# InfoMap
InfoMap displays social media and news articles on a **global map** and content feed for personas that are **geolocated**.
| Benefit | Feature |
| -------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Geolocates social media and news for real-time context | Display a range of icons for content matching anticipated words/phrases |
| Combines multiple information streams for efficient monitoring | Filter feed by geographic regions and search items |
| Supports faster, more informed decision-making | Clickable pins display post content, user, and link to post |
| Helps identify misinformation and communication gaps | Filtering by channel: GoSocial, MicroBlog, or InstaMedia |
## Running
See the image below for an overview of the InfoMap layout:
InfoMap has the following capabilities:
Filter and search by:
* **Keyword** (on feed or map)
* **Channel** (GoSocial, MicroBlog, InstaMedia)
* **Timeframe**
* **Geographical region**
* **Open and interact** with posts
View in a range of immersive modes:
* **Channel** view
* **Activity** view
* **Full screen**
* **Zoom** in/out
### News aggregation
News aggregation conveniently provides insight into media activity on one screen. This replicates familiar software trainees might use in real life and contributes to a **high fidelity environment**.
### Available actions
#### Editing locations during an exercise
To edit personas' locations during the exercise first assign the *Edit Players Geolocation* special permission. Once this has been assigned click on the persona's social media profile, and then the pin next to the persona's profile image:
#### Filter & search
You can search for specific content by applying various features:
| Filter by... | Description |
| -------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Keywords |
There are two different ways you can search for keywords:
1. The main search bar to search the filtered map area
2. The secondary search bar to further search the feed
|
| Channel |
You can filter content by channel:
1. Click on channel
2. Select the content you want to filter from the drop-down menu
|
| Timeframe |
You can filter content by minutes, hours, days, months or years:
1. Click on the calendar, located to the left of the map search bar
2. Select the timeframe you desire and click "apply"
|
| Geographical reigion |
Information can be filtered geographically by drawing on the map:
1. Click on the calendar, located to the left of the map search bar
2. Select the timeframe you desire and click "apply"
|
#### Open and interact with posts
Pins on the map are interactive and when clicked on, display all the posts from that location. When an icon is clicked, that post is then located in the field. Click on `See source` to find, view and interact with the original post.
#### View in a range of immersive modes
By switching to Activity view, important news is quicker to recognise because icons are assigned based on content.
| View/mode | |
| ------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Activity and Channel view |
Click on "layers" to switch between activity and channel view.
Switching between these views will impact the icons displayed on the map and in the feed.
In Activity view, icons correspond to content matching words or phrases in the live feed.
|
| Full screen mode |
Full screen mode hides the virtual desktop, allowing for a more immersive experience into InfoMap.
To enable full screen view:
Click on the full screen button located in the top left hand corner of the map.
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## Designing
### How to (Configuration)
To configure the Help Desk channel in the Editor, go to `Configuration` > `Channels` > `InfoMap` and see the settings on the right-hand side:
#### Configure geotagged personas
Enter the desired coordinates into the *Location* box, or manually select the location of personas by clicking the map and pin icon.
This will take you to a map where you can pin the location of a persona:
#### Configure geotagged factions
To geotag entire factions, filter the faction you wish to geotag and click the stack icon to bulk change personas:
In the Bulk change personas window, tick the *Change location* checkbox and either manually enter the desired coordinates or select the location via the map by clicking the map and pin icon:
