Configure zones and areas

Audience: Administrators

In a GIS platform, you need to divide a geographic territory into specific zones, to analyze, edit information of different access levels, services, or maps. Even if a service provides data and information on more zones, users who only work on a sub-set of zones should only access data relevant to them. To help users access the data that they need, territories are divided into a hierarchy. The upper-level zones are named “Structures” and each zone has lower-level sub-zones named “Operation centers”.

Since it isn't possible to belong to more than one hierarchy, areas allow operators to temporarily see data in a location they don’t normally work in. For example, an operator may work on the Novara zone, but temporarily is needed in Milan too. While the operator can’t be assigned to the Novara and Milan zone because it's a different structure, it is possible to create the area “North-Center Italy” and assign it to the operator. When they log in, the user only sees data on a portion of the map allowed by zones' permissions.

Configure the zone and operation center

To ensure user modules automatically load with the correct spatial context:

1. Navigate to Control Panel > Maps tab.

2. Click Zones.

3. To see the hierarchy of structures and zones, click the Zones tab.

4. To see the configuration property sheet, from the list, select a zone record.

5. Enter desired parameters. See https://overit-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NEXTGENGEO/pages/580419782/2026+Wave+Two+Configure+zones+and+areas#Understand-zone-parameters.

6. To bind the operational maps to the selected zone or operation center, click Apply structural changes.

Configure a zone

To define the parameters of a zone:

1. Navigate to Control Panel > Maps tab.

2. To see the hierarchy of structures and zones, click the Zones tab.

   • To add a new zone, at the top-left, click the Add zone button

   • To edit a zone, click the Edit icon.

3. In the New/Edit Panel define desired parameters. See https://overit-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NEXTGENGEO/pages/580419782/2026+Wave+Two+Configure+zones+and+areas#Understand-zone-parameters.

Assign an operation center to a structure

To assign an operation center to a structure:

1. Navigate to Control Panel > Maps tab.

2. Click the Zones tab.

3. To assign one or more operation centers:

   • Use the drag and drop table.

     • Note: All operation centers not assigned to a structure are on the left.

   • Filter them using the “Search by name” field.

Understand zone parameters

Use these zone parameters to configure zones and operation centers:

Configure an area

If a structure temporarily needs to borrow an operator from a different structure, the area can put together more zones of different structure.

Note: If a user is enabled on a zone, they also have that visibility on the map. Each zone is assigned to a principal and a double map.

1. Navigate to Control Panel > Maps tab.

2. To see a list of all available areas, click the Areas tab.

   • To search areas by name, at the top-right, use the search field.

   • To create a new area, at the top-left, click the Create new area button.

   • To edit an area, click the Edit icon next to it.

3. In the New/Edit panel you can define:

Assign zones to an area

To add a zone to the current area:

1. Navigate to Control Panel > Maps tab.

2. To see a list of all available areas, click the Areas tab.

3. Click the Edit icon next to an area.

4. Click the Associate zones tab.

5. In the list of all existing zones and their hierarchy, click the checkbox.

6. Optional: To filter zones by their name, use the search box.

7. Click Save.