with optional colour coding and grading.

Height - 3D shapes on the map with height acting as a comparative value.

Heat - locations on the map grouped into heat spots.

A sample map is displayed in the Settings page to provide an indication of how your map will appear.

Azure Maps offers different styles of display. The default is Grey Scale (Light) as it reduces the impact of map features against the panel information. The options are:

• Grey Scale (Light)
• Grey Scale (Dark)
• Road - coloured roads and road markers
• Satellite - include satellite imagery overlaid on the map
• Night - as “Roads” but with a dark theme
• High Contrast - map features shown in higher contrast than other styles
• Blank - shows no map features at all, only those items and features file contents specified in the design

Select the default style for the panel. The user may change the style by using the tools in the map display area.

If there are more than one maps in the dashboard you can synchronise their display when the user drags or zooms.

All map panels are shown here, from which you can select which are to be synchronised. This setting will apply to all map panels, so there is no need to set it in the other panels.

if gradings have been set for this panels or its controlling panel, check this option to apply the gradings to the map display.

For heat maps, you can set the following:

• Colour gradient - -select from the available options to set the colour scale
• Intensity - on the scale of 0 to 1 to set the intensity of the heat points
• Opacity - from 0 to 1 to set the opacity of the heat colours
• Radius - set the radius of heat points

An extra drop down menu in map panel pages provides further options for the panel:

• Map Data - specify the data to be used for the map records
• Bounds - specify the initial bounds of the map
• Layers - set aspects such as popup, colour and icons for records with common values
• Overlays - area borders with option to select records by area
• Features - add static features to the map such as parks, schools, regional offices