How do I configure the Location Picker Plugin on a Form?

The Location Picker Plugin provides the Form submitter with a map that allows them to specify primary and non-primary locations for an incident, should an address be insufficient (e.g. if an incident occurs at a certain place in a large country park).

It is recommended that you insert a Location Picker into a separate Region on a Page for the sake of orderliness, as the Plugin takes up a sizeable amount of space. 

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If “Yes” is select in the Primary option, the system will recognise that the location chosen on the map is the primary location of the issue. You can only have one primary Location Picker per Form. You can have several non-primary Location Pickers on the same Form, but they must be inserted into different Pages, otherwise the Form will not function correctly.

You have many configuration options available under Plugin Settings. If “Yes” is selected for “Override primary contact to location owner”, then the Location Picker will override to the owner of the location, rather than the Form submitter. This can be useful in instances where an issue is specific to a location (e.g. missed bins), and somebody submits a report on behalf of someone else.

The “Default to home address” option allows you to choose whether or not the Location Picker will automatically select the Form submitter’s home address when they send a report via the Portal. The Location Picker will always display a map on the Mobile App, but on the Portal, you will have the option of using a Postcode Picker instead, and can adjust the map’s zoom level to an appropriate level.

If you select “Yes” for the “Show Nearby Reports” option, the following items will appear. 

From here, you can configure which report items will be displayed on the map. You can choose to only display issues that are a certain distance away; that were submitted a certain amount of time ago; that are a certain Status and/or Priority; etc.

You can also choose whether you wish to include nearby reports filed from other Organisations. It is recommended that you restrict the display of issues to the same Forms as those that are being reported, to avoid potential confusion.

Map overlays (e.g. Ordinance Survey) can be configured via the Map Overlay Plugin in the Administration tab, under the “General” section.