In Map Viewer, you can add hosted video layers to a map to view time-enabled videos in a spatial context. For example, you can visualize the path of a delivery vehicle from an aerial point of view in relation to the landscape and the infrastructure around it.
To add a video layer to a map, complete the following steps:
- Confirm that you are signed in and, if you want to save your changes, that you have privileges to create, update, and delete content.
- In Map Viewer, open the map containing the layer, or add the layer directly.
- On the Contents (dark) toolbar, click Layers
to open the Layers pane. - Browse to the video layer, click Options
, and click Show video. - Do any of the following to configure the video layer playback:
- To
zoom, use Zoom in
and Zoom out 
, the mouse and wheel button, or press Shift + Plus Sign (zoom in) and Shift + Minus Sign (zoom out) on your keyboard. To zoom in, you can also press the Shift key while dragging a box on the video. - Click Play video
to play the video. - Click Pause video
to pause the video. - Click Jump forward 10 seconds
to skip 10 seconds. - Click Jump backwards 10 seconds
to go back 10 seconds. - Click Jump to the start
to go back to the start. - Click Jump to the end
to skip to the end. - Click and drag the slider to jump to any point in the video.
- Click Settings
, and click Speed to change the playback speed. - Click Settings , and click Quality to change the video quality.
- To
zoom, use Zoom in
- Do any of the following to update the graphics on the map:
- Click Layers , and do any of the following:
- Click Sensor to show the sensor's location.
- Click Sight Line to show the sensor's line of sight.
- Click Sensor Trail to show the sensor's trail.
- Click Frame Center to show the center of the frame extent.
- Click Frame Outline to show the outline of the frame extent.
- Click Frame to show the video frame.
- By default, the graphics on the map do not follow any of the video components. To change this behavior, click None
, and do one of the following:- Click Sensor to make the graphics follow the sensor's location.
- Click Frame to make the graphics follow the frame extent.
- Click Video to make the graphics follow the video.
- Click Settings , and click Graphics to change the layer color on the map.
- Click Layers
- Click Metadata
, and expand any of the sections to view additional information about the video layer.