Autodesk 15606-011408-9330 - MAPGUIDE R6.3 SITE LIC-UPG R6 User Manual page 192

coordinate systems 144
about 118
and map authors 19
considerations 119
converting to latitude/longitude 33
selecting 119, 144
updating 144
verifying 144
coordinate values
accessing with the getLayerSetup method 53
accessing with the getVertices method 53
coordinates, zooming to 134
COORDSYS parameter 118
CSV files, converting to SDFs 33
custom applications, responsibility for creating
20
custom reports
about 41
creating 41
customizing reports 149
D
data
conversion 33
determining needs and conversion strategy
45
distributing across multiple servers 58
engineer, responsibilities 19
generalizing 34
limiting display by scale 117
linking to
database 98
SDF s 98
mirroring on multiple servers 58
planning display and properties of 116
providers 37
setting up 99
themes 99
data directories, setting up 48–50
data providers 37, 79
about 37
GIS Design Server 158
Oracle Spatial 155
SHP 155
data requests, simultaneous processing 56
data resolution, reducing to improve map
performance 62
data security, planning 50–54
data sources
accessing 79
creating 79
deleting 79
disconnecting 87
for zoom location categories 147
formats 147
properties, specifying 160
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data sources (continued)
renaming 79
restricting access to 85–87
specifying properties 160
specifying type for layer 160
taking offline 87
tracking with spreadsheet 120
updating 87
viewing 79
databases
linking to
SDFs 44
second database 98
responsibility for access 20
updating via the map 42
viewing using a Web browser 42
datum shifts and SDF Loader 33
DCOM 71
default coordinate system 144
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
developing applications for Autodesk MapGuide
42–46
Device Independent Bitmap symbols (DIB) 109
directories 48–50
examples 48
guidelines 48
planning 48–50
security for 51
virtual 49, 50
disconnecting data sources 87
discussion groups 27
display ranges
conflicting 164
improving map performance 62
layers 164
overlapping 164
setting 164
viewing 136
display styles
overlapping 165
selecting 165
tracking with spreadsheet 120
distance, measuring 139
distributed architecture 54–63
Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM)
71
distributed data
architecture diagram 58
combining mirrored and distributed servers
60
distributing requests to several servers 58
features 58
limitations 58