====== Place your Mesh spider on Google maps ======
===== Place Google maps =====

  * Click on the MESHdesk icon on the Radiusdesk home page.

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  * Click on the Mesh you want to place and click **Edit**. The Edit Mesh window opens.

  * Click on the **Nodes** tab in the Edit Mesh window.

  * Click on the **Map** button in the Actions Toolbar in the nodes Tab. The Google Maps Tab opens.

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  * The first time you open this tab, Google maps open somewhere in Boston U.S.A.

  * If no map is displayed then your country might not allow Google maps.

  * Now **move** the Google map to where your mesh has been deployed.

  * When you see the address of the Mesh, click on the **Peferences** icon (spanner) in the Action toolbar in the Google maps window.

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The Prefences Tab opens.

   * Click on the **snapshot** button to save these GPS coordinates for this mesh and it's Google map views.

   * Click OK to finish.

===== Placing nodes =====

  * Click on the **Add** button in the Action Toolbar of the Google Map Tab.

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  * The Add a Marker window opens.

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  * All the nodes of the current mesh is listed in the "Available" field.

  * **Select** a node and click** OK**.

  * A yellow maps marker appear with an **info window** attached to it.

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  * Move the marker to where your node is on the map.

  * In the info window attached to the marker  click **SAVE** to place the marker. Sometimes you need to scroll to see the buttons in the info window.

  * The marker will turn blue.

  * If you want to delete a marker, move it until the info window of the marker appears and click **DELETE** inside the info window.

  * Now repeat the steps with the rest of the nodes until all nodes are placed correctly.

  * Once all nodes are placed close the Edit Mesh window.

  * Now, when you view your mesh under **Meshdesk=> View=> Nodes**, you can click on the **maps icon** and your Mesh Spider will show on the map.
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