Patent ID: 8779926

Claim:
A method of operating a computing device of an environmental monitoring system that monitors at least one condition of an environment, the environmental monitoring system comprising at least one environmental sensor unit disposed in the environment and the computing device, the environment being managed by an operator, the method comprising: receiving, at the computing device from the operator, a visual representation of the environment in which the at least one environmental sensor unit is disposed, the visual representation of the environment comprising at least one graphic corresponding to at least one structural and/or topographical element of the environment; identifying a position, in the visual representation of the environment, that corresponds to a location, in the environment, of a first sensor unit of the at least one environmental sensor unit; and configuring a user interface that presents information regarding the environment, the configuring comprising configuring the user interface 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.