https://kb.orbitgt.com/ 2026-08-02T12:20:14+00:00 https://kb.orbitgt.com/ https://kb.orbitgt.com/lib/tpl/orbitgt_standalone/images/favicon.ico text/html 2019-03-25T11:36:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://kb.orbitgt.com/43/flashmap/flash/configuration_map?rev=1553513784 Map Configuration The OrbitFlashMapConfig.xml file defines what server to connect to, which layers to render, etc. Publish To The Web You can auto-generate this file : * Run the Publish to the Web wizard of OrbitGIS. * Copy the generated file next to the flash component. text/html 2019-03-25T11:36:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://kb.orbitgt.com/43/flashmap/flash/configuration_message?rev=1553513784 Message Configuration Currently only 3 error messages can be customized, using the messages XML file. Its default name is OrbitFlashMapMessages.xml. Example <OrbitFlashMapMessages> <ServerTimeout>Orbit FlashMap is unable to contact the configured IOS server on URL [serverurl]. This could be due to firewall limitations. Make sure your firewall allows outgoing connections on the required port...</ServerTimeout> <ServerFailed>Orbit FlashMap succeeded in contacting the server, but fai… text/html 2019-03-25T11:36:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://kb.orbitgt.com/43/flashmap/flash/configuration_ui?rev=1553513784 UI Configuration The OrbitFlashMapUIConfig.xml file defines how FlashMap is presented to the user. Some toolbar buttons appear automatically, depending on the configuration : * If a selection layer is defined, the select mode button and properties button will appear automatically. text/html 2019-03-25T11:36:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://kb.orbitgt.com/43/flashmap/flash/embed_html?rev=1553513784 Embedding Flash in HTML This page talks about how to embed a Flash component in a HTML page. Manual Approach Here's a more in-depth technote from Adobe about manual embedding. JavaScript Assisted Approach This approach uses a third-party javascript library to help in generating the text/html 2019-03-25T11:36:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://kb.orbitgt.com/43/flashmap/flash/flashvars?rev=1553513784 FlashVars Application Level Parameters This page describes general application level FlashVar parameters. They are all optional. FlashVar Default Value Comment SESSIONID <request new session> Forces OFM to use the given session id for its requests. If this is not set, OFM will try to create a session on each pageview. text/html 2019-03-25T11:36:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://kb.orbitgt.com/43/flashmap/flash/index?rev=1553513784 Flash Component In this Chapter flash index Flash Component This chapter is all about the flash component that comes bundles with Orbit FlashMap. Configuration Files The component looks for different configuration files : * Map configuration : Required * text/html 2019-03-25T11:36:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://kb.orbitgt.com/43/flashmap/flash/security?rev=1553513784 Flash Player Security Cross-domain access Orbit FlashMap contacts the server when requesting images and other things. If the server is on a different domain (say www.website.com) than the server (say www.hosting.com) cross-domain issues may arrise. text/html 2019-03-25T11:36:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://kb.orbitgt.com/43/flashmap/flash/session?rev=1553513784 Session Control This section explains how sessions are requested and how you can choose to take control over the creation of sessions. About Sessions Orbit FlashMap is designed to work with sessions, every session (by default) expires in exactly 15 minutes. text/html 2019-03-25T11:36:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://kb.orbitgt.com/43/flashmap/flash/timeout?rev=1553513784 Timeouts There are 2 timeouts involved when loading the OFM Flash component. * Settings Timeout : This timeout defines the timeout when loading any configuration files and defaults to 25000ms. It can be configured using a FlashVar named OFM_SETTINGS_TIMEOUT text/html 2019-03-25T11:36:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://kb.orbitgt.com/43/flashmap/flash/units?rev=1553513784 System Units By default OFM assumes all mapping data is measured in meters. You can customize how OFM describes the system unit and multitudes of it by using the following tag in the UI Configuration file. UnitDescription Tag The UnitDescription tag describes how OFM describes map units. You can follow the example and provide a name and abbreviation for the system units and add a number of Sub-units. text/html 2019-03-25T11:36:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://kb.orbitgt.com/43/flashmap/flash/view_backing?rev=1553513784 View Backing This page documents the optional View Backing functionality of OFM. View backing means that with every view, a parallel view is requested with the same pixel size, but much larger bounds. This second view is then stretched and placed behind the current view. The effect is that the user can pan around and see less or no white (background) regions. text/html 2019-03-25T11:36:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://kb.orbitgt.com/43/flashmap/flash/watermark?rev=1553513784 Watermarking You can add watermarking to your mapping data by adding a Watermark tag to the UI Configuration file. Sadly, to add solid watermarking to your data you need to provide 2 images : * Flash Player 8 and above : A transparent image (ex.: png) that will be overlayed (OFM doesn't tile, so make your image big enough!)