Hi Kwang Mien,
On Dec 30, 2004, at 12:54 AM, Chan Kwang Mien wrote:
> hi Don,
>
> thanks for your help.
>
> I have downloaded a few free shape files from some websites and I
> would like to open these shape files
> in OpenMap.
>
> I changed the shapePolitical.shapeFile and shapePolitical.spatialIndex
> in OpenMap.properties to the
> names of those shape files. for example :
>
> shapePolitical.shapeFile=data/shape/roads.shp
> shapePolitical.spatialIndex=data/shape/roads.ssx
This only works if the files are located in the
openmap/share/data/shape directory. Otherwise, you need to modify the
path so it reflects where the data files are.
> However, there was no display of the shape files. I also created the
> ssx using
> java -cp com.bbn.openmap.layer.SpatialIndex -c roads.ssx roads.shp.
> But that didn't help.
>
> I assume that OpenMap should be able to open any files with .shp
> extension. Is that true ?
OpenMap displays .shp files that contain decimal degree lat/lon data.
Some shp files contain coordinates in meters, and OpenMap doesn't
display those files.
Regards,
Don
>> Hi Kwang,
>>
>> To change the layers in the OpenMap application, you modify the
>> openmap.properties file. There are instructions in the
>> openmap.properties file for modifying the different properties. The
>> openmap.layers property lists keywords for the different layers
>> created, and the properties using that keyword as a prefix are used
>> by that layer to configure itself. For instance, the default world
>> layer uses the shapePolitical keyword, and the shapePolitical.class
>> property defines the Layer class created. The
>> shapePolitical.shapeFile property defines the shape file used for
>> that layer's political shapes. That property would be the one you
>> would change for a different shape file.
>> If you have data in a different format, you would add a different
>> keyword to the openmap.layers property and define a set of properties
>> appropriate for the new type of layer you are adding.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> Don
>>
>> On Dec 29, 2004, at 7:49 PM, Chan Kwang Mien wrote:
>>
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> I am new to using OpenMap 4.6.1.
>>> I have a query regarding loading maps in OpenMap 4.6.1. By default,
>>> when I run OpenMap,
>>> the World Map is loaded.
>>>
>>> Can anyone tell me the procedure to load my own map, i.e. to replace
>>> the World Map with another
>>> map ?
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> Kwang Mien
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