Trouble(s) with maps

Question

Is it just me, or does the mapping functionality have some distance to go before it's really solid, steady, and useable? I'm working with the Sample Sales data. I'll include all of the XML from the Advanced tab at the end of this post, so that anyone can recreate what I'm doing. I've tried using Firefox and IE, and basically I get the same crummy results.
1. In 11.1.1.3, I could click on a piece of a map, such as a state, and its information window would pop-up. At that point, I could click on the pop-up to freeze it, click on the link for the state name on that frozen popup, and it would fire a master-detail event. Now, in 11.1.1.5, doing that exact same thing does NOT fire the Master-Detail event. I know the Master-Detail event works, because when I click on the state name in the Table view, it changes my graph slider position.
2. In 11.1.1.3, I don't remember the drilling being troublesome. In 11.1.1.5, it seems like every time I make a change to the graph, such as changing a color of one of the percentile breaks, the graph reverts back to the 2000 mile view.
3. The OBIEE_WORLD_MAP takes a very long time to render. I know maps are CPU-intensive, but seriously, 30 seconds to drill in from 1000 miles to 500 miles?
4. OK, I'm finally drilled in to 500 miles. I save the analysis. I re-open the analysis. And... ARRRRRGH - I'm back at the 2000 foot level. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot??
5. Same thing when I open the map view to edit it. It jumps back out to 2000 miles. That is SO annoying. Why isn't there a Property for that?
Am I just missing something, or are maps just not really ready for prime time?
XML code from Advanced Tab
<saw:report xmlns:saw="com.siebel.analytics.web/report/v1.1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlVersion="201008230" xmlns:sawx="com.siebel.analytics.web/expression/v1.1">
<saw:criteria xsi:type="saw:simpleCriteria" subjectArea="&quot;A - Sample Sales&quot;" withinHierarchy="true">
<saw:columns>
<saw:column xsi:type="saw:regularColumn" columnID="cee563185b849e2e8">
<saw:columnFormula>
<sawx:expr xsi:type="sawx:sqlExpression">"Time"."T05 Per Name Year"</sawx:expr></saw:columnFormula></saw:column>
<saw:column xsi:type="saw:regularColumn" columnID="c282afb16d4aae8a5">
<saw:columnFormula>
<sawx:expr xsi:type="sawx:sqlExpression">"Ship To Geo Codes"."R62 Geo Ctry State Name"</sawx:expr></saw:columnFormula>
<saw:displayFormat>
<saw:formatSpec suppress="suppress" wrapText="true" interaction="clientEvent">
<saw:clientEventSpec channel="NavState"/></saw:formatSpec></saw:displayFormat>
<saw:columnHeading>
<saw:displayFormat>
<saw:formatSpec/></saw:displayFormat></saw:columnHeading></saw:column>
<saw:column xsi:type="saw:regularColumn" columnID="cc5440c1758b8619f">
<saw:columnFormula>
<sawx:expr xsi:type="sawx:sqlExpression">"Products"."P4 Brand"</sawx:expr></saw:columnFormula></saw:column>
<saw:column xsi:type="saw:regularColumn" columnID="cfe93e6d4b952110e">
<saw:columnFormula>
<sawx:expr xsi:type="sawx:sqlExpression">"Base Facts"."1- Revenue"</sawx:expr></saw:columnFormula></saw:column>
<saw:column xsi:type="saw:regularColumn" columnID="c0f03fa9ace355720">
<saw:columnFormula>
<sawx:expr xsi:type="sawx:sqlExpression">"Base Facts"."2- Billed Quantity"</sawx:expr></saw:columnFormula></saw:column></saw:columns>
<saw:filter>
<sawx:expr xsi:type="sawx:comparison" op="equal">
<sawx:expr xsi:type="sawx:sqlExpression">"Ship To Geo Codes"."R61 Geo Country Code"</sawx:expr>
<sawx:expr xsi:type="xsd:string">USA</sawx:expr></sawx:expr></saw:filter></saw:criteria>
<saw:views currentView="3">
<saw:view xsi:type="saw:compoundView" name="compoundView!1">
<saw:cvTable>
<saw:cvRow>
<saw:cvCell viewName="dvtchart!1"/></saw:cvRow>
<saw:cvRow>
<saw:cvCell viewName="mapview!1"/></saw:cvRow>
<saw:cvRow>
<saw:cvCell viewName="tableView!1"/></saw:cvRow></saw:cvTable></saw:view>
<saw:view xsi:type="saw:titleView" name="titleView!1"/>
<saw:view xsi:type="saw:tableView" name="tableView!1">
<saw:edges>
<saw:edge axis="page" showColumnHeader="true"/>
<saw:edge axis="section"/>
<saw:edge axis="row" showColumnHeader="true">
<saw:edgeLayers>
<saw:edgeLayer type="column" columnID="cee563185b849e2e8"/>
<saw:edgeLayer type="column" columnID="c282afb16d4aae8a5"/>
<saw:edgeLayer type="column" columnID="cc5440c1758b8619f"/>
<saw:edgeLayer type="column" columnID="cfe93e6d4b952110e"/>
<saw:edgeLayer type="column" columnID="c0f03fa9ace355720"/></saw:edgeLayers></saw:edge>
<saw:edge axis="column"/></saw:edges></saw:view>
<saw:view xsi:type="saw:mapview" name="mapview!1">
<saw:mapLayout>
<saw:splitterLayout orientation="horizontal"/></saw:mapLayout>
<saw:basemap sid="__OBIEE__MAPVIEW__TILE__OBIEE_NAVTEQ_SAMPLE__OBIEE_WORLD_MAP__~v0"/>
<saw:mapWidgets>
<saw:mapToolBar>
<saw:panTools>
<saw:panHand display="true"/></saw:panTools>
<saw:zoomTools>
<saw:zoomIn display="true"/>
<saw:zoomOut display="true"/></saw:zoomTools>
<saw:selectionTools>
<saw:pointTool display="true"/></saw:selectionTools></saw:mapToolBar>
<saw:mapInformation>
<saw:scaleInfo display="true"/>
<saw:overview display="true" viewState="collapsed"/></saw:mapInformation>
<saw:mapOverlay>
<saw:panButtons display="true"/>
<saw:zoomSlider display="true"/></saw:mapOverlay></saw:mapWidgets>
<saw:infoLegend display="true" viewState="collapsed"/>
<saw:viewportInfo>
<saw:boundingLayer layerID="l0"/>
<saw:mapCenter x="-123.47032000000001" y="45.17648" size="56.25" srid="8307" zoomLevel="2" xUnitPixels="7.11111111111111" yUnitPixels="7.11111111111111"/>
<saw:boundingBox coords="-179.72032000000001,17.192104999999998,-67.36094500000001,73.30148"/></saw:viewportInfo>
<saw:spatialLayers>
<saw:spatialLayer sid="__OBIEE__MAPVIEW__LAYER__OBIEE_NAVTEQ_Sample__OBIEE_STATE__~v0" class="omv_predefined_layer" layerID="l0">
<saw:layerLabelFormat display="true"/>
<saw:spatials>
<saw:columnRef columnID="c282afb16d4aae8a5"/></saw:spatials>
<saw:visuals>
<saw:visual visualID="v0" xsi:type="saw:colorScheme">
<saw:varyFillColor binType="percentile" numBins="4" allowThresholdEdit="false">
<saw:columnRef columnID="cfe93e6d4b952110e"/>
<saw:rampStyle>
<saw:rampItem id="0">
<saw:caption>
<saw:text>First Quartile</saw:text></saw:caption>
<saw:g class="color" fill="#EE342A"/></saw:rampItem>
<saw:rampItem id="1">
<saw:caption>
<saw:text>Second Quartile</saw:text></saw:caption>
<saw:g class="color" fill="#FFF200"/></saw:rampItem>
<saw:rampItem id="2">
<saw:caption>
<saw:text>Third Quartile</saw:text></saw:caption>
<saw:g class="color" fill="#1FB24D"/></saw:rampItem>
<saw:rampItem id="3">
<saw:caption>
<saw:text>Fourth Quartile</saw:text></saw:caption>
<saw:g class="color" fill="#7296CE"/></saw:rampItem></saw:rampStyle></saw:varyFillColor>
<saw:g class="color"/>
<saw:tooltip>
<saw:columnRef columnID="c0f03fa9ace355720"/></saw:tooltip></saw:visual>
<saw:visual visualID="v1" xsi:type="saw:pieChart">
<saw:tooltip/>
<saw:varySliceSize chartSize="10">
<saw:columnRef columnID="cfe93e6d4b952110e"/></saw:varySliceSize>
<saw:slices>
<saw:columnRef columnID="cee563185b849e2e8"/></saw:slices></saw:visual></saw:visuals></saw:spatialLayer></saw:spatialLayers>
<saw:canvasFormat width="800" height="400"/>
<saw:mapInteraction autoCreateFormats="true"/>
<saw:formatPanel width="216" height="433"/></saw:view>
<saw:view xsi:type="saw:dvtchart" name="dvtchart!1" autoPreview="false">
<saw:display type="bar" subtype="basic" renderFormat="default" mode="online" xAxisLiveScrolling="false" yAxisLiveScrolling="false" clientEventEnabled="true" clientEventChannels="NavState" animateOnDisplay="true">
<saw:style barStyle="default" lineStyle="default" scatterStyle="default" fillStyle="default" bubblePercentSize="100" effect="2d"/></saw:display>
<saw:canvasFormat height="240" width="220" showGradient="true">
<saw:dataLabels display="default" label="default" position="below" transparentBackground="true" valueAs="default"/>
<saw:title mode="auto">
<saw:caption/></saw:title>
<saw:gridlines default="true">
<saw:horizontal>
<saw:major visible="false"/>
<saw:minor visible="false"/></saw:horizontal>
<saw:vertical>
<saw:major visible="false"/>
<saw:minor visible="false"/></saw:vertical></saw:gridlines></saw:canvasFormat>
<saw:selections>
<saw:categories>
<saw:category>
<saw:columnRef columnID="cee563185b849e2e8"/></saw:category></saw:categories>
<saw:measures showMeasureLabelsOnCategory="false">
<saw:column measureType="y">
<saw:columnRef columnID="cfe93e6d4b952110e"/></saw:column></saw:measures>
<saw:seriesGenerators>
<saw:seriesGenerator>
<saw:columnRef columnID="cc5440c1758b8619f"/></saw:seriesGenerator>
<saw:measureLabels/></saw:seriesGenerators>
<saw:sections displayAsSlider="true">
<saw:section>
<saw:columnRef columnID="c282afb16d4aae8a5"/></saw:section></saw:sections></saw:selections>
<saw:legendFormat position="top" transparentFill="true"/>
<saw:axesFormats syncAxis="false">
<saw:axisFormat axis="Y1">
<saw:title mode="auto">
<saw:caption/></saw:title>
<saw:scale scaleValues="auto" showMajorTicks="false" showMinorTicks="false" logarithmic="false" defaultTicks="true"/></saw:axisFormat>
<saw:axisFormat axis="X">
<saw:title mode="auto">
<saw:caption/></saw:title>
<saw:scale scaleValues="auto" showMajorTicks="false" showMinorTicks="false" logarithmic="false"/></saw:axisFormat></saw:axesFormats></saw:view></saw:views></saw:report>

Answer 1

After a month of no response, I guess nobody out there knows any more about maps than I do. That's sad!!
Oracle, if you can offer ANY suggestions as to why mapping should be so horrendously slow and unpredictable, I'd love to hear them.