Documentation.
Guides for the crew on the ground, the admins who set things up, and the people who connect SCAD Maps to everything else.
Getting started
What SCAD Maps is, how to get in, and the handful of ideas everything else builds on.
- What is SCAD MapsOne shared map for the people, places and moving parts of your event: what it does, who uses it and how the pieces fit together.
- Quick startSign in, install the app on your phone, find your way around the map and place your first note and task in a few minutes.
- Core conceptsNotes, areas, tasks, incidents, layers, roles and access levels: the vocabulary used throughout SCAD Maps.
- The workspace at a glanceA tour of the Field Desk workspace: navigation, map controls, panels, the command palette and the classic layout.
User guide
Day-to-day use for crew, coordinators and anyone working on the map during an event.
- The map, layers and viewsPan, zoom, tilt and rotate; switch venue plans and overlays on and off; use saved views, dark mode and your own location.
- NotesPin text, photos, documents and checklists to a location; edit, archive, restore and read a note's history.
- Areas and zonesDraw operational and safety areas, set severity, add checklists, and use geofencing and capacity alerts.
- Tasks and checklistsCreate, assign and track work on the map: status, priority, deadlines, checklists, tags, pin labels and duplicates.
- IncidentsLog incidents at the location, acknowledge them, watch the response clock and follow escalations through to resolution.
- Team chat and voice notesGlobal, group and direct channels, mentions, attachments, read receipts and hold-to-record voice notes.
- Search and the command paletteFind notes, tasks and areas fast, jump anywhere with Ctrl/Cmd+K, and use the quick lists and My history.
- People, presence and live locationSee who is online, share your live location with the team, and control what others can see of you.
- Mobile, install and offline mapsInstall SCAD Maps as an app, download venue maps for use without a connection, and know exactly what works offline.
- Your account and appearanceTheme, interface size, note grouping, workspace layout, notifications and changing your own email or password.
Administrator guide
Setting up people, access, invitations and map content for an event.
- The admin dashboardA tour of the dashboard: overview, operations, users and access, map layers, appearance and help.
- Users, roles and access levelsCreate and manage users, choose access levels, define custom roles, and restrict people to the work that concerns them.
- Invitations, QR codes and access requestsLet people in with QR codes, invite links, guest PINs and self-signup, and review requests with the right approvers.
- Map layers and shared viewsOrder venue plans, set opacity and default visibility, and publish saved views that switch overlays for everyone.
- Activity log and data exportReview who changed what, understand retention, and export notes, areas, tasks and photos as a zip.
Integrations
Optional connections to the tools and data sources around your event.
- Single sign-onSign in through your organisation's identity provider, how access is granted and revoked, and the sign-in fallback.
- monday.comTwo-way sync between SCAD Maps tasks and monday.com boards, with per-group boards, comments, files and drift checks.
- Machinery GPS trackingShow live positions of machinery on the map, control who sees which tracker, and delegate it to GPS admins.
- 360° panoramas from DropboxPlace 360-degree photos from a Dropbox App Folder on the map and view them in the app without copying the files.
- Rain radarAn optional rain-radar overlay with nowcast frames for weather-sensitive operations.
- 3D buildingsThe experimental 3D building layer, with per-building colours, labels, notes and attached files.
Operations and security
For the people who prepare maps, configure instances and answer security questions.
- Preparing venue mapsHow a floor plan or site drawing becomes a georeferenced, offline-capable map layer.
- Instance configurationThe settings an operator can change per instance, with defaults, and what each one affects.
- Security and privacyHow sign-in, access control, uploads, retention and data handling work, for reviews and questionnaires.
- Architecture overviewThe building blocks behind SCAD Maps: web app, API, realtime layer, storage and the one-instance-per-event model.
Reference
Look-up material: permissions, shortcuts, the API and answers to common problems.
- Roles and permissions matrixExactly what each access level, restricted user, guest and GPS admin can see and do.
- Keyboard shortcutsEvery keyboard shortcut in the Field Desk workspace and the command palette.
- REST APIAuthentication, conventions, rate limits and the main endpoints for notes, areas, tasks, uploads and chat.
- Realtime eventsThe Socket.IO events that keep every screen live: names, scopes and payload shapes.
- Troubleshooting and FAQFixes for the problems people actually hit: sign-in, GPS, offline maps, notifications, uploads and sync.
- What's newNotable changes and additions to SCAD Maps, newest first.
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