Live Map

Sonoran CAD's live map allows you to update and view live unit locations, emergency calls, in-game road signs, and more!

Sonoran CAD - Live Map

This submodule has been merged into the SonoranCAD Core and no longer requires external configuration or setup

1. Choose Your Map

In the admin panel, navigate to Advanced > In-Game Integration > Server Events and Integrated Live Map

Here, you can enable and select a default map option for GTA, Roblox, or others. Additionally, pro communities can upload a custom map.

Sonoran CAD - Live Map Type Selection

2. Set Your API ID

Don't forget to have each community member set their account API ID to properly link their in-game user to the CAD.

3. User Access Permission

Users will need to be granted access to view the live map. This can be done via Discord role sync, permission key, or by manually granting permissions in the admin menu.

4. Enjoy!

In the Police, Fire, EMS, or Dispatch window you can now click the "Live Map" button to view your new live map! Selecting a blip will show it's updated position and unit information.

This is found in the task bar's start menu under Unit Management > Live Map You can also pin the live map button to your taskbar for easy access.

The live map will only show units that are in your server and also actively logged into the police, fire, or EMS panel in the CAD. Be sure to have your API ID set.

Sonoran CAD: Live Map Button

Using the Live Map

Map Controls

Postal Search

The postal search functionality requires the Pro version of Sonoran CAD.

For more information, view our pricing page.

With the postals submodule configured, you can manually enter and search for a postal code on the live map.

Or, quickly auto-open and search for the location by clicking the search icon:

• In the active call's postal field

• In the active unit's location field

Live Map - Postal Search

Live Map - Location Search

Blip Customization

You can toggle specific blips visibility and outline colors for police, fire, EMS, and dispatch.

Live Map - Blip Customization

Unit Blips

Unit blips display the live location of all police, fire, EMS, and dispatch units in-game. You can hover over a unit for brief details, or click on one for more options.

You can also easily filter the map to specific units by selecting them in the active units panel.

Live Map - Unit Filter

Menu Options

Clicking on a unit blip allows you to add the unit to a call, add the unit to a group, send the unit lookup results, edit the unit's information, toggle their panic state, and more.

Live Map - Unit Blip Options

Drag-and-Drop

Drag-and-drop support for the live map is currently only available for the Roblox (ER:LC) edition.

Drag-and-drop is also supported for unit blips. The following drag-and-drop options are supported:

• Drag to the call editor

• Drag to an active call

• Drag to a unit group

• Drag to the unit group header to create a new group

• Drag to the lookup window or minimized tab

• Drag to the timer window or minimized tab

• Drag to the tone board window or minimized tab

Emergency Call Blips

Emergency calls placed in-game will also appear on the live map. You can hover over the blip for the call details.

Menu Options

Clicking on the emergency blip allows you to import the call to your editor or remove the emergency call.

Live Map - Emergency Call Blip

Drag-and-Drop

Drag-and-drop is also supported for emergency call blips.

You can drag the emergency call to your call editor to import and view the information.

Smart Sign Blips

Smart signs will also appear as blips on the map. You can click on these to edit the signs in-game.

Live Map - Smart Signs

Using a Custom Map (FiveM)

This feature requires the pro version of Sonoran CAD. For more information, view our pricing page.

Sonoran CAD allows communities to upload custom map images to the integrated, hosted live map. If your community does not use one of the map types provided, you can upload the images manually.

1. Extract Images

Extract the images from the YTD files with a program like OpenIV. You will need six files named exactly as follows: minimap_sea_0_0.png minimap_sea_0_1.png minimap_sea_1_0.png minimap_sea_1_1.png minimap_sea_2_0.png minimap_sea_2_1.png

OpenIV - Extract Images

OpenIV - Save Images

2. Upload Images

Navigate to Admin > Advanced > In-Game Integration > Live Map and Push Events Select "Upload Custom" and upload all six correctly named files.

Live Map - Custom Map Uploader

3. File Size

Custom map images are limited to 30MB each. However, if you are uploading more than 100MB of images total, you will need to upload in separate batches.

Roxwood Expansion

If your community is utilizing the Roxwood map expansion, there will be additional tiles to upload.

• minimap_sea_-1_-1.png

• minimap_sea_-1_0.png

• minimap_sea_-1_1.png (Optional, blank tile to the right)

Additionally, two existing map tiles will need to be updated, as they contain parts of both the main island and the Roxwood expansion.

• minimap_sea_0_-1.png

• minimap_sea_0_0.png

• minimap_sea_0_1.png

Cayo Perico Expansion

If your community is utilizing the Cayo Perico map expansion, there will be extra tiles to upload. Ensure these are named as:

• minimap_sea_2_1.png

  • Bottom right of the main island + top right of Cayo Perico

• minimap_sea_2_2.png

• minimap_sea_3_1.png

• minimap_sea_3_2.png

Using a Custom Map (Roblox)

Sonoran CAD allows any Roblox game to also send and update live map positions.

• ER:LC

  • ER:LC map option available in the admin panel, or - upload a modified map with the same dimensions 3120x3120

• Maple County | Fall Update

  • Requires a custom map upload from the game

For Roblox Developers

Maple County has recently added Sonoran CAD live map access to their Roblox game mode. To do the same for your game:

1. Send Unit Location API updates with the coordinate x and y values

2. Convert (if needed) your coordinate x and y values so that the top left of your map image is {0,0}

3. Export your square map to a single image and upload to the Sonoran CAD community in the admin panel under In-Game Integration > Live Map > Game as Roblox > Type as Custom > Upload > Save

For more help, reach out to our support team.