Page 1 Autodesk MapGuide Release 6 ® User’s Guide 15306-010000-5000 October 2001...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
What’s New in Release 6? . Dynamic Authoring Toolkit Symbol Manager . Support for Autodesk DWG What’s New in Autodesk MapGuide Author? . What’s New in Autodesk MapGuide Server? . What’s New in Autodesk MapGuide Viewer 6? System Requirements .
Page 4 Installing Microsoft Internet Information Server . Installing Netscape Web Server Testing Your Web Server Setting Up the MapAgent . Installing a Report Engine . Configuring Autodesk MapGuide Server under a Different Account 75 Autodesk MapGuide Server Admin Overview . Contents...
Page 5 Customizing the Map Layer Access Log . 91 Adding Geocoding Data . . 91 Chapter 5 Working with Data in Autodesk MapGuide . . 93 Basic Steps for Working with Data . . 94 Working with Spatial Data . . 94 Map Features .
Page 6 General Guidelines . . 121 Information You Need from Your Server Administrator . 122 Chapter 7 Getting Familiar with Autodesk MapGuide Author . Installing Autodesk MapGuide Author . . 124 Starting Autodesk MapGuide Author . 125 About Map Window Files and Map Window XML Files .
Page 7 Working with Map Layers in the Map Explorer . Creating a Vector Layer Creating a Raster Layer Creating an Autodesk GIS Design Server Theme Layer . Creating an Autodesk DWG Layer . Creating a Layer Group Specifying General Properties for Layers .
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Page 9: Introduction
This chapter also includes an MapGuide What’s new in Release 6? overview of how the Autodesk MapGuide products work System requirements together, suggestions for using this guide in the most effi- What’s the fastest way through this book? cient way, and where to go for more information.
Page 10: Overview
Author users integrate data to define the appearance ® and functions of maps, and Autodesk MapGuide Viewer users access the data when they view and interact with maps from a Web browser. Autodesk ® MapGuide Server responds to information requests generated by users as they interact with the application.
Page 11: Autodesk Mapguide Server Key Features
Serves interactive maps and drawings to users who have installed Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Serves maps and drawings with limited interactivity, without requiring ® installation of Autodesk MapGuide Viewer (requires Autodesk MapGuide LiteView) Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Key Features Access to dynamic, secure vector and raster data ®...
Page 12: What's New In Release 6
Note This guide does not include instructions for using Autodesk MapGuide Viewer. For information about using Autodesk MapGuide Viewer, refer to the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Help included with the Viewer and available from the Autodesk MapGuide documentation page at the following Web site: http://www.autodesk.com/mapguidedocs...
Page 13: Symbol Manager
MapTips and reports, hyperlinking features on DWG layers to Web sites, and accessing data both in an Autodesk Map object data table and an external database using an Autodesk Map database link table.
Page 14: What's New In Autodesk Mapguide Author
What’s New in Autodesk MapGuide Author? XML Support Autodesk MapGuide now supports a new XML representation of an MWF file: Map Window XML Files (MWXs), significantly increasing application development flexibility. In Autodesk MapGuide Author, you can open and modify maps saved in MWX format. With the Dynamic Authoring Toolkit, you can convert files between MWF, MLF, and MWX formats.
Page 15: What's New In Autodesk Mapguide Viewer 6
Support for Map Redraw Operations New API methods enable developers to control how frequently and under what conditions a map displayed in Autodesk MapGuide Viewer redraws. Also, new map redrawing functionality removes the flash that was visible when a map displayed in Autodesk MapGuide Viewer redraws.
Page 16: Autodesk Mapguide Server Requirements
Internet Information Server 5.0 Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC): MDAC 2.5 with Service Pack 1 MDAC 2.5 is included on the Autodesk MapGuide product CD in the following location: \MDAC2.5\MDAC_TYP.EXE MDAC 2.6 RTM with Microsoft Jet 4.0 with Service Pack 5...
Page 17: Autodesk Mapguide Viewer Requirements
Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Requirements The three versions of Autodesk MapGuide Viewer (ActiveX Control, Plug-In, ™ and Java Edition) each require different configurations. Autodesk MapGuide ActiveX Control Viewer Requirements Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 4 or later, or Windows 2000 Professional 486 or Pentium-based PC with 16 MB of memory (24 MB required if using Windows NT 4.0)
Page 18: What's The Fastest Way Through This Book
Depending on your role, you will need to perform different tasks from other people working on the project with you. The scope of implementing Autodesk MapGuide can vary widely. In some cases, one or two people can create and post a map. In others, several contributors work together to create an Autodesk MapGuide Web site.
Page 19 If you will not be using a data provider to directly access Autodesk GIS Design Server, Oracle Spatial, or SHP data, the data engi- neer converts vector data from other formats into Spatial Data (SDF) files, uses Raster Workshop to work with raster images, and then provides those files to the server administrator.
Page 20 Create HTML pages with embedded Java, JavaScript, JScript, or VBScript code that accesses the objects of the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer API. For example, you might create an HTML form containing a button that turns a layer on and off, or a drop-down list that selects map features.
Page 21: Conventions Used In This Manual
Index” as shown to the left of this paragraph, this indicates that there is addi- maps tional, related information in the Autodesk MapGuide Help, which is available when you choose Help Contents and click the Index tab in either Autodesk MapGuide Author or Autodesk MapGuide Server Admin.
Page 22: Where To Get More Information
3 Right-click and choose Copy from the shortcut menu. The text is copied to the Clipboard. Autodesk MapGuide User Documentation Following is a list of all of the guides and Help systems available for Autodesk MapGuide users. Autodesk MapGuide Help...
Page 23 Documentation Autodesk MapGuide User’s Guide. Symbol Manager Help This Help system is included in the Autodesk MapGuide Help and includes general information about working with symbols and symbol (SMB) files. To access the Symbol Manager Help, choose Help Contents Creating and...
Page 24 Provider for Oracle Spatial Guide. Autodesk MapGuide ReadMe File The ReadMe file for all of the Autodesk MapGuide products includes a list of known issues or late-breaking information that was not included in other guides or Help files. You can access this file by going to \\Program Files\Autodesk\MapGuideDocumentation6 and opening MGReadme.htm.
Page 25: Autodesk Mapguide Developer Documentation
Autodesk MapGuide Developer Documentation Following is a list of the guides and Help systems available for Autodesk MapGuide developers. Autodesk MapGuide Developer’s Guide This printed guide includes information about developing Autodesk MapGuide applications and is included in the Autodesk MapGuide product package.
Page 26: Third-Party Documentation
Autodesk MapGuide Release 6 LiteView Developer’s Guide. LiteView Sample Application Help These HTML files, which are included with Autodesk MapGuide LiteView, demonstrate the functionality of LiteView. Third-Party Documentation Many excellent third-party books are available. Your tastes may vary, but here are some that we found useful: ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit, by Ben Forta et al.
Page 27: Autodesk Mapguide Web Site
Autodesk MapGuide Web site: http://www.autodesk.com/mapguide. There is also a link to the online Autodesk MapGuide demos, which walk you through the process of using sample applications. Many of the demos use JavaScript to access the Viewer API, and you might find it useful to view the HTML source used in these examples.
Page 28: Autodesk Developer Network
Access to private newsgroups ADN membership is open to experienced professional software developers who develop products and services that interface or integrate with Autodesk products. For more information about membership requirements and fees, go to the Autodesk developers Web site at: http://www.autodesk.com/developers...
Page 29: Understanding Autodesk Mapguide
Understanding Autodesk MapGuide This chapter includes an overview of the Autodesk In this chapter What is Autodesk ® MapGuide product suite, as well as information about MapGuide? planning a strategy for using the Autodesk MapGuide How Autodesk MapGuide components work together products.
Page 30: What Is Autodesk Mapguide
Keep in mind that when you use Autodesk MapGuide, you are not limited to using geographically projected maps—you can also use drawings, floor plans, schematics, or others kinds of spatial data.
Page 31: How Autodesk Mapguide Products Work Together
Autodesk MapGuide Author. A map displayed with Autodesk MapGuide Viewer When you use either Autodesk MapGuide Author to create a map or Autodesk MapGuide Viewer to view a map, requests are made to Autodesk MapGuide Server to provide the required data in that map via the Internet, an intranet, or an extranet using the services of a Web server and a Web browser.
Page 32: Map Authoring Products
This section describes the programs and data resources used to create a map. Autodesk MapGuide Author Autodesk MapGuide Author enables you to create maps by setting up Map Window Files (MWFs). You can then embed one or more MWF files (or create a link to them) in a Web page.
Page 33: Dynamic Authoring Toolkit
SDF Loader is a command-line utility that converts spatial map data from a variety of formats into Spatial Data Files (SDF), one of the native formats read by Autodesk MapGuide Server. Specifically, some of the formats that you can ®...
Page 34: Sdf Component Toolkit
(RIC) files, and manipulate the images that are referenced by the RIC. You can then use the TIFF and RIC files with Autodesk MapGuide, or use the TIFF files with other Autodesk products that support raster images. The Raster Workshop is distributed on the Autodesk MapGuide CD.
Page 35: Map Viewing Products
Web site: http://www.autodesk.com/mapguide. Note If you want to distribute maps without requiring that users install one of the Viewers, you can do so using Autodesk MapGuide LiteView. For more infor- mation, see the next section and the LiteView documentation. Map Viewing Products...
Page 36: Liteview
When a request is made, Autodesk MapGuide Server reads the request to determine which data to provide, and then sends the data from the spatial data source, raster image file, Autodesk DWG data source, or OLE DB data source according to the specifications made in the request. Autodesk MapGuide Server allows you to control access to the data sources by checking for passwords, user IDs, and other optional settings you specify.
Page 37: Autodesk Mapguide Data Providers
Oracle9i Spatial data. For information about these data providers, contact your nearest autho- rized Autodesk reseller. If you are not accessing spatial data through a data provider, you will need to convert your data into one of the supported formats.
Page 38: Developing Applications With Autodesk Mapguide
This section describes the products and technologies used to create an Autodesk MapGuide application. An Autodesk MapGuide application can be as simple as an HTML page that displays an embedded Map Window File (MWF), or it can be as complex as a CGI application, coded in C++, that modifies data files on the server and refreshes the browsers of everyone viewing the map.
Page 39: Client-Side Application Components
A Web browser and an HTML page that hosts Autodesk MapGuide Viewer An MWF that is read by Autodesk MapGuide Viewer and displayed as a Web browser scripts that access the APIs for the browser and Autodesk...
Page 40 For example, you can create a redlining application that gives users the ability to digitize features and add notations to a map. You can access the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer API from a browser script or from a stand-alone application you create that hosts the Viewer. The API is available when you install any version of Autodesk MapGuide Viewer.
Page 41: Server-Side Applications
MWF. In some cases, database resources might be queried directly, bypassing the MWF completely. When a user views the report, Autodesk MapGuide Server sends the feature or point information to the report script, which extracts the appropriate content from a database and then displays an HTML page with the results in the Web browser.
Page 42: What Is Autodesk Mapguide Application Development
Using this tool, workers in the field could add polylines repre- senting lot lines to the SDFs so that the changes would be visible to anyone else viewing the map. For more information, refer to the Autodesk MapGuide Developer’s Guide.
Page 43: Overall Strategy
Overall Strategy Setting up Autodesk MapGuide and developing an application is much like cooking: rather than working on one task at a time, you need to work on several of them at once, going back and forth between the tasks as needed.
Page 44: Chapter 2 Understanding Autodesk Mapguide
7 If the layer links to an OLE DB data source or an Autodesk DWG data source, create the link and then test it by pausing the mouse over features on the layer to make sure the MapTips are displaying the feature names.
Page 45: Phase Two: Planning And Design
Depending on which functionality you want to add to the Web page, which Autodesk MapGuide functions do you need to use in order to provide this functionality? Do you need to create other applications and scripts, such as CGI...
Page 46: Phase Three: Implementation
Phase One and create and test OLE DB data sources for each database you add. 4 Create the report scripts or applications that Autodesk MapGuide will use to generate reports. 5 Create the Zoom Goto data.
Page 47: Designing Your System
Designing Your System This chapter covers topics that you need to take into con- In this chapter Planning your directory ® sideration before you set up your Autodesk MapGuide structure Server, author your map, or develop your Autodesk Security Architecture and ®...
Page 48: Planning Your Directory Structure
You will need to create a directory structure for any of the file types you use with Autodesk MapGuide. In some cases you will also have to create virtual directories that map to physical directories. Your main security strategy is to keep your data repositories hidden from the Internet.
Page 49 After you group files into projects with project directories, map virtual direc- tories to the ..\<project name>\web directory. For example, if you create two project folders on the file system of your Autodesk MapGuide Server, ..\Projects\project1 and ..\Projects\project2, map virtual directories to ..\Projects\project1\web and ..\Projects\project2\web but do not put your data...
Page 50: Security
Inter- net, for instance, by physically creating these files hierarchically above their virtual directories. Use Autodesk MapGuide to set up user IDs and passwords, access keys, passkeys to protect resources (such as SDFs and databases), maps, and map layers.
Page 51: Using Windows Nt Or Windows 2000 Security
Windows NT, security Windows 2000, security your Autodesk MapGuide Server directories are on a drive that uses the file allocation table (FAT) file system, you do not need to set Windows permis- sions, because all users have access to all files and directories. If these direc-...
Page 52 Controlling Map Layer Access to Data Sources You can control access to data sources (resources) by assigning access keys to Help Index them using Autodesk MapGuide Server Admin. An access key is a unique layers restricting access string that can include a start and end date. To use a resource that has an access key assigned to it, the map author embeds the access key in the layer or Zoom Goto definition that will access that resource.
Page 53 Note Be sure to run Autodesk MapGuide Server and Autodesk MapGuide Server Admin under the same account (the System account or a user account). Other- wise, the resources you see in Autodesk MapGuide Server Admin might not be the same resources that are available to Autodesk MapGuide Server. See “Config- uring Autodesk MapGuide Server under a Different Account”...
Page 54: Architecture And Performance
Architecture and Performance This section discusses the different server agents and distributed architec- tures that you can implement for Autodesk MapGuide Server and how they affect performance. On installation, Autodesk MapGuide Server selects a MapAgent based on the Web server it detects. You can, however, go back to the installation program and install a different MapAgent at any time.
Page 55: Using A Remote Mapagent
DCOM to use for communication between Autodesk MapGuide Server and the MapAgent. The data passed between them is only useful for display in Autodesk MapGuide Viewer. For more information, see “Data File Placement” on page 61.
Page 56: Using Multiple Servers
Using Multiple Servers Autodesk MapGuide Server is scalable, meaning that it has mechanisms built in to take advantage of multiple servers, which improves performance. Autodesk MapGuide Server can process multiple requests simultaneously, balance the load of requests across the available servers, and use data that is distributed across different servers.
Page 57 CGI MapAgent Each Autodesk MapGuide client request invokes a separate instance of the CGI MapAgent that lasts only the duration of the request. Because of this, the CGI MapAgent cannot track the number of requests dispatched to each server.
Page 58 The distributed data model requires less maintenance than the mirrored systems model. However, this approach is not fault tolerant—if one Autodesk MapGuide Server goes down, Autodesk MapGuide Viewers cannot access the data on that server. The mirrored systems model is safer than the distributed data model because it does have fault tolerance, which provides a backup server so that the data is still available.
Page 59 In the first diagram, notice that there are three Web server computers, each with its own Autodesk MapGuide Server. Each contains different data. In this case, requests are distributed among the servers based solely on which data is requested; if repeated requests are made for the same data, only the server containing that data will process the requests.
Page 60 In the next diagram, a Web server has a MapAgent that points to several Autodesk MapGuide Servers, each of which has exactly the same data as the others. In this case, requests made to this server will be distributed among the...
Page 61: Additional Performance Considerations
When using remote and/or multiple servers, it is important to know where to store your data so that the server(s) can access it. The following table describes whether each type of data needs to be available to the Autodesk MapGuide Server(s) or the Web server. Note that the MapAgent does not need access to data files, as it simply relays whatever data is sent to it from the Autodesk MapGuide Server.
Page 62 Map Authoring Show only the layers that users really need. You can make the layers avail- able but not visible when the user first displays the map, reducing the amount of data that needs to be processed when the map is first loaded. Create static layers for small, frequently accessed data that does not need to be kept secure.
Page 63: Choosing A Viewer/Browser Environment
Viewer, so that a browser is not necessary? Autodesk MapGuide Viewer/LiteView—Depending on which operating system and browser your users have, they will use the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer ActiveX Control, Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Plug-In, or Autodesk ™...
Page 64: Chapter 3 Designing Your System
The following table is designed to help you consider each of these factors: Components for Choosing a Viewer/Browser Environment Operating Browser Viewer Language System Windows Internet Explorer Autodesk HTML, VBScript, MapGuide Viewer Jscript, JavaScript ActiveX Control Internet Explorer Autodesk HTML, JScript, MapGuide Viewer,...
Page 65 Java Edition Autodesk MapGuide Viewer ActiveX Control for Internet Explorer The Autodesk MapGuide Viewer ActiveX Control exposes an API that is accessible from VBScript, JScript (Microsoft’s implementation of JavaScript), and Java. The ActiveX Control API is exposed through ActiveX/COM/Auto- mation technology.
Page 66 LiteView is a Java program that runs on the server side (as a servlet). It converts an MWF file into a PNG image and returns it as an HTTP response to a request. It extends the capabilities of Autodesk MapGuide to quickly display maps as raster images in Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer, or any other browser that supports the PNG image format.
Page 67: Assembling And Administering Your Server
This chapter includes information about setting up and In this chapter Setting up your servers administering your server. Before you begin, please read Autodesk MapGuide Server Chapter 3, “Designing Your System,” to help you decide Admin overview Starting and stopping the how to set up your server security and architecture.
Page 68: Setting Up Your Servers
5.0.8.x. before you can install Autodesk MapGuide Server Release 6. You can download this patch from the Autodesk product support Web site. If you did not install the 5.0.8.x patch release, you must uninstall Autodesk Mapguide Server Release 5 before installing Autodesk MapGuide Server Release 6.
Page 69 Remove Autodesk MapGuide Server 4.1 for VISION* If you have Autodesk MapGuide Server for VISION* installed on your computer, follow these steps before installing Autodesk MapGuide Server. 1 Use Autodesk MapGuide Server Admin to stop Autodesk MapGuide Server Service. 2 Close Autodesk MapGuide Server Admin.
Page 70: Installing Microsoft Internet Information Server
Installing Netscape Web Server Before installing a Netscape Web server, you must first have the following: A system that meets the criteria listed in “Autodesk MapGuide Server Requirements” on page 16. Netscape Navigator installed on your machine. Either install Netscape Navigator from the Netscape Developer’s CD or download it from:...
Page 71: Testing Your Web Server
2 In the Select Components panel, deselect the Server Service item, and verify that the correct MapAgent is selected. You will be prompted to enter the IP address for the Autodesk MapGuide Server machine. When the installation is complete, the MapAgent is ready to route requests to the remote Autodesk MapGuide Server.
Page 72 DNS host name of the Autodesk MapGuide Server instead of the IP address. While you are editing the value for this key, you can also set up Autodesk MapGuide to take advantage of load balancing.
Page 73 ISAPI and NSAPI MapAgents keep track of the number of requests each Autodesk MapGuide Server is currently handling. The CGI MapAgent cannot keep track of the number of requests each Autodesk MapGuide Server is handling. When a new request comes in, the ISAPI and NSAPI MapAgents assigns the new request to the Autodesk MapGuide Server that is currently handling the fewest requests.
Page 74: Chapter 4 Assembling And Administering Your Server
“Ports” value), you must configure your firewall to allow the MapAgent computer to establish a connection with the Autodesk MapGuide Server computer on these ports. The following diagram provides a basic overview of how the MapAgent and Autodesk MapGuide Server communicate over the firewall.
Page 75: Installing A Report Engine
Autodesk MapGuide Server Service runs under the default System account. However, if you have data sources on another computer that you want to serve from Autodesk MapGuide Server, you need to run them under a user account that has access to that computer. Follow these steps after installing Autodesk MapGuide Server.
Page 76: Starting And Stopping The Server
“Administering Your Autodesk MapGuide Server.” Starting and Stopping the Server You can start and stop the server using Autodesk MapGuide Server Admin. Help Index Starting the server brings it online so that it is ready to accept and process...
Page 77: Setting General Server Properties
Setting General Server Properties On the General tab in the Autodesk MapGuide Server Admin Properties Help Index dialog box, you can specify the following properties for Autodesk MapGuide server general properties Server: Server administrators e-mail address Maximum number of simultaneous requests to the server...
Page 78: Setting Up Your Data Sources
Autodesk MapGuide Server connects to data sources using plain text files that describe how to connect to a given data source. For OLE DB data sources, Autodesk Mapguide Server uses a Microsoft Data Link file with a .udl file extension. Autodesk MapGuide Server connects to Autodesk DWG data sources using an Autodesk Data Link (.adl) file.
Page 79: Data Providers
Lotus Notes), you can use the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers. Managing Your Data Sources Using Autodesk MapGuide Server Admin, you can view a list of your data Help Index sources, make data sources available or unavailable, create new data sources,...
Page 80: Managing Server Security
Autodesk MapGuide Server to control access to the resources (SDFs, DWG files, raster image files, SQL data tables, and Zoom Goto Address definitions) used by these published maps. This means that you can set up Autodesk MapGuide Server to require additional authorization before providing resources requested by a map, even if a user has access to the map.
Page 81: Access Keys Versus User Ids And Passwords
Access Keys Versus User IDs and Passwords Access keys are passwords that the author of a map embeds in the definition of the map layer. Each time the map layer requests map data, Autodesk MapGuide Server verifies the embedded access key against the list of valid access keys for the resource before fulfilling the request.
Page 82: Choosing The Best Security Method
To implement any or all of these techniques for controlling access to the map data resources at your site, you use Autodesk MapGuide Server Admin. Chapter 4 Assembling and Administering Your Server...
Page 83: Creating And Modifying Users And Groups
Autodesk MapGuide Server contains a predefined group called Authors. When creating a map layer in Autodesk MapGuide Author, members of the Authors group can query Autodesk MapGuide Server for a list of the available data sources. Such queries elicit a prompt for a user name and password, which are validated against the Authors group list.
Page 84: Creating And Modifying Access Keys
Then, whenever a user zooms in or out on the map or works with a feature on that layer, Autodesk MapGuide Viewer sends the access key along with the request for data. This happens automatically without the user being aware of the access key or needing to enter any information.
Page 85: Restricting Access To Resources
You assign access keys using the Access Keys tab in the Autodesk MapGuide Server Admin Properties dialog box. To display the Properties dialog box, choose Edit Properties. Then, click the Access Keys tab. Click for details about the options in this dialog box.
Page 86 Click for details about the options in this dialog box. The Resource tab lists any resources you have added to Autodesk MapGuide Server Admin. A resource can be any of the following: Spatial Data File (SDF) Raster image file Directory containing multiple SDF or raster image files...
Page 87: Taking Data Sources Offline
DSNs you configure through Autodesk MapGuide Server Admin are System DSNs. Otherwise, database resources will not be set up correctly. Likewise, if Autodesk MapGuide Server is running under a user account, be sure to log on to that same user account before running Autodesk MapGuide Server Admin so that Autodesk MapGuide Server and Autodesk MapGuide Server Admin can access the same User DSNs.
Page 88: Tracking Server Requests
Access Log File The access log file records all requests to Autodesk MapGuide Server and gives you a record of the activity at your site. An access log record is created for each request as the request is completed. For information about customizing the access log file for map layer data requests, see “Customizing the Access...
Page 89: Usage Reports
Map Layer Access Log File The map layer access log file records all requests to Autodesk MapGuide Server for individual map layers. A map layer access log record is created for each request as the request is completed. For information about customizing the map layer access log, see “Customizing the Map Layer Access Log”...
Page 90: Rotating Log Files
Contents, click the Index tab, and look up “log files, rotating.” Customizing the Access Log ® When a user sends a request to build map layer data in Autodesk MapGuide Help Index ® Author or Autodesk MapGuide Viewer, the program sends a Map Layer Data...
Page 91: Customizing The Map Layer Access Log
“map layer access log, customizing.” Adding Geocoding Data Before you can enable zooming to a US street address or ZIP code, Autodesk MapGuide Server must have access to a geocoding database. When the user enters an address or ZIP code, Autodesk MapGuide finds that address and its corresponding coordinates in the database, and then zooms to that location on the map.
Page 93: Chapter 5 Working With Data In Autodesk Mapguide
Basic steps for working with data and includes information about the different kinds data ® of data you can use with Autodesk MapGuide Working with spatial data Working with attribute data This chapter may be especially helpful to: Working with raster images...
Page 94: Basic Steps For Working With Data
This chapter is designed to give you an understanding of the different types of data you can use with Autodesk MapGuide, and how you create or procure the data. For information about using the data in map layers, see Chapter 9, “Working with Map Layers.”...
Page 95: Map Features
Map Features Map features are the geographic features that appear on a map. In Autodesk MapGuide, map features are points, such as fire hydrants and cities, polylines, such as rivers and roads, and polygons, such as lakes and land parcels. Each map feature has a name, an optional URL link, and geometric data specified by one or more coordinate pairs.
Page 96: Creating A Spatial Data File
Typically, you use a GIS application to create your spatial data, then export it to an Autodesk MapGuide SDF. If the application you are using does not support the SDF format, you can use SDF Loader or the SDF Component ®...
Page 97: Working With Attribute Data
For points/symbols and text, you can store coordinates in a database instead of an SDF. You can update coordinates in a standard database application quite easily, and you can rotate, align, and size text based on fields in the database. The following sections explain the information you need to know about using the two SDF conversion applications.
Page 98: Linking Attribute Data To Spatial Data Files
Index tab, and look up “troubleshooting, problems creating themes.” Linking Attribute Data to Another Database You can create point layers and text layers from OLE DB or Autodesk DWG data sources instead of SDFs. For these layers, you can still use a OLE DB or Autodesk DWG database table for creating themes.
Page 99: Preparing Attribute Data For Themes
You need to take the following points into consideration when setting up your attribute database: Before Autodesk MapGuide can use your databases, you must set them up and configure them as OLE DB data sources or Autodesk DWG data sources. For more information, see “Setting Up Your Data Sources” on page 78.
Page 100: Setting Zoom Goto Data
SQL statement that retrieves coordinates from the database based on a parcel ID that is passed in. The Zoom Goto dialog box in Autodesk MapGuide Viewer would let users enter the ID of the parcel they want to zoom to, and the SQL statement would retrieve the coordinate values, enabling the Viewer to zoom to that feature.
Page 101: Working With Raster Images
Zoom Goto Address (Geocoding) Data With a geocoding database installed on your server, map authors can add the Zoom Goto US Street Address category to their maps. Autodesk MapGuide Author comes with a predefined location category called “US Street Address.”...
Page 102: Efficient Raster Formats
MrSID version 1.6 files. Tiled TIFFs A tiled TIFF file allows Autodesk MapGuide to access only specific portions of the image. This greatly improves access speed, because Autodesk MapGuide Server does not need to load the entire image every time—just the specific portion requested.
Page 103: Raster Image Catalog Files
Raster images in ECW and MrSID format are already optimized, so there is no reason to include them in RIC files. When you access a layer that references a RIC file, Autodesk MapGuide Server scans through the RIC file to determine the images or portions of images that correspond to the area being viewed, and then sends only the data for that area.
Page 104 The simplest way to generate RIC files is to use Raster Workshop, a utility available from the Autodesk MapGuide CD. You can use this utility to create a RIC, add raster image files to the RIC, subsample and merge the files, and more.
Page 105: Georeference File Formats
Georeference File Formats A georeference file indicates how to place a raster image on a map. Autodesk MapGuide Author supports four georeference file formats: ESRI world files, MapInfo tab files, GeoTIFF files, and header files.
Page 106 MapInfo uses a TAB file (.tab) to georeference a raster image. It contains control points to map pixel coordinates in a raster image to world or map coordinates. To work in Autodesk MapGuide Author, you need to specify the control points so that linear scaling is possible.
Page 107 (6144414, 2088370) (0,0) Label "Pt 1" (6144416, 2088370) (1,0) Label "Pt 2" (6144414, 2088370) (0,1) Label "Pt 3" CoordSys Earth Projection 3, 74, "ft", 120.50, 36.50, 38.43, 37.07, 2000000, 500000 Units "ft" RasterStyle 2 74 GeoTIFF A GeoTIFF file is an extended version of the TIFF format, with embedded georeference information inside one or more of its tags.
Page 108: Exporting From Er Mapper
You can also use ER Mapper from Earth Resource Mapping to export images as raster images in BIL (Band Interleaved Line) format along with associated HDR files. Autodesk MapGuide Server can access BIL files randomly, increasing performance over regular non-tiled raster images in some situa- tions.
Page 109: Working With Symbols
The differences between the three symbol managers are described in the following sections. Note that you can also use the SDF Loader to convert blocks from Autodesk Map to EMFs using the /BLOCKS:EMF switch. For more information, refer to the SDF Loader Help.
Page 110: Symbol Manager
SMB file and apply the symbols in the SMB file to a point layer or redline layer. Using the Point Layer Symbol Manager dialog box from within Autodesk MapGuide Author, you can select a point layer and add symbols. For more information, see “Point Layers and the Point Layer Symbol Manager”...
Page 111: Point Layers And The Point Layer Symbol Manager
You add symbols to point layers using the Point Layer Symbol Manager adding for point layers dialog box available in Autodesk MapGuide Author. You use the Point Layer Symbol Manager dialog box to access symbol files within SMB files, symbols saved to a local or networked location, and symbols pasted to the Windows Clipboard.
Page 112: Redline Layers And The Api Symbol Manager
Autodesk MapGuide Developer’s Guide and the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer API Help. Working with Other Types of Spatial Data In addition to Autodesk MapGuide SDFs, you can use other types of spatial data formats with Autodesk MapGuide. DWG files—Leave DWG files in their native format. With this release of Autodesk MapGuide, you can use DWG files as map layers without con- verting them to SDF format.
Page 113 Using URL Links You can display the name of a map feature in Autodesk MapGuide by pausing the mouse over the feature. The name then displays in a small yellow rect- angle called a MapTip. Also, if a map feature has a URL associated with it, the...
Page 114 Note The version mode number used in the key is different from the version number associated with a feature in the Autodesk GIS Design Server database. The version mode number indicates whether the feature is from the Autodesk GIS Design Server permanent version or from one of the more recent versions, as defined in the following table.
Page 115: Planning And Designing Maps
Planning layers information you will need from your server administrator. Designing the map Information you need from This chapter may be especially helpful to: your Autodesk MapGuide Server administrator Map authors Data engineers...
Page 116: Planning The Data
Legend Label box on the General tab of the Map Layer Properties dialog box. This is useful if you want to have long descriptive names appear in the Design tab of the Autodesk MapGuide Author Map Explorer when you’re working with the map, but you want shorter names to appear for Autodesk MapGuide Viewer users.
Page 117 If so, create multiple layers of the same area that turn on and off at partic- ular display ranges. You can quickly create copies of a layer by pressing CTRL as you drag and drop a layer in the Map Explorer in Autodesk MapGuide Author.
Page 118: Designing The Map
SDF Loader Help (SDFLOAD.HLP) located in the SDF Loader direc- tory. To see a complete list of the coordinate systems in Autodesk MapGuide, as well as their corresponding codes that you use with the /COORDSYS param- eter in the SDF Loader, refer to the file cscodes.txt that is installed with the SDF Loader.
Page 119: About Coordinate Precision
Coordinate precision is the level of accuracy at which a point can be stored and retrieved to match its original location. When you use the SDF Loader, ® SDF Component Toolkit, or Autodesk Map to convert your data to an SDF, you can specify whether to use single (32-bit) precision or double (64-bit) precision.
Page 120: Creating A Design Spreadsheet
Creating a Design Spreadsheet One very effective technique for keeping track of all your data for a map is to create a spreadsheet of all of the layers you create, consisting of the legend layer name, which data sources they reference, the display range, and display styles, such as color or line style, and notes.
Page 121: General Guidelines
Another way you might set up a design spreadsheet is to break the Display Range column into several discrete ranges; you can then block out the display ranges in which layers are on. Also, you might want to place layers in the spreadsheet according to their data type, which often corresponds to the display ranges.
Page 122: Information You Need From Your Server Administrator
The location of the resources, and any access keys or passwords assigned to the resources. You will use this information when setting up a layer. The URL of the Autodesk MapGuide Server Agent (or MapAgent). If your organization has more than one Autodesk MapGuide Server, you may have more than one MapAgent to choose from.
Page 123: Getting Familiar With Autodesk Mapguide Author
Getting Familiar with Autodesk MapGuide Author This chapter includes the essential information you need In this chapter Installing Autodesk ® to get started with Autodesk MapGuide Author, includ- MapGuide Author ing instructions for installing and starting the program, Starting Autodesk MapGuide Author...
Page 124: Installing Autodesk Mapguide Author
2000, you must have Power User/Administrator rights to install Autodesk MapGuide Author. This is required for the installation process only; you can log on with any privileges to run Autodesk MapGuide Author after you have installed it. To install Autodesk MapGuide Author 1 Insert the Autodesk MapGuide CD in the CD-ROM drive.
Page 125: Starting Autodesk Mapguide Author
To work with your map, you need to gain access to your server (for example, log on to your network so that you have access to the server) before you start Autodesk MapGuide Author. If you do not currently have access to Autodesk ®...
Page 126: About Map Window Files And Map Window Xml Files
Autodesk MapGuide Author opens a new Map Window File (MWF) of the world. About Map Window Files and Map Window XML Files Autodesk MapGuide Author enables you to store each individual map as a Map Window File (MWF) or in XML format as a Map Window XML File (MWX).
Page 127: Introduction To The Program Window Layout
As a map author, you can modify the popup menu to show or hide functionality in Autodesk MapGuide Viewer. You can customize all but the first item on the popup menu by adding or deleting commands, or by modifying the actions assigned to specific commands.
Page 128: Chapter 7 Getting Familiar With Autodesk Mapguide Author
Note Changes that you make to the map window popup menu in Autodesk MapGuide Author will also appear in the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer popup menu for this map. Right-click in the map to display the map window popup menu. The following list summarizes the commands in the default map window...
Page 129 Help In Autodesk MapGuide Author, accesses the Help commands, which you can use to set preferences for the map window, access the Autodesk MapGuide Help contents, and view version and copyright information for Autodesk MapGuide Author.
Page 130: Using The Toolbar
Clipboard. Select Selects features in the map. Moves the map around in the map window to display areas that are outside of the current view. Chapter 7 Getting Familiar with Autodesk MapGuide Author...
Page 131 Lists reports available for the current view or selected features. Help Starts the Autodesk Mapguide Help, where you can get information about working with Autodesk MapGuide Author. By default, the toolbar buttons are displayed in a small size without text. If you prefer, you can display the buttons with their names for easy reference.
Page 132: Setting Preferences
Opening a Map Autodesk MapGuide Author can open maps saved as Map Window Files Help Index (MWF) and Map Window XML Files (MWX) in the following ways: opening maps Open a map located on a local or network drive using the File...
Page 133: Moving Around On A Map
You can also access these commands from the Edit menu. Autodesk MapGuide Author downloads additional layer data from the server when the zoom and pan commands display new areas or layers of the map.
Page 134: Zooming To A Location
(such as museums, parks, airports, etc.) and then type the name zooming to a location of the specific location you want to see. Autodesk MapGuide Author looks up the location and zooms to it. The categories of locations that are available depend on the way the map was authored.
Page 135: Using Bookmarks To Save The Current Map View
Index tab, and look up “bookmarks.” Using the Map Explorer The Map Explorer, which appears on the left side of the Autodesk MapGuide Author window, contains the Design tab and the View tab. Both tabs display the layers and layer groups in the map. As you design and create maps, you work in the Design tab.
Page 136: Using The Design Tab
If the data for a layer cannot be retrieved, the layer is displayed as shown in the following illustration: This icon indicates that there was an error retrieving the data for the layer. Chapter 7 Getting Familiar with Autodesk MapGuide Author...
Page 137: Using The View Tab
As you are creating a map or after you have finished creating a map, you can use the View tab to see how the map’s legend will appear in Autodesk MapGuide Viewer. This can help you verify that you have created your layers as you planned.
Page 138: Changing The Width Of The Map Explorer
MapTips displays the feature’s layer followed by the feature’s name. Additionally, Autodesk MapGuide Author displays the feature name in a yellow MapTip popup that appears when you move the pointer over the feature. If the feature is unnamed, the layer and feature name area of the status bar remains blank, and no MapTip appears.
Page 139: Measuring Distances
If the feature under the pointer is linked to a Web document, the pointer changes from an arrow to a hand, and Autodesk MapGuide Author displays the URL of the linked Web document on the status bar. You can then double- click the feature under the pointer to load and display the linked Web document.
Page 140: Selecting Map Features
“Specifying General Properties for Layers” on page 159. Note When you select a map feature, Autodesk MapGuide Author selects the feature by its key. Therefore, if you select a map feature that contains multiple points, each of which has the same key, each of those points will be selected. Sim- ilarly, if there are multiple features in the map with the same key, selecting one of those features will select all features that share that same key.
Page 141: Creating Buffers Around Map Features
For example, you could locate all customers within one mile of a number of store locations. As part of this query, you might also want to see the area that defines the spatial query. Autodesk MapGuide Author can create buffer zones around one or more selected features. You can then select features that fall within these buffers.
Page 142: Printing A Map
You use the File Page Setup command to specify how to print your map. For step-by-step instructions, choose Help Contents, click the Index tab, and look up “page setup” and “printing maps.” Chapter 7 Getting Familiar with Autodesk MapGuide Author...
Page 143: Chapter 8 Creating And Publishing A Map
Creating and Publishing a Map This chapter explains how to create, save, and publish a In this chapter Creating a new map map, including details about setting passwords, specify- Specifying a coordinate ing a coordinate system, and working with Zoom Goto system Specifying a password to location categories.
Page 144: Creating A New Map
New command in newmap.mwf ® Autodesk MapGuide Author. The file used to create new maps is called Newmap.mwf. If you prefer to start with a different map for all new maps that you create, you can do so by saving your own map as Newmap.mwf, over- writing the default new map.
Page 145: Specifying A Password To Protect A Map
173. Furthermore, you can assign access keys and passwords to the resources themselves, so that all maps that use those resources require an access key or password. See “Using Autodesk MapGuide Security” on page 51 and “Managing Server Security” on page 80 for more information.
Page 146: Creating And Modifying Zoom Goto Location Categories
Autodesk MapGuide Server to look up locations in an SQL database. When categories Autodesk MapGuide Server finds one or more matching locations, it returns the associated coordinates to Autodesk MapGuide Author or Autodesk MapGuide Viewer, which zooms to the specified location.
Page 147: Data Source Formats For Zoom Goto Location Categories
Data Source Formats for Zoom Goto Location Categories To use a data source for a Zoom Goto location category, it must contain five specific types of data in separate fields. These fields are described in the following table: Field Type of Data It Contains Location name The name to display if one or more features have been found that match the query you specify.
Page 148: The Us Street Address Location Category
Autodesk MapGuide Viewer. If you have your own online Help system that you want to use for your Autodesk MapGuide Viewer, you can specify it in the popup menu. Note The first item on the menu is always Properties in Autodesk MapGuide Author;...
Page 149: Working With Reports
“Specifying Data Source Properties for Layers” on page 160. To add the report to your map, use Autodesk MapGuide Author to specify the report properties, which include a name for the report, the URL location of the report, the map layers that may access the report, and any optional parameters to be sent with the report request.
Page 150: Viewing A Report
Viewing a Report When users want to view a report, Autodesk MapGuide Author or Autodesk Help Index MapGuide Viewer sends a request to the URL defined for the report, sending reports viewing as parameters the map feature keys that you specified and any optional parameters defined for the report.
Page 151: Publishing A Map
Web browser. The Web developer should make a note on the Web page that Autodesk MapGuide Viewer is required for viewing the map and should add a link to the Autodesk MapGuide Web site where the user can download Autodesk MapGuide Viewer free of charge.
Page 153: Chapter 9 Working With Map Layers
Working with Map Layers ® Each map authored with Autodesk MapGuide Author In this chapter About map layers contains one or more map layers. This chapter explains Working with map layers in how to work with layers, including creating layers, speci-...
Page 154: About Map Layers
MapGuide Viewer, Autodesk MapGuide Server sends the map data for the layer on demand. As you zoom in and out on the map, Autodesk MapGuide Server sends the data for the visible area only, not for the entire map. Dynamic layers are most appropriate for medium to large data sets and for maps that cover a large area.
Page 155: Working With Map Layers In The Map Explorer
For information about changing a layer’s priority, see “Specifying General Properties for Layers” on page 159. In Autodesk MapGuide Author, there are two main types of layers: vector and raster. Vector layers contain spatial data that is made up of points and lines, such as cities, countries, and roads.
Page 156: Creating A Vector Layer
When you right-click a layer in the Design tab of the Map Explorer, the map layer popup menu appears, as shown in the following illustration. You use the commands in the map layer popup menu to create, modify, or manipu- late the layers in a map.
Page 157: Creating A Raster Layer
For more information, see “Creating Buffers Around Map Features” on page 141. Creating a Raster Layer When you add a raster map layer to a map, Autodesk MapGuide Author Help Index assumes that the raster images are in the same coordinate system as that used...
Page 158: Creating An Autodesk Gis Design Server Theme Layer
Autodesk MapGuide supports scale, rotation, and XY offset of drawings refer- enced by Autodesk Map project drawings. If you want to tile a set of arbitrary XY drawings, or if you want to scale, offset, or rotate one or more drawings, attach the drawings to an Autodesk Map project drawing and set the appro- priate values for the scale, offset, and rotation.
Page 159: Creating A Layer Group
The layer groups appear in the Map layer groups Explorer. You can specify whether or not they appear in the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer legend. One advantage of using layer groups is that you can turn on or off all of the layers in a layer group with a single command.
Page 160: Specifying Data Source Properties For Layers
For an SDP (Spatial Data Provider) or OLE DB Data Source, select from the Draw Features From drop-down list. For a DWG (Autodesk) data source, click the browse button next to the Data Sources box. The dialog box that is displayed depends on the type of data source you selected.
Page 161 If you choose OLE DB Data Source, the dialog box displays two different secondary tabs, as shown below. Secondary tabs for OLE DB Data Sources: OLE DB Data Source and Position, Size, Alignment, Rotation Note The Position, Size, Alignment, Rotation tab is available only for text and point layers based on an OLE DB data source.
Page 162: Setting Style Properties For Layers
3 Specify data source properties as described in the online Help. Help Index You can click the Help button in each secondary tab to get details about layers data source properties the options on the tab. Setting Style Properties for Layers You can specify properties that control how data appears on a map.
Page 163: Setting Style Properties For Raster Layers
You use the Styles tab of the Map Layer dialog box to set styles for a layer. For step-by-step instructions, choose Help Contents, click the Index tab, and look up “layers, style properties.” Styles tab for vector layers Setting Style Properties for Raster Layers The style properties that you can set for raster layers are different from those Help Index you can set for other types of layers.
Page 164: Specifying Display Ranges For Layer Styles
Map Window when the map’s zoom level is within the display range currently shown in the Display Ranges box. When the current zoom level of Autodesk MapGuide Author or Autodesk MapGuide Viewer is within the visible display range of a particular layer, the program redraws that layer as specified in the associated style set.
Page 165: Specifying Map Layer Styles
Using these ranges and styles, Autodesk MapGuide Author draws the roads with heavier line styles as the zoom increases. Display Range Styles Used To Draw the Road 0 – 20,000 20,000 – 50,000 50,000 – 100,000 When setting up multiple style sets for a layer, make sure that the display ranges do not conflict.
Page 166 The settings you specify for this particular style determine how all features on the layer are drawn. However, on polyline layers, you can add additional display styles if you want to overlap display styles to create the effect of complex line styles. For more information, see “Creating Complex Line Styles with Polylines”...
Page 167 Setting Display Styles for Point Layers You can use symbols to represent point layer features. Autodesk MapGuide Help Index Author comes with predefined symbols that are grouped by type in a number point layers styles of symbol (SMB) files. These files are located in the \SMB folder installed in the Autodesk MapGuide Author program folder.
Page 168 Adding New Symbols for Use in Point Layers If you have symbol files that you want to use on point layers, you can add Help Index them so that they are available in Autodesk MapGuide Author. You use the symbols adding for point layers Point Layer Symbol Manager dialog box to add symbols.
Page 169 For step-by-step instructions, choose Help Contents, click the Index tab, and look up “text layers, styles.” Setting Display Styles for Polyline Layers You can specify the line style, color, and thickness of polyline layer features. Help Index To specify styles for polyline layers, you double-click a style in the Styles tab polyline layers styles of the Map Layer Properties dialog box to display the Polyline Style dialog...
Page 170 On polyline map layers that do not use themes, you can create complex line styles by defining multiple display styles for the same display range. Autodesk MapGuide Author draws each display style on top of the one that precedes it in the Style list, creating a more complex display than a single style can produce.
Page 171 “polygon layers, styles.” Setting Display Styles for DWG Layers You can set the display styles of Autodesk DWG layers including the display Help Index range at which the layer is visible, the number of times the user can zoom in...
Page 172: Creating Themes
Creating Themes You can create themes that allow users to quickly see and understand data on Help Index your map. For example, a typical theme for a point layer could display retail themes creating store locations with a different symbol for each type of store. A polygon layer theme could display each land use classification with a different color or shading.
Page 173: Specifying Security For Layers
Autodesk Mapguide Author or Autodesk MapGuide Viewer requests data from a resource for the layer, Autodesk MapGuide Server checks the resource access key against the layer access key. If the keys match, Autodesk MapGuide Server loads the layer’s data. If keys do not match, access to the resource data is denied.
Page 174: Modifying Multiple Layers Simultaneously
“Adding a Saved Layer to the Current Map.” You can also add MLFs to a map using the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer API. For more information, refer to the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer API Help. Chapter 9 Working with Map Layers...
Page 175: Adding A Saved Layer To The Current Map
OK. Rebuilding a Layer or Layer Group If you have made changes to one or more layers, you can have Autodesk Help Index MapGuide Server rebuild the layers so that you can see the changes in rebuilding layers Autodesk MapGuide Author.
Page 176: Deleting A Layer Or Layer Group
Deleting a Layer or Layer Group You can delete layers and layer groups that you do not want in your map. Note that deleting a layer group deletes all of the layers in the group. To delete a layer or layer group 1 In the Design tab of the Map Explorer, select one or more layers or layer groups to delete.
Page 177: Glossary
An alphanumeric string used by Autodesk MapGuide Server to determine whether a map layer has permission to gain access to a resource. In the Autodesk MapGuide Server Admin, you can assign one or more access keys to a resource. Then, when a map author sets up a layer to use that resource, the author must type one of the valid access keys in the Map Layer Properties dialog box.
Page 178 0.5, the average character width is 7 mm. Common Gateway Interface (CGI) An interface that allows server applications to work with Web servers. You can use the CGI version of the Autodesk MapGuide Server MapAgent to work with either Microsoft Internet Information Server or a Netscape Internet Server.
Page 179 The maximum and minimum scale at which Autodesk MapGuide will display a layer. In Autodesk MapGuide Author, you can specify that a layer will display only at certain ranges, or specify multiple display ranges for a layer and specify different attribute styles for each of the display ranges, so that the layer will be drawn differently depending on the current scale at which the map is displayed.
Page 180 DWG layer A single layer within an Autodesk drawing (DWG) file. DWG map layer A single Autodesk MapGuide map layer that is sourced from an Autodesk DWG or an Autodesk DWG Project File. feature See map feature. FeatureProperties table A table of Autodesk Map object properties (color, area, and object handle) that are on an Autodesk MapGuide DWG layer.
Page 181 A key to or an explanation of the symbols in a map, and their meaning or val- ues. In the View tab of the Autodesk MapGuide Author Map Explorer and in Autodesk MapGuide Viewer, you can use the legend to turn layers on and off so that the map fea- tures they contain are no longer visible or selectable.
Page 182 When all map layers are displayed, they overlap like transparencies and show all features in the map. There can be several types of Autodesk MapGuide map layers, including ones sourced from SDF files, SHP files, DWG files, and so on.
Page 183 Multi-Resolution Seamless Image Database (MrSID) Supported by LizardTech, Inc., a wavelet-based image compression format designed specifically for GIS to enable true portability of large images. Autodesk MapGuide supports MrSID version 1.6 format .sid files. MWF See Map Window File. MWX See Map Window XML File.
Page 184 (or cells), unlike SDFs, which store spatial data as vectors (lines). The ability to overlay vector data on raster data is a key feature of Autodesk MapGuide. For example, you can display a raster image file containing a photograph of a particular area, and then overlay a layer of streets and ZIP code boundaries to help identify landmarks in the pho- tograph.
Page 185 (specified in Autodesk MapGuide Author). Select statement See SQL Select statement. server There are three types of servers that are related to Autodesk MapGuide: a Win- dows NT server, which is a computer with Windows NT installed on it that is configured as a server;...
Page 186 The unit of measurement used in all areas where a distance is specified or dis- played. You can specify that a map use U.S. units or metric units using the Preferences dialog box in Autodesk MapGuide Author or Autodesk MapGuide Viewer. Universal Naming Convention (UNC) The standard method of specifying the full path name of a file.
Page 187 zoom To change the display magnification so that it focuses on progressively smaller areas (when you zoom in) or larger areas (when you zoom out) of an image. Zoom Goto category A set of locations you can zoom to. For example, a Zoom Goto category, “Offices,”...
Page 189: Index
Index Symbols API. See Autodesk MapGuide Viewers Apple Macintosh 63 /COORDSYS parameter 118 and the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer, Java /LINK switch, specifying URL columns 63 Edition 35 /NULLNAME switch, trimming feature names 63 APPLET tag, using 39 \n character, in location names 147...
Page 190 15 AutoCAD DWG. See Autodesk DWG popup menus 127 AutoCAD Map. See Autodesk Map preferences, setting 132 Autodesk Data Link (ADL) files 78 program window 127 Autodesk Developer Network (ADN) 28 running old and new releases concurrently Autodesk DWG 158...
Page 191 (CSV) files 62 versions of 35 components, viewing 35 Windows operating system 17 configuring MIME types 69 Autodesk MapGuide Web site, setting up 42 configuring Web servers 68–75 Autodesk Server conflicting display ranges 164 uninstalling MapGuide Server for VISION*...
Page 192 DCOM 71 creating 41 default coordinate system 144 customizing reports 149 definitions of terms 177 demos on the Autodesk MapGuide Web site 27 deploying Autodesk MapGuide, strategy 43 Design tab of Map Explorer 136, 155 developer support 27, 28 data...
Page 193 107 creating buffers around 141 georeferencing files 107 keys 113 getLayerSetup() method, controlling layer access labels for 172 from 53 measuring distances between 139 getting started 18 new in Autodesk MapGuide Release 6 12 on a map 95 Index...
Page 194 Java Viewer. See Autodesk MapGuide Viewers features 30 JavaScript understanding 30 and client-side scripting 39 GIS Design Server. See Autodesk GIS Design Server choosing as scripting language 63 glossary 177 skills for application developers 20 groups, creating accounts 83 JScript. See JavaScript...
Page 195 layers (continued) LiteView designing 45, 116 about 36, 66 displaying 136 development considerations 66 draw priority, understanding 154 understanding 36 dynamic 154 load balancing 72 filtering data 100 and third party software 73 groups 159 loading Web documents linked to map features improving performance 154 labels for features 172 location categories...
Page 196 126 saving a layer to 174 authoring 32 map layers controlling access 52 about 154–155 creating with Autodesk MapGuide Author 32 adding from external files 175 displaying 35 Autodesk DWG 158 security for 52 considerations 116 spatial data 30...
Page 197 104 map segments 139 SDF conventions 96 memory, requirements 15 Netscape Navigator menus and the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Plug-In customizing popup menus 148 map layer popup menu 156 supporting 65 Map Window popup menu 127, 128 Netscape Web servers...
Page 198 SDF Component Toolkit 26, 34 Autodesk MapGuide implementation 45, SDF Loader 23 47–66 Symbol Manager 23 data and its properties 116 opening maps with Autodesk MapGuide Author security 50–54 Plug-In. See Autodesk MapGuide Viewers operating systems Point Layer Symbol Manager 111 choosing 63...
Page 199 Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs) 71 processing files within 104 diagram 74 referencing 157 MapAgent 55 supported formats 103 Removing Autodesk MapGuide Server 4.1 for raster image file conventions 104 Autodesk GIS Design Server 69 raster images renaming log files 89 adding to maps 108...
Page 200 51, 53 restricting access to resources 85–87 planning 50–54 RIC. See Raster Image Catalog (RIC) files responsibility for 20 roles in Autodesk MapGuide development 18–20 restricting access to resources 85–87 rotating selecting method 82 log files 90 setting for home directories and virtual...
Page 201 136 single coordinate precision 119 Summary Usage report 89 size units, selecting 166 Sun Solaris and the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer, skills needed for Autodesk MapGuide roles 18–20 Java Edition 35, 63 SMB files. See Symbol Manager support, technical 27, 28 symbol files, about 109–112...
Page 202 63 TIFF files skills for application developers 20 creating 34 vector layers tiled 102 creating 156–157 tips and tricks on the Autodesk MapGuide Web data types 155 site 27 properties 159–174 toolbar 130 verifying coordinate systems 144 button descriptions 130...
Page 203 43, 71 creating data 46 understanding 36 creating location categories 146 Web site definitions, viewing 136 Autodesk MapGuide 27 geocoding files for 91 responsibility for your 20 illegal characters 147 Webmaster, responsibilities 20 latitude and longitude 147 Where clause, filtering attribute data with 100...

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