Author: GeoWise User Support Released: 04/09/2013 Version: 6.7.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE InstantAtlas User Guide g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Table of Contents © GeoWise Ltd. 2013 A. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................... 1 B. THE INSTANTATLAS DESKTOP PUBLISHER .......................................................................................... 2 C. THE INSTANTATLAS DESIGNER .............................................
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Introduction g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide A. INTRODUCTION InstantAtlas™ is award-winning software for publishing eye-catching, stand-alone, dynamic web reports that make the regional and local patterns in your data easy to see.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide B. THE INSTANTATLAS DESKTOP PUBLISHER B.1. About this Section .................................................................................................................... 4 B.2. Publisher Fundamentals .......................................................................................................... 4 B.2.1. Starting the Publisher ....................................
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE B.3.5.1. The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher Adding Images from a Background Image Collection ........................................... 27 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Adding Images from a WMS Connection ............................................................... 30 B.3.5.3. Adding Images from a ArcGIS Server Map Service .............................................. 35 B.3.5.4. Adding Images from Google Maps .............................
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher B.1. About this Section B.2.2. The File Menu The InstantAtlas Publisher is a tool for creating InstantAtlas stand-alone, The ‘File’ menu at the top of the Publisher currently contains the options dynamic reports. Once installed on your computer, it allows you to create described below. g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide a report with the template and the geographies of your choice.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE B.2.3. The Tools Menu The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher Figure 2 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The ‘Tools’ menu at the top of the Publisher currently contains only one option. Clear History This option allows you to restore InstantAtlas Publisher to its default state and will take effect upon re-launching the application. It removes all your recently used files/settings from the drop down lists in the Publisher.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher You can choose which packs are installed by choosing an Advanced Install g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Most of the InstantAtlas templates exist in Flash and HTML when you install InstantAtlas. You can add or remove packs at any point by modifying your InstantAtlas installation. To do this, access the list of Editions.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Digital map files come in a number of different formats, three of which are g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide supported by the Publisher: The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher 1. Polygon (e.g. the boundaries of New York boroughs) 2. Lines (e.g. the Canadian rail network) 3. Points (e.g. cities in Scotland) 1. ESRI shapefile 2. MapInfo interchange file The Publisher supports the upload of digital map files of all three geometry 3.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher You can type the pathname to a digital map file into the ‘File’ box. For Figure 5 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide example, you might type ‘C:\sectors.shp’ to select an ESRI shapefile called ‘sectors.shp’ located on the C: drive of your computer (Figure 4). You can also access a drop down list by clicking the arrow to the right of the ‘File’ box.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher ultimately a combination of many factors (such as the number of indicators g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide included in the XML data files, the speed of an Internet connection the that the names of fields in your map file can be anything. The name of the field is not important – it is the contents that are important. report is viewed over, the performance of the computer used to view the report, etc.).
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE If you are happy with your selections, you can now click the ‘Next’ button. g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Alternatively, you can click the Properties or Preview buttons. The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher can also edit any other properties listed. Hold your mouse pointer over the name of the property to see a longer description. B.3.2.2.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The ‘Selection’ tab allows you to select a subset of the geographic features g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher columns. By default all features are selected. This means that all the in your map file (Figure 9). geographic features in your map file will be published in the report. Figure 9 If you wish to publish a subset of the geographic features only, you can select or deselect features in the table (Figure 10).
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE If you have a list of codes in another document (e.g. an Excel spreadsheet The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher Figure 12 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide or a text file) you can copy and paste these into the Publisher to select your subset of geographic features. The codes in the list should be separated by a space or each on a new line (Figure 11). Figure 11 The steps are the following: 1. Open the document containing your list of codes 2.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE associated to it, the Publisher will pick up the coordinate system out of the g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide .prj file automatically. If your shapefile does not have a .prj file or if you are The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher features are being displayed incorrectly in the dynamic report you publish. If this is the case, you can choose a more suitable encoding.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE B.3.2.3. Geo-Preview and Data Preview The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher Figure 16 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide You can click the ‘Preview’ option for the layer if you wish to preview the geographic features you have chosen to publish. A new window will open showing your selection (Figure 15). Figure 15 B.3.3.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher created a data file, the Publisher can create demonstration data files for g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide pathname to your data file into the box (e.g. ‘C:\Documents and Alternatively, click the ‘Browse’ your report. Alternatively, you may use information stored in your digital Settings\username\ Desktop\data.xml’). map file to create a data file (Figure 17). button to browse for a data file.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher The most likely reason is that you have created the XML data file using an g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide incorrectly formatted Excel workbook. You should check the workbook you used to generate the file and refer to section ‘E. The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager’ for the rules on entering data.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher You can either modify the default data model or you can clear the current Figure 21 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide model using the button to create a complete new model. A valid data model is made up of one or more themes, to which indicators should be assigned. For each indicator you can define a date. Multiple indicators can be merged to create one single indicator with the same name and with multiple dates.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Using the button you can remove single selected indicators from the The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher Dates g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide data model. The button removes all indicators from the data model and leaves only the themes. Dates are treated as special types of indicators (those with a date assigned to them).
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE selected indicator. When added as dates the existing indicator will also The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher Associates g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide become a date along with the field(s) you moved across. All will share the same indicator name (the one of the existing indicator) and the field names will become the dates.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The Context Menu of Data Model Elements g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher expand/collapse indicators to view or hide associates defined for the indicator(s). There are a number of options available in the context menu which appears when you right-click on any of the elements of the data model The option ‘Sort’ only applies to indicators and allows you to sort any (Figure 25). highlighted indicators alphabetically.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher Figure 26 Figure 27 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide You can add Metadata settings for each indicator, date or associate on the When you have completed setting the Properties and Metadata click ‘OK’. ‘Metadata’ tab. The precision metadata property is already added to the list as it is treated differently in the data file than all other metadata properties.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Once you have created your data model and wish to return to the Publisher The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher Figure 28 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Wizard, please click ‘OK’. Your data model will be checked to ensure it is valid before returning to the Publisher wizard screen. Now click the ‘Next’ button or alternatively, click the ‘Back’ button to return to the ‘Choose Your Base Geography’ screen. B.3.4.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE It is possible to show labels for contextual features – this process is The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher Figure 31 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide described in section ‘C. The InstantAtlas Designer’ in sub-section ‘C.4.3.6. Map Properties’. When using an HTML template you can show labels for contextual layers by ticking the ‘Display Labels?’ setting in the layer properties in the Publisher.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Figure 32 The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher Figure 33 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Valid icon formats are JPG and PNG. If you would like to have a transparent background, you need to create a PNG file since the JPG format does not support transparency.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher If you edit the properties and click the ‘Selection’ tab, the following dialog g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guideyou When using an HTML template properties (Figure 8). will see many more layer will open (Figure 35). If you wish to change these settings it is advised that you adjust them here in the Publisher, even though it is Figure 35 also possible to change them after the publishing process by editing the map.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE If, however, you wish to have control over which features in the contextual The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher Figure 37 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide geography are published, then un-tick the checkbox ‘Use all features that overlap the base geography’. You can now either leave the default of all features selected or select a subset of features. The tabs ‘Coord. System’ and ‘Encoding’ work in the same was as described in section ‘B.3.2.2.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE green up/down arrows The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher to re-order your geographies. The vertical g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide 1. A collection of images on a local or network drive order you see in the Publisher will be preserved in the published report. In 2. A Web Map Service (WMS) the report, a contextual geography will be displayed on top of the 3. A ArcGIS Server map service geographies below it and beneath the geographies above it. 4.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE You canArea findProfile a guide to creating images g the InstantAtlas Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher or index files for background The ‘Min extent’ and ‘Max extent’ boxes define the range of map widths at mapping in the InstantAtlas online support resources under ‘Tips and which this background mapping layer will display in your report. The units Tricks’: http://www.instantatlas.com/supportdownloads.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Figure 40 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher layer (the images referenced by ‘course.xml’) to another (the images referenced by ‘detailed.xml’). If you have multiple layers of background mapping, you must ensure that the ranges you specify for the layers do not overlap. If you wish to make more advanced settings for background mapping, click the ‘Advanced’ button for a layer.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher reports are centred on the base geography, images that do not overlap the g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide base geography are typically irrelevant. Figure 42 This is therefore the default option.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE To add a new WMS layer to your dynamic report click on the “Add” button g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher It is possible to specify further WMS options, such as multiple layers, at the bottom of the screen and select “Web Map Service (WMS) image formats and transparency by clicking the ‘Advanced’ button. This Connection”. will launch the Web Map Server Settings dialog box as shown in Figure 44.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Figure 45 The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher Figure 46 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Further settings can be changed by clicking the Settings tab which will Here you can change the name of the WMS Layer. This name will appear open up the dialog box shown below (Figure 46). in the legend of your dynamic report. You can choose the coordinate system in which the WMS will send the image data to the report.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher include a .prj file, the Publisher can pick up the coordinate system g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide information out of this file. If your shapefile does not have a .prj file available palettes (Figure 47). Once you have selected a colour, click ‘OK’ to return to the previous dialog screen.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Figure 48 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher There are a number of issues you should consider when using WMS background mapping: Many WMS servers will only support certain coordinate systems and these must match those of your base and contextual geographies.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Figure 50 The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher As an example of incorporating ArcGIS Online maps you can click the g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide ArcGIS Server option and paste the URL below into the box: http://server.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/World_Street_Map/Map Server? The way the Publisher handles ArcGIS Server map services is very similar to WMS connections. Please refer to the previous section to get further information on this.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher Figure 51 Colour Profile g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The colour profile allows you to choose a default colour scheme for the dynamic report. Once the dynamic report has been published the colour scheme can be changed even further using the Style Editor. Report Title The title of your report as viewable in the title screen of your browser when the report is opened.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher 2. Create new data files for your report using the Excel or Access B.3.7. Unpacking and Starting Your Report g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Data Manager This is the final step of the publishing process. Your report has been published and is contained in a ZIP archive (.zip), the name for which is provided at the top of the screen (Figure 52).
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The final screen of the Publisher also gives you the option to save the g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Publisher settings you have made during the publishing process into an The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\GeoWise\ InstantAtlas InstantAtlas project file (Figure 54).
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Figure 56 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher B.5. Publisher Error Logs When an error occurs in the Publisher, a log file (.log) is created in the following places, depending on your operating system: Basic log files: Windows Vista and Windows 7: Save the iap.ini file and start the Publisher. Assuming you have installed C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\GeoWise\InstantAtlas\ia{x}.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Designer g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide C. THE INSTANTATLAS DESIGNER C.1. About this Section .................................................................................................................. 42 C.2. Starting the Designer ............................................................................................................. 42 C.3. The Designer Window..........................................................
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE C.4.3.3. The InstantAtlas Designer Image Properties .................................................................................................... 56 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Text Properties ....................................................................................................... 57 C.4.3.5. Table Properties ..................................................................................................... 60 C.4.3.6.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Designer C.1. About this Section g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Also be aware of the type of computer monitor screen that the majority of your end-users will be using. The InstantAtlas Designer is a tool for changing the design of an InstantAtlas dynamic report. You change the design of a report for the following reasons: In particular, the minimum screen resolution of the monitor used by your audience is very important.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Designer C.3.1.1. File C.3. The Designer Window g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The Designer has menus, a toolbar and a canvas. The menus and toolbar Open give you access to the various functions, such as opening a configuration Click ‘Open’ and the ‘Open configuration file...’ dialog will appear file, and the canvas allows you to view the various template components (Figure 59).
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Designer Save This option is useful if you wish to save different designs for a report. g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Simply save the different configuration files to the report’s folder with Click ‘Save’ to save changes to the configuration file you are changing. Alternatively hold down ‘Ctrl’ and press ‘S’ on your keyboard. When names such as ‘config1.xml’, ‘config2.xml’, ‘config3.xml’, etc.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Designer Apply Delete g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide This option is only available if you opened the Designer from the Publisher. All of the components (e.g. charts, chart titles, buttons, etc) can be deleted. Click ‘Apply’ when you have made all of your design changes.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Designer If necessary, you can resize it by dragging the selection handles. Refer to Figure 61 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide the section ‘C.4.3.2. Button Properties’ for instructions on changing the properties for your new button. Image Click ‘Image’ to insert any static image of your choice into your report. This might be the logo of your organisation or a corporate banner for example.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Note that is possible to move g the InstantAtlas AreaitProfile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Designer selected components as a group simply by clicking and dragging any of the selected components. Once you have selected two or more components, the layout options become active. These are available from the menu but also from the properties pane on the right (Figure 62).
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Designer C.3.1.8. Help g the InstantAtlas Area not Profile TemplatetoUser It is currently possible useGuide the Design View for reports that are created with an HTML template. Help on the Designer Click ‘Help on the Designer’ to access the help pages for the Designer. Published View About Click ‘Published View’ or press Ctrl + Shift + P to view the report as it would appear in an internet browser.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE upload a new licence file. The ‘Templates’ button links to an overview of g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide available templates and also allows new templates to be uploaded. The InstantAtlas Designer component (but away from its sides) to see a four-sided arrow. While viewing the four-sided arrow, click and hold down your mouse, then move the mouse to move the component. To deselect a component, click on an C.3.2.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE To access the general properties for the report, ensure that no components g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Designer can use these to change the value. Alternatively, you can type a new are selected in the interface (simply click on an empty part of the canvas to number into the cell but you must then press ‘Enter’ on your keyboard to deselect a selected component). The general properties of the dynamic register the new value.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Much of the text that appears in an InstantAtlas report can be configured The InstantAtlas Designer Figure 67 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide using general properties. All static tooltips, for example, appear in the list of general properties and can be edited. The labels for the legend types that are displayed in the legend dialog and all of the text you see in the Context Menu can be changed as well.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Context Menu: Filter Selection? – Allows the user to create a filter out of g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Designer Context Menu: About? – This option opens up a window showing the the current selection. When this option is included in the context menu you version number of the InstantAtlas template that was used to create the should also enable the ‘Context Menu: Clear Filter’ option. report.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Figure 68 The InstantAtlas Designer Figure 69 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide For most buttons in Flash dynamic reports, the value in the URL box will start ‘script’, followed by the name of a script function.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE script:toggleDataExplorer The InstantAtlas Designer Toggles data explorer visibility script:openNotesPage2 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Opens notes page of the active indicator script:toggleFilterExplorer Toggles filter explorer visibility in Map 2 script:toggleTimeAnimation Toggles time animation visibility script:clearSelection script:toggleScatterPlot Toggles scatter plot visibility script:clearComparisonSelection Clears comparison se
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide javascript:iaToggle(metadata) The InstantAtlas Designer javascript:iaToggle(dataExplorer2) javascript:iaToggle(table) javascript:iaToggle(dataExplorer3) javascript:iaToggle(comparisonTable) javascript:iaToggle(dataExplorer4) javascript:iaToggle(legend) javascript:iaToggle(filterExplorer2) javascript:iaToggle(featureLegend) javascript:iaToggle(statsbox2) javascript:iaToggle(dataExplorer) javascript:iaToggle(filte
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Designer Figure 70 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide In reports published using an HTML template, the Help link is by default not set up as a standard button but as an item in the Menu Bar component. If you prefer this to be a button you can simply insert a custom button and enter ‘./help.htm’ or the link to your own help file in the button URL.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Designer Figure 71 loss of quality. If you would like to keep the image in its set size you g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide should disable the auto-size option. Using ‘Anchor Left’, ‘Anchor Middle’ and ‘Anchor Right’, you can define where the image is anchored in the report.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Figure 72 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Designer ${notEmpty(filterName, '>> Filter: ')} ${filterName} ${notEmpty(filterValue, '>> ')} ${filterValue}. Rather, it might be displayed as shown in Figure 73. Figure 73 You can see that in this case, themeName resolves as ‘Social deprivation’, indicatorName as ‘% of population unemployed’, date as ‘2005’, filterName as ‘Zones’ and filterValue as ‘Edinburgh South’.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Designer Hold your mouse pointer over each of the variable names to view a g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide description. Click on a variable to insert it into the ‘Text’ box. For the Title component in a Single Map template there are also some logic tests involved.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Figure 75 The InstantAtlas Designer C.4.3.5. Table Properties g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide If you view the properties for a table component, you will see a ‘Data Columns’ section (Figure 76). This enables you to add or remove columns from the data table in your report. You can add a column by clicking the ‘Add’ button and remove a column by clicking it in the list to highlight it and clicking the ‘Remove’ button. Figure 76 © GeoWise GeoWise Ltd.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Designer For Flash reports, the columns that are displayed in the Data Table by g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide For example, Figure 77 shows an Excel workbook with two sets of default are the three symbol columns with the legend colour, the notes icon associate values for Indicator 1, the names of which are given in cells D5 (metadata) and the magnifying glass (zoom to) as well as the columns for and E5.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Designer ensure that contextual layers are pre-loaded if you are implementing filter g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Other important table properties in the HTML templates are: Exportable? map zooms (i.e. you have linked filter values to polygons in your contextual layers so that applying a filter in the report zooms in the map).
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE the indicator value by default you can define this in the property called ‘Base Layer Data’.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE id="contextualLayer1" name = "Post code districts" g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide geometry="polygon" src="contextualLayer1.swf"> The InstantAtlas Designer name="post_code_sectors.shp" geometry="polygon" src="map1.swf"> Please note that prior to version 6.5.0 the values displayed in the tooltips PAGE 67visualise | communicate | ENGAGE g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guidethe When using an HTML template, The InstantAtlas Designer labels for map layers are When using an HTML template, the display ranges for map layer switched on and off in the layer properties in the Publisher. After the labels are set in the layer properties in the Publisher.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Designer
${featureName}: ${indicatorValue}
In addition to the default area name and indicator value, this code adds g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide another paragraph (starting on a new line) with ‘Count: ’ as a static text and The ...
indicates that it is HTML code (the -tag stands for a the associate with the name ‘count’ as a dynamic value (Figure 81).
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Designer X-Axis Label and Y-Axis Label g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Allowed Max Zoom Allowed and Min Zoom If you wish to show labels along the X and Y-Axis you can also define this Using these properties you can define zoom limits for your map. The in the Bar Chart Properties. values need to be in map units, e.g. Max Zoom Allowed: 500000, Min Zoom Allowed: 10000000.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Designer Figure 83 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Orientation You can set the orientation of the bars to be vertical or horizontal. For this reason the Single Map (HTML Edition) Template does not include a separate ‘Flipped Bar Chart’ component. Match Axis to Data? In the config.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Designer column. To do this type in the name of the associate column into the g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide property ‘Y-Axis Data’ of the Time Series Chart Properties. Other important time series chart properties in the HTML template are: In the config.xml file of an HTML template this property is called Exportable? ‘Data’.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Designer The properties that require explanation are described below. g the InstantAtlas Profile Template User Guide you wish Area to define fixed values on a theme, indicator or time period basis you should do it through the Metadata of your data files. Data Source Please refer to section ’E.6.2.4 Setting the Chart Axis Minimum and This can be either ‘indicator’ or ‘associate’. If ‘indicator’ is selected, the pie Maximum’.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE C.4.3.10. Pyramid Chart Properties The InstantAtlas Designer Axis Labels g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide By default the axis labels are ‘m’ for male on the right side of the chart xThere is a dedicated Population Pyramid (HTML Edition) Template available (licenced together with the Single Map template) which is axis and ‘f’ for female on the left side of the chart x-axis. You can change these labels to whatever you like.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE disabled, the user will still be able to toggle the comparison lines on by g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide selecting the comparison features from the Comparison Table. The InstantAtlas Designer dot representing the minimum indicator value is always displayed to the very left of the chart. The dot for the maximum indicator value is displayed to the very right of the chart.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Left whisker: The InstantAtlas Designer 5th Percentile Figure 87 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Left border of the box: The lower quartile Vertical line in the box: The median of the indicator values Right border of the box: The upper quartile Right whisker: 95th Percentile The tool tip text will not change automatically when you change the ‘Chart Type’ property.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Variable median Description The numeric value separating the higher half of the indicator values from the lower half. g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Designer Formula If x1 < x2 < x3 then: m x2 If x1 < x2 < x3 < x4 then: m The smallest indicator value - max The largest indicator value - lower quartile The 25th percentile. If the rank r is not integer, the ‘Linear Interpolation Between Closest Ranks’ method is used.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE g the InstantAtlas Area ProfileofTemplate Userproperty Guide The default value the ‘Text’ The InstantAtlas Designer in an HTML report is: C.4.3.13. Google Search Properties sum: ${sum}
The HTML templates do not include the Google Search as a mean: ${mean}
separate component.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Designer Selecting an item out of the drop down list will centre the map on this g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide If you wish that the Google Search text field contains already some location and a red marker will appear. Please note that this marker might descriptive text when the report loads, you can define this text in the be hidden behind the base layer or contextual layers. You can toggle map ‘Search Default Text’ property.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Designer Figure 90 g the InstantAtlas Figure 89Area Profile Template User Guide The ‘Standard number of classes’ box defines the number of classes shown in the Quantile, Equal Interval and Natural Breaks legends when your report opens. Similarly, the ‘Maximum number of classes’ box determines the maximum number of classes that can be displayed.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Figure 91 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Designer Click ‘OK’ when you are satisfied with your choice. Click ‘Cancel’ if you wish to discard you changes and close the dialog or ‘Reset’ if you wish to return to the original colour.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Click to select the bar chart component in the canvas and the ‘Bar Chart g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Designer You should then insert a new button into your report. Select ‘Insert’, Properties’ will be displayed in the right hand panel.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Designer Figure 96 C.5. Applying a Design to Other Dynamic Reports g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide It is simple to apply a custom design to a series of InstantAtlas reports that you have published, even if the map and indicator data in each report is different. All you need to do is replace the existing config.xml file of the dynamic report you want to change with the config.xml file you have customised using the Designer.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Style Editor g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide D. THE INSTANTATLAS STYLE EDITOR D.1. About this Section .................................................................................................................. 82 D.2. Starting the Style Editor ......................................................................................................... 82 D.3. The Style Editor Interface ..........................................
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Style Editor D.1. About this Section D.2. Starting the Style Editor The InstantAtlas Style Editor is a tool for changing the styles for an The Style Editor can be used as a stand-alone application to edit the style InstantAtlas dynamic report. The styles controls the way the various sheet for a report that has already been published. To open the Style components in a report (map, data table, charts, etc.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Style Editor D.3. The Style Editor Interface D.3.1. The Menus and Toolbar The Style Editor interface consists of menus, a toolbar and two panes The menus and toolbar give you easy access to the Style Editor options. (Figure 97). You can access a menu by clicking on it or holding down ‘Alt’ on your g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide keyboard and pressing the underlined character in the menu name.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Figure 98 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Style Editor which you wish to save your new style sheet, type a name in the ‘File name’ box and click ‘Save’. Figure 99 You will be warned if there is a problem with the style sheet you are trying to open and given the option to display a log file. E-mail the contents of the log file to your support provider. This option is useful if you wish to save different style sheets for a report.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Style Editor style changes. The changes will be applied to the style sheet of the report About g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide you are publishing and the Style Editor will close. Click ‘About’ to open the InstantAtlas ‘About’ window. Exit It contains information regarding your Style Editor application, including the version number and the location of your licence file (Figure 100). Click ‘Exit’ to close the Style Editor.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE D.3.1.4. Find and Replace The InstantAtlas Style Editor Figure 103 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Global Property Change tool Click ‘Find and Replace unique values within this style sheet’ tool to access the property find and replace dialog. This button is found on the right end of the main toolbar found at the top of the Style Editor (Figure 101). Figure 101 Within the ‘Choose Property...
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Figure 104 The InstantAtlas Style Editor Figure 105 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide D.3.2. The ‘Classes’ Pane Click ‘OK’ in the ‘Replace...’ dialog and the new colour (e.g. red) will be © GeoWise GeoWise Ltd. Ltd. 2013 2011 © applied to all border colour properties which had the original colour (e.g. The ‘Classes’ pane lists the style classes and elements available in the light blue) (Figure 105). open style sheet (Figure 106).
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Figure 106 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Style Editor You can drag the right hand border of the pane if you wish to make the ‘Classes’ pane wider. There are two icons at the bottom of the ‘Classes’ pane. The icon on the left allows you to add a new class or element. If you click it, the ‘Create a new style selector’ dialog will appear (Figure 107).
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE D.3.3. The ‘Properties’ Pane The InstantAtlas Style Editor Figure 109 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The ‘Properties’ pane displays the properties for the style class highlighted in the ‘Classes’ pane, the name of which is displayed at the very top of the pane (Figure 108). Figure 108 Type your new description and click the ‘OK’ button complete the change. Properties and their values are listed below.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Style Editor Click a property and click ‘OK’. by default you can add another font family using the add button or you can g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide change a currently available font family by double clicking the font family The middle icon is used to delete the selected property. The rightmost icon name and selecting the font of your choice (Figure 112).
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Style Editor report and they do not have Arial or Verdana available on their computer g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide then the text will show in the font Sans Serif (Figure 112). When changing the value for font-size you can use the up/down arrows that appear or you can type in a new number and press the ‘Enter’ button on your keyboard. D.4.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide E. THE INSTANTATLAS EXCEL DATA MANAGER E.1. About this Section .................................................................................................................. 94 E.2. The Excel Add-in.................................................................................................................... 94 E.3. The Excel Workbook .....................................
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE E.6.2.6. The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager Defining Additional Data Table Columns ............................................................. 112 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide E.7. © GeoWise GeoWise Ltd. Ltd. 2013 2011 © Exporting Data Files.............................................................................................................
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager ‘File’ tab and select ‘Options’ in the left hand menu (Figure 114 for Excel E.1. About this Section g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide 2010; Figure 115 for Excel 2013). The Excel Data Manager is an Excel add-in (i.e. a supplemental program that adds custom commands to Excel). It enables data in an Excel Figure 113 workbook to be exported as InstantAtlas XML or JSON data files.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager Files\GeoWise\InstantAtlas’, and click OK. It will now be available in the list Figure 115 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide of Add-Ins. Select the InstantAtlas Data Manager from the checklist (Figure 116) and click ‘OK’. Figure 116 This should launch the Excel Options Window. In the left hand pane, choose Add-ins which will bring up the list of installed add-ins and whether they are active (enabled) or not.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The add-ins tab should now display two new buttons (Figure 117). There g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager Select the InstantAtlas Data Manager from the list so that the checkbox is also a menu item called Instant Atlas from which these functions can becomes checked. Click ‘OK’. The dialog will close and you will see that also be selected.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager reports. Section ‘H. Multiple Geography Reports’ of this user guide gives g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide detailed information on how to create multiple geography reports. menu and toolbar have disappeared. Prior to InstantAtlas version 6.6.0, the Excel add-in also included a button ‘IA Metadata’ which was used to create metadata HTML pages. 5. Click ‘OK’ to close the dialog.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE this workbook simply by copying and pasting it or by opening it and saving The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager 4. Filter information (columns D onwards) - optional g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide with a different name. The ‘Geography and Filters’ worksheet is permanently active. It should not E.4. The Geography and Filters Worksheet be renamed. This worksheet lists the geographic features you have data for and any E.4.1.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE If you do not know what codes are used to identify features in your map g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide files you can do the following: The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager Please note that the number and order of areas in the Geography and Filters worksheet must be consistent with the number and order of those in your iadatasheet(s). 1. Start the InstantAtlas Publisher 2. Publish a report with the desired base geography and contextual E.4.2.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager The following image (Figure 123) illustrates some examples of links that g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template Userreports Guide In InstantAtlas HTML dynamic the notes icon appears in front could be entered using absolute and relative pathnames. of the feature names in the same column (Figure 122).
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Figure 124 The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager Figure 126 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide You can have multiple filters in a report (Figure 125). For example you might add a second filter designed to group post code sectors with the same political affiliation. Figure 125 You can add as many filters as you wish. Filters can be geographic or non-geographic. E.5.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE datasheets will affect the number of data files produced when the data is The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager Figure 127 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide exported - this will be explained in more detail in section ‘E.7. Exporting Data Files’. E.5.1. Entering Indicators Please refer to the ‘Example 1 iadatasheet’ of the example workbook. E.5.1.1.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE In an Excel worksheet, one cell can be made to span a number of columns The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager Figure 128 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide by merging. You can merge cells in a spreadsheet by doing the following: 1. Select the cells you want to merge by clicking and dragging so that they are highlighted 2. Right-click your selection 3. Choose Format Cells… from the context menu. 4. Click the Alignment tab 5.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager Row 4 Data values g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Row 4 is used to specify the type of indicator. This can be ‘numeric’ or Starting in cell C6 you should enter your data values. As indicated above, ‘categoric’. You only need to specify the indicator type in the first column you should generally enter numbers for ‘numeric’ type indicators and text for each indicator. values for ‘categoric’ type indicators.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager configuration file of the report using the InstantAtlas Designer) will be g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide We recommend that you avoid data values with excessive precision displayed in the report for this area. In the example workbook, data values (7.34167683947). There are two main considerations when you choose have not been entered for three features in the base geography.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE E.5.2. Entering Associate Values g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Please refer to the ‘Example 2 iadatasheet’ of the example workbook. The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager In addition to those listed in the table above you can supply your own associates. You will need to configure your dynamic report using the InstantAtlas Designer to make use of any custom associate(s) you have supplied.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager Figure 131 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide E.6. The Metadata Worksheet Including metadata in your data XML files is optional (unless you are creating data file for InstantAtlas Server). However, there are two reasons why you might include metadata: Metatext – this metadata will be shown within the ‘metatext’ text box in your InstantAtlas dynamic reports.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Column A must contain either ’Theme’, ‘Indicator’ or ‘IndicatorDate’. g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager Paragraph tag (
) Column B should contain the name of the theme, indicator or date you Text format tag () want to display text for. Column C must contain ‘metatext’.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE in the ‘Example Metadata’ worksheet. The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager To activate this worksheet you g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide would need to rename it to ‘Metadata’. If your indicator names are not unique, you can address this by adding the theme name in front of the indicator name in column B. Both must be separated by a pipe symbol, e.g. ‘Theme 1|Male’. E.6.2.1.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE For associates: The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager sorted (numerically or categorically). The type for associates can be set on g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide ElementType Element theme, indicator and time period level.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE palette for this indicator will be the one called ‘Sequential Green Yellow’ in g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide the config.xml file (Figure 137). The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager Use this property to set the breaks between different classes. You should set one more value than the number of classes that you require i.e. if you want 5 classes you need to enter 6 values for breaks.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager E.6.2.4. Setting the Chart Axis Minimum and Maximum g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide column aliases that will be displayed in the data table. By default, the By default the bar chart and time series chart adjust their minimum and maximum depending on the data the chart shows. For each individual theme, indicator or time period, you can define the This might not be suitable e.g. when using a time animation.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager set up in the ‘Metadata’ worksheet. The appropriate metadata element is g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide E.7. Exporting Data Files ’column_indicator’ for the indicator column and ‘column_{associateName}’ for associate columns. In the ‘Value’ cells of column D you can define the To export your data to XML or JSON data files, you must have at least one aliases of the new data table columns.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager Figure 142 For example, if you have eighteen themes worth of data located in two or g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide more datasheets in your workbook and you are exporting to XML format, the set of XML data files created will be as shown in the following image (Figure 143). Figure 143 When you have made your selection, click on ‘OK’. You will now be prompted to browse to a destination folder.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE multiple data files you ensure that your report will load data as efficiently as The InstantAtlas Excel Data Manager Figure 145 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide possible. In the ‘Advanced’ tab of the ‘Output Options’ dialog (Figure 144) you can overwrite the default behaviour and choose whether or not the Excel Data Manager shall produce theme files or not. Figure 144 If errors are found, you should click ‘OK’ and correct the mistakes.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Batch Publisher g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide F.THE INSTANTATLAS BATCH PUBLISHER © GeoWise GeoWise Ltd. Ltd. 2013 2011 © F.1. About this Section ................................................................................................................ 117 F.2. Setting up the Excel Workbook ............................................................................................ 117 F.2.1.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Batch Publisher F.1. About this Section F.2. Setting up the Excel Workbook The Batch Publisher is a command-line interface version of the normal It is important that you use the workbook called IAworkbook_Batch.xls Publisher. It is useful when you need to publish large number (say 10 or supplied with your InstantAtlas software.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE F.2.1. The Geography and Filters Worksheet g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Batch Publisher columns E onwards if required and the entry in row 1 would be ‘filter’ for any filter columns. The ‘Geography and Filters’ worksheet should be edited first. Columns A and B should contain the code and name of every post code sector in F.2.2. The Datasheets Edinburgh.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE worksheets are simply included as examples to make it easier for you to g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide set up your own Publisher worksheet. The InstantAtlas Batch Publisher published reports, you should set this property to ‘Yes’. The data files will be saved into subfolders of the destination folder if these subfolders have the same name as the split values.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE For Windows XP the folder can be found in the following location: The InstantAtlas Batch Publisher Base File: This setting is made up of: g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application data\GeoWise\Instant Atlas\templates 1.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE name as the .shp file (districts.dbf) or a .MID file with the same file name as g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Batch Publisher Destination Folder: optionally you can enter the full pathname for the the .MIF file (districts.MID). For TAB files, you will need a range of other folder to which you want the zipped reports to be unpacked to. This can be supporting files including .DAT, .ID, .MAP and .IND.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE ‘C:\Program The InstantAtlas Batch Publisher Files\GeoWise\InstantAtlas\maps\post_code_districts.shp+ g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Editable Setting Example layerBorderWidth layerBorderWidth=1;1.5;2 PCD_CODE+PCD_NAME+Post code districts; C:\local_authorities.shp+ LA_CODE+LA_NAME+Local Authorities’ Contextual Clip: this field should be set to ‘True’ if you wish to include only contextual geography features that overlap the base geography.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Batch Publisher g the InstantAtlas Template User Guide This is aArea listProfile of available editable settings for dynamic reports Editable Setting Example contextualLayerFillOpacity contextualLayerFillOpacity=0;1 published with an HTML template: Editable Setting Example mapMargin mapMargin=20% Description: Sets the distance between the border of the map component and the base layer.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Batch Publisher g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Editable Setting Example Editable Setting Example baseLayerBorderColor baseLayerBorderColor=#000000 baseLayerShowDataTips baseLayerShowDataTips=true Description: Sets the border colour in hexadecimal format for the base layer. Description: Sets if the base layer features should show data tips when hovered with the mouse.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Maps as a background layer we suggest you use ‘none’ since the map will g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Batch Publisher Raster Layers: Optionally you can enter the full pathnames to any adjust itself to one of the zoom levels provided by Google maps. background mapping index files (xml).
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Figure 150 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Batch Publisher WMS you want to use followed by ‘&REQUEST=GetCapabilities’. This will offer you a file in xml format with the properties of the WMS including coordinate system, version number, available image formats and available layers. ArcGIS/WMS Layers: A comma delimited list of WMS layers you want to include. ArcGIS Coordsys/WMS ScsCode: This is the coordinate system of the WMS.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Since the demo map files for Edinburgh post code sectors and districts are The InstantAtlas Batch Publisher F.2.3.4. Using Google Maps as a Background Layer g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide not in the Demis WMS projection, this property is set to ‘True’ in the If your Background Type is ‘Google’, please refer to the worksheet example. ‘Publisher-Google’ (Figure 152) F.2.3.3.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Batch Publisher Since the demo map files for Edinburgh post code sectors and districts are g the InstantAtlas Area an Profile Template User Guide When using HTML template you will not need to enter an API key. However there may be some benefits from using an API key not in the Google Maps projection, this property is set to ‘True’ in the example. such as allowing you to monitor the Maps API usage in your dynamic report.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE F.4. The Publishing Process g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Batch Publisher understand how to create such reports with the Desktop Publisher before reading further.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Batch Publisher In the example with the Edinburgh post code data you should export the g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide In the example with the Edinburgh post code data the ‘Publisher’ workbooks for the first two layers (post code districts and post code sector worksheet would be part of the workbook which contains the data for the centroids) into two separate folders. Edinburgh pot code sector boundaries.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Batch Publisher Figure 156 g the InstantAtlas Areaway, ProfileifTemplate Guide In the same you areUser using an HTML template you can define layer specific editable settings for multiple base layers by providing a semi-colon delimited list of values. Once all settings are defined you can use the ‘IA Export’ button to start the batch publishing process. F.6.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Batch Publisher Figure 158 Figure 161 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The error message will now stay in the DOS prompt screen. You can read this error message and use it to debug the batch publisher, or if required, copy the message to your support provider. To do this, right click on the window, select all, and then copy and paste the error message into an e-mail.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Google Maps in InstantAtlas Reports g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide G. GOOGLE MAPS IN INSTANTATLAS REPORTS © GeoWise GeoWise Ltd. Ltd. 2013 2011 © G.1. About this Section ................................................................................................................ 134 G.2. Adding Google Maps as a Background Layer ..................................................................... 134 G.3.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Google Maps in InstantAtlas Reports G.1. About this Section g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide When using an HTML template you will not need to enter an API This section describes how to set up your InstantAtlas dynamic report to show Google Maps as a background layer. It is assumed that you have read section B. The InstantAtlas Desktop Publisher prior to reading this section. key.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Figure 162 Google Maps in InstantAtlas Reports Figure 163 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The Publisher will automatically re-project all base and contextual layers you have uploaded for your report into the geographic coordinate system ‘WGS 1984 Web Mercator (Auxiliary Sphere)’ to match the Google Maps projection.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Google Maps in InstantAtlas Reports The re-projection will only work if your map file(s) are in one of the g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide amount of Google Maps background shown around the Base Geography, you can change the size of the Map component using following supported coordinate systems: o Un-projected coordinate systems (e.g. latitude/longitude) o Coordinate systems that use a Transverse Mercator projection (e.g.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE G.4. Troubleshooting Hints g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Google Maps in InstantAtlas Reports that you are using ESRI shapefiles for all your base and contextual layers. The re-projection will not work for MapInfo MID/MIF or TAB The following hints might help you to find a solution, when you cannot get files.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Shapefiles in other projections cannot be re-projected by the g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Google Maps in InstantAtlas Reports The reason for this is most likely a Flash Player Security issue that can InstantAtlas Publisher. You will need to re-project them outside of occur when viewing the report on a local or shared drive. To solve it InstantAtlas first (e.g.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Google Maps in InstantAtlas Reports locations. Sometimes these settings do not get saved properly and the g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide steps need to be repeated. You may need to add the location you are running the report from to your Flash Player trusted sites. Please see the steps in the previous section on how to do this. Please note that this issue does not usually affect reports published on the Internet. 5.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Multiple Geography Reports g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide H. MULTIPLE GEOGRAPHY REPORTS © GeoWise GeoWise Ltd. Ltd. 2013 2011 © H.1. About this Section ................................................................................................................ 141 H.2. Publishing a Multiple Geography Report ............................................................................. 142 H.3. Creating the Data Files ........................
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Multiple Geography Reports H.1. About this Section g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide This section describes how to publish and populate a multiple geography InstantAtlas dynamic report. It is assumed that the reader has prior The HTML templates allowing up to 10 different base geographies are: Single Map, Population Pyramid, Double Map, Area Profile, Election Results, Scatter Plot and Advanced Bubble Plot.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Multiple Geography Reports Figure 170 Figure 171 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide A section to choose an additional base geography will appear. For all templates except the Double Map Time Series and the Double Base Layer templates you can add up to 10 base geographies. Make sure that you add them vertically in the same order as you would like them to appear in the ‘Geography’ menu of your report.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Figure 172 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Multiple Geography Reports For the Double Base Layer template you can also only add a maximum of two base geographies. If you are wanting to map points over polygons please ensure you are adding the polygon layer first and the point layer second as otherwise the points will be hidden behind the polygons in the final map.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Note that theProfile geography given g the InstantAtlas Area Templatenames User Guide Multiple Geography Reports in cell B2 of the Geography and Filters worksheet must be unique, e.g. each base geography needs a unique name. The next step is to merge these files into a single data.xml / data.js file. The Excel Data Manager add-in provides an ‘IA Merge Files’ button for this (Figure 173).
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Multiple Geography Reports Figure 174 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The files will be appended in the order they are named (alphanumeric) and, as mentioned above, this must match the order of the geographies on the ‘Choose Your Base Geography’ screen of the Publisher. The Excel Data Manager will ask you to save the merged data.xml / data.js file. Browse to the folder containing your report and overwrite the existing data.xml / data.js file.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Area Profile Template g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide I. THE INSTANTATLAS AREA PROFILE TEMPLATE I.1. About this Section ................................................................................................................ 147 I.2. Area Profile – Spine Chart ................................................................................................... 147 I.2.1. Configuration ........................................
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Area Profile Template whether indicator values for the selected area(s) are above/below a given I.1. About this Section g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide comparator. If you publish this with a demonstration data file the report will This section describes the use of the InstantAtlas Area Profile template look like that in Figure 175. from version 6.3 onwards.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Area Profile Template Alias – the heading displayed for the column. g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide If you are publishing a report using an HTML template, you can also Width – this will be the width of the column as a percentage of the whole define the alignment of the symbol using ‘symbolAlign:{right, left, chart. centre}, for example: Name – this will define the data source for the column.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE ‘Include Dates?’. You might then want to see the time periods displayed in g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide the spine chart. You can either change the column with the Name The InstantAtlas Area Profile Template The required data structure is shown in the worksheet called ‘iadatasheet’ and is shown in Figure 176. ‘indicatorName’ to ‘indicatorDateName’ to see both the indicator name and the time periods together in one column.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Area Profile Template This will give you positive difference values where the base area value is Figure 177 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide higher than the comparator value and negative difference values where the base area value is lower than the comparator value. The ‘target’ associate is optional. If you include target values these will be shown as little vertical markers superimposed on the horizontal bars.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE baseline – baseline values shown as text in the ‘Baseline’ column of the The InstantAtlas Area Profile Template Figure 179 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide chart trend – values shown as symbols in the ‘Trend’ column of the chart state – values shown as symbols in the ‘Value’ column of the chart The required data structure is shown in the ‘iadatasheet’ worksheet of the workbook called IAworkbookAreaProfile_Performance.xls.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE g the InstantAtlas AreaChart Profile Template User Guide The Radar configuration is not The InstantAtlas Area Profile Template yet available as an HTML Edition. I.5. Making the Chart Read Dataplus XML Files By default, all of the components in your report will read their data from a data.xml file (or a data.xml file with supporting theme files).
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Figure 181 The InstantAtlas Area Profile Template Figure 182 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide If you want to use dataplus files for a report containing comparison geographies, you will need to ensure that dataplus files will be generated by the Data Manager for the comparison geographies. To do this, remove the hash symbol (#) from the beginning of each comparison geography codes in all of the worksheets.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Bubble Plot Template g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide J. THE INSTANTATLAS BUBBLE PLOT TEMPLATE © GeoWise GeoWise Ltd. Ltd. 2013 2011 © J.1. About this Section ................................................................................................................ 155 J.2. Bubble Plot - Advanced ....................................................................................................... 156 J.3.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE J.1. About this Section g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Bubble Plot Template The Bubble Plot Family within the HTML templates is comprised of two templates: the Scatter Plot template and the Advanced Bubble This section describes the use of the InstantAtlas Bubble Plot template. This template is highly flexible and is therefore deserving of a dedicated section in this user guide. It is assumed that you have already read section ‘B.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE J.2. Bubble Plot - Advanced g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Bubble Plot Template There are four buttons for changing data: the indicator shown in the map (this also controls the colour of bubbles in the chart), the indicator shown There are two Bubble Plot configurations: Simple and Advanced. These on the X axis, the indicator shown on the Y axis and the indicator that have been named with end-users in mind.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Bubble Plot Template Figure 184 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template Guide The Advanced Bubble PlotUser (HTML Edition) template contains two configuration options: IA6 Synchronised Dates and IA6 Standard.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE sizeValue – the values that will control the radius of the bubbles g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Bubble Plot Template This is located in the ‘workbooks’ folder of your InstantAtlas software. The default location for this is: These associate names are defined in the configuration file of the report. It is possible to use different associate names by editing the properties of the C:\Program Files\GeoWise\InstantAtlas\workbooks.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Bubble Plot Template legend classes or can be the same for all points. If you publish this with a g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide demonstration data file the report will look like that in Figure 186. The IA6 Scatter Plot configuration of the HTML Scatter Plot template uses associates called ‘xValue’ and ‘yValue’ as data sources for the scatter plot axis.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Bubble Plot Template Figure 187 show Standardised Mortality Ratios (SMRs) on the Y axis and the g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide expected number of deaths on the X axis. The required data structure is shown in the ‘iadatasheet’ worksheet of the workbook called IAworkbookBubblePlot_FunnelPlot_Flash.xls. This is also in the ‘workbooks’ folder of your InstantAtlas installation.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE For every indicator, you must also supply values for six properties in the g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Bubble Plot Template The delimiter in the arrays depends whether Excel is using points or XML data file(s) for your report. In your Excel workbook, you add these commas as decimal separators. If the decimal separator is a point, the into the Metadata worksheet. delimiter in the arrays must be a comma.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Figure 190 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Bubble Plot Template Copy the formula in cell B2 down until you reach the last value in column A. You can do this by clicking in cell B2 and double clicking the handle to the bottom right of the cell border. Figure 192 Your worksheet should now similar to that shown below. Figure 193 In cell B1 type =A1 In cell B2 type =CONCATENATE(B1,",",A2) Figure 191 © GeoWise GeoWise Ltd. Ltd.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Bubble Plot Template Copy the value in the bottommost cell in column B into your clipboard. g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide In the Metadata worksheet of your Excel Data Manager, right click in cell that will contain the array and choose ‘Paste Special...’. The dialog shown below will appear. Figure 194 Click the ‘Values’ radio button and click ‘OK’.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Election Template g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide K. THE INSTANTATLAS ELECTION TEMPLATE K.1. About this Section ................................................................................................................ 165 K.2. The Election Results Template ............................................................................................ 165 K.3. Data Preparation ...................................................
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Election Template Overall results are contained in the Comparison Table at the upper right of K.1. About this Section g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide the report, while each area and its winning party are listed in the Table at This section describes how to set up and create reports using the the bottom left. The Spine Chart on the right contains both electoral area InstantAtlas Election Results template.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Election Template It is named ‘Electoral Area Details’ in the example workbook, as shown in K.3. Data Preparation g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Figure 198 below. The required data structure is represented in Figure 197 below, and an example workbook containing fictitious election results has been included in the ‘iadatasheet’ worksheet IAworkbookElectionResults.xls.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE For the ‘Winning Party’ and ‘Name’ lines of the first theme of the Spine g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas Election Template Stars have been added to winning candidates’ names and associate Chart and all of the data shown in the Table below the Map, displayed values for ‘Votes’, ‘Party’ and ‘Percentage of Vote’ have been included, as values are taken from text entered in Column C. Note that no associate shown in Figure 199 below.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas Election Template The Map, Table and Spine Chart have been configured to only allow the g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide selection of one single area whereas none of the entries in the Comparison Table can be selected In the Election Results (HTML Edition), instead of showing small circles with the party colours for each candidate in the Spine Chart, the horizontal bars themselves are coloured according to the value of the In the Spin
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas HTML Profile Template g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide L.THE INSTANTATLAS HTML PROFILE TEMPLATE L.1. About this Section ................................................................................................................ 170 L.2. Publishing an HTML Profile Report ..................................................................................... 170 L.2.1. Data Preparation .............................................
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas HTML Profile Template L.1. About this Section Please note that the InstantAtlas Publisher will not create demo data g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide for this template and the data cannot be changed after the publishing This section describes the use of the InstantAtlas HTML Profile template. process is finished.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE L.2.2. Configuration The InstantAtlas HTML Profile Template Figure 201 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide All configuration for this template is done during the publishing process on the ‘Choose Settings For Your Dynamic Report’ screen (Figure 201). After the report is published, it is not possible to change these settings (other than by manually editing HTML).
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The file you upload must be in XHTML format. This is stricter and cleaner The InstantAtlas HTML Profile Template Include Indicator Selection? g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide version of HTML – please see the following link for more information: The indicator selector is a drop down list which allows you to view data for http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_xhtml.asp. a selected theme/indicator/time period for all geographic features (Figure 203).
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Figure 204 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas HTML Profile Template The Publisher will automatically transform your base layer(s) into latitude/longitude so that Google can re-project it to ‘WGS 1984 Web Mercator (Auxiliary Sphere)’ to match the Google Maps projection. This transformation only works with ESRI shapefiles.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Figure 206 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas HTML Profile Template L.3. The Different Pages of an HTML Profile Report L.3.1. Home Page The set of HTML pages that make up a HTML Profile report include a home page which opens when you double click the atlas.html file in the report folder (Figure 207). It displays the name of each base geography feature you have included into your report.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas HTML Profile Template L.3.2. Area Index Page L.3.3. Profile Page The area index page lists all geographic features for the selected base The profile pages display all data for the selected geographic feature and geography (Figure 208). optionally comparison areas. g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide They can also include a map with the selected feature superimposed over a Google Maps background.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas HTML Profile Template L.3.4. Data Index Page L.3.5. Theme Page The data index page cannot be accessed via a link from another page. It is The theme page lists all indicator values for all time periods for the created during the publishing process and displays all themes, indicators selected theme. It includes a table for comparison areas and a table with and time periods for a base geography (Figure 210).
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE L.3.6. Indicator Page L.3.7. Time Period Page The indicator page lists the indicator values for all time periods for the The time period page lists the indicator values and associate values for the selected indicator. It includes a table for comparison areas and a table selected indicator and time period. It includes a table for comparison areas with the data for all base geography features (Figure 212).
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas ArcGIS Online Templates g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide M. THE INSTANTATLAS ARCGIS ONLINE TEMPLATES M.1. About this Section ................................................................................................................ 179 M.2. Publishing an ArcGIS Online Dynamic Report .................................................................... 179 M.2.1. Selecting Items from ArcGIS Online ..............................
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE M.1. About this Section g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas ArcGIS Online Templates After choosing one of the ArcGIS Online templates and clicking ‘Next’ in the Publisher, you will be asked to sign in to your ArcGIS Online account This section describes the use of the InstantAtlas ArcGIS Online templates. (Figure 214).
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Figure 215 The InstantAtlas ArcGIS Online Templates My Organisation g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide If you have an organisational account the folder ‘My Organisation’ contains all items of users that belong to your organisation. Favourites The Favourites folder contains all items you have added to your favourites. You can add an item to your favourites by right-clicking on the item and selecting ‘Add to Favourites’.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Apps – lists Web Mapping Applications. This option is available when g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide opening an existing ArcGIS Online dynamic report through the ‘File’ menu The InstantAtlas ArcGIS Online Templates You can select an item by clicking on it so that it becomes highlighted and then press the ‘Choose’ button. of the Publisher. Please refer to section ‘M.2.7. Opening an Existing Web Application’.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Figure 216 The InstantAtlas ArcGIS Online Templates Figure 217 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide If you do not want to apply a filter i.e. you wish to see all features in the ‘Selection’ tab of the layer properties dialog you should select the option ‘No Filter – show all features’ This option is selected by default.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas ArcGIS Online Templates <= numeric ‘less than or equal to’ contains numeric or textual ‘contains’ starts with numeric or textual ‘starts with’ ends with numeric or textual ‘ends with’ g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide Figure 218 In the text field on the right type the filter value. Then click ‘OK’ to apply the filter.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas ArcGIS Online Templates For ArcGIS Online templates you do have the option to add data from a g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide CSV file into your data model. To add a CSV file, click the green button would like to use for the report. Please refer to section ‘I. The InstantAtlas Area Profile Template’ for further information on the different configuration on the bottom left corner of the ‘Data Model’ tab.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Figure 219 g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas ArcGIS Online Templates M.2.5. The ‘Create Web Application’ Dialog The ‘Create Web Application’ dialog (Figure 220) opens when you click on either ‘New Web Application on ArcGIS Online’ or ‘Save Web Application on ArcGIS Online’ after your report has been published. If you have selected the former option, some settings will be filled with default values.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE Please note that you can change these settings also on the details page of g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide The InstantAtlas ArcGIS Online Templates Once you are happy with the settings for your Web Application click ‘OK’. the Web Application within ArcGIS Online. Your Web Application will be created / updated on ArcGIS Online. Title – Enter a title for the Web Application. M.2.6.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas ArcGIS Online Templates View Report – This opens the ArcGIS Online dynamic report a new g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide browser window or tab. Once you have chosen a Web Application, the Publisher will download all layer definitions and settings of the dynamic report into the Publisher. You then have the ability to change these settings if you wish. Open Web Application – This opens the details page of the Web Application.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The InstantAtlas ArcGIS Online Templates M.3.2. Designing the ArcGIS Online Dynamic Report M.3.4. Saving changes back to ArcGIS Online You can edit the layout, settings and styles of the dynamic report as You can save the changes back to the Web Application you opened simply described in section ’C.4. Creating a New Design’. by clicking the ‘Save’ button or selecting ‘File’ and then ‘Save’.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE The ability save an open g the InstantAtlas Area to Profile Template User configuration Guide The InstantAtlas ArcGIS Online Templates to an ArcGIS Online Web Figure 223 Application enables you to apply the config.xml and default.css files from a stand-alone dynamic report to an ArcGIS Online dynamic report. The steps required to do this are as follows: 1. Open the config.xml file of the standalone report in the Designer. If the default.
visualise | communicate | ENGAGE InstantAtlas Support g the InstantAtlas Area Profile Template User Guide N. INSTANTATLAS SUPPORT You can find IA support resources at www.instantatlas.com/support.xhtml. InstantAtlas customers can login to their ‘My InstantAtlas’ account at www.instantatlas.com/mia and download a wide range of support resources and access a searchable knowledgebase. If these resources do not provide a solution, please contact your support provider. © GeoWise GeoWise Ltd. Ltd.
