Traffic Map and Layers

A map is the main container of the different layers that can be enabled in TS.

All the information provided by the layers are shown on the map.

If you click on a shoulder component (for example, LAYERS LIBRARY), the component opens, rotating by 90 degrees.

You can click on the header of an open shoulder component to close it.

The main seven areas are associated to the indicators A, B, C, D, E, F and G.

Indicators	GUI Area
A	Upper Bar
B	Search Bar
C	LAYERS LIBRARY
D	LAYER INFO
E	Toolbar
F	ACTIVE LAYERS
G	LAYER OPTIONS

Upper Bar

Items	Description
	Click the PTV Optima logo to access three shortcuts: SITEMAP: A hierarchy of links reproducing the main workspaces available in the GUI: FORECAST: A red dashed square is drawn for a few seconds around the FORECAST MONITOR widget: Through the FORECAST MONITOR you can start or stop the simulation and choose the simulation engine by clicking on the "three dots" icon (yellow square). DOCUMENTATION: The Optima Help Center, hosting the user assistance information you may need to use the product.
	Placeholder for customer logo.
	Detection and Control KPI list. The red bubble shows the number of active alerts associated through the Optima Detection and Control module (→ Optima Detection and Control (ODC)). Click the bell icon to access the list of alerts (→ KPI alerts).
Administration area	Click to: Clear the user settings. Change language (of the User interface). Log out.
Calendar area	Displays the date in local format. If you click on a date, you can associate a day type to a specific set of dates (or to a single date). See → Associate a day type to a date (to a set of dates).
Connection area	Click to check the connection status (→ Setting windows connection) between two or more maps: No connection available. Connection available. Sending data to the connected map. Receiving data from the connected map.

Search Bar

Through the Search Bar, you can search for traffic model elements stored in the system.

You can also use specific commands for a detailed search or to perform operations, using an appropriate command line syntax.

The main syntax expressions are as follows:

item
command item [{idno|Id} = value]
Layer : item

Command items	Description
command	The values for this parameter are: add, show, open, etc.
item	The values for this parameter, which is related to the Traffic Data Model items, are: Map, Node, Street, Link, Centroid, Event, etc.
idno	Numeric identifier associated with the item.
Id	Alpha-numeric identifier associated with the item.
=	Equal sign.
value	Value associated with the item in the current configuration.

Examples:

Command expressions	Description
Map	Opens a new map.
show Nodes idno=1	Opens a new map with details related to the Nodes layer, focusing on a Node identified by idno=1.
add Events	Opens a new map with an Events layer.
Layer :KPI	Opens the current map with a KPI layer added to the list of the active layers.

LAYERS LIBRARY

In this area, you can select a set of layers and add them to the map.

Icon	Layer	Description
	(→ Nodes layer)	Contains information related to the node locations of the network.
	(→ Links layer)	Contains information related to the links of the network. A link is made up by a sequence of streets.
	(→ Signal Coordination Group layer)	Contains information on a set of controllers grouped under a signal coordination group.
	(→ Controllers layer)	Contains information related to the controllers network.
	(→ Streets layer)	Contains information related to the streets network.
	(→ Centroids layer)	Contains information on centroids. A centroid is a logical entity that represents a volume of entities (users, cars, ...) related to a specific zone of the map.
	(→ Traffic Measurements layer)	Contains information on speeds that are measured in the network. Different data providers send information to the OPTIMA server.
	(→ Shared vehicles layer)	Contains information related to the traffic lights disseminated in the network.
	(→ TMC Locations layer)	Contains all locations of the Traffic Message Channel table. At lower zoom levels, the layer displays the location name of each point.
	(→ Count Locations layer)	Contains information related to all the sensors placed in the network and stored in Traffic Supervisor.
	(→ Estimated Traffic layer)	Contains information of the forecast provided by a set of selectable data sources, with a specific forecast delay time.
	(→ Harmonized Traffic Measurements layer)	Contains information on the volume of traffic measured in the network. Different data providers can send information to the OPTIMA server.
	(→ Put Lines layer)	Contains information on public transports lines.
	(→ Put Vehicles layer)	Contains information related to the position of public transport vehicles on the map.
	(→ Put Stops layer)	The Put Stops layer displays the public transport stops where people have access to public transport vehicles.
	(→ VMS layer)	Contains information related to Variable Message Signs placed on the street network (related to the Optima database).
	(→ WebCams layer)	Contains information related to webcam locations.
	(→ Parkings layer)	Contains information related to parking locations.
	(→ KPI layer)	Contains information related to Key Performance Indicators, configured for the current instance of TS.
		Contains information related to real-time traffic events.
	(→ Model Quality from Base layer)	Contains information on the quality of real time forecast results provided by the TRE engine, compared to those produced during the calibration of the model.
	(→ Model Forecast Quality layer)	Contains information on the quality of real time forecast results provided by the TRE engine, compared to real measurements.
	→ Machine Learning Forecast Quality layer	Contains information on the quality of real time forecast results provided by the Machine Learning Forecast engine.

Important: According to your installation of Traffic Supervisor, some layers may not be available in the Layers Library list.

To add a layer to the map, (→ Setting layers as active).

Alternatively, you can drag and drop a layer from Layers Library to Active Layers.

A red counter is incremented when you add a new instance.

For more details on layers, (→ Working with layers).

Toolbar

From the collapsible Toolbar

you can choose several map operations.

Icon	GUI Area
	Allows you to choose the base background layer for the map: GRAY BACKGROUND, base map where all map objects are colored in gray. OSM-DEFAULT, base map where all map objects are colored according to standard classes of colors (green for gardens, brown for churches, etc.). OSM-DETAILED, base map with more details than the GRAY BACKGROUND option and fewer details than OSM-DEFAULT. NO MAP,an empty base map.
	Allows you to establish a connection between two maps (see (→ Setting windows connection)).
	Allows you to pin or unpin a component. If you pin a component (for example, the pop-up window with the details of a data model entity), it opens in a separate window of the browser. When you unpin it, the component returns to the original container.
	Allows you to measure the distance between two points selected on the map.
	Opens or closes the collapsible bar.

Important: If you close the browser window containing the Control Room Dashboard, all browser instances containing the associated maps are automatically closed.

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