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 The re-projection will only work if your map file(s) are in one of the
following supported coordinate systems:
o Un-projected coordinate systems (e.g. latitude/longitude)
o Coordinate systems that use a Transverse Mercator
projection (e.g. British National Grid, UTM zones)
o Global coordinate systems using a Mercator projection.
o Lambert Conformal Conic projection
If your map layers are already in the correct projection, click on the
‘Advanced’ button and select the option ‘Do not re-project any layers’ in the
drop down list (Figure 164).
Figure 164
G.3. Known Issues When Using Google Maps
There are a number of issues you should consider when using Google
Maps background mapping:
1. When your report loads, the map will be adjusted to one of 18
Google Maps zoom levels. This means that your base geography
may not fill the map area in the same way as it would if you were
not using Google Maps background mapping. To adjust the
amount of Google Maps background shown around the Base
Geography, you can change the size of the Map component using
the Designer.
2. Animated map zooms are not supported for the reason given
above
3. World maps will not work when Antarctica is included. In the Web
Mercator projection the north and south poles cannot be projected.
For this reason reports published with a world map where
Antarctica is included will malfunction when using Google Maps.
4. In Flash dynamic reports, exporting the full report or just the Map
component will not work when the report is located on a web
server. It works correctly from a local or share drive.
5. In Flash dynamic reports, printing the full report or just the Map
component with the ‘Rescale to fit page’ option will not work when
the report is located on a web server. It works correctly from a
local or share drive.
6. In Flash dynamic reports, printing the full report or just the Map
component with the ‘Resize to fit page’ option will cause the map
layer(s) to print with an offset to the Google maps background.
This becomes more apparent when the printer has to resize the
report, e.g. printing the report in portrait layout will produce a
bigger offset between the map layer(s) and Google Maps than
printing the report in landscape. When using the ‘Hybrid’ mode of
Google Maps, only the ‘Street Map’ elements (lines and labels for
roads etc.) will be printed.