Interactive Maps in Mashzone

Dear Chris,

thanks for your positive feedback about ARIS MashZone. As of version 1.0 of the product the maps widget is limited to the countries/continents you already mentioned. This is no matter of license.

Yes, you may use dynamic and/or interactive images. Images might be read from the server's local file system or any remote URL. The image's name might be computed dynamically within the data feed editor. This enables you to, e.g. display different background images depending on the current weather forecast or stock prizes. Image formats supported include PNG/JPEG as well as Flash (for interactivity as you already know from YouTube, i.e. play/pause, volume...).

Regards

Stephan

Stephan,

Thanks for your swift reply, it has been helpful.

Regards,

Chris

Dear Stephan!

But it is only background image without any interactions. Is there any manual for adding new interactive map dividing by regions or local sub-markets? I think ARIS MashZone uses some xml format for the describing geoinformation.

Pavel

Dear Pavel,

MashZone alows you to define actions on images. Within the data feed editor there is an option named Specify link which is available at the component's menu. From here you have three different kind of actions which are activated as you click the link. As the right part of the image indicates the link will either

1. Switch to another tab
2. Open any external URL
3. Or even select values from other widgets - the Set selection button on the bottom enables you to select another chart and which dimension value to select. 

Regards

Stephan

Thank you, Stephan, we are going to try it.