Join Gordon Luckett for an in-depth discussion in this video Creating maps in Maestro, part of Learning MapGuide Open Source.
- Once you've created your layers,…you can bring them all together…in a single map.…The map will enable you to control things…like coordinate system, labels,…and the display order of your layers.…Let's create a new map now.…Click new resource.…In the new resource dialogue box,…scroll down to the most recent version…of the map.…Map definition in this case is 2.4.…Click add.…For the description of the map,…we'll type in Nanaimo Map.…For the layers, I'm just going to drag in…the road center lines layer into our layers by group.…
Notice when I did that the coordinate system…automatically assigned to the map,…and the initial map view extent…took the extent of the road center lines…and automatically populated it.…Let's pick on the road center lines layer.…You'll notice that there's a name,…road center lines, but a legend label.…Let's change the legend label just to roads.…That's the layer that will be seen…in the map when the users look at it.…Some common properties, expand and legend.…This is very important if you are theming your layer.…
Author
Gordon Luckett
Released
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Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome35s
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Using the exercise files1m 24s
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1. Understanding and Installing MapGuide
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2. Connecting and Loading Data with MapGuide Maestro
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Loading data using Maestro6m 51s
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3. Stylizing Data
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Creating polyline layers2m 57s
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Creating polygon layers3m 21s
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Creating raster layers1m 45s
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Creating thematic layers2m 43s
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Labeling vector layers4m 6s
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4. Maps
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Creating maps in Maestro5m 27s
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5. Basic Web Layouts
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Creating basic web layouts4m 47s
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6. Application Definitions
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Creating a QuickPlot4m 59s
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7. Publishing to the Web
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Publishing to the web1m 6s
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Publishing basic web layouts3m 40s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 44s
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