To create a new map, complete the following steps:

  1. Do one of the following four actions:

    1. In the lower-left part of the screen, click the button (after displaying the map, see Opening and closing the map).
    2. Click the button to open the context menu of the Layouts Panel and select Add map.
    3. In the map context menu (right-click on the empty background), select Add new map.

    4. Select a video camera from the list on the video camera panel by clicking on it and, while holding down the mouse button, move the cursor to the empty map background and then release the mouse button.

      Actions c and d are available, if no maps have been created in the system.


  2. Enter the name of the map (1).

  3. Select what will be used as a map: an image or geodata from OpenStreetMap (2).

    Axxon One relies on geodata from OpenStreetMap provider received via Mapbox service.

    Creation of a map based on OpenStreetMap geodata provider is limited by default. To create OpenStreetMap maps, you should:

    1. Purchase an OpenStreetMap license for Static Tiles API from MapBox provider: https://www.mapbox.com/pricing/#gltile
    2. Quit the Client (see Shutting down an Axxon One Client).
    3. Open a configuration file AxxonOne.exe.config in a word processor. The file is located in the <Installation Directory of Axxon One>\ bin.
    4. Find the OpenStreetMap parameters group.
    5. Set the true value for the Enabled parameter.
    6. For the ApiKey parameter, enter the received key.
    7. Save the changes to the file.
    8. Run the Client (see Starting an Axxon One Client).

    As a result, it will be possible to use the geodata from OpenStreetMap provider as a map. When used, all requested map fragments will be saved on the computer hard drive, on which Axxon One user interface is running. When the map fragments are reloaded, OpenStreetMap service is not accessed.


    The maximum image size is 4 million pixels (the number of pixels at 2000x2000 resolution). If a larger image is selected, no map is created.


  4. In the corresponding field (3), click the button and select the image that will be used as the site plan (if the Raster image map type is selected). The supported formats are png, jpg, jpeg, jpe, gif and bmp.

    If the image is not selected, a map with a white background will be created.


  5. If you use a geo maps, enter the address, or the postal index, or OpenStreetMap coordinates (refer to provider's website for details) of the desired location into the Address field, then click the button. Use the slider or the mouse scroll wheel to zoom in and out, and any standard method for map navigation.

  6. Select the users who can access the map (4): all users, current user only (Not shared position), selected roles only (5). 

  7. Click the Apply button.

Creation of a new map is complete.