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Geomap
  
Geomap
Geomap
The Geomap part of op5 monitor is a geographical map that uses Open Street Map, Google Maps and Clooud made maps. To be able to use the Geomap your client must have access to Internet.
However it is also possible to choose pre-generated maps if a internet connection of the computer that is viewing the map is not available.
It is also possible to choose Google Maps as the preferred map
 
Note: It’s only the client that needs access to the internet.
Map type
As mentioned above, there are three map types that is possible to use:
Open Streetmap
Google Maps
Cloud made maps from Open Streetmap
 
To start configuring the map type for Geomap, follow the steps below:
1 Click “Geomap” in the monitoring menu
2 Select Settings in the top right corner
Besides the map type you can also set the refresh rate of the map with the lever from left to right, or manually enter the interval in seconds.
3 Select what map type you want to use:
4 Click on Settings again to save the setting and refresh the map.
Locations
Before Geomap is useful you have to add locations to the map. Each location can be associated with an object. The following object types can be used:
Host
Service
Host Group
Service Group
Adding a location
Here we will add a new location. First we need to locate where on the map we want to put it. Then we save the location with some basic settings.
To add the location
1 Open up the Geomap from the monitoring menu.
2 Click on edit in the upper left corner, just above the map.
3 Double click on the map where you want your location:
4 A bubble will appear on the location, select ‘Add location’:

Enter the variables for this locations and select type and then the object you want to link to this location. You can also enter the exact latitude and longitude here.:
Click on save to create the location.
Links
When you have added a couple of locations to your Geomap you might want to add a link between them. This can easily be done by associating a service to a so called link object.
Adding a link
Here we will use two locations called:
Gothenburg
Stockholm
The locations listed above are associated with one host each.
Now we will add a link between the two locations and associate it with a service that will symbolize the link between the both locations.
To add the link
1 Open up the Geomap from the menu. Click on edit above the map:
2 Click on one of the locations that you want to link together and select ‘Link’:
3 Choose the second location and select ‘Link’ in the bubble on that location.
This will create grey link between the two locations.

4 Click on the grey line. Click on ‘Edit’ in the bubble.
a Enter a description.
b Select a type.
c Select the object you want the link to representate.
5 Click Save to save your link.