Map Layers Isolate Video Routes & Simplify GIS Overlays
Organize overlapping GoPro video surveys, separate complex road corridors, and streamline spatial data management for paving, utility, and civil infrastructure projects.
Multiple video routes all on the same road may overlap making clicking and selecting the correct video route difficult. Solution: Use the Layer option to separate video routes onto different layers.
The application was intuitive to use and displayed exactly the kind of information we needed to show to our clients. It was very convenient not having to download additional software on the user or client side. Whenever video roadway survey work comes along, we know who to turn to!
— Donovan Bradshaw, Lead Geotechnical Engineer
Loved it. Having worked with it the past few months with a few guys, it’s been very easy to work with. With the amount of video files we have, all we need to have is an external hard drive plugged in and that’s it. Earlier this week, we sat down with the town to show them the work we’ve done, and they loved it as well
. — Victor Zhang, PE Sr. Structural/Bridge Engineer
The maps.video local application has made it really easy to access and control HD video playback, which has made determining the location of roadway features very efficient. It’s allowed me to create a fully mapped video library of a city or town’s road network using hardware (GoPro cameras) that I already owned.
— Lance Baden, Consultant
The application was intuitive to use and displayed exactly the kind of information we needed to show to our clients. It was very convenient not having to download additional software on the user or client side. Whenever video roadway survey work comes along, we know who to turn to!
— Donovan Bradshaw, Lead Geotechnical Engineer
Loved it. Having worked with it the past few months with a few guys, it’s been very easy to work with. With the amount of video files we have, all we need to have is an external hard drive plugged in and that’s it. Earlier this week, we sat down with the town to show them the work we’ve done, and they loved it as well
. — Victor Zhang, PE Sr. Structural/Bridge Engineer
The maps.video local application has made it really easy to access and control HD video playback, which has made determining the location of roadway features very efficient. It’s allowed me to create a fully mapped video library of a city or town’s road network using hardware (GoPro cameras) that I already owned.
— Lance Baden, Consultant
When recording road networks, municipal corridors, or highway assets across multiple survey runs, video routes frequently overlap. In standard mapping interfaces, converging green GPS routes make clicking and selecting the exact video segment nearly impossible. This creates frustrating bottlenecks for engineers, surveyors, and project managers trying to review specific road sections.
Maps.video solves this with built-in Layer options. By assigning text tags to your video routes during upload or configuration, you can instantly group, filter, and isolate specific project phases, contractor runs, or utility corridors. Whether you are managing asphalt paving lifts, inspecting underground utility trenches, or auditing complex civil infrastructure, layers keep your map clean and interactive.
How Map Layers Transform Paving, Utilities & Infrastructure Workflows
Isolating survey data by trade, phase, or corridor eliminates visual clutter and ensures rapid access to critical project telemetry.
Asphalt Paving & Milling
- Milling vs. Wearing Course: Separate pre-milling surface scans from final asphalt overlay footage along the same highway corridor.
- Shift & Crew Tracking: Group daily paving runs by crew or subcontractor to verify production mileage and joint quality independently.
- Urban Paving Grids: Isolate intersecting residential streets from major arterial roads during municipal resurfacing programs.
Utility Construction & Trenching
- Wet & Dry Utility Separation: Keep storm sewer, water main, electrical duct bank, and gas line video surveys on distinct, toggleable layers.
- Pre-Backfill vs. Surface Restoration: Filter open trench inspection footage separately from post-paving surface condition audits.
- 811 Locate Audits: Group utility locate verification runs away from general traffic monitoring footage.
Civil Infrastructure & Highway DOTs
- Multi-Phase Highway Expansions: Separate northbound and southbound lanes, frontage roads, and ramp construction phases onto dedicated map layers.
- Complex KML/KMZ Overlay Integration: Combine video telemetry layers with engineering alignments, property boundaries, and stormwater catchment data without interface clutter.
- Asset Protection & Dilapidation: Isolate pre-construction baseline surveys from post-construction handover inspections along heavy haulage routes.
- Eliminate Selection Frustration: Stop struggling with overlapping GPS routes and instantly toggle exactly the map layer you need.
- Organize Large Survey Libraries: Scale your GoPro video mapping across entire cities or state corridors with clean, searchable layer tags.
Add the Layer Text
When adding videos replace the 'Default Layer' text with the layer name
When you next add a video route be sure to add some text to the Layer input to make selection easier. Group videos together with the same layer text or choose unique layer texts for each video to make surveying easier.
Isolating Individual Map Layers
Select a different Layer to display only relevant video routes and clean up your map view
Select a different Layer. Here only one video route is displayed as the Layer text was added for only one video route. The video route is now easier to click. Add the same Layer text to multiple video routes to group them together as one layer.
Why Map Layers Matter for Field Engineering
Group Related Surveys
Assign identical layer names to multiple video files captured across different days or vehicles to instantly merge them into a single cohesive map layer.
- Combine multi-stage corridor surveys into unified views.
- Organize contractor submittals by company or date.
Eliminate Click Frustration
Stop wrestling with overlapping route lines on dense urban grids. Filtering by layer hides extraneous routes and gives you an unobstructed click target.
- Instantly select exact video frames without accidental route switching.
- Streamline review for client engineers and asset inspectors.
KML/KMZ Compatibility
Overlay custom spatial boundaries, municipal zoning lines, or engineering design alignments directly alongside your video survey layers.
- Compare recorded video tracks against official GIS vectors.
- Display project limits and stationing markers clearly.
Local Browser Speed
Layer handling and spatial telemetry parsing occur instantly inside your local browser without cloud upload delays or server rendering wait times.
- Manage massive video libraries locally with zero lag.
- Preserve cellular bandwidth on remote field projects.
"The maps.video local application has made it really easy to access and control HD video playback... It's allowed me to create a fully mapped video library of a city or town's road network using hardware (GoPro cameras) that I already owned."
Streamline Your Map Layers & Video Surveys Today
Organize overlapping routes, isolate project phases, and build an indisputable spatial record of your infrastructure work.
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