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Levels, GPS & offline

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Levels, GPS & offline

Add floors & levels

Give your map one image per floor, name each level, choose which one opens first, and set the order of the on-map level switcher.

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Levels, GPS & offline

Show visitors their live location

Turn on the GPS blue dot so visitors see where they are on your map in real time — then calibrate each level's corners so the dot lands in the right place.

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Levels, GPS & offline

Calibrate GPS on every level

Why GPS is set per level, how to read the Dot Enabled and GPS set badges, and how to work through a multi-storey building so the blue dot is accurate on every floor.

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Levels, GPS & offline

Clear or redo a level's GPS

Re-position a level from scratch, clear its corners entirely, or fine-tune the four latitude and longitude values by hand.

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Levels, GPS & offline

Demo the blue dot with Demo mode

Show off the GPS blue dot from your desk — no site visit or calibration needed — then switch Demo mode off before real visitors arrive.

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Levels, GPS & offline

Fix common blue-dot problems

The dot won't show, sits in the wrong place, or the positioning tool won't line up — work through the usual causes and fixes.

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Levels, GPS & offline

Get accurate GPS positioning

Where the blue dot shines, where it struggles, and the practical things you can do — in the editor and on site — to make a visitor's location land as close as possible.

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Levels, GPS & offline

How your maps work offline

Published maps keep working when a visitor loses signal — automatically. Here's what gets cached, what to expect, and how to keep the offline copy up to date.

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Levels, GPS & offline

Position a map with GPS

Overlay a level image on a real street map, then resize, distort, rotate and fade it until it lines up — and capture the four corners so Mapvera knows exactly where the level sits in the world.

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