[mapguide-users] Creating Streets and info
Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S
ks at geograf.dk
Mon Nov 24 15:47:43 EST 2008
If you select the correct projection for both the data sources, and the map,
MapGuide should fix it correctly for you.
If you have X/Y data (lat/lon) in MySql, you can use the ODBC provider
to map the data into points.
Regards, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S
Carmelo Saffioti skrev:
> Thank you Kenneth, now it works :-)
>
> Another question:
> I've got objects coordinates and data on a MySql DB. Is it possible to
> use it to draw a layer with these objects?
>
> Object coordinates are local relative coordinates. Vehicles positions
> on my DB are lat/lon GPS coordinates. Have you got any suggestions
> about dealing with these different coordinates?
>
>
> Thank you very much again
> Cheers
> Carmelo
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S <mailto:ks at geograf.dk>
> *To:* MapGuide Users Mail List
> <mailto:mapguide-users at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Sent:* Monday, November 24, 2008 3:29 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [mapguide-users] Creating Streets and info
>
> I see the problem now.
> You must include ALL the files, not just the SHP file.
> After that you must select the shp file to be the "main" item (the
> star button in Maestro).
>
> I can send you a package where I have done this if you like.
>
> The problem is that Maestro only displays "*.shp" in the file
> type, and you must select "All files" before you can add those
> other files.
> Feel free to add a feature request for the problem:
> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/newticket
>
> Regards, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S
>
>
>
>
> Carmelo Saffioti skrev:
>> I tried using the exported SHP file with MapGuide Maestro. Using
>> the ajaxviewer example SDF files I see many attributes, but using
>> my exported SHP files I see only the FeatId field. If from
>> Autocad Map I export data to SDF format I've got the same problem...
>>
>> If from Autocad Map I connect to the SHP data file I can see its
>> attributes values on the data table. How come MapGuide Maestro
>> doesn't display them?
>>
>> The SHP file is attached with this message,
>> please help me
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S <mailto:ks at geograf.dk>
>> *To:* MapGuide Users Mail List
>> <mailto:mapguide-users at lists.osgeo.org>
>> *Sent:* Monday, November 24, 2008 1:56 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [mapguide-users] Creating Streets and info
>>
>> I am no expert on SHP data, but with most data, the
>> attributes are included.
>> If you use SHP data in MapGuide the attributes should be IN
>> the SHP (or is it dbx, etc) file.
>> >From then on you can see the columns everywhere, and use the
>> attributes as label or other stuff.
>> If you select the columns to view on the layer, they will
>> show up, just like the parcel data.
>>
>> If you use Arc, the attributes are also attached to the
>> topology, so the export should be able to extract that as well.
>>
>> Regards, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Carmelo Saffioti skrev:
>>> Thank you for your help.
>>> I've found how to create object data. The problem is that I've got many
>>> objects (about 10.000), then I need an automatic method to attach data to
>>> objects. Some people told me to follow these steps:
>>> 1) create a topology
>>> 2) export a SHP file with topology data
>>> 3) use topology ID to make a JOIN between topology data and data I need to
>>> attach
>>> 4) import in Autocad Map the SHP file
>>> 5) label objects, using the Style tool
>>> 6) create a link template
>>> 7) generate links to "Enclosed Text"
>>>
>>> On Autocad Map guide I saw that it is possible to automatically link objects
>>> to data on a DB table. But it requires labels. Using labels created as I
>>> said here doesn't work...
>>>
>>> Other people told me to attach objects data using a GIS software, but did
>>> not say which software and how :-(
>>>
>>> I hope anybody here can help me, because it's taking a really long time for
>>> this purpose...
>>>
>>> I need to develop something similar to the ajaxviewer example, on which you
>>> can view info about Parcels.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hoping in your help
>>> Cheers
>>> Carmelo
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Berdel, Brian" <brian.berdel at mcmtrans.com>
>>> To: "MapGuide Users Mail List" <mapguide-users at lists.osgeo.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 2:45 PM
>>> Subject: RE: [mapguide-users] Creating Streets and info
>>>
>>>
>>> In autocad map you have to create the object data and attach it to the
>>> features. Check the help for creating object data. It is pretty
>>> straight forward once you know what you are doing.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>>> [mailto:mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Carmelo
>>> Saffioti
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:49 AM
>>> To: MapGuide Users Mail List
>>> Subject: Re: [mapguide-users] Creating Streets and info
>>>
>>> Thanks Zac.
>>> You said that the street layer tooltip is based on attributes chosen
>>> from
>>> the feature source. Looking with Maestro at the viewer example I see
>>> what
>>> you mean. Then now I need to create a feature source with attributes.
>>> The
>>> feature source I'm using is a SHP file exported from my DWG planimetry
>>> with
>>> Autocad Map. Importing it into MapGuide I can see that it has only 1
>>> attribute: FeatId.
>>>
>>> I saw that the viewer example uses a layer called "Parcels", which has
>>> many
>>> attributes. I need something similar, because on my planimetry I have
>>> many
>>> adiacents blocks, and for each of them I need to show a tooltip with
>>> detail
>>> informations (for example: Row number, Block number, Area code).
>>>
>>> Have I create this blocks, with their detail informations, on Autocad
>>> Map?
>>> I tried importing the Parcel SDF file features source into Autocad Map,
>>> and
>>> I see that each block is a poliline. But I don't see any attribute, I
>>> don't
>>> know how to...
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Zac Spitzer" <zac.spitzer at gmail.com>
>>> To: "MapGuide Users Mail List" <mapguide-users at lists.osgeo.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:29 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [mapguide-users] Creating Streets and info
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> have a look at how the example you looked at is configured
>>>>
>>>> the street layer will expose a tooltip based on the attributes chosen
>>>> from the feature source in the tooltip expression
>>>>
>>>> z
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Carmelo Saffioti <csaffi at libero.it>
>>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Thank you for your answer.
>>>>> I'm using Maestro. Ok, I see that the tooltip is definable on the
>>>>>
>>> layer
>>> with
>>>
>>>>> Maestro.
>>>>> So, to have a tooltip for each street should I have a layer for each
>>>>>
>>> street?
>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Zac Spitzer" <zac.spitzer at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: "MapGuide Users Mail List" <mapguide-users at lists.osgeo.org>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:15 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [mapguide-users] Creating Streets and info
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> what tools are you using? studio, maestro?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> they are called tooltips and they are defined per layer
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 10:12 PM, Carmelo Saffioti
>>>>>>
>>> <csaffi at libero.it>
>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi everybody,
>>>>>>> Seeing the MapGuide viewer example I saw that when the mouse
>>>>>>>
>>> cursor
>>> is
>>>
>>>>> over
>>>>>
>>>>>>> a street it displays a message with informations about the
>>>>>>>
>>> street.
>>> I'd
>>>
>>>>> like
>>>>>
>>>>>>> to make something similar. I need to create streets and infos
>>>>>>>
>>> too.
>>> How
>>>
>>>>> can I
>>>>>
>>>>>>> do?
>>>>>>> I hope you can help me starting
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>> Carmelo
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Zac Spitzer -
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