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Viz Plug-ins User Guide

Version 5.1 | Published December 12, 2023 ©

Locator Control

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The Locator Control plug-in links an object positioned on one map to another map, showing its position. The object marking the point on the linked map must reside under a geographically referenced map. The linked object shows the position of the linked map or object on the map its parent map.

Note: This plug-in is located in: Plugins -> Container plug-ins -> Maps

Locator Control Properties

  • Position Type: Defines the link between the object and the map. Available options are Map, Navigator, WPosition, WPoint and User.

Map

Map links the object to a map, showing its entire area over the parent map.

  • Remote Container: Defines the linked map container.

  • Control Size: Marks the entire area of the linked map on the parent map when set to Off. When set to On, the size of the marked area can be controlled.

  • Basic Size: Defines the percentage of the linked map area to be marked.

  • Min Size: Defines the minimum size of the linked map area to be marked.

  • Max Size: Defines the maximum size of the linked map area to be marked.

  • Shared Memory Link: Defines which is the master (source) and client (target) when the same Shared Memory Identifier is used.

  • Type: Defines the accessibility of the shared memory.

    • Global: Makes shared memory accessible to all scenes currently loaded in memory. This is useful when working with Transition Logic scenes where your Viz World map can be one scene and the locator a different one and data can easily be transferred between the two.

    • Scene: Makes shared memory accessible locally and to the current scene. Every scene has one shared memory map that can be used to exchange data among the scripts in the scene.

    • Distributed: Makes shared memory accessible to all computers connected to one Viz Graphic Hub.

  • Identifier: Defines the identifier for the shared memory map.

Navigator

Navigator links the object to a Navigator plug-in, showing its position on the parent map. The plug-in locates the navigator container above it in the scene tree. The Navigator tab displays the same settings as Map with the exception of the Remote Container setting.

WPosition

WPosition links the object to a World Position plug-in, showing its position on the parent map. Remote Container defines the linked World Position container.

WPoint

WPoint links the object to a WPoint plug-in, showing its position on the parent map (the WPoint plug-in is used in Viz Weather). Remote Container defines the linked WPoint container.

User

User enables the user to position the object on the map.

  • Map Center Longitude: Defines a Longitude value for the object.

  • Map Center Latitude: Defines a Latitude value for the object.

  • Tangent To Globe: Rotates the controlled object to match the globe surface when set to On.

    Note: Tangent To Globe is only visible when the locator is under a globe object.