InfoMap

InfoMap displays social media and news articles on a global map and content feed for personas that are geolocated.

Benefit

• Geolocates social media and news for real-time context

• Combines multiple information streams for efficient monitoring

• Supports faster, more informed decision-making

• Helps identify misinformation and communication gaps

Feature

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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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: