Japanese archipelago is very long and narrow shape from north east to south west. So thare are very waste space on the top left and bottom right on the map.
The country map is not alway square shape. So, there would be some waste part on the map. If there is no waste space, I think that it is lucky!
One way to make good use of this space is to display legends on top of each other. At this post, I would like to show you how to do this.
How to overlay the report snippets?
Maps, Texts and Tables are called “Report Snippets”, they can be overlayed using the Overlay tool.
For overlaying the map legends, you have to prepare the map legends as the report snippet. In order to do this, you can change the “Position” option to “Separate Field” at the legends tab on the Report Map tool. And then, you can get the legend in the “Legend” field.
After that, all you have to do is to place report snippets using the Overlay tool. For example, I would like to place the legend at the top left of the map and my blog logo at the bottom right. My blog logo is loaded by Image tool and add them to the datastream using the Field Append tool.
The setting of the Overlay tool
Overlay tool is to place some report sinippets on the base report snippet. Placement is only roughly defined, which is divided nine equal sections: top, middle, bottom, left, and right.
For this sample, the base field is “Map”, and regarding to the Overlay fields is “Legend” for the top-left corner and “Image” for the bottom-right corner.
The result is as follows.
How are they arranged by the Overlay tool?
The reference point for the placement are edges of the report snippets, which are the orange circles as follows, not center. The red square is set by Padding option.
Conclusion
- I have explained how to overlay the map and legend.
- I have explained how to overlay using the Overlay tool.
Sample workflow download
The next blog post will be …
The small tips about the Report Map tool.
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