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Overview

The Map is a tool for displaying documents and entities with geo data on a map. It displays documents and entities in both clusters and a heatmap. Custom KML layers can also be loaded (but Mapquest only supports a small subset of the KML language currently). 

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Using the Widget

The map displays the documents, entities and events from your query.  By default, these elements are displayed as a heat map, based on geo tags.  The documents are displayed on the map using the following legend:

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The map query and display properties are updated according to your selection.

Exporting to KML (Google Maps Visualization)

You can use the map widget to make an export to KML format.  This enables you to easily view the map using the third party mapping tool of your choice

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