DeLorme XMap 7 GIS Manuale utente

XMap®7 GIS

Getting Started Guide

DELORME

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Table of Contents

Welcome to XMap .................................................................................................................. 2

Key Features ........................................................................................................................... 2

The XMap Family of GIS Products.......................................................................................... 8

Product Comparison ..............................................................................................................11

Installation Instructions......................................................................................................... 12

Interface Guide...................................................................................................................... 14

Upgrading from a Previous Version of XMap ....................................................................... 16

Migrating from other DeLorme Products ............................................................................. 17

Migrating from other GIS Products....................................................................................... 17

Basic Functions ..................................................................................................................... 18

Installing XMap Datasets ...................................................................................................... 20

Add-ons for XMap................................................................................................................. 23

Getting Help .......................................................................................................................... 24

Training .................................................................................................................................. 24

Troubleshooting..................................................................................................................... 25

Minimum System Requirements.......................................................................................... 27

Contacting DeLorme............................................................................................................. 27

Welcome to XMap 7

Thank you for your purchase. XMap®offers a unique combination of GIS, GPS, and

navigation tools that meet all of your mapping needs in a single, easy-to-use package.

In this Getting Started Guide, you will learn about:

Key XMap features•

The XMap family of products•

Installing and modifying XMap•

Upgrading from a previous version of XMap•

Migrating your data from another DeLorme product or GIS product•

Installing XMap datasets•

Troubleshooting•

This is a reference guide. For detailed instructions for using XMap, see the XMap Help—

open XMap, click the Help button on the toolbar, and then click Help Topics. A link to

a printable User Guide on our website is also available from the Help menu.

ATTENTION!!! Important Information for Existing DeLorme Software Users

If you are migrating existing data from XMap 5.x or earlier, see the XMap Help topic

Migrating Data to the New DeLorme Docs Folder.

Key Features

Embedded Documents and XMap Forms

XMap includes two features for eld data collection and management:

Embedded Documents–•Store images, rich text documents, spreadsheets, and other

les in your database and associate them with your GIS records. You can view, edit, or

replace les by clicking on the map or in the Datasheet view of GIS Attributes.

XMap Forms (sold separately)–•Easily create, display, or change the attributes of

records in your GIS layer using a customized dialog box alongside your map.

Use XMap Forms with XMap to create customizable electronic forms that affordably

automate eld data collection. XMap Forms are designed to enhance the accuracy and

efciency of eld data collection across an enterprise but can be used in many ways.

To use XMap Forms with XMap Editor or XMap Professional, an administrator is required

to own one license of XMap 7 GIS Enterprise, which includes the form builder and enables

database synchronization across the network. An additional Forms license is also required.

XMap Forms can then be used by other XMap users and Earthmate PN-Series GPS users.

For more information and for sample OpenSpace les with form examples, visit www.

xmap.com/forms.

Suggested uses for XMap Forms:

Use in the eld or ofce to set up regulatory compliance reporting and data collection.•

Combine with XMap pipeline stationing functionality to set up more productive eld•

navigation and data collection.

Attach images and other les to forms.•

Develop your own completely new approach to data collection.•

Support for Earthmate PN-Series GPS Devices

XMap is compatible with DeLorme’s Earthmate®PN-Series GPS handheld GPS receivers,

which provide exceptional performance for outdoor and professional activities. Use XMap

to create highly-detailed map packages to transfer to a PN-Series GPS device. Your map

packages can include custom high-resolution imagery in MrSID or GeoTIFF les; individual

GIS layers; DeLorme imagery (aerial, satellite, and USGS quad data) available through the

NetLink tab; and a variety of symbols and waypoints. Once you select your areas of interest

and create your map package, use the redesigned Handheld Export tab and the PN-Series

Exchange dialog to send the maps to the device along with custom routes, tracks, and

waypoints. You can also export and import GIS point layers as .gpx les using an SD card

and use forms created with the XMap Forms module to collect data in the eld.

For Earthmate PN-Series GPS device rmware updates, check the NetLink tab in XMap.

XMap API Command Window

XMap includes a command prompt utility (XMapi) that allows you to control the application

through the command line. The interface provides access to simple commands for

performing a variety of basic operations, such as panning and zooming the map, performing

quick searches, and creating routes. All operations are triggered from the command line but

control the running application. Any commands that require further input prompt the user

through the standard XMap user interface.

Database Manager

XMap automatically installs a DeLorme database application that provides essential

tools for DeLorme OpenSpace database management. The easy-to-use interface allows

database administrators to add new SQL server connections, add server account users,

create databases and add users, easily manage multi-user database permissions or groups,

and create database subscriptions. You can open the Database Manager within XMap or

from the XMap install directory.

Bulk Importing and Exporting

The XMap GIS Bulk Importer/Exporter is a command prompt utility that installs with XMap

GIS Editor and Enterprise. You can run the utility independently of the XMap application and

use it to automate the import and export of vector GIS layers with DeLorme OpenSpace

databases. Use batch les (.bat or .cmd) to import/export multiple les.

You can lter which attribute elds in a layer are included when exported, as well as

reference an existing query to lter which geometries and associated attribute records are

included in the exported data. Supported export formats include .openspace, .shp, .dxf,

.dwg, .kml, and .txt (Enterprise and Editor only).

Note: The OpenSpace Transfer File is a DeLorme proprietary format that stores

classication, query, label, form, and symbolization settings. The transfer le is designed

to serve as an exact duplicate of its counterpart within the database and does not allow

ltering of attribute elds during export; however, you can use queries to lter geometries

and attribute records. All exported layers are in the latitude/longitude coordinate system

and WGS1984 datum.

Importing from an ArcSDE 9.2 or 9.3 Database

XMap GIS Enterprise allows you to import layers directly from ESRI ArcSDE databases to

DeLorme databases. To import layers, use the Connect to Database utility in the GIS Import

Wizard to connect to the ArcSDE database. You must provide the server name on which

the ArcSDE installation resides, the port # (instance) of ArcSDE on the server (typically

5151), and the login name and password. When you have a connection to the ArcSDE

instance, you can select available databases and use the Import Wizard or Bulk Importer to

import layers from that database.

Spatial Queries

Spatial queries allow GIS users to ask direct geographic questions about how GIS data is

spatially related. For example, “Which towns are located within a watershed?,” “Which

parcels contain toxic point source locations?,” “Which rivers are within 1,000 meters of a

road?,” “Which cities are within 100 miles of a selected city,” and so on. Spatial queries

combined with attribute queries allow you to uncover complex patterns between spatial

data layers and are a fundamental strength of a GIS. Note: XMap Professional users can

run spatial queries but cannot create them.

Buffering

Use the Buffer tool to build polygon geometries, including zero and negative buffers,

around existing geometries in a layer. The size of the buffer polygons is determined by

a user-specied linear distance around the edge of the geometries in the existing layer.

The new polygon geometries are a merged combination of the original polygons and the

buffer polygons. Buffering is often used in GIS spatial analysis when proximity issues are of

concern, such as site planning or risk assessment.

Multiple Classications

XMap-compatible DeLorme OpenSpace databases support the storage of more than one

classication against a GIS layer. The ability to create and store multiple classications

against a layer is particularly useful for rapid analysis of the data in the layer. Once the

classications are created, you can quickly switch between them for comparison to

discover trends in the data, rather than recreating each classication and applying it each

time. There is no limit to the number of classications that can be stored against a layer, but

only one classication can be active at a time. Like queries, classications are transferred

with a layer when it is duplicated or exported to an OpenSpace GIS le format.

Note: XMap Professional users can view layer classications but cannot create them.

Classication Templates

Classication Templates (.xmc les) are available in XMap GIS Enterprise and XMap GIS

Editor. They are very useful for quickly transferring an existing classication conguration

from one layer to another or between classications within the same layer. Classication

templates are useful when multiple layers have the same attribute elds and general range

of attribute values. Once you create a classication for one of the layers and customize the

symbolization of each class, you can save this conguration to a template and then apply it

to the other layers. This can make your workow more efcient.

Layer Synchronization & Redlining

Redlining refers to the process of using draw symbols, lines, and polygons to “mark up” a

GIS layer without actually editing the layer itself.

The process of redlining is useful when a eld worker has a subscription to one or more

layers in a database created with XMap GIS Enterprise but they do not have the proper level

of user permissions to directly edit the GIS layers or they use XMap Professional and do not

have the necessary editing tools. If, for instance, the eld worker is tasked with inspecting

and updating information contained in a layer based on any observed or measured changes

(spatial or attribute), he or she can use the redline tool to make markups against the layer.

On returning from the eld, the eld worker can submit redline layers to the data manager

by clicking the synchronize button in the toolbar. The manager can evaluate the redlines and

use them as a reference for updating the appropriate GIS layers.

Two-way syncing allows users with specic permissions to locally edit data and synchronize

the edits with the master server. It is required that geometry and attributes be uploaded to

the server.

Check-out/in

The Check-out/in tool in XMap GIS Enterprise is a data distribution feature for Enterprise

data management, editing, and updating. Individuals who have access to a layer in another

user’s workspace can check out or check in portions of a layer or an entire layer. Checkout

regions are determined by user-selected grids. These checkouts are exact copies of the

geometries and attributes from the source layer and can be copied into any database to

which the user has access. Once checked out, the user can edit the layer using the Editor

or Enterprise versions of XMap or simply use it for reference in the eld. Once the user is

nished with the layer, they can check it in to the original source layer. All changes made to

the data in the check-out portion are updated in the source layer; this allows XMap users to

modify and update different portions of a single layer at a time.

Other Features

GIS layer append and replace features for import•

GIS stationing support for eld line assets with user-dened distance measures•

(Enterprise and Editor only)

Multi-point registration with transparency and color control (Enterprise and Editor only)•

Full U.S. National Grid support with easy to read grid and zone identiers•

Topological editing and connectivity tools•

COGO—create vector GIS layers through coordinate geometry input•

Geocode addresses and coordinate databases directly into vector GIS layers•

GIS layer import from ESRI MapInfo and other sources•

AutoCAD DWG/DXF le import using embedded coordinates or manual registration•

Drag and drop importing of vector GIS layers•

Multiple base map data sets available—including the new World Data•

Enhanced 3-D terrain modeling with seamless y over effect•

Customizable keyboard shortcuts•

Residential and business phone search•

The XMap GIS Family of Products

XMap 7 GIS Enterprise, XMap 7 GIS Editor, and XMap 7 Professional provide a three-tiered

GIS solution for efciently creating, importing, editing, classifying, querying, and sharing

your GIS data in an enterprise environment. XMap 7 is equally suited as a standalone GIS

software solution or as a supplement component to your existing GIS infrastructure.

In addition to GIS, these versions of XMap include powerful routing and in-vehicle

navigation tools; advanced GPS support for eld tracking and navigation; interoperability

with Earthmate PN-Series GPS devices for eld data collection and exchange of map data,

waypoints, and tracks; 3-D terrain modeling with simulated y-over functionality; advanced

printing tools; and much more.

XMap 7 GIS Enterprise

The upper tier of the XMap suite is designed to meet the specic needs of enterprise GIS

managers who need to efciently manage and deploy GIS data throughout a company.

XMap GIS Enterprise also includes all of the features in XMap GIS Editor.

Create and distribute GPS data collection forms to XMap Editor and XMap Professional

users and PN-Series GPS owners. XMap Professional users require an XMap Forms

license.

Quickly sync layers—increased sync speed for large databases•

Establish database permissions for Windows security groups•

Access your existing GIS databases with ArcSDE support. Supports Oracle and SQL•

Server databases

Ensure data integrity with check-out/check-in tools•

Share data across the enterprise with database synchronization tools•

Use the API Command Window to perform basic mapping functions from a third-party•

application

Automate the import and export of standard spatial data les with the bulk importer-•

exporter

Supports Microsoft•®SQL Server®2008

XMap GIS Enterprise in conjunction with multiple copies of XMap Professional provides a

complete eld force GIS data collection system.

XMap 7 GIS Editor

XMap 6 GIS Editor is a perfect choice for small GIS departments or for a company or

organization that is considering the development of a GIS to increase productivity. XMap

GIS Editor also includes all the features in XMap Professional.

Create forms in databases synchronized from an XMap Enterprise database•

Create zero and negative buffers for polygons•

Export KML les•

Geocode by State Plane and UTM coordinate systems•

Cut individual GIS layers to a PN-Series GPS device for eld work•

Search for GIS objects using enhanced real-time proximity search for GIS objects using•

GPS Radar on the Find tab

Import and work with a variety of GIS le formats including, ESRI .shp and .e00;•

MapInfo .mif and .tab; AutoCAD .dwg and .dxf; and more

Geocode your existing data in .mdb, .xls, and other formats to create GIS layers•

Create and edit points, lines, and polygons with freehand draw tools or with precise•

coordinate geometry input tools

Ensure the spatial integrity of your line layers with topological editing and edge•

matching

Access advanced classication, annotation, buffer, and geospatial query tools•

Create your own raster data layers with multi-point image registration•

XMap 7 Professional

XMap 7 Professional is ideally suited for eld crews and mobile professionals. By offering

access to GIS data that has been processed using the GIS Editor or GIS Enterprise editions

of XMap, it provides an affordable alternative to a full-edged GIS for use on the road and in

the eld.

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