Visualization of geo map

  • Release version: Yokohama
  • Updated January 30, 2025
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    Summary of Visualization of geo map

    The geo map in the Telecommunications Network Inventory application enables ServiceNow customers to visualize the geographical locations of their network sites and datacenters. It provides detailed insights into site information, connectivity, and capacity, helping you manage and monitor your network infrastructure effectively.

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    Key Features

    • Navigation Panel: Lists all network sites and datacenters, categorized under tabs like All Sites and My Sites, allowing quick access and zooming into specific locations on the map.
    • Filter Options: Allows filtering network sites by domain, life-cycle stage, and connectivity type (physical, logical connections, topology, cable routes). Note that cable filtering is not available for datacenters.
    • Map Pane: Displays sites and datacenters with location icons, supports zooming, and clusters nearby sites for better visualization. Red icons indicate sites exceeding capacity thresholds, which are configurable via the snniadv.thresholdcapacitysiteusage system property. You can also view site associations, connections, cable routes, and topology directly on the map.
    • Details Pane: Shows detailed information about the selected site(s), including capacity and related connections, accessible via an info icon.
    • Search Box: Enables searching and selecting a single site to quickly locate it on the map and access its details.

    Access

    To use the geo map, navigate within the ServiceNow platform to:

    • Workspaces > Network Inventory Workspace
    • Open the Network visualization window by selecting the blue hub icon
    • Choose the Geo map tab to view the geographical network visualization

    Benefits for ServiceNow Customers

    This feature helps you gain a comprehensive geographical overview of your network assets, enabling easier management of site details, capacity monitoring, and connectivity status. By visualizing physical and logical connections along with capacity thresholds, you can proactively manage network health and optimize resource allocation.

    Use the geo map in Telecommunications Network Inventory to view the geographical location of your network sites and datacenters. You can use the geo map to get the details of the network site and datacenters such as site details, connectivity, and capacity information.

    Geo map overview

    The geo map (outdoor map) geographically displays the network sites and datacenters on a map pane including the details of the connections. It provides an overview of the site and details about the various connections that are connected between the sites. You can view the following information using the geo map.
    • Geographical location of network sites and datacenters.
    • Connection elements associated with the site such as physical and logical connection, topology, and cable route.
    • Associated sites of a network site that you're selected.
    • Related information of a site including the capacity information.

    Map layout and features

    The following example shows the geo map layout in the Telecommunications Network Inventory application.

    Figure 1. Geo map layout
    View of a Geo map layout.
    Table 1. Geo map layout and features
    Callout Feature
    1 Navigation panel
    Use the navigation panel to view a list of locations and sites they’re associated with each location. The navigation panel has the following tabs:
    All Sites
    Lists all network sites and datacenters.
    My Sites
    Lists the network sites and datacenters that you’re managing.
    Note:
    Sites without any location details are listed under Other sites and are displayed as inactive.

    Select location or site in the navigation panel to zoom to its corresponding area in the map pane.
    2 Filter options
    Map pane displays the network sites and datacenters based on the filter condition that you set. Use the following options to filter the network sites:
    Domain
    Filters the sites based on the domain name.
    Stage
    Filters the sites based on the life-cycle stage.
    Connectivity
    Displays the type of connections such as physical and logical connection, topology, and cable for a network site that you’re selected on the map pane.
    Note:
    The datacenter doesn't show cable filter option.
    3 Map pane

    The map pane displays the network site and datacenter with a location icon (Location Icon). You can zoom in or out of the map using the plus (+) or minus (-) buttons. When you zoom out, the sites that are closely situated near each other geographically, appear as cluster icon (Cluster Icon) on the map pane. The number that is next to a cluster indicates the number of sites in that cluster. If a same location has multiple sites, it shows as a location cluster icon (Location Cluster Icon). The location icon with red color (Red Location Icon) indicates that the site exceeds the capacity threshold. By default the map pane shows all the sites that are exceeded the capacity threshold. The sn_ni_adv.threshold_capacity_site_usage system property maintains the value of the threshold of site capacity usage in percentage.

    You can view the following information with the map pane:
    • View the associated sites by selecting a network site or datacenter.
    • Hover over a site shows the site-specific information.
    • View the physical and logical connections between the sites.
    • View the cable route between the sites.
    • View the topology that is associated with a site.
    4 Details pane The details pane shows the related information about a network site or datacenter that you’re selected in the map pane. You can select the info icon ( Info Icon) to view the details pane. If a location has multiple sites, the details pane shows the related information about all the sites. You can also view the available capacity of the site in the details pane.
    5 Search box Use the search box to select a site to view its location and details. You can select one site at a time.

    Access

    You can access the geo map in the Telecommunications Network Inventory workspace as follows:
    1. Navigate to Workspaces > Network Inventory Workspace.
    2. Select the blue hub icon (Blue Hub Icon.) to open the Network visualization window.
    3. Select Geo map tab.

    To learn more about how to use the geo map, see View details of the geo map.