Maps

Maps give you a spatial view of your cameras on a floor plan or site image. Maps are available to admins and operators; viewers do not see the Maps section.

Create a map

On the Maps page create a map and upload a background image (floor plan, site photo, or diagram).

Place cameras

In the map editor, drop camera markers onto the background and position them. For each marker you can set a field-of-view cone — its direction, angle, and range — so the map reflects what each camera actually covers.

Use a map

From a saved map, click any camera marker to open it live. Maps are a fast way to find the right camera by location instead of by name.

Typical workflow

1. Create the map and upload the floor plan.
2. Drop a marker for each camera and set its field-of-view cone.
3. In Live View, choose the map as the Source to watch its cameras together.

Good to know

Floor-plan images are stored on the Vision host, by default in /var/lib/vision/maps (maps_background_path). vision backup includes them unless you pass --no-maps, so a restore keeps the backgrounds.