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).
Definitions:
Ignore Workspace Filtering - Ignores filtering enabled by other widgets
Click to Filter mode - Clicking on document will filter workspace on selected doc
Region Selection mode - Draw a radius to add region to query, add geo decay, or zoom
Overlays - Select Map or Satellite mode
Show Menu - Heat Map Overlay, Geo-tagged documents, entities, events, KML Layers
Display Types - Point, City, CountrySubsidiary, Country, Geographical Region, Continent
KML Layers - Show/Hide additional KML layers
Export to KML -
Using the Widget
Workspace Filtering
Map: Click the icon to 'enter click-to-filter' mode, then click on a document cluster
to investigate the corresponding documents in the Doc Viewer or Entity Significance.
Region Selection Mode
To use region selection mode
The following options are then possible from the selection panel
Add region to query:
Set region as geo decay:
Zoom to region:
Cancel region selection:
Exporting to KML
To export a KML for current query data:
1. Select the appropriate communities and sources for your query
2. Input desired search terms and run query
3. Drag the Map widget into workspace
4. Select the icon along the top row of the Map Widget
5. Select "Export to KML"
6. Enter a title, select location (Desktop), and save KML file
7. Open KML file in 3rd party Mapping tool of your choice (i.e. Google Earth)
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