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Map Authoring Components, Autodesk MapGuide Author, Autodesk MapGuide Data Extensions

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Map Authoring Components This section describes the programs and data resources used to create a map. Autodesk MapGuide Author Autodesk MapGuide author allows you to create maps by setting up map window files (MWFs). You can then embed one or more MWF files (or create a link to them) in a web page. When a user opens that web page (or clicks the link in the web browser), Autodesk MapGuide Viewer appears and displays the map. Autodesk MapGuide Data Extensions Autodesk MapGuide data extensions enable Autodesk MapGuide to serve spatial and attribute data directly from a variety of traditional GIS, CAD, or relational spatial databases. When you use an Autodesk MapGuide data extension, you do not need to convert data to SDF format before using it with Autodesk MapGuide. You can purchase Autodesk MapGuide data extensions for VISION*, Oracle8i Spatial, and Autodesk DWG. For information about these and additional forthcoming data extensions, contact your nearest authorized Autodesk reseller. If you are not accessing spatial data through a data extension, you will need to convert your data into one of the supported formats. Autodesk MapGuide SDF Loader Autodesk MapGuide SDF Loader is a command-line utility that converts spatial map data from a variety of formats into Spatial Data Files (SDFs), one of the native formats read by Autodesk MapGuide Server. Specifically, some of the formats that you can convert are AutoCAD Map® DWG and DXF files, MapInfo MID/MIF files, ESRI Arc/Info Coverage files, Intergraph DGN files, ArcView Shapefile files, and Atlas BNA files, as well as ASCII comma-delimited CSV files. The SDF Loader can convert the coordinates from their original coordinate system into latitude/longitude, but it cannot perform datum shifts-all data must be based on the same datum. The SDF Loader can also generalize your map data if it will be displayed at smaller scales (zoomed out), which improves performance and reduces required storage space. The SDF Loader is distributed on the Autodesk MapGuide Author and Autodesk MapGuide Server CDs. For more information, refer to Autodesk MapGuide SDF Loader Help (SDFLOAD.HLP) located in the SDF Loader directory. Map Authoring Components | 31

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Map Authoring Components
This section describes the programs and data resources used to create a map.
Autodesk MapGuide Author
Autodesk MapGuide author allows you to create maps by setting up map
window files (MWFs). You can then embed one or more MWF files (or create
a link to them) in a web page. When a user opens that web page (or clicks the
link in the web browser), Autodesk MapGuide Viewer appears and displays
the map.
Autodesk MapGuide Data Extensions
Autodesk MapGuide data extensions enable Autodesk MapGuide to serve
spatial and attribute data directly from a variety of traditional GIS, CAD, or
relational spatial databases. When you use an Autodesk MapGuide data
extension, you do not need to convert data to SDF format before using it with
Autodesk MapGuide. You can purchase Autodesk MapGuide data extensions
for VISION*, Oracle8
i
Spatial, and Autodesk DWG. For information about
these and additional forthcoming data extensions, contact your nearest
authorized Autodesk reseller. If you are not accessing spatial data through a
data extension, you will need to convert your data into one of the supported
formats.
Autodesk MapGuide SDF Loader
Autodesk MapGuide SDF Loader is a command-line utility that converts
spatial map data from a variety of formats into Spatial Data Files (SDFs), one
of the native formats read by Autodesk MapGuide Server. Specifically, some
of the formats that you can convert are AutoCAD Map
®
DWG and DXF files,
MapInfo MID/MIF files, ESRI Arc/Info Coverage files, Intergraph DGN files,
ArcView Shapefile files, and Atlas BNA files, as well as ASCII comma-delim-
ited CSV files. The SDF Loader can convert the coordinates from their orig-
inal coordinate system into latitude/longitude, but it cannot perform datum
shifts
—
all data must be based on the same datum.
The SDF Loader can also generalize your map data if it will be displayed at
smaller scales (zoomed out), which improves performance and reduces
required storage space. The SDF Loader is distributed on the Autodesk
MapGuide Author and Autodesk MapGuide Server CDs. For more informa-
tion, refer to
Autodesk MapGuide SDF Loader Help
(SDFLOAD.HLP) located in
the SDF Loader directory.