Learn how to add, zones from the portal for Trailers & Yard Management users.
Adding Zones
Although this feature not utilized regularly, the system provides the ability to add zones to the outdoor geo-map. This feature can be accessed from the My Lot and Map pages.
Open My Lot and select the Zones tab. Click Create new zone from the Zones menu bar.
The portal launches the facility map (Map view). You may access this function directly from the map by starting here. Select the View/Edit toggle in the right-hand menu to turn on edit mode
.When in edit mode, defined zones shown on the digital map will change from blue to teal and vehicle clusters and icons will disappear leaving just the geo-fences and the Google satellite view
.You can change the Google map from Satellite (default) to Map if preferred for editing ease.
This feature uses standard point-click-drag-release functionality. Click to place a point on the map, drag the crossbow to create a line, click to end that line/start the new line, drag the crossbow to the next location and click. Continue this process to create the (relative) shape of the zone. As a line is drawn it is gold. Draw the full perimeter of the zone until back to the original point to complete the zone shape.
At any point, select escape (esc) on your keyboard to exit drawing mode. Please note, this does not take the system out of edit mode; it merely exits drawing mode.
Select Confirm shape in the right-hand menu to save the newly drawn zone. Otherwise, select Cancel to delete the shape and exit drawing mode.
Save returns to the digital map with the new zone shown in teal. The new zone will also appear on the Zones tab under My Lot. Select Cancel to return to the map without saving the new zone.
The map defaults to back to satellite mode even if the Google map setting was map when adding the zone.
Remember to click the View toggle in the right-hand menu to return the map to the view mode once the zone creation process is complete so that other changes are not accidentally made.
For more information on how to edit or remove zone, please refer to the "Editing & Deleting Zones" article