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XProtect Smart Client

Types of geographic backgrounds

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Version2026r1
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After you have added a Smart Map to a view, you can use one of the following geographic backgrounds:

  • Basic world map: use the default geographic background provided in XProtect Smart Client. This map is intended for use as a general reference, and it does not contain features such as country boundaries, cities, or other details. However, like the other geographic backgrounds, it does contain geo-reference data

  • Bing Maps: connect to Bing Maps

  • Google Maps: connect to Google Maps

    Note

    Bing Maps and Google Maps are available in XProtect® Corporate and XProtect Expert only. The use of both services requires internet access.

  • Milestone Map Service - connect to a free map provider. After you enable Milestone Map Service, no further setup is needed.

    See Enable Milestone Map Service

  • See Change OpenStreetMap tile server

  • None - this option hides the geographic background. Note that the geo-reference data remains there. See also Layers on Smart Map.

By default, Bing Maps and Google Maps display satellite imagery. You can change the imagery, for example to aerial or terrain, to see different details.