PokemonGo DesktopMap Options

Options you can control in the DesktopMap on the Startup window:

• Saved login information for PTC.
• Google Map key (API). This gets saved after you enter it in the first time.
• Config Options (two open text fields). This is the starting Latitude and Longitude of the marker when you start the DesktopMap. You can go to http://maps.google.com and put a marker on the map in the middle of any intersection and it will show the coordinates near the bottom of the screen. Type those into the Config Options boxes. Or, you can type in an address and click on the Locate button to auto populate the lat/long boxes.
• Scanning Options. This shows how wide to make your search. 7 is good and it is about 1 mile across.
• Server Mode. This will cause PokemonGo DesktopMap to always serve its web content on port 8000. I'm unaware of a way in the compiled releases to change this port number if you have a conflict.

Once you are logged in you can activate the Options menu in the top left corner of the window.

• Change Your Location: Only active if Follow location is OFF. Type in an address to go directly there.
• Follow location: When ON, location services will be used by the client you are viewing the map with to keep the center of the scanned area in sync with your current position. Note that this does work if you are viewing the map remotely through your smart phone, etc. When OFF You can drag the marker on the map to set the center of the scan area, or type your current location manually using "Change Your Location" above.
• Pokemon: This will turn on or off the icons for Pokemon in your scanning radius.
• Gyms: This will turn on or off the Gyms in your scanning radius.
• Pokestops: This will turn on or off the PokeStops in your scanning radius.
• Scanned Locations: This will show you the scanning circles as they wrap around your marker.
• Icons: Show the icons in high resolution or normal.
• Icon Size: How big the icons are to show Pokemons.
• Hide Pokemon: If you want to hide a specific Pokemon find it in the list and click on it.***
• Notify of Pokemon: This will show a small window in the bottom right of the map when a specified Pokemon appears on the map. You can also activate the sound option below that.***
• Map Style: You can change how the map looks.

Other options on the map:

• Click on a Pokemon to get an information window.
• *** Clicking on the Exclude link will add that Pokemon to the Hide list. Clicking on the Notify link will add that Pokemon to the Notify list.

When you click on the MOBILE button in the top right it will give you the option to share your map. Click Toggle Sharing to be provided with a link to a ngrok.io website. This link changes every time you Toggle Share on/off or restart the application. Click Toggle Sharing to turn sharing off for the current map.