User
Guide
The CenterPoint Energy Electric Mobile
Outage Tracker provides approximate locations of current outages. Estimated
outage locations are displayed as triangles. Colors correspond to the number of
customers estimated to be without power in the vicinity of the triangle.
Quick Reference:
Clicking
on a triangle will zoom in on that area. Moving the pointer over the triangle
and clicking on it to perform Identify will cause a pop-up display to appear
showing the estimated of the number of customers without power in the vicinity
of the outage. Outage estimates are refreshed every 15 minutes. Please see
below for more detailed help on how to use CNP Mobile Outage Tracker
BlackBerry application.
If you have any
questions or concerns about this map/application, please contact CenterPoint
Energy GIS at gissupportdesk@centerpointenergy.com.
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Hot
Keys
The numeric keypad controls zoom and pan operations on
the map. Pan navigation is controlled with numbers based on their position
relative to the "5" key as shown below.
Note: for numbers - no "alt" key is required.
For letters - no upper case required.
L - My Location
Q - Search
A - Pick Map View
G - Find An Address
H - Home Map
U - Update Map
I - Identify
O - Map Overlays (if configured)
5 - Zoom In
0 - Zoom Out
1 - Zoom Northwest
2 - Zoom North
3 - Zoom Northeast
4 - Zoom West
6 - Zoom East
7 - Zoom Southwest
8 - Zoom South
9 - Zoom Southeast
BACKSPACE - Go to Previous Location
II.
Menu
Control
The menu is used for navigation, option toggles, and to
access functions with their own screens. The menu options vary depending on
what functionality is in the current map configuration. The following options
exist:
Search - Gives the user a list of searches
My Location - Zooms to the user's current GPS
location
Pointer Actions - Allows the user to set the mode of
the pointer
Pick Identify Layer - Sets the layer to identify on
when using the identify tool
Pick Map View - Allows the user to set the Map
Scheme
Home Map - Zooms to the map's initial extent
Update Map - Refreshes the map
Map Overlay / Where Am I - The Map Overlay menu
allows you to access the "Where Am I" feature. Where Am I uses
your device's GPS to track your current position on the map. As you move
around, the map indicator will automatically update to show your current
location. To enable Where Am I, open the menu and select “Map Overlays”. This
will bring up a screen that will allow you to turn Where Am I on. Click the
Show button to enable Where Am I and to return back to the map. Once Where Am I
has been enabled, the GPS device will start searching for satellites. The
status of this including the number of satellites and accuracy will be displayed
in a bar on the top of the screen. Once the GPS device has a location fix, the
Map Viewer will center on the location. If Follow Me has been enabled, then the
Map Viewer will re-center on the GPS location when it goes off screen.
III.
Using
the Pointer
Panning and Zooming functions from the keyboard use the
center of the map as their basis (i.e. if the "5" key is pressed, the
map will zoom in on the center of the map). If more precise control is
required, the pointer arrow may used by selecting the appropriate Pointer
Action from the menu.
BlackBerry smartphones with a trackball use the ball
for pointer movement. BlackBerry smartphones with a trackwheel will move the
pointer up and down with the wheel alone; left and right if the ALT key is
pressed. BlackBerry smartphones with a touch screen move the pointer around by
touching the screen. A Pointer Action is performed by clicking on the
screen.
IV.
Changing
the Map View
To use map schemes in the Mobile Outage Tracker Device
Application, select "Pick Map View" from the menu or press the
"A" key while viewing a map. A list of all map schemes in the map
configuration will be displayed. Choose a view from the list and click on it to
activate the map scheme. The map will redraw using the new scheme.
V.
Identifying
Features
After loading a map configuration with Layer Selections
enabled, set the Pointer Action to Identify. If the configuration is set to be
able to identify more than one layer, be sure to set the desired layer by
selecting Pick Identify Layer from the menu. Move the pointer over the feature
(e.g. Power Outage Triangles) to Identify, and then click on the feature.
To return to the map display, choose "Close"
from the menu. While the feature is still selected, selection options will be
included in the menu. The "See Identify Results" option will display
the selection attributes. The "Clear Identify Results" will remove
the feature highlight from the map and clear the selection attributes.
VI.
Using
Searches
After loading a map configuration with searches
enabled, choose the "Search" option from the menu or press the
"Q" key to display the "Pick a Search" screen. A list of
searches defined in the active map configuration will be displayed. If there is
only one search present in the Map Viewer configuration, the search list will
automatically jump to that search.
Highlight the appropriate search and click on it to
display the search form. Fill out the form and click on the "Search"
button to perform the search. A list of records matching the search criteria
will be displayed. Highlight a search result and choose click on it to display
a detailed record view of the result or click on “Show Results on Map” to
display all the search results on the map.
