Zoom Map of Belgium 2.0 (Release Date 05/01/2007)

Features

• Color, URL linking, captions and more - all user customized!
• Intuitive Flash Map Interface
• Ease-of-Use
• Customizations via an XML file; no Flash source modifications required
  Any setting can be achieved using an external XML file; this allows integration of a flash map into any application with easy and dynamic modification of map information
• Customizable popup-windows
• Compatible with virtually all scripting languages (ASP, PHP, ColdFusion, Perl, etc)
  Use any language to create XML Source and transfer it to a Flash object, or simply use an XML file from your server
• small file size

Adjustment and configuration. Editing of a xml-file *_map.xml

All adjustments are made in XML a files. It's can be opened in any text editor, for example Windows Notepad, or in any program for job with web for example Macromedia Dreamveawer. The configuration is made on a local computer, and only then files of a map and a configuration upload on the server.

For each area it is possible to define the name, color, color at prompting the mouse, link URL and the description (if it is necessary).

With the help of adjustments of this file it is possible to operate the following parameters:

• Color of a background (if for example you want to establish blue color for the seas and oceans)
• Individual color of each state, and also color at prompting the mouse
• The name which appears at prompting the mouse (tooltips)
• The link (url), attached to each state

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<config>
<service_data_1>0</service_data_1>
<service_data_2>0</service_data_2>
<service_data_3>0</service_data_3>
<background_color>0xffffff</background_color>
<service_data_4>0</service_data_4>
<mashtab>0</mashtab>
<target_x>0</target_x>
<target_y>0</target_y>
<color_names>0xff0000</color_names>
<color_names_objects>0x0000ff</color_names_objects>
</config>

<map_data>
<state>
  <id>01</id>
  <name>Name of State</name>
  <link>http://www.your-maps.com</link>
  <description>Click to view contacts</description>
  <color_map>0xC0CDD7</color_map>
  <color_map_over>0xFFFF00</color_map_over>
</state>
...
...
</map_data>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<config>
<service_data_1>0</service_data_1>
<service_data_2>0</service_data_2>
<service_data_3>0</service_data_3>
<background_color>0xffffff</background_color>	Color of a background
<service_data_4>0</service_data_4>
<mashtab>0</mashtab>	Scale of display of a map after loading.
<target_x>0</target_x>	Coordinates of object which will be placed in the center of a flash map if the parameter of scale is not equal to zero.
<target_y>0</target_y>	Coordinates of object which will be placed in the center of a flash map if the parameter of scale is not equal to zero.
<color_names>0xff0000</color_names>	Color of names of state.
<color_names_objects>0x0000ff</color_names_objects>	Color of names of objects.
</config>
<map_data>
<state>
<id>01</id>	The identifier of state
<name>Name of State</name>	Here the name of area which appears at prompting the mouse is defined.
<link>http://www.your-maps.com</link>	Here the link on which transition after click on area is carried out is defined. A kind of the link - http://www.yourdomen.com or http://www.yourdomen.com/page.html Or it is possible to define JavaScript.
<description>Click to view contacts</description>	The text for a pop-up window at prompting the mouse on area. To transfer a line, use a code &lt;BR&gt; In small popup-window there can be any text information. The size of this window automatically defines size of the text. You can specify here for example contact phones. Also it is possible to not display popup-window.
<color_map>0xC0CDD7</color_map>	Color of area in format RGB. For example dark blue - 0000FF. Use color picker.
<color_map_over>0xFFFF00</color_map_over>	Color at prompting the mouse.
</state>
...
...
</map_data>

Color Picker and Library of hotspots

Addition of hotspots on a map. Editing of a xml file *_objects.xml

• To add objects on a map
• To choose type of objects (a point, an asterisk, an arrow, etc.)
• To add the name to objects
• To add the description to objects
• To define coordinates of a site of objects

<map_object>
	<object>
		<id>1</id>
		<arrow_type>410</arrow_type>
		<name>Test objects</name>
		<link>http://www.your-maps.com</link>
		<description>Click to view &lt;BR&gt; contact information</description>
		<coord_x>0</coord_x>
		<coord_y>0</coord_y>
		<frame>_blank</frame>
	</object>
	...
	...
</map_object>

Define coordinates of Your objects

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