Getting Started¶
STR Maps is STR Drones' platform for reviewing drone thermographic inspections of solar plants: projects, thermal and RGB images, detected anomalies, orthophotos and the plant's electrical layout.
Access¶
Go to the application address provided by STR (for example https://maps.str-drones.eu).
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Sign in via email | Sign in with your email and password |
| Sign in with your Google account | |
| Sign up | Create a new account |
After signing in you will land on All Projects. The Privacy, Terms and Conditions links in the footer open STR Drones' legal terms.
New account
An account created with Sign up starts with no projects. To access your company's projects, your organization's administrator must add you (see Account) or contact STR.
Session¶
- If you don't use the application for 25 minutes, the Your session is about to expire warning appears. Click Yes, keep session to continue.
- After 30 minutes of inactivity, Session expired appears: click Reload & Sign In.
- To sign out, use Sign Out in the profile menu.
The interface¶
Sidebar¶
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| Home | Summary of your thermal projects (see Home) |
| All Projects | All your projects as cards (see Projects and favorites) |
| Favorites | Your favorite projects |
| Recent | Your most recent projects; More projects shows more. The icons open the map or the scanner |
| Search projects... | Search for projects by name or ID (Ctrl/Cmd + S) |
| Tasks | Background task panel (see below) |
| Profile | Your name and email; opens the profile menu |
The sidebar can be collapsed with the top button or with Ctrl/Cmd + B.
Header¶
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| Path (breadcrumb) | Where you are. Inside a project it lets you jump between Project Dashboard, Map View and Scan View |
| + New Project | Create a project (only if you have permission, see New project) |
| Project name | Blue badge with the open project |
| Share | Copies the link to the current page. It can only be opened by people in your organization with access to the project |
| Moon / Sun | Dark / light mode |
Profile menu¶
- Organization card: name, plan and number of members. Opens Account.
- Theme: Light / Dark.
- Account: account page.
- Terms and Privacy: terms and privacy policy.
- Sign Out: sign out.
Task panel¶
Some processes take time and run in the background: orthophoto generation, automatic anomaly detection, module generation, segmentation and PDF reports. You can keep working meanwhile and check their status in Tasks (at the bottom of the sidebar). The badge shows how many tasks are in progress.
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Queued | Queued |
| Processing | In progress (with progress bar and detail) |
| Paused | Paused |
| Completed | Finished |
| Partial | Finished with some failed items |
| Failed | Error |
Actions:
| Action | Description | Permission |
|---|---|---|
| Download PDF | Downloads the generated report (available for 3 days) | — |
X |
In Recent Tasks archives the task; in Archived Tasks deletes it | — |
| Pause / Resume | Pauses or resumes the task | AI |
| Cancel | Cancels the task (asks for confirmation). What has already been processed is kept, except for orthophoto generation | AI |
| Resume (failed task) | Relaunches the task from where it left off. Disabled if the processing server is unavailable | AI |
Tasks older than 7 days automatically move to Archived Tasks.
Names
Automatic detection appears as Inference and segmentation as Segmentation.
Keyboard shortcuts¶
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl/Cmd + S |
Search projects |
Ctrl/Cmd + B |
Show or hide the sidebar |
Esc |
Close search boxes, dialogs and panels |