A device’s, or Spot’s, fixed location is its saved geographical position. You can choose one of the images attached to the Spot as its default image. You can set the location in the browser or mobile app; the default image is selected in the browser.

You need permission to edit the Spot in question. View-only access is not enough to save changes.

Set a fixed location in the browser

  1. From the main menu, open Assets and content → Assets, devices, tools and select Default table. Find the Spot and click its name to open its details.
  2. On the Basic info tab, expand the initially collapsed Set fixed location section.
  3. Select a location by clicking the map, or use one of the following methods:
    • Set location by address: enter an address and select the correct search suggestion. Entering the address text alone does not set the location.
    • Set location by coordinates: enter Latitude and Longitude in decimal degrees. Press Enter or click the map icon next to the fields, whose tooltip is Show location on map. You can use either a period or a comma as the decimal separator.
  4. Check the marker on the map. In particular, make sure you have selected the correct place if several addresses have the same name. You can change the location by clicking a new place on the map.
  5. Save the Spot’s form by selecting Save. Selecting a point on the map or a search suggestion does not yet save the change.

Set a location on Android or iOS

Open the desired Spot’s details in the mobile app. If needed, see the instructions for finding a Spot.

  1. Open the location editor using the control to the right of the Location or No Location button in the Spot’s details. On Android, the control is a location marker and pencil icon; on iOS, it is a pencil icon. This opens Set location for spot on Android or Set Location for Spot on iOS.
  2. Choose how to find the location:
    • Use Device GPS retrieves the phone’s location. Use this when you are at the Spot. Allow Spotilla to access the phone’s location; Android requests permission to access precise location.
    • Get Location with Address: fill in Streetname:, Streetnumber:, City: and Country: on Android, or Streetname, Streetnumber, City and Country on iOS. All four fields are required. Then select Use Geolocating.
  3. Once the location has been found, select View under Location found:. Check the place on the map. If you need to correct the location, move the map so that the desired place is at its centre, then select Confirm on the map. This returns the selection to the location window.
  4. Finally, select Save Location in the location window. Selecting Confirm on the map alone does not save the location to the Spot.

The GPS search waits for up to approximately 30 seconds and accepts a result if the phone reports an estimated accuracy of 15 metres or better. This is an estimate, so check the place on the map. If no location is found, check the phone’s location services and Spotilla’s location permission, or use the address search.

The GPS option saves the selected place as the Spot’s fixed location. It does not start continuous location tracking for the Spot or move the saved location as the phone moves. iOS sends coordinates rounded to six decimal places; the number of decimal places does not imply a corresponding level of positioning accuracy.

What location is shown, and how do I remove it?

The Spot’s location information primarily uses the fixed coordinates set for the Spot. If these are missing, other location information saved for the Spot is used, followed by the coordinates of the most recent tag read event as the last fallback. If the most recent event has no coordinates, coordinates from older events are not used to replace them. A saved place or an old read event alone does not confirm the device’s current location.

To remove the fixed location in the browser, click the location marker on the map in the Set fixed location section and select Save on the form. This clears the fixed location but does not delete read events or other saved location information. The Spot may therefore still appear on the mobile location map, for example.

The location section of the browser’s basic information form shows the fixed location. An empty map in this section therefore does not guarantee that the Spot has no location available from another source. You can check the places and times of read events using the instructions for viewing read events.

Map and Site Maps serve different purposes. The fixed location is the Spot’s geographical position. Site Maps use separate sites, levels and map images; saving a location does not place the Spot on such a map image. See the instructions for sites and levels.

Select a default image in the browser

  1. On the Basic info tab of the Spot you opened earlier, go to the Files section.
  2. If the desired image is missing, add it as a file to the Spot and wait for the upload to finish.
  3. Use the Cards view. You can open it using the grid icon next to the files, whose tooltip is Cards. If the image is in a file folder, open File Folders, select the folder’s tab and use its own Cards icon.
  4. Click the star icon on the desired image’s file card. Check that the star indicates that the image is selected.

Choose a standard image file, such as a JPG or PNG photo. The star control also appears on cards for other files, but selecting a PDF, for example, does not produce a visible image for the Spot. A DWG image is not displayed as the image on the Spot’s card in the browser.

The star selection is saved immediately, without waiting for the form’s Save button. Selecting another image changes the default image. The default image is used on the Spot’s card in the browser and as the Spot’s image in the mobile app.

Clicking the selected star again removes the default image selection, but does not delete the image file. Without an explicit selection, the most recent image file attached to the Spot is used, based on when it was added. Removing the star therefore does not necessarily remove the visible image. If the most recent image cannot be displayed, the browser card does not automatically select the next image.

When the file selected as the default image is deleted, its default selection is also cleared. The most recent remaining image file may then become visible. If you want to delete the file itself, see the instructions for deleting a file.

Check the saved result

Open the Spot again. In the browser’s Set fixed location section, check the saved place or confirm that it has been removed, and check the default image star on the file card. Also check the visible image on the Spot’s card in the browser or in the Spot’s details in the mobile app. In the mobile app, you can use the Location button to open the displayed place on the map.

If the change does not appear or saving fails, check for an error message, check your network connection and make sure you have permission to edit the Spot. Open the Spot again before retrying. Remember that location changes in the browser are saved using the form’s button, the mobile location uses its own save action, and the star selection is saved immediately.