Attention Nearmap Subscribers: Introducing the Knowledge Hub

By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter.

Get the most out of your subscription with new quick start guides, video tutorials and much more.

Nearmap has a new online space created to give subscribers access to all kinds of valuable information including how-to guides, technical blogs, current product news and useful links for further support. Included below are a handful of the many new features added to the Nearmap Knowledge Hub.

Account management

Here, Nearmap Administrators can manage users through this tab and view useful information like data usage, billing and subscription details. You can also make changes to your subscription here, such as limiting an account or setting up an auto renew. This category also allows you to manage API Applications and control your locations Watchlist.

New MapBrowser

This feature allows subscribers to view, measure and export Nearmap content. The “new” MapBrowser is designed for smooth navigation on both desktop and mobile devices and allows you to move around locations, view and export in 3D, use the Projects Tool and measure oblique imagery.

Additional features include:

• Search tool: Find addresses, coordinates and other places of interest.

• Date Selection tool: View available historical captures of certain areas.

• Location tool: Mark places on the map and share map locations.

• Measurement tools for Vertical imagery: Learn how to measure the length of a straight line or a path composed of multiple lines, draw a polygon or a circle on the map and measure its area.

• Export and save imagery: Save images from MapBrowser and export them to be used in other applications. 

Integrations and APIs

Integrations allow you to import content previously exported from MapBrowser. You can use a variety of applications including popular CAD, GIS, BIM and bespoke applications. 3D visualizations and asset management applications are also available.  

Learn what content types are supported by Nearmap.

Nearmap on OpenSolar

Connect OpenSolar with Nearmap content to produce accurate solar designs and proposals. OpenSolar is a cloud-based app for solar professionals and uses SolarTouch design technology to create beautiful proposals in seconds.

Nearmap on OpenSolar brings incredible accuracy and complete design allowing you to prove the ROI to customers in beautiful and precise proposals. Nearmap’s high quality aerial imagery and OpenSolar’s ability to create a superb digital experience for customers is a match made in heaven.

Nearmap content

Nearmap regularly captures urban and regional areas across Australia, the United States, New Zealand and Canada. All imagery is timestamped and delivered to you via the cloud in days. The images captured by Nearmap are georeferenced, which ensures accuracy in all Nearmap camera systems.

You can explore the various Nearmap content types like specifications for vertical, oblique, 3D and AI imagery.

Troubleshooting

Nearmap provides this section to address and quickly solve problems subscribers may be experiencing. In the troubleshooting page you can search the collection of solutions to known issues and find links to trouble shooting articles.

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