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Place your Mesh spider on Google maps

Place Google maps

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

The Prefences Tab opens. click on the snapshot button to save these GPS coordinates for this mesh and it's Google map views.

Placing nodes

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

  • The Add a Marker window opens.

  • 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.

  • 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.
  • 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.