New Track Styling Features

We’ve introduced new track styling features to improve how subject tracks appear on the map. These updates provide more flexibility and accuracy in visualizing track data based on time of day and user preferences.

 

What’s New?

  • Track Color Expression Based on Time of Day
    A new style expression maps track segment colors to their corresponding time-of-day values, ensuring accurate color representation.
  • Timezone Selection for Track Styling
    You can select a preferred time zone for time-of-day track styling. This client-side setting ensures tracks display the correct colors based on your chosen timezone.
  • Enhanced Patrol Track Styling
    Patrol tracks now support time-of-day styling, making it easier to visualize patrol activities within their time envelope.
  • Fractional Time-of-Day Values for Track Points
    Each observation point in a track now includes a fractional time-of-day value. This value determines the appropriate color for each track segment.

How These Features Work

To use these features, ensure you have a subject with recorded tracks. You can activate track styling by:

  • Turning on Tracks in the Map Layers panel. 
  • Click on a Subject in the map to display its track.

Once tracks are visible, the following features apply: 

  • Select a Timezone
    A new control in the track legend allows you to select your timezone. This setting only affects how time-of-day colors appear on your device.
  • Time-of-Day Track Colors
    The style expression calculates track segment colors based on the time-of-day value of each observation point. The fractional time-of-day value maps to a predefined color range, ensuring consistency.
  • Patrol Track Styling
    Patrol tracks now display time-of-day colors, emphasizing the time window of patrol activities.
     

Why These Changes Matter


These updates provide a more intuitive and customizable way to analyze subject movement. With time-of-day styling and timezone selection, you can better interpret track data in a way that aligns with your workflow.

How to Use These Features

  • Select Your Timezone – Open the track legend and choose your preferred timezone.
  • View Time-of-Day Styling – Tracks will update to reflect the correct colors.
  • Analyze Patrol Tracks – Patrol tracks will display time-of-day colors to highlight activity timing.

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