Create custom parking zones on the Aero Ranger Dashboard. It explains how to outline car parks, add zone names and descriptions, select zone categories, and input capacity. It also shows creating a new zone category with specific active hours and colour options. This guide will allow users to customise and manage parking zones easily on the Aero Ranger Dashboard.
1. Navigate to https://dashboard.aeroranger.com
2. Click "Zones"
3. Click "Custom Maps > High Resolution" to display high-resolution imagery. If this is not enabled in your account, click on the terrain icon to the left of the Custom Maps dropdown to use the default basemap instead.
4. Create the necessary Zone Categories which are the rules for your zones to follow. Click on "Manage Zone Categories" then the "+" symbol to add a new category, or use the dropdown box to view and edit existing zone categories.
5. Name your category, including the parking time allowance for timed parking, and the timeframe(s) the zones following this category will be active within.
6. Use the pindrop icon in the "Colour" section to choose a colour for your zone category. All zones following this category will be displayed in this colour on the map.
7. Set the Active Hours for your zone, ensuring this matches the times in the zone category name. You can set up multiple active hour timeframes within the same day by clicking on the "+" icon to the right of the times as circled below.
8. For timed parking categories, set the time limit using the slider, and set a "no return time" to avoid detecting overstays for vehicles which have left and returned to the same parking zone later that day. You can leave as the minimum value "End of Active Period" if you do not wish to set a 'no return' time.
9. Click on the create button to save your new category
10. Now we are ready to start adding zones
5. Click Add Zone at the top of the map
6. Use the polygon tool to outline the car park that you wish to monitor out in the field
7. Click to generate points around the car park
8. You can use as many points as you wish
9. A single click for each point
10. Make sure the polygon completely surrounds the area
11. Double-click to finish up the car park polygon
12. Add a zone name relating to the street address or car park name. Make sure zone names are unique so you can tell them apart from other zones in the same area
13. Add a zone description to include additional information about your zone
14. Select a zone category from the drop-down menu
15. In this example, we will select a two-hour parking category
16. Add the number of bays in the capacity of that zone
17. We added 80 in this example
18. Let's add a new carpark here
19. Again click add zone
20. Create the points around the car park
21. Double-click to finish up
22. Add a zone name
23. Select a category from the drop-down
24. Let's go with one hour parking
25. Add a capacity. This is the number of bays which are available in the car park.
26. Click "SUBMIT"
27. Let's add one more but also create a zone category
28. Create the points
29. Double-click to finish up
30. Add a name
31. Click the + sign
32. Add category name
33. Select "Parking" (timed parking) or "No Stopping"
34. Choose a colour for the category
35. We will go with pink
36. Choose the active hours that you wish this category to work with
37. Use the slider to slip the length of the Parking time. You can also use the left and right arrow keys on your keyboard to adjust the slider in 5 minute intervals.
38. Click create to finish up
39. You will now find the new category in the drop-down for the zone
40. Here it is
41. Again, add a capacity for your new zone
42. Click submit
For the easiest and most accurate zone creation we recommend using high resolution maps. If this is not yet enabled in your account, you can set up a free integration of your existing high resolution mapping service to your Aero Ranger account. Complete the API Mapping Key form on our website here.