Operational summary
Circular markers with an animated ring show near-real-time position. Cyan: nominal. Emerald: operator on duty (duty on) reported from the mobile app. Orange with a faster pulse: tactical alert or simulated SOS for training.
Map markers are not just dots: they are information capsules. A circle with an animated ring represents a unit and its color communicates operational state immediately. That visual convention lets you scan a fleet of hundreds of units and spot the one that needs attention without reading any text.
Deep dive
Cyan is the default color: it indicates a nominal node, reporting position and heartbeats with no events. Most of the time, ideally, the entire map is cyan. Emerald means the operator linked to the node marked duty on from the mobile app—they are formally on shift and ready for missions. That distinction is key to differentiate 'vehicle on' from 'person available to respond'.
Orange with an accelerated pulse is the most important: it indicates an active tactical alert or an in-flight SOS (including simulated SOS for training). When a unit goes orange, the operations center must act immediately: focus the map on it, open the detail panel, and trigger the response flow agreed in the SOP. The faster animation reinforces urgency even in peripheral vision.
Some organizations layer internal conventions on top of the standard colors: aliases prefixed by shift or operation type, geofences with descriptive names so log events are self-explanatory. Combining the color code with these details keeps the map legible even when it grows to dozens or hundreds of active units.
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