DATA FILE: MAP SETUP

Before reading this text, I recommend you to open ammap_data.xml file for better understanding. I recommend using a free PSPad editor for editing XML files.

Data file begins with <map> node:

"map_file" attribute should point to your map file. This file should be located in "path" folder (path variable is set in HTML file). Map file can be swf, jpg, gif or png file.

Other possible attributes of map node are:

Attribute	Value type	Default value (if not set)	Description
tl_long	Number	-180	Longitude of top left corner
tl_lat	Number	90	Latitude of top left corner
br_long	Number	180	Longitude of bottom right corner
br_lat	Number	-90	Latitude of bottom right corner

If you don't care about actual longitudes and latitudes, do not set these attributes. However if they are important to you, you should know your map’s real longitude and latitude of top left and top bottom corners. Currently amMap supports Latitude / Longitude and Mercator projections.

Attribute	Value type	Description
zoom_x	Number%	Initial map zoom x position
zoom_y	Number%	Initial map zoom y position
zoom	Number%	Initial map zoom level
url	#object_id	Id of object which should be “clicked” when map initializes, “#” sign should be added before id

Use zoom_x, zoom_y and zoom only if you want your map to be zoomed to some specific location right after the map is loaded: this example is set to zoom to Europe.

To find these attributes you should set developer mode to “true”, copy zoom info to clipboard and paste it to <map> node. Your final result may look like this:

* a very good one ;)