Navigating CIMS Professional

Map basics: zooming, panning & more

Showing latitude & longitude

CemTips

Interactive map elements

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An example of a CIMS Professional map

Map basics

The map of your cemetery uses the same mapping technology as Google maps. As you zoom in, greater levels of detail will appear. As spaces and individual burials become visible, they will become interactive; clicking on them opens the right-hand flyout to show more information.

Map Navigation Pane

Zooming

There are several ways to zoom the map:

Scroll wheel on your mouse

Push the scroll wheel on your mouse up to zoom in and push the scroll wheel back to zoom out.

+/- buttons

Clicking the + or - buttons in the map controls will zoom you in and out. Map controls can be found in the upper-left corner of your map.

Magnifier click-and-drag button

Click on the magnifier icon in the map controls and then click and drag a rectangle on the map to zoom in to selected area.

Pinch and zoom (on mobile devices)

Mobile devices such as tables and smartphones with touch screens are supported and using the normal pinch and zoom techniques will zoom the map in and out.

Pan

To pan the map simply click and drag the map, or on mobile devices tap and drag.

Other map controls

	Home button Clicking the home button will re-center your map on your cemetery. The map will show the same location and zoom as when you first logged into CIMS.
	Compass button Use the compass button to display your position on the map relative to your cemetery. You need to be within 5 miles of your cemetery to use this function. Click on the compass icon and grant permission for CIMS to use your geolocation information. A blue dot will then appear on your map showing where you are located.
	Ruler tool The ruler tool will allow you to measure the distance between 2 points on your map. Click the button, then click on your map in 2 different locations; you will see measurements of distance display. Click the button again to turn off your measurements.

Showing latitude & longitude

The "Show Coords" checkbox with latitude & longitude showing

To see the latitude and longitude of specific point in your cemetery, click the "Show Coords" checkbox in the lower left corner of CIMS. You will then see coordinates appear just to the right; move the mouse around your cemetery and you will see the latitude and longitude update with your mouse movements. Zoom in to get a more accurate measurement.

Saving map coordinates

This "Saved coordinates" popup has several sets of coordinates saved

Pressing CTRL+ALT+c will save the current set of latitude and longitude to a popup window to make copy and pasting much easier. Each time you press Ctrl+Alt+c, the new set of latitude and longitude are added to the "Saved Coords" list.

CIMS CemTips activated

CemTips

In the CemTips settings popup, you can choose what information to display when hovering over an interactive element

Overly-busy maps can be counterproductive. To combat this we have implemented "CemTips", which display a quick summary of information about a map item when you hover over it with your mouse.

To turn on CemTips, click the check box next to "CemTips" in the lower-right corner of CIMS. To adjust what information is shown about a map item, click on "CemTip Settings", a button just to the right of the CemTips checkbox in the lower-right corner. If you do not see the settings button, make sure you have CemTips turned on. In the settings popup, choose the map items you want CemTips to display for and what type of information should be shown.

For the most comprehensive overview, choose "Ownership info", "Burial info", and "Marker info". Remember to save your changes!

Users on slower internet connections may see a delay in how fast CemTips appear.

With CemTips activated, hovering over a burial will display a summary of its information

Interactive map elements

Various elements on the map are interactive and clicking or tapping on them will open up additional windows with information.

	Left-hand and right-hand flyout bars The left- and right-hand flyouts are initially hidden when you login to CIMS. To expand these flyouts, click on the grey bar spanning the height of your screen on either the left- or right-hand side. These grey bars also have a navy blue chevron in the middle of them, indicating they are interactive and can be clicked on.
	Space Clicking on a space will open the right-hand flyout to the "Ownership" tab and display that space's ownership information.
	Burial Clicking on a burial will open the right-hand flyout to the "Burials" tab and display that space's burial information.
	Marker Clicking on a marker will open the right-hand flyout to the "Markers" tab and display that space's marker information.
The initial view of a mausoleum Mausoleum view when clicked on	Clicking the "Back to main map" button will exit the mausoleum view Mausoleum Initially, a mausoleum on a CIMS Professional map will show a top-down view of its structure without further details. Clicking on a mausoleum will change the map to show that mausoleum's individual niches. Each of those niches can then be clicked to open the right-hand flyout with additional information. When viewing a mausoleum, a "Back to main map" button will appear in the map controls in the upper-left corner of the map. Clicking this button returns you the main map.