Viewing Features

Tap on a feature to view its information and interact with it.

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1. Info Bar

The Info Bar displays a summary of the selected feature’s details. Tapping it will show the expanded details screen, which allows you to view additional information about the selected feature and also edit fields such as the feature name and feature type.

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Note

Ensure you are not in Locked Mode when trying to edit the feature details.

If your organisation has what3words linked to FireMapper, the selected feature’s location will also be displayed as a what3words address at the bottom of the expanded details screen.

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2. Feature Toolbar

email Email: Sends the selected feature as an email message. The email message includes a screenshot of the map and any GPS photos that are attached to the selected feature if available. This option is available for all map features. You can set the default email addresses for email messages in the Main Menu->User Profile.

Note

On iOS devices, this uses the Apple email client. You will need to have your email account configured in it for this to work.

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text Text: Sends the selected feature as a text message. The text message includes a screenshot of the map and any GPS photos that are attached to the selected feature if available. This option is available for all map features. You can set the default mobile numbers for text messages in the Main Menu->User Profile.

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directions_to Directions: Opens the selected location with a navigation application. These applications are supported:

  • Google Maps (turn by turn navigation software)

  • Apple Maps (turn by turn navigation software, iOS only)

  • Open Street Maps (mapping website)

  • Waze Maps (turn by turn navigation software)

  • Flight Radar24 (flight tracking software)

  • Windy (weather)

  • Foreflight (aviation/flight planning software, iOS only)

  • OzRunways (aviation/flight planning software, iOS only)

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navigate Navigate With FireMapper: Navigates in a straight line to the selected point in FireMapper. The button will point in the direction of the selected feature using the internal compass. This is handy if you need to know the approximate direction of the feature on the map without having to start a navigation.

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Note

This functionally is not available yet on the Android.

sync Sync Feature: Shares the selected feature on the map. This button is only available for features that have not been shared yet. If the map is currently a private map the map will be converted into a shared map (however only the selected feature will be shared). You can share all features on the map via the Map Export Screen.