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# Visitor Radar

SpeedLight Visitor Radar resides at the Summary screen of the avatar:

![Summary view with Visitor Radar (tablet/desktop view)](/files/bzgXwXUYYve7DMVGdJNJ)

Radar scans the sim you're in every 5 seconds. It shows:

* residents (as color-coded dots),
* the distance between you and them,
* the time you have been seeing them around.

Radar works sim-wide, giving you an ability to monitor your parcel/sim from any distance (including skyboxes).

### Residents list

Recently teleported visitors appear at top of the list:

![](/files/Xs7cnAnRMT6yvbZ6NQOV)

Residents close enough to you have a view direction arrow:

![Resident with a visible view direction](/files/wQ5Ijef8Eo7smanYvBKb)

Already contacted residents (see below) have "IM" and/or "chat" markers:

![Already contacted resident (got an IM)](/files/9pm6p1Rz6d5xf9NgwSXX)

![Already contacted resident who got an IM and a quick chat greet](/files/zoM7JbsaLQpMYPZMrNAK)

### Interacting with visitors

Visitor Radar provides an ability to quickly contact any of the residents you see.

Click/tap resident directly on the map (the colored dot) or on the Resident List. The menu appears giving you options to interact:

![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/iHUCzhgD906dV2luV3aVCnxBaqlxcTJLNiWdrafMmAD5C6pf1_H4mMOv1VOcVjAUh2EUw9KI3J7wjO5EtZcUFvY3welOWo8YSe9xOjOqjI7JDK3knJMoQ2EJNeZyk2CIfNkiVizmMEersekP)

* The “Resident Info” menu item gives you an access to the visitors 2nd life’s information.
* The “Quick IM” option allows you to send a quick IM. Either type your text or use message templates (Gold only feature):\
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  ![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/gRU3sSiUA7AjiVlpEaXubghY7_HEzQFKq-0bbNr2c9gosHhfk8UkI4oQ0k0gPz6wVWoUGQKlWNeU30VkJgoLTWQU67gUQfR9yxTk-ios4vg0P5znuz4IDed_xG9pDJfXX9jykYCYDy4bSBFz)
* “Local Chat Greet” allows you to quickly greet the people in Local Chat, up to 20 meters around you.

### Read next

* [Quick IM notecards](/viewer-features/quick-im-notecards.md)
* [IM Autoresponder](/viewer-features/im-autoresponder.md)