Create Geographic Map wizard for library component

This wizard appears when you click Insert > Map > Geographic Map on the menu bar, click the Insert Geographic Map button on the Insert toolbar, or drag Geographic Map from the Toolbox panel into a library component. It helps you to insert a geographic map into a library component, and consists of the following screens:

• Data screen
• Display screen
• Filter screen

Back

Goes back to the previous screen.

Next

Goes to the next screen.

Finish

Finishes creating the geographic map and closes this dialog.

Cancel

Does not retain changes and closes this dialog.

Help

Displays this help document.

Data screen

Specifies the data source that you want to use to create the geographic map. See the screen.

Available data resources

Lists all the business views in the current catalog. Specify the one you want to use.

Display screen

Specifies the data fields that you want to display in the geographic map. See the screen.

Map Type

Specifies the type for the geographic map from the drop-down list.

• OpenStreetMap - Standard
  Displays the street map.
• OpenCycleMap - Cycle Map
  Displays the cycle route map.
• OpenCycleMap - Transport Map
  Displays the transport map.
• Google Maps - Roadmap
  Displays Google road map.
• Google Maps - Satellite
  Displays Google Earth satellite images.
• Google Maps - Terrain
  Displays a physical map based on terrain information.

Resources

Lists all the available data resources.

Adds the selected field to the geographic map.

Enable Marker

Enables specifying the marker properties for all the groups.

Enable Area

Enables specifying the area properties for all the groups.

One option between Enable Marker and Enable Area must be checked at least and Enable Marker is checked by default.

Drill Path

Lists the fields that are used to group data in the geographic map.

Moves the specified group one step up.

Moves the specified group one step down.

Removes the selected fields that are not required from the geographic map.

Select N

Opens the Select N dialog to specify the Select N condition for the selected group level.

Web Behaviors

Opens the Web Behaviors dialog to specify some web behaviors to the markers and areas of the selected group level.

Marker Options

Specifies the marker properties of the selected group in the Drill Path box. Available only when Enable Marker is checked.

• Shape By
  Specifies the field used to control the shapes of the markers for the selected group level. Only the group field that represents the currently selected group level, or a group field of a higher level than the current level in the Drill Path box, or an aggregation field can be added.
  • 
    Specifies the shapes of the markers.
    • If no field is added, select a shape from the shape list, or check and click the Advanced option to open the Advanced dialog to specify an image as the shape of the markers.
    • If a field is added, opens the Edit Shapes dialog to specify shapes for the markers.
• Color By
  Specifies the field used to control the colors of the markers for the selected group level. Only the group field that represents the currently selected group level, or group fields of higher levels than the current level in the Drill Path box, or an aggregation field can be added. When more than one group field is added, you can adjust the order of the fields by dragging and dropping them in the text box.
  • 
    Specifies the colors of the markers.
    • If no field is added, select a color from the color palette or click More Colors on the color palette to open the Pick a Color dialog to specify a color for the markers.
    • If one or more group fields are added, opens the Edit Color dialog to specify colors for the markers.
    • If an aggregation field is added, opens the Edit Gradient Color dialog to specify a gradient color for the markers.
• Size By
  Specifies the field used to control the size of the markers for the selected group level. Only an aggregation field can be added.
  • 
    Specifies the size of the markers.
    • Zoom percentage bar
      Specifies the zoom percentage based on the default size.
    • Reset
      Specifies whether to restore the default size.
• Label By
  Specifies the field to control the labels shown above the markers for the selected group level. When there are more than one field, you can adjust the order of the fields by dragging and dropping them in the text box.
  • 
    Specifies the font format of the label text.
    • 
      Specifies the font of the label text.
    • 
      Specifies the font size of the label text.
    • 
      Specifies whether to make the label text bold.
    • 
      Specifies whether to make the label text italic.
    • 
      Specifies whether to underline the text.
    • 
      Specifies the color of the label text.
    • 
      Specifies the format for the field you currently select from the preview box below.
    • Preview box
      Displays the specified font format effects.
    • OK
      Applies the specified font format and closes the dialog.
• Marker Tip
  Specifies the tip information when you hover the mouse on the markers at runtime.

Area Options

Specifies the area properties of the selected group in the Drill Path box. Available only when Enable Area is checked.

• Fill By
  Specifies the field to control the colors that are used to fill the areas of the selected group level. Only the group field that represents the currently selected group level, or group fields of higher levels than the current level in the Drill Path box, or an aggregation field can be added. When more than one group field is added, you can adjust the order of the fields by dragging and dropping them in the text box.
  • 
    Specifies the colors to fill the areas.
    • If no field is added, select a color from the color palette or click More Colors on the color palette to open the Pick a Color dialog to specify a color for the areas.
    • If one or more group fields are added, opens the Edit Color dialog to specify colors for the areas.
    • If an aggregation field is added, opens the Edit Gradient Color dialog to specify a gradient color for the areas.
• Label By
  Specifies the field to control the labels shown above the areas for the selected group level. When more than one field is added, you can adjust the orderof the fields by dragging and dropping.
  • 
    Specifies the font format of the label text.
    • 
      Specifies the font of the label text.
    • 
      Specifies the font size of the label text.
    • 
      Specifies whether to make the label text bold.
    • 
      Specifies whether to make the label text italic.
    • 
      Specifies whether to underline the text.
    • 
      Specifies the color of the label text.
    • 
      Specifies the format for the field you currently selected from the preview box below.
    • Preview box
      Displays the specified font format effects.
    • OK
      Applies the specified font format and closes the dialog.
• Area Tip
  Specifies the tip information when you hover the mouse on the areas at runtime.

Location Info

Specifies the mapping location of the markers or areas for the selected group by field in the Drill Path box. For each group level that you want to show on the map, specify a DBfield or formula that contains the value matching the folder name in <install_root>\gisinfo\geocode used by the geographic map. For example you may group by Country and State. For State, you would want to use a formula fStateCountry that concatenates state and country so Google Maps, OpenStreetMap or OpenCycleMap knows which state to use such as "New York, USA" or "California, USA".

Filter screen

Specifies to filter the data used in the geographic map. See the screen.

Filter

Lists all the predefined filters of the specified business view. Select one from the drop-down list to apply, or select User Defined and define a new filter according to your requirements.

For details about the other options in the screen, see Edit Filter dialog.

Related topics:

• Inserting a geographic map to a library component