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-====== Google maps ======+====== Place your Mesh spider on Google maps ====== 
 +===== Place Google maps ===== 
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 +  * Click on the MESHdesk icon on the Radiusdesk home page. 
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 +{{:user_guide:md:meshdesk_icon.png?300|}} 
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 +  * Click on the Mesh you want to place and click **Edit**. The Edit Mesh window opens. 
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 +  * Click on the **Nodes** tab in the Edit Mesh window. 
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 +  * Click on the **Map** button in the Actions Toolbar in the nodes Tab. The Google Maps Tab opens. 
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 +{{:user_guide:md:nodes_map.png?400|}} 
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 + {{:user_guide:md:mesh_edit_nodes_maps.png?800|}} 
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 +  * The first time you open this tab, Google maps open somewhere in Boston U.S.A. 
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 +  * If no map is displayed then your country might not allow Google maps. 
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 +  * Now **move** the Google map to where your mesh has been deployed. 
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 +  * When you see the address of the Mesh, click on the **Peferences** icon (spanner) in the Action toolbar in the Google maps window. 
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 +{{:user_guide:md:mesh_edit_nodes_maps_tools.png?300|}} 
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 +{{:user_guide:md:snapshot2.png?300|}} 
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 +The Prefences Tab opens. 
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 +   * Click on the **snapshot** button to save these GPS coordinates for this mesh and it's Google map views. 
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 +   * Click OK to finish. 
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 +===== Placing nodes ===== 
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 +  * Click on the **Add** button in the Action Toolbar of the Google Map Tab. 
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 +{{:user_guide:md:mesh_edit_nodes_maps_tools.png?300|}} 
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 +  * The Add a Marker window opens. 
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 +{{:user_guide:md:add_a_marker.png?800|}} 
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 +  * All the nodes of the current mesh is listed in the "Available" field. 
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 +  * **Select** a node and click** OK**. 
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 +  * A yellow maps marker appear with an **info window** attached to it. 
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 +{{:user_guide:md:action_required_save.png?300|}} 
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 +  * Move the marker to where your node is on the map. 
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 +  * In the info window attached to the marker  click **SAVE** to place the marker. Sometimes you need to scroll to see the buttons in the info window. 
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 +  * The marker will turn blue. 
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 +  * If you want to delete a marker, move it until the info window of the marker appears and click **DELETE** inside the info window. 
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 +  * Now repeat the steps with the rest of the nodes until all nodes are placed correctly. 
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 +  * Once all nodes are placed close the Edit Mesh window. 
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 +  * Now, when you view your mesh under **Meshdesk=> View=> Nodes**, you can click on the **maps icon** and your Mesh Spider will show on the map. 
 +{{:user_guide:md:map_view_cheeta.png?800|}} 
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