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It is possible to show labels for contextual features – this process is

described in section ‘C. The InstantAtlas Designer’ in sub-section

‘C.4.3.6. Map Properties’.

Click the ‘Add’ button and select ‘Digital Map File’ to add a digital map file

for your contextual geography (Figure 30).

Figure 30

A new ‘Digital map file’ box appears (Figure 31). Type the pathname to a

digital map file into the ‘File’ box or click the arrow to the right to access a

list of recently used map files. Alternatively, click the ‘Browse’ button to

browse for a map file on your computer or network. In the ‘Feature code

field’ drop down list select the field containing codes. Currently, contextual

layers are for context only and no data are matched to them so the codes

you select are not critical (they could be the same as the names for

example). They must be unique however and different from any codes

used in the base geography or other contextual geographies.

In the ‘Feature name field’ drop down list select the field containing names.

This should not contain any nulls.

Figure 31

The ‘Preview’ and ‘Data Preview’ buttons work in the same was as

described in section ‘B.3.2.3. Geo-Preview and Data Preview’

The 1 MB rule that was described in section ‘B.3.2. Choose Your Base

Geography’ also applies to contextual geography map files. Furthermore,

the digital map files uploaded as contextual geographies should have the

same geographic coordinate system as the digital map file uploaded as the

base geography. If this is not the case, your contextual geographies may

not appear in the published report. If the coordinate systems of your digital

map file differ significantly, the Publisher will produce a warning after

clicking the ‘Publish button’ at the end of the Publisher

B.3.4.2. Layer Properties of Contextual Geography Layers

You can edit the layer properties by clicking on the ‘Properties’ button. In

the ‘Settings’ tab, you can change the layer name as it appears in the

report as well as the feature code and name fields. You can also edit any

other properties listed (Figure 32).

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.