[QGIS Commit] r9865 - in docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide: .
working_with_ogc_screenies
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Fri Dec 19 14:23:14 EST 2008
Author: dassau
Date: 2008-12-19 14:23:13 -0500 (Fri, 19 Dec 2008)
New Revision: 9865
Added:
docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/working_with_ogc_screenies/connection_wfs.png
docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/working_with_ogc_screenies/connection_wms.png
Modified:
docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/Makefile
docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/working_with_ogc.tex
docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/working_with_ogc_screenies/Makefile
Log:
updated and reviewed working with OGC data
Modified: docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/Makefile
===================================================================
--- docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/Makefile 2008-12-19 18:35:52 UTC (rev 9864)
+++ docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/Makefile 2008-12-19 19:23:13 UTC (rev 9865)
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
(cd ./features_at_a_glance_screenies && make)
(cd ./working_with_vector_screenies && make)
(cd ./working_with_raster_screenies && make)
-# (cd ./working_with_ogc_screenies && make)
+ (cd ./working_with_ogc_screenies && make)
(cd ./working_with_projections_screenies && make)
(cd ./grass_integration_screenies && make)
(cd ./print_composer_screenies && make)
Modified: docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/working_with_ogc.tex
===================================================================
--- docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/working_with_ogc.tex 2008-12-19 18:35:52 UTC (rev 9864)
+++ docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/working_with_ogc.tex 2008-12-19 19:23:13 UTC (rev 9865)
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
% when the revision of a section has been finalized,
% comment out the following line:
-\updatedisclaimer
+%\updatedisclaimer
QGIS supports WMS and WFS as data sources. The support is native; WFS is
implemented as a plugin.
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
WMS is generically a REST (Representational State Transfer) service rather than
a fully-blown Web Service. As such, you can actually take the URLs generated by
QGIS and use them in a web browser to retrieve the same images that QGIS uses
-internally. This can be useful when troubleshooting problems, as there are
+internally. This can be useful for troubleshooting, as there are
several brands of WMS servers in the market and they all have their own
interpretation of the WMS standard.
@@ -91,13 +91,12 @@
If you need to set up a proxy-server to be able to receive WMS-services
from the internet, you can add your proxy-server in the options.
-Choose \dropmenuopttwo{mActionOptions}{Options} from the
-\mainmenuopt{Settings} menu and click on the \tab{Proxy} tab. There you
-can add your proxy-settings and enable them by setting the
-\checkbox{Use proxy for web access}.
+Choose menu \mainmenuopt{Settings} > \dropmenuopttwo{mActionOptions}{Options}
+and click on the \tab{Proxy} tab. There you can add your proxy-settings
+and enable them by setting the \checkbox{Use proxy for web access}.
-Once the new WMS Server has been created, it will be preserved across future
-QGIS sessions.
+Once the new WMS Server connection has been created, it will be
+preserved for future QGIS sessions.
\begin{Tip}[ht]\caption{\textsc{On WMS Server URLs}}
\qgistip{Be sure, when entering in the WMS server URL, that you have
@@ -141,14 +140,12 @@
Your screen should now look a bit like Figure \ref{fig:connection_wms}, which shows the
response provided by the NASA JPL OnEarth WMS server.
-% FIXME
-% \begin{figure}[ht]
-%\begin{figure}[ht]
-% \begin{center}
-% \caption{Dialog for adding a WMS server, showing its available layers \nixcaption}\label{fig:connection_wms}
-% \includegraphics[clip=true,width=0.6\textwidth]{connection_wms}
-% \end{center}
-%\end{figure}
+\begin{figure}[ht]
+ \begin{center}
+ \caption{Dialog for adding a WMS server, showing its available layers \nixcaption}\label{fig:connection_wms}
+ \includegraphics[clip=true,width=0.6\textwidth]{connection_wms}
+ \end{center}
+\end{figure}
\minisec{Image Encoding}
@@ -190,16 +187,11 @@
}
\end{Tip}
-\minisec{Transparency}
-% BM: doesn't seem to work?
-\label{ogc-wms-transparency}
+\minisec{Transparency}\label{ogc-wms-transparency}
+
In this version of QGIS, the transparency setting is hard-coded to
-be always on, where available. Therefore no option for it exists
-on-screen.
+be always on, where available.
-This, in theory, allows you to overlay WMS layers on other layers (raster,
-vector or WMS) and still see through to those lower layers.
-
\begin{Tip}[ht]\caption{\textsc{WMS Layer Transparency}}
\qgistip{The availability of WMS image transparency depends on
the image encoding used: PNG and GIF support transparency,
@@ -389,12 +381,15 @@
\subsection{WFS Client}
In QGIS, a WFS layer behaves pretty much like any other vector layer. You
-can identify and select features and view the attribute table. The WFS
-plugin doesn't support editing at this time.
+can identify and select features and view the attribute table. An exception
+is that editing is not supported at this time. To start the WFS plugin you
+need to open \mainmenuopt{Plugins} > \dropmenuopttwo{mActionShowPluginManager}{Plugin Manager...},
+activate the \checkbox{WFS plugin} checkbox and click \button{OK}.
-Adding a WFS layer is very similar to the procedure used with WMS. The
-difference is there are no default servers defined, so we have to add our
-own.
+A new \toolbtntwo{mIconAddWfsLayer}{Add WFS Layer} icon appears next
+to the WMS icon. Click on it to open the dialog. In General adding a WFS
+layer is very similar to the procedure used with WMS. The difference is
+there are no default servers defined, so we have to add our own.
\subsubsection{Loading a WFS Layer}
@@ -421,13 +416,12 @@
\item Wait patiently for the features to appear
\end{enumerate}
-% FIXME
-%\begin{figure}[ht]
-% \begin{center}
-% \caption{Adding a WFS layer \nixcaption}\label{fig:wfs_dmsolutions}
-% \includegraphics[clip=true,width=\textwidth]{wfs_dmsolutions}
-% \end{center}
-%\end{figure}
+\begin{figure}[ht]
+ \begin{center}
+ \caption{Adding a WFS layer \nixcaption}\label{fig:wfs_dmsolutions}
+ \includegraphics[clip=true,width=0.6\textwidth]{connection_wfs}
+ \end{center}
+\end{figure}
You'll notice the download progress is visualized in the left bottom of the QGIS main window.
Once the layer is loaded, you can identify and select a province or two and view the
@@ -439,8 +433,8 @@
\begin{Tip}[ht]\caption{\textsc{Finding WMS and WFS Servers}}
\qgistip{You can find additional WMS and WFS servers by using Google or your
-favorite search engine. There are a number of lists, some of them
-maintained and some not, that list public servers you can use.
+favorite search engine. There are a number of lists with public URLs, some
+of them maintained and some not.
\index{WFS!remote server!}
}
\end{Tip}
Modified: docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/working_with_ogc_screenies/Makefile
===================================================================
--- docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/working_with_ogc_screenies/Makefile 2008-12-19 18:35:52 UTC (rev 9864)
+++ docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/working_with_ogc_screenies/Makefile 2008-12-19 19:23:13 UTC (rev 9865)
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
# JPG=qgis_icon_new_verylarge.eps\
# nextfile.eps
-#PNG=connection_wms.eps
+PNG=connection_wms.eps\
+ connection_wfs.eps\
##### TARGETS #####
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