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3. A clickable map
The last part of this paper shows an example of a clickable map. A map is created using the
GMAP-procedure and hotspots are added using the annotate-facility.
Example: a clickable map
data hagros;
retain XSys YSys '2' When 'A' Position 'E';
length text $2;
x=28.8; y=29.2; text='g'; HTML =
'href="/hugs/sasintra.nsf/DbCode/m040/$file/mchartmain.htm?OpenElement"';
output;
x=29; y=28.3; text='04'; HTML='';
output;
x=29.4; y=29.2; text='r'; HTML = 'href="/hugs/SASIntra.NSF/SASreport?OpenAgent&04"';
output;
keep XSys YSys When Position Text X Y HTML;
run;
ods html file='eggkaart.htm'
path=odsout
base="/hugs/sasintra.nsf/DbCode/egg01/$file/";
proc gmap data=hulp map=hugs.ozkaart;
id k_egg;
choro eggnr /discrete nolegend anno=hagros coutline=black;
title font=hwdmx065 h=7 c=black 'Economische Geografisch Gebieden';
run;
quit;
ods html close;
In the datastep an annotate dataset is created. This dataset contains x and y co-ordinates of
hotspots. The variable text is the hotspot that is shown on the map and the HTML-variable
contains the URL to go to when the user clicks on the hotspot. In this case the first hotspot
(‘g’) goes to another HTML-file in the LN-database. The other hotspot (‘r’) starts a LN-agent
with 04 as a parameter.
The GMAP-procedure creates the map and uses the annotate-dataset to create the hotspots.
Conclusion
The new Output Delivery System makes it very easy to create HTML-output. Both text
(tables) and graphics can be made by adding a few statements to your existing code. By
adding some HTML-statements yourself or by using different options and devices you can
add extra features for extra functionality or just to make it all look a bit nicer. By using Lotus
Notes to store all webcontent everything is stored in a structured way. Besides that it is
possible to use an existing infrastructure including security and navigation.
References
Walker, Jamie (1997) Integrating Lotus Notes ® with SAS ® , SAS ®
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