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Adding a map – Avigilon ACC Enterprise Client Version 4.12 User Manual

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Adding a Map

You can create a map from any image in JPEG, BMP, PNG, or GIF format. The image is used as the map
background and cameras are added on top to show where they are located in your surveillance site.

1. To start a new map, perform one of the following:

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From the File menu, select New Map.

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In the System Explorer, right-click the Maps icon, and select New Map.

2. In the Select Map Image dialog box, locate your map image and click Open.

3. In the Map Name field, enter a name for the map.

4. In the Editing: Map tab, drag and place cameras from the System Explorer onto the map.

Figure A.

Editing: Map tab

By default a camera is displayed as an icon with a yellow triangle to represent its field of view.