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Window's Start Menu or Shortcut:

No Theme specified (ie yourmap.exe) - Opens "default" Theme

Theme specified (ie yourmap.exe whatever.amf) - Opens "whatever" theme

HTTP:// URL specified - Starts the Default theme.
If URL is for JPG with Exif GPS info, Jpg will be plotted on map.
If Shape command is also specified, then URL will use Shape x,y to plot location.
Example:
   yourmap.exe http://static.flickr.com/34/69467589_f84109c418_t.jpg?Shape=-122,40,400

If URL is a Flickr URL, will start Flickr search for the user or photoset in the URL.

Example: yourmap.exe "http://flickr.com/photos/yourmap" - start Flickr search for user   Yourmap Geocoded photos.

   Example: yourmap.exe "http://flickr.com/photos/yourmap/sets/1221863" - starts Flickr search   for Geocoded photos in PhotoSet 1221863.

         If URL is any other, than it will assume GeoRSS.

Window's Send-to Menu:

SHP - Opens Default Theme with Shape file as Main Layer.

JPEG - Opens Mypictures View with JPeG file selected.

Directory- Opens Mypictures View and displays all JPeG files in directory.

JPEG Right Click

Opens Mypictures theme with jpg file selected.

Parameters/Commands

Note that only MainLayer command can be combined with one of the other commands.

?MainLayer=shapefile Use a different Shape File for the Main Layer specified in the Theme file.

    This can be combined with one of the other commands below if followed by
    an "&".   Also, a #dir# variable can be used to access the application directory,      otherwise specify a full path, such as c:\themes\test.shp.

    Example: mypictures.amf?MainLayer=#dir#/ymphotos.shp&Shape=-121,40,100
    Will start mypictures theme using ymphotos.shp as the main layer, and select      items withing 100 miles of x=-121 and y=40.

?Shape=x,y,m   Select items within m extent of x,y coordinate
     m can be either number of verticle miles, or a map scale.
     Example yourmap.exe mypictures.amf?Shape=-120,40,200
     Selects items within 200 miles of -120,40 coordinate
     Example yourmap.exe mypictures.amf?Shape=-120,40,1:350001
     Selects items within scale of 1:350,001 using -120,40 as center.

?Select=f=v Select items with Field F equal to Value V. Note that F or V cannot contain blanks.
    Example yourmap.exe mypictures.amf?Select=NAME=Hawaii

?Flickr= flickr-search Retrieves Flickr photo information to create a Shape file, then starts the      Flickr.amf theme using the Shape file as it's main layer. Flickr-search is a valid     Flickr API Photo Search command (without API_key, which is included byYourmap). Only photos with Geographic information will be included in the final Shape file. To reduce search time, always include "geocoded" or "geotagged" as one of the tags and "tag_mode=all".

   Example: ?Flickr=user_id=20907080@N00&tags=Watercolor,geocoded&tag_mode=all <