Theme Configurator

map and data sources

defines where to load maps and data

(no layer selected ...)  

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map / data binding

defines the charts position

theme fields

defines the data column(s) to visualize

The main visualization data field; may be numeric or categorical.

numeric → defines color class in CHOROPLETH themes, or size in CHART themes.

categorical → defines color in CHOROPLETH and CHART themes.

Note: the size of a CHART theme can be defined by anoyher field below.


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The second data field defines in general a 100% value source.

If not specified differently, iXMaps will perform a 'percent' calculation.

Other calculations can be defined by 'theme type' modificators like PERMILLE, FACTOR, DIFFERENCE ...

theme definition

type

chart type menu

The theme 'type' is a string with one or more key words to define the theme type

There are two basic theme types:

  • CHOROPLETH
  • CHART

and different CHART types like PIE, BAR or SYMBOL and the class distributon mode like EQUIDISTANT, QUANTILE or LOGARITHMIC or CATEGORICAL for discrete value like 'type' or 'year'


color

  • for single fields it is either a classification method like EQUIDISTANT, QUANTILE or LOGARITHMIC or CATEGORICAL for discrete value like 'type' or 'year'
  • for multiple field charts it can be 'by field' (for bar or pie charts) or 'dominant' or 'significant', if we have single value charts or shapes for the visualisation
  • ('significant' is a value that is most above its own mean value; measured in standard deviation)

style

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size

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Method to define the size of the chart objects by giving the value that should be represented by a 'normal' size of 30 screen pixel.

Higher values lead to smaller charts.

The range scale defines a factor to apply on yaxis compression or complex symbol radius.

  • a value > 1 expands the chart/plot
  • a value < 1 compresses the chart/plot

The size power defines a factor for a function which calculates the size from the value. Here some examples:

  • 1 defines a linear relation between value and size
  • 2 defines a relation between the surface of a symbol (circle, square, ...) and the value
  • 3 defines a relation between the volume of a symbol (sfere, column,...) and the value
  • 0.1 defines a log10 relation between the size and the value
  • 0.2 defines a log10 relation between the surface and the value

aggregation

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dyn. opacity


description


extra

behaviour

Objects are the charts on the map

You can change the zoom behaviour of the charts here

Zoom in/out to see the effect

Is the map scale where the chart objects have a 'normal' size when dynamic object scaling is selected

Is set automatically to the actual map scale when you change the object scaling

Actualize display every n charts generated; affects user experience