Edit POI Menu Options

Edit POI Tab

Set the View for a POI

The view set for each POI will be replicated when another user clicks on that POI.

• Select use current view to save your present view location, angle, and zoom level. Before applying this option, adjust to the exact view you want to set for your POI.

• Select use closest panoramic image to set the POI view to the closest panorama.

• Select use previously specified view (default) to keep the same view settings.

Link a webpage in the POI description

1. Click the link symbol in the POI description text editor.

   

2. Using the Link Type drop down menu, select URL.

   

3. Enter the Display Text that will link to the webpage in the POI description.

4. Enter the URL for the webpage you want to link.

5. Under the Target tab, choose where the webpage should open when the URL is clicked.

   

6. Click OK and then click Save.

Link an E-mail in the POI description

1. Click the link symbol in the POI description text editor.

   

2. Using the Link Type drop down menu, select E-mail.

   

3. Enter the Display Text that will link to the E-mail in the POI description.

4. Enter the E-mail Address that you want to link.

5. Write a Message Subject and Message Body that will automatically display in an email when the link is clicked.

6. Click OK and then click Save.

Embed an iFrame in a POI

1. Click the Source button to edit the HTML code for the POI description.

   

2. Replace the content for the src tag with the desired URL.

   <iframe id="ID_HERE" title="TITLE_HERE" src="URL_HERE"></iframe>

3. To apply styling, use the style tag. Any other methods will be overwritten when the changes are saved.

   <iframe id="ID_HERE" title="TITLE_HERE" src="URL_HERE" style="height:200px;width:200px;" ></iframe>

4. Click Save.

Move a POI

1. Click Move

   

2. The editing dialog is hidden; Cancel and Save Position buttons are displayed at the bottom of the POI details panel.

3. In the 2D Map view or 3D Panorama view, click where you want to place the POI.

4. Click Save Position on the POI details panel.

   

5. Click Save.

Attach Media to a POI

1. Click Add Media (images, PDF, audio, video).

   

2. Select the file you want to upload.

   Note: You can upload files up to 20 MB.

Opening External Links

To limit the chance of POI descriptions being used to spread malicious content, a notification will warn you that you are about to leave NavVis IVION if the POI description contains external links or external content in an IFRAME of the POI before opening the content.

Note: External links are links that are not in the NavVis domain.

POI Advanced Tab

Change the Importance of a POI

The importance attribute in a POI is a priority setting to help determine which POIs should be hidden first while scrolling out of the map. POIs are hidden when their icons crowd too close together. High importance POIs disappear last.

1. From the Importance drop-down menu, select the new importance level.

   

2. Click Save.

Change a POI Icon

By default, a POI is displayed with the icon associated with its type. However, you have the option of uploading a custom icon for a POI.

1. Select the custom icon.

   • Click Upload icon to upload a new icon from your computer. Custom icons must be raster images (JPG or PNG) with a size of 32x32, 64x64, 128x128, or 256x256 pixels.

   • Click on the list icon to the left of the Upload icon button to choose a recently uploaded icon.

   

2. Click Save.

Add Custom Data to a POI

For example, add custom data for an application built on top of NavVis IVION.

1. In the Custom data field, paste your custom data string into the text field.

   

2. Click Save.

Check Visibility

When this option is selected, any POIs that are obscured are not displayed. For example, POIs could be obscured by an object or part of a building like a wall. If the checkbox is off, the POI will be visible in panorama mode and Point cloud mode at all times.

However, if the POI is selected, it will still display. This setting can be turned off with admin rights, refer here.

Add Custom Attributes to a POI

Custom attributes can be added to POIs in NavVis IVION. A custom attribute could be, for example, an external system reference to connect a geolocation to a record not stored within NavVis IVION.

1. From the Custom Attributes area, enter the key in the Key field and the value for the key in the Value field.

   

2. Click + next to the fields to add the custom attribute to the POI. They are added beneath the existing fields.

3. Search for it in the attribute export file (.json recommended) or site/global search.

4. You can delete the custom attribute for the POI by clicking the delete icon next to the custom attribute.

   

5. Click Save.