Live Feeds Section
Live feeds refer to data that is sourced from external sources. These feeds are read-only and cannot be edited.
The live feeds that are available to an organisation is controlled by the configuration. A complete list of
available feeds can be found in the Live Feeds page in the Portal Home Page.
This section contains the list of live feeds that are available for the current map extents and zoom level.
This list of live feeds in this section will automatically change as the map is moved around and zoomed in/out
depending on the availability of the live feed data in the current map extents.
Click a live feed to show/hide it on the map.
Overlays Section
The list of available grid layers will depend on the current map extents. Click a
grid overlay to show/hide it on the map. Please note that selecting a grid overlay will automatically
turn off any other grid layer that are currently turned on. It is not possible to
have more than one grid layer turned on at a time.
UTM Grid Overlay
This UTM grid is used by most emergency services for ground operations, since all grid squares
are in metres (easting/northing) and thus relatively easy to work with. This
grid is the same grid used for topographic maps in Australia and USA.
NZTM Grid Overlay
The NZTM grid is used by emergency services in New Zealand as a preferred grid
instead of using UTM. This is the same grid that is used by the NZ Topo250 and
NZ Topo25 base layers. It is available to all users when using maps for NZ.
Lat/Lng Grid Overlay
The Latitude/Longitude grid is used by emergency services, mostly for aircraft
operations. It is better suited for working over long distances due to the
curvature of the earth.
Ground and Air Tracks
Displays recent location tracks heatmap for personnel and appliances, or aircraft. This is useful for
seeing how personnel are accessing an incident (such as what trails are in use, how
are appliances getting around a fences at an incident). There is significant delay for the
tracks overlay.
Hotspots Overlay
The hotspots overlay consists of satellite detected hotspots from MODIS, VIIRS and Himawari-8
satellite. These satellites provide a snapshot of large fire activity when the satellite passes
overhead. The color of the dots is determined by age, recent fire activity is displayed as red,
then orange, yellow and black. Older hotspot activity will fade away after 7 days.
Feature Scale
This slider determines the size of the map features on the screen. You can use this slider
to make the map features larger, which is useful when using the FireMapper Portal on large
screens or when conducting incident briefings.