Presenting information regarding conditions of an environment with a visual representation of the environment

Abstract

Configuring a user interface by which a user can view information regarding one or more conditions of an environment collected by an environmental monitoring system. An environmental monitoring system comprises one or more sensor units disposed in an environment and one or more servers. The servers may receive from an operator of the environment a visual representation of the environment and may identify a position in the visual representation corresponding to the location and configure a user interface to present information regarding the environment based at least in part on the positions. The user interface can be configured to display the visual representation and display information related to the first sensor unit so as to indicate a relationship between the information and the position corresponding to the location of the first sensor unit. Information identifying a location of one or more sensor units may be determined through an automated process.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 installing in an environment at least one sensor unit to monitor at least one condition of the environment;   communicating to a computing device a visual representation of the environment, the visual representation of the environment comprising at least one graphic corresponding to at least one structural and/or topographical element of the environment; and   communicating to the computing device information identifying a location in the environment of a first sensor unit of the at least one sensor unit.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein communicating the information identifying the location of the first sensor unit comprises:
 displaying, via a user interface, the visual representation of the environment, the visual representation of the environment comprising a map of the environment; and   detecting user input to the user interface selecting a position, in the visual representation, that corresponds to the location of the first sensor unit in the environment.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 displaying, via a user interface, the visual representation and at least one graphic at a position in the visual representation corresponding to a location of the at least one sensor unit; and   displaying, in the user interface, information relating to a first sensor unit of the at least one sensor unit and a visual indication that the information relates to the first sensor unit.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein installing the at least one sensor unit comprises installing at least one temperature sensor unit to monitor a temperature of the environment.