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AD HOC FEEDS & SEARCHAdding Ad Hoc feeds and using Search in your Visual Fusion® app.

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What is Visual Fusion?

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Visual Fusion is enterprise mashup software for creating interactive, visual applications utilizing the power of SharePoint

BACKGROUND

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As some 80% of enterprise information can be shown in the context of geography,

Visual Fusion uses a map and timeline as the primary metaphors for interacting with, exploring, and viewing enterprise information.

What makes Visual Fusion beneficial to your business?

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BACKGROUND

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Ad Hoc Feeds & Search

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Empowering the end user is a hallmark of Visual Fusion, and one key capability the software affords is adding ad hoc content to the content already present in the application.

Search using:Bing Maps

Wikipedia

Flickr

Supported feeds:GeoRSS

KML

WMS

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1. Select “Bing Maps Search” from the drop down bar

2. Enter a business or category name

3. Click the icon for more information

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Searches Using Bing Maps

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1. Select “Wikipedia Search” from the drop down bar

2. Enter a keyword

3. Click the icon for more information

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Searches Using Wikipedia

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1. Select “Flickr Search” from the drop down bar

2. Enter a keyword or tag

3. Click the icon for more information

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Searches Using Flickr

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1. Select “Add GeoRSS Feed” from the drop down bar

2. Paste the GeoRSS URL by using CTRL + V

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Adding GeoRSS Feeds

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The map will reflect real-time data from your GeoRSS feed

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Adding GeoRSS Feeds

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Select “Tools” at the top of your map to turn on the timeline

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Adding GeoRSS Feeds

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You can now view your data in the context of time and location.

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Adding GeoRSS Feeds

Hover over an icon on the timeline to see where it is on the map, and vice versa

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Adding KML Feeds

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1. Select “Add WMS Feed” from the drop down bar

2. Paste the WMS Feed URL by using CTRL + V

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You can now view real-time data from the KML feed on the map

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Adding KML Feeds

Hover over or click the icon to see data about the event

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1. Select “Add WMS Feed” from the drop down bar

2. Paste the WMS Feed URL by using CTRL + V

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Adding WMS Feeds

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You can now view real-time data from the WMS feed on the map

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Adding WMS Feeds

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THANK YOU!For more information on Visual Fusion® visit us on the web, follow us on Twitter®, see us on Flickr®, watch us on YouTube®, or go old school and give us a call!

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