Maps

Service

This first tab displays information that allow verification of the correct functioning of the map display component.

gcweb-reference-img/guide-reference/admin-tools-map-ok.png the green icon indicates correct configuration of the application.

gcweb-reference-img/guide-reference/admin-tools-map-ko.png conversely the red icon indicates that the configuration is incorrect

In the event of an error, check the value of the “geographics.server.gcisServer” parameter cf. the section on Parameters.

Maps

The list of maps available in the publication directory (defined in the Main configuration tab).

For each of the maps listed, the following information and action items are proposed:

  • Name: name of the map
  • Authorise: allows a map to be locked to prohibit, temporarily for example, its dissemination
  • Size: Size in Mbytes of the map
  • Attribute: Read write / Read-only (depending on the attributes stored in the GCM/GCR files)
  • Opening date: Date and Time of the start of the current opening period
  • Scale number: 12 or 24 scales depending on the configuration of the map

  • Mode

    • Map opening mode (padlocks): Read write / Read only, are edited by changing the “Opening mode” parameter in the “Main configuration” tab, and then opening the map.
    • Object loading mode (“ON_REQUEST”,“ALL”,“FULL”)(cf. Main configuration tab)
  • Sessions: Number of sessions open simultaneously on the map
  • Close: Closes the map

  • Tester

    • Map structure: XML of the Geoconcept map
    • Map metadata: list of the following map components (View tabs, Logical scales, Positions, Ratios, Units, Precision, Limits, Projections, Editor, Copyright, …)
    • Map tester: enables testing of the map by choosing: View tabs, Image size, Position, Image center and Logical scale
    • Map links status: displays the various links for the map and their status (activated, deactivated, disconnected, in error, …)
Example of list of available maps display
gcweb-reference-img/guide-reference/admin-tools-map-list.png

Main configuration

Enables definition of utilisation modes and the folder in which maps in Geoconcept format (*.gcm, *.gcr) utilisable in the application are stored.

  • A single 'Directory' folder may be defined, and the full set of its sub-directories can also be used to store Geoconcept maps.
  • In 'Startup mode', for best performances, and if write-access to the map is not required, give priority to Read-only mode.

  • 'Object loading mode': modifications are taken into account by closing and then re-opening the map. Possible modes are as follows:

    • Defined in the map (by default)
    • Load objects as and when needed: loads objects as and when needed, and is faster for loading but slightly slower when interrogating objects.
    • All: loads all objects on opening the map. This offers ideal performances, because all the objects are loaded into memory, but it is significantly slower to actually open the map, and especially if the map is voluminous. This mode requires more server memory.
    • Full: identical to All but also loads all object attributes, and is therefore a bit slower on opening the map and has a higher memory requirement.

Complete configuration

Map utilisation parameters

Of the most important parameters:

  • Clipart PNG, EMF, WMF, SVG, … (gc.Map Directory.ClipartDirectory), indicates the folder (or folders, with ; characters as separators) in which cliparts are stored, for example: c:\Symbols\; c:\Geoconcept Web\data\GC\Symbols
  • SBL Symbols (gc.Common.SymbolsDirectory), indicates the storage folder in which symbols are stored, for example: c:\Geoconcept Web\data\GC\Symbols_
  • Raster (gc.Picture Directory.Path), indicates the raster storage folder (or folders, with ; as separators), for example c:\Program Files\GEOCONCEPT\Geoconcept Web\data\maps\raster; c:\Geoconcept Web\data\maps\GC\Images
  • ExtraDrawSize (gc.Common.ExtraDrawSize), indicates the value in pixels (15 by default). It can be useful to increase this to prevent the drawing of some layers (Publisher, label, symbols) being truncated. Generally speaking, it is not useful to go over 200 pixels. For symbols, use half the maximum symbol size value. Increasing this value can significantly affect tile drawing performances.
  • Publication folder (gcis.map.directory), indicates the directory (and any sub-directories) where Geoconcept maps are stored (identical to the 'Directory' field in the 'Main configuration' tab, for example: c:\Geoconcept Web\data\maps)
  • Localisation (gcis.map.defaultLocale), indicates the localisation used by queries in the Geoconcept map )for example, en_US, FR, …), enabling, for example, definition of separators for quantities expressed as thousands (FR ⇒ 2 345, en_US ⇒ 2,345, …).

Monitoring

Allows surveillance of the various application processes.

The global status colour indicates execution tracking status, however this does not affect the application. For example, if a query requests an image of a map with a visibility that does not exist, the query returns an error but does not have an impact on execution tracking.

  • green: no query has ever been considered to be anomolous
  • orange: at least one query has taken more than 30 seconds to respond
  • red: at least one query has taken more than 5 minutes to respond

This status is definiteively acquired (up until the next start-up), if it has turned orange or red, it will never return to green.

Version

Supplies version information for the different libraries used by the Geoconcept Web Map kernel.

License

Provides license information.

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