Maps & Floor Plans

Floor Plans and Maps in MIDAS

For some facilities, selecting a room from a text list works perfectly well. For others - large campuses, multi-floor buildings, sports complexes with many similar spaces - a visual map makes the selection much more intuitive. MIDAS includes a floor plan and map editor that lets you upload images of your facility and link your bookable spaces to locations on those images.

Setting up a floor plan

You upload a floor plan image - a photograph, a schematic, a blueprint, or even a simple hand-drawn layout - into the MIDAS map editor. You then draw outlines on the image to define where each bookable space is located. The polygon tool handles irregular shapes without difficulty.

Each venue group in MIDAS can have its own floor plan, so a multi-floor building can have a separate map for each floor, and users navigate between them.

Booking from the map

Once floor plans are configured, users can select a space to book by clicking on it in the map. Spaces that are already booked for the selected date and time are shown differently, giving an immediate visual indication of availability. Clicking an available space opens the booking form pre-populated with that venue.

Works alongside text-based booking

Floor plans are an additional option, not a replacement. Users can still book through the standard venue list if they prefer. The map is particularly useful for visitors or users who are less familiar with the facility and find room names or numbers less meaningful than their physical location.

Keeping maps current

If your layout changes - a room is subdivided, a new space is added - you update the floor plan image and adjust the outlines in the map editor. The bookable spaces in MIDAS remain the same; only the visual representation changes.

→ Try MIDAS free and upload a floor plan during the trial to test the visual booking experience.