[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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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                   
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