InstantAtlas TM Release Notes. Author: GeoWise User Support Released: 30/06/2010 Version: 6.4.0

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1 InstantAtlas TM Release Notes Author: GeoWise User Support Released: 30/06/2010 Version: 6.4.0

2 InstantAtlas Desktop Edition Release Notes Table of Contents 1. Key Enhancements Trialing InstantAtlas... 1 Templates HTML Profile Template... 1 Advanced Pie Chart Google Maps Backgrounds... 2 Additional Template Enhancements Publisher Designer... 3 Excel Data Manager Key Bug Fixes Templates Publisher Designer Style Editor Access Data Manager Key Known Issues in Upgrading to How to upgrade (applies to customers only) Compatibility Notes Support... 7 mapping, geomarketing, public health statistics, crime mapping, statistical

3 InstantAtlas Desktop Edition Release Notes Page 1 1. Key Enhancements A number of the enhancements described below can be viewed in this demonstration InstantAtlas : Trialing InstantAtlas The InstantAtlas Desktop Edition 30-day free trial no longer requires activation Customers who have purchased InstantAtlas will be able to trial any un-licensed templates on a permanent basis. Reports published using these templates will display a watermark. USA/Canada sample map files added for those trialling InstantAtlas in North America 1.2. Templates HTML Profile Template A new free template the HTML Profile Template is now available. This template is for creating accessible HTML area profiles that do not require the Flash Player. The template is published as normal using the Publisher and uses the same data XML files as the InstantAtlas Flash templates The HTML pages can show data at different levels (geographic feature, theme and indicator). Optionally you can include an area map if you wish. A new user guide that describes how to publish using the HTML Profile Template Advanced Pie Chart A new component the Advanced Pie Chart is now available in all templates except Double Map and Double Map Time Series This consists of two pie charts displaying data breakdowns for selected and comparator areas mapping, geomarketing, public health statistics, crime mapping, statistical

4 InstantAtlas Desktop Edition Release Notes Page Google Maps Backgrounds Support for Google Maps backgrounds has been added to all InstantAtlas Flash templates. End users can select the type of layer they wish to display (map, satellite, terrain, hybrid) Additional Template Enhancements Title bars for components can be set to be visible for each component separately The URL parameter geog=... allows opening of a multiple geography with a specific base geography loaded Ability to customise the tooltips for maps and charts Loading bar fill changed from orange to grey to prevent colour mismatch with the Dynamic titles in the are now able to pick up additional theme hierarchy levels Data Explorer and Filter Explorer can now be set to show all levels expanded by default Data Explorer can now be set to not show any time periods. Selecting an indicator will then load the most recent time period. Other time periods can be seen in the Time Series Chart and Time Animation Option to a insert an animation speed slider into the Time Animation component Option to hide labels on Time Series Chart and Time Animation components Option to let Time Series Chart either stagger or drop labels if there is not enough space Zooming to a filtered area can now be disabled through a configuration setting Choice of Rescale and Resize print options. Rescale creates a bitmap and then prints this it will show exactly what you see on the screen. Resize gives a crisper output but text will not rescale with components. Spine chart can now display selected area names in spine chart legend Spine chart default is now to show the most recent date in data.xml only Spine chart no longer repeats the indicator name when multiple areas are selected 1.3. Publisher Support for Google Maps as a background layer and transformation of shapefiles into the Google Maps projection where appropriate The settings for line thickness and opacity of map layers are now set separately for each layer mapping, geomarketing, public health statistics, crime mapping, statistical

5 InstantAtlas Desktop Edition Release Notes Page 3 Preview function for uploaded vector map data! Beta Feature! Option to save your Publisher settings in a project file (XML format) and to load this file later into the Publisher to create a with the same settings 1.4. Designer Option to select and move several components together Option to align several components to each other Option to lock the aspect ratio on images 1.5. Excel Data Manager Option to hold Metadata in several Excel worksheets. This allows you to organise your metadata in a more structured way (e.g. one Metadata worksheet to define custom legends, another one to set the type and precision of associate values, etc.) mapping, geomarketing, public health statistics, crime mapping, statistical

6 InstantAtlas Desktop Edition Release Notes Page 4 2. Key Bug Fixes 2.1. Templates Now possible to use the Data Explorer as a component that is permanently visible Now possible to open the legend settings window of the second map using a button in Double Map and Double Map Time Series s The substitution variable ${legendtype2} for the second map in Double Map and Double Map Time Series s now works as expected Number Locale is now by default de for German, es for Spanish and fr for French s Style classes that were missing in the Styles tab of the Designer are now added (e.g..timeanimationpanel for the Time Animation component) When opening a Radar Chart with a map feature selected (using URL parameters) it now populates the Radar Chart Filter button tooltip does not show any more when a filter button is not visible in the Now possible to toggle the Box and Whisker Chart using a button with the script script:toggleboxandwhisker Report now check whether contextual layers should lie above/below on a per base geography basis Buttons of time animation component are now visible on the left of the time slider so that they are no longer hidden by component control buttons In s with multiple base geographies an applied filter now gets removed when you change the base geography if the filter value does not exist in the geography you are changing to Spine chart can now be used as an initially invisible pop-up window Bubble Chart will now react on indicator changes for X and Y axes when first indicator is categoric 2.2. Publisher Publisher will preserve selection of map features when using TAB files If you run the Publisher in German, the settings in the Wähle Einstellungen für Ihren dynamischen Bericht screen will all be translated 2.3. Designer Problems with moving the text components by changing coordinates in the properties pane are resolved Target settings for buttons now preserved even after editing Component positions are more accurately reflected in the Designer canvas Designer now asks if you want to save the config file when you close it after resetting to initial template configuration 2.4. Style Editor No longer possible to create empty style classes that break the Style properties can now be added directly after creating a new style class 2.5. Access Data Manager The values for the field GeographyTypeID can now start at zero mapping, geomarketing, public health statistics, crime mapping, statistical

7 InstantAtlas Desktop Edition Release Notes Page 5 3. Key Known Issues in Google Maps as a background layer does not support animated zoom in the s Google Maps as a background layer does not work with world files containing Antarctica Google Maps might not be suitable as a background layer for countries close to the international date line (e.g. New Zealand, Fiji) since the map sometimes looses the base layer when zooming to such a map feature. Reports with Google Maps as a background layer will not export or print with the option Rescale to fit page when they are up on a web server Google Maps as a background in the Double Map and Double Map Time Series templates will cause map zooming problems if the map navigation is set to be synchronised The Batch Publisher does not currently support Google Maps as a background layer The Batch Publisher does not currently support layer specific settings like stroke width and contextual fill opacity. The legend of the Advanced Pie Chart always sorts categories alphabetically. There is no option for the administrator to define the order. Second map does not zoom to filter on when applying the filter via URL parameters in Double Map and Double Map Time Series templates When using certain subversions of Flash Player 9 a filter button label will appear in the even when there is no filter in the data file. Solution is to delete the filter button out of the config.xml file. mapping, geomarketing, public health statistics, crime mapping, statistical

8 InstantAtlas Desktop Edition Release Notes Page 6 4. Upgrading to How to upgrade (applies to customers only) 1. Login to My InstantAtlas by browsing to 2. If you have not already registered for an account you should click the New User option. 3. Download the installer file (.exe) from the Desktop Maintenance area to the computer(s) with your current InstantAtlas installation(s). 4. Double-click the file to run the installer. Choose a language for the installation. The standard installation is recommended for most users. The advanced installation essentially allows you to install additional language features (French, German and Spanish). 5. IAD installs a v6.4 Excel Data Manager add-in but you will need to go into the Excel options to activate it. Please refer to the Excel Data Manager User Guide that comes with InstantAtlas (available via the Windows Start Menu) if you do not know how to do this. 1. Navigieren Sie zu um sich bei Mein InstantAtlas einzuloggen. 2. Falls Sie sich noch nicht registriert haben, sollten Sie auf den Link New User klicken. 3. Laden Sie die Installationsdatei (.exe) herunter und speichern Sie diese auf dem Computer auf dem derzeit InstantAtlas installiert ist. 4. Starten Sie die Datei mit einem Doppelklick. Wählen Sie eine Sprache für die Installation aus. Für die meisten Benutzer wird empfohlen, die Standardinstallation durchzuführen. Die erweitere Installation ermöglicht Ihnen hauptsächlich, weitere Sprachmodule (Französisch und Spanisch) zu installieren. 5. IAD installiert ein v6.4 Excel Datenmanager Add-in, Sie werden diesen jedoch in den Excel Optionen aktivieren müssen. Falls Sie nicht wissen, wie das geht, beziehen Sie sich bitte auf das Benutzerhandbuch für den Excel-Datenmanager, das Sie mit der Softwareinstallation erhalten (erreichbar über das Windows Start Menü). 1. Navige a para entrar en su cuenta My InstantAtlas 2. Si no tiene una cuenta Mi InstantAtlas, haga clic en la opción New User. 3. Descargue el fichero de instalación (.exe) en el ordenador(es) con su instalación(es) actual de InstantAtlas. mapping, geomarketing, public health statistics, crime mapping, statistical

9 InstantAtlas Desktop Edition Release Notes Page 7 4. Haga clic-doble en el fichero de instalación. La instalación estándar conviene a la mayoría de los usuarios. La instalación avanzada sobre todo permite la instalación de otras idiomas (francés o alemán) 5. IAD instala un add-in Excel Data Manager v6.4 pero tiene que activarlo en los opciones Excel. Por favor lea el documento Excel Data Manager User Guide (inglés) instalado con InstantAtlas para más ayuda Compatibility Notes You may wish to publish a v6.4.0 dynamic to benefit from the enhancements/bug fixes but retain the data and design that you created in an older. Of the files that contain the data/design, some can be safely copied over from an older while others cannot. The table below shows the versions of s it is safe to copy files across from. File v6.0, 6.1, 6.2 or v6.3 v5 or older Data files (data.xml and supporting theme XML files) Stylesheet (default.css) Configuration file (config.xml) Yes, can be copied to a v6.4.0 Yes, can be copied to a v6.4.0 No, should not normally be copied to a v6.4.0 * Yes, can be copied to a v6.4.0 No, cannot be copied to a v6.4.0 No, cannot be copied to a v6.4.0 * Configuration files (config.xml) prepared using older v6 InstantAtlas software are not compatible and copying these files over from an older will generally cause a v6.4.0 to malfunction. In some circumstances (where the differences between files are very minor) an older configuration file may work adequately but you should test the final thoroughly. If you wish to continue creating XML data files for old v5 s you will have to use a v5.x Excel Data Manager add-in. You can have multiple InstantAtlas add-ins in Excel and can switch between them using Excel options for add-ins. 5. Support If you have any questions about this release or experience any problems upgrading please contact the GeoWise User Support Team using the details listed at mapping, geomarketing, public health statistics, crime mapping, statistical