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  • Filter the Map by Post Type, Groups, or Members
  • Map Layers
  • Location Search
  • Viewing Posts, Groups, and Members on the Map
  • Search and Filter the Map by Topic and Keyword
  • Create Posts on the Map
  • Saved Map Searches

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  1. Hylo User Manual

The Map

The Group Map shows a geographic view of all Posts, Groups, and Members within a specified geographic location.

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Find the Group Map in your Group Menu or by clicking All Views.

You can zoom in & out of the map by scrolling on your mouse or trackpad. You can move around by clicking and dragging.

Single color dots represent different types of objects - Discussions (blue) Requests (purple), Offers (green), Requests (yellow), Projects (orange), Events (red), Members (pink), Groups (grey).

Clusters of elements will appear as a bigger circle with a number inside. The color around the circle will indicate aspects inside the cluster.

Clicking on a post will open it up on the side, so that you can interact with the post. Read more about interacting with posts.

Clicking on a member will open their member profile.

Filter the Map by Post Type, Groups, or Members

You can decide what you see on the Map.

Click on the Features button in the bottom left to choose which types of things you’d like to see on the map. You can toggle on and off Post types and whether or not you see related Groups or Members on the map.

Map Layers

Adjust how you view the map with map layers

Location Search

See what's happening in your group within a specified geographic location

Navigate to the upper left corner of the map and click the “Search for a Location” button then type the location to see Posts, Groups, and Members within that region.

Ensure you click the correct location from the drop-down menu.

Viewing Posts, Groups, and Members on the Map

Clicking on the menu icon (three horizontal lines) in the upper right of the map opens up the sidebar, which shows you all of the Posts, Groups, and Members in the current view.

Search and Filter the Map by Topic and Keyword

You can click the search box to filter by Topic or Keyword. You can choose your top 10 topics to filter by, or search by typing.

Sort posts by Latest Activity, Post Date, or by Popular posts.

Create Posts on the Map

To create a post directly on the map, click and hold for a couple seconds on the location you want the post to appear OR click the (+) button in the bottom right corner of the map and then pin-point on the map where you want the location for that post.

Saved Map Searches

As an example, say you want to save a map view of all the members in a certain bioregion.

  1. Navigate to the “Search for a location” and enter the region you want to search within

  2. Click on “Post Types” in the bottom left corner and toggle “Members” to the on position. Toggle the post types you don’t want to view on the map to the off position.

  3. Click the heart icon to and provide a title of this view.

  4. Click “Save”.

Users can change the base layer of the map to satellite or street view. We are excited that we can now display indigenous territories as a layer on the map using data from . You can access the map layers by clicking on the Base Layers icon in the lower right corner. You will see options for Basic, Streets, Satellite, and Satellite + Streets.

Saved map searches allow you to save a view on the Map either in the Group view or Public view, so you get notifications when there is new activity within that saved area. Navigate to the map by clicking on the world icon and notice the heart icon in the upper left corner. Clicking the heart will allow you to save this view.

Note: You can delete this saved view by clicking on the trash can icon on the map or by accessing your in your account settings and clicking “Delete.”

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Saved Searches
Creating Posts on the Map
Clusters of elements on the Map
Clicking on "Features" allows you to filter what you see on the Map.
Map Layers Icon
The menu icon can be found in the upper right corner of the Map
Filtering Posts, Groups, and Members by Topics or Keyword
The heart icon in the upper left corner allows you to save a map view