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==Geographic data settings==

Geolocated information are plotted on map as graphical markers. Markers can be defined as:

* A quadruplet: Title, Latitude, Longitude, Marker Class
* A sextuplet: Title, Address, Post code, City, Region Code, Marker Class

Information fields have following specification:


* ''Title'': Textual label of the marker
* ''Latitude'': floating point latitude
* ''Longitude'': floating point longitude
* ''Address'': road information
* ''Post code'': Official post or zip code
* ''City'': City name
* ''Marker Class'': A classname, that will bind to a graphical icon	


Setting fields let you bind required information to request output fields. Setting outputs will usually accept one or more field (or alias) names separated by semicolons (";").


* ''Title input'': Query output fieldname providing the textual label
* ''Location input'': 
** Case 1: THE output column name providing the geolocation couple as a comma pair of floating point values : "lat,lng" (ex : 47.098456,1.4534456)
** Case 2: A semicolon separated list of query output fieldnames (or aliases) that provide in order : address, post code, city, and region code (*)
* ''Marker type input'': The query output fieldname that provides a class label
	
(*) Some constant values can be given for city, post code and region code, using quoted values in place of field name:

   address;cp;city;"GB"

will always provide the value "GB" as region code.