Join Gordon Luckett for an in-depth discussion in this video Creating raster layers, part of Learning MapGuide Open Source.
- Raster layers, such as air photographs,…satellite images, and scanned drawings can be created…to give your maps a lot of context.…In Maestro, we use the GDOT provider data source…to create raster layers.…Let's do that now.…Under Layers, let's pick New Resource.…Choose the Raster Layer Definition and click Add.…For resource, under Data Connections, pick the AIR_PHOTOS.…Click OK.…Click Upgrade.…You'll notice the Feature Source…points to the Air Photos Feature Source,…the Feature Class is set to…default values of Default and Raster.…
The visibility, or scale range, says from zero to infinity.…Let's change this to 20,000.…Let's click Preview.…We can zoom in and see more detail.…Let's close the map preview.…The Rebuild Raster after zoom factor of one means that…it will rebuild the raster or query the server…for more data each time you zoom in.…By changing the rebuild, you can speed up your raster…but you will decrease the resolution until you zoom in more.…
The Two-Tone Image Color settings is purely…for scanned drawings that only have two colors, or bi-tonal.…
Author
Gordon Luckett
Released
3/14/2015- Identify the major advantage of using the fusion layout.
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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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