Autodesk 15606-011408-9008 User Guide - Page 192

coordinate systems 144 about 118 and map authors 19 considerations 119 converting to latitude/longitude 33 selecting 119, 144 updating 144 verifying 144 coordinate values accessing with the getLayerSetup method 53 accessing with the getVertices method 53 coordinates, zooming to 134 COORDSYS parameter 118 CSV files, converting to SDFs 33 custom applications, responsibility for creating 20 custom reports about 41 creating 41 customizing reports 149 D data conversion 33 determining needs and conversion strategy 45 distributing across multiple servers 58 engineer, responsibilities 19 generalizing 34 limiting display by scale 117 linking to database 98 SDF s 98 mirroring on multiple servers 58 planning display and properties of 116 providers 37 setting up 99 themes 99 data directories, setting up 48-50 data providers 37, 79 about 37 GIS Design Server 158 Oracle Spatial 155 SHP 155 data requests, simultaneous processing 56 data resolution, reducing to improve map performance 62 data security, planning 50-54 data sources accessing 79 creating 79 deleting 79 disconnecting 87 for zoom location categories 147 formats 147 properties, specifying 160 data sources (continued) renaming 79 restricting access to 85-87 specifying properties 160 specifying type for layer 160 taking offline 87 tracking with spreadsheet 120 updating 87 viewing 79 databases linking to SDFs 44 second database 98 responsibility for access 20 updating via the map 42 viewing using a Web browser 42 datum shifts and SDF Loader 33 DCOM 71 default coordinate system 144 definitions of terms 177 demos on the Autodesk MapGuide Web site 27 deploying Autodesk MapGuide, strategy 43 Design tab of Map Explorer 136, 155 developer support 27, 28 developing applications for Autodesk MapGuide 42-46 Device Independent Bitmap symbols (DIB) 109 directories 48-50 examples 48 guidelines 48 planning 48-50 security for 51 virtual 49, 50 disconnecting data sources 87 discussion groups 27 display ranges conflicting 164 improving map performance 62 layers 164 overlapping 164 setting 164 viewing 136 display styles overlapping 165 selecting 165 tracking with spreadsheet 120 distance, measuring 139 distributed architecture 54-63 Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) 71 distributed data architecture diagram 58 combining mirrored and distributed servers 60 distributing requests to several servers 58 features 58 limitations 58 192 | Index