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Shapefiles in other projections cannot be re-projected by the

InstantAtlas Publisher. You will need to re-project them outside of

InstantAtlas first (e.g. using ESRI ArcGIS) before you can use

them together with Google Maps in a dynamic report.

 that the ‘Re-project all layers to match Google Maps’ option is

selected in the Publisher when you click the ‘Advanced’ button of

the Google Maps background layer.

4. In Flash reports: The map stays empty except for a grey rectangle

(Figure 166)

Figure 166

The reason for this is most likely a Flash Player Security issue that can

occur when viewing the report on a local or shared drive. To solve it

please do the following:

 Hold your mouse pointer over the report and right click until the

Flash plug-in menu appears.

 Click ‘Global Settings...’. Depending on your Flash Player version

one of the following two steps will apply:

a) If a pop-up dialog appears, click on the ‘Advanced’ tab. You may

then need to scroll down a bit to find the ‘Trusted Location

Settings…’ button. Click on it to open another dialog. Then click

the ‘Add…’ button.

b) If a new browser window opens, click the ‘Global Security Settings

panel’ link in the menu on the left. After a brief delay, the Global

Security Settings panel will appear in the browser. Activate the

‘Always allow’ option. From the ‘Edit locations’ drop down list

select ‘Add location’.

 Click ‘Add Folder…’, browse to the drive (or folder) where your

report is saved and click ‘OK’. The location will be added to the list

of trusted locations.

 Close the browser or the dialog windows with the Flash Player

settings and restart your InstantAtlas report.

If this doesn’t solve the issue, open the Flash Player settings again

and check that the drive or folder really was added to the trusted