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Cognos provides rich mapping visualizations

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The built in mapping visualizations in Cognos fall short of matching the granularity and rich

features provided by 3rd party web services,

i.e. Yahoo Maps, Google Maps.

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However…

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You can fully integrate Web Service Maps in Report Studio using simple JavaScript

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We can load all data

onto the report and

allow the Map API to

control the filter

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We can create

overlays and allow

users to hide and

show them

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Overlay can be KML

or GEO RSS and can

be converted from

shape files

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Overlay can be

combined with map

markers

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Overlay can also be

dynamically

controlled by user

input

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Again the overlay

can be combined

with map markers

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Multiple overlays

can be combined

for a specific

purpose. In this

case to create a

concentric radius

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This only scratches the surface of what can be accomplished by Mashing Cognos Reports with Web Maps.

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