Explore and maps

Use Explore to find instruments in the context of their project and site locations. It is especially useful when field identifiers alone do not tell a reviewer where equipment is installed.

Prepare the location data

Configure the project’s CRS and location in Project settings → Location. Add positions or areas to sites, and positions to instruments and loggers where available.

An exact position and an area describe different things. Use the project or site area for the work footprint and the instrument position for the installed asset. A sensor without a position may still exist in the catalog even when it has no usable map marker.

Find an instrument

1. Select the relevant project and open Explore.
2. Navigate the map and use the available asset controls to find the relevant area.
3. Select an asset to inspect its identity and open its detail.
4. Review the instrument graph and values for the time period you are investigating.

The assets visible to you depend on your effective access. If a colleague sees additional instruments, compare your site, group, and project grants.

Use your current location

Where the map offers a current-location control, your browser requests location permission. Browser location can help you orient yourself; it does not establish surveyed installation coordinates. If the browser cannot obtain an adequately accurate location, navigate using the saved project and site positions instead.

Troubleshoot a misplaced marker

Check whether the source coordinates are geographic or projected, whether X and Y are in the expected order, and whether the stored CRS matches the survey system. Confirm that an exact position was saved, rather than only a site area.

For longitude and latitude coordinates, X is longitude and Y is latitude. Never substitute local grid coordinates into a geographic CRS. Correct the saved location and inspect the map again. See Projects and sites for configuration.