Configuring the Map Manager role - Security Center 5.11

The Map Manager is the central role that manages all mapping resources in Security Center, including imported map files, external map providers, and KML objects. It acts as the map server for all client applications that require maps and as the record provider for all Security Center entities placed on georeferenced maps. The Map Manager role replaced the Plan Manager role in Security Center 5.4 GA. You must configure this role before you can start using maps on your system.

1. From the Config Tool homepage, open the System task, and click the Roles view.
2. Select the Map Manager role, and click the Properties tab.
3. In the Map providers section, connect the Map Manager to third-party map providers.
   A map provider is a Geographic Information System (GIS) used to create geographic maps. Most of them require a license to use. These systems can be offline or online. The following map providers are supported:

   BeNomad

   An offline GIS that must be installed on all Security Center client machines.

   Esri

   An online GIS based on the ArcGIS Runtime SDK for .NET.

   Bing

   Bing map, Bing hybrid map, and Bing satellite map are online map providers offered by Microsoft.

   Google

   Google map, Google terrain map, and Google satellite map are online map providers offered by Google.

   Custom *

   A Tile Map Service (TMS) server, such as one provided by the OpenStreetMap Foundation, can be added as an online map provider.

   WMS

   A Web Map Service (WMS) server can be added as an online map provider.

   The list of map providers also serves as a geocoding priority list. This means that the map provider at the top of the list is the first to be tried as the geocoding provider. If this provider cannot return a result, the next provider in the list is tried.
4. (Optional) In the Map layers section, import the KML objects you want to show on your maps.
5. Set the Cache location for your maps.
   The cache is a folder where the map tiles are stored. When you create maps from images files, the role generates a set of small images, called map tiles, for each zoom level at which you need to view the map. The larger the map scale, the more map tiles the role must generate. The default folder is C:\ProgramData\Security Center\Maps.

   Best Practice: If you are setting up role failover, set the cache to a location that all servers assigned to the role can reach. If the role cannot reach the configured cache location, it regenerates the map tiles from source file stored in the Directory database, and saves them to the default cache location.
6. In the Default map list, select the default map for your system.
   The system default map, also known as the global default map, is the map initially loaded for all users when opening the Maps task. The global default map can be overridden both at the user group and user levels, where a default map can be configured for each user and group. You can only set the global default map after creating your first map.
7. After all client applications have been upgraded to Security Center 5.9 or later, switch Backward compatibility OFF.
   Backward compatibility is not required by new installations and is disabled by default. On systems upgraded from Security Center 5.8 or earlier, Backward compatibility is automatically switched ON to allow client applications that have not been upgraded to work normally.
8. Click Apply.
9. If your Security Center license supports Basic record fusion, configure the map objects you want to use as record types.
   1. Click the Record fusion tab.
   2. From the Use map locations for list, select the object types you want to use for location correlation.
      The selected object types are registered with the Record Fusion Service as record types and can be viewed using the Records investigation task. All map objects registered as record types can be filtered on their Location, Name, Description, and Entity attributes. For more information, see Investigating record types.
   3. In the Maps list, add the maps that must be examined by correlation requests.
      You must select at least one map.
   4. Click Apply.