DeLorme XMap 7 GIS Quick Start Guide
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XMap
7 GIS
Getting Started Guide
Table of Contents
Welcome to XMap .................................................................................................................. 2
Key Features ........................................................................................................................... 2
The XMap Family of GIS Products .......................................................................................... 8
Product Comparison ..............................................................................................................11
Installation Instructions ......................................................................................................... 12
Interface Guide...................................................................................................................... 14
Upgrading from a Previous Version of XMap ....................................................................... 16
Migrating from other DeLorme Products ............................................................................. 17
Migrating from other GIS Products ....................................................................................... 17
Basic Functions ..................................................................................................................... 18
Installing XMap Datasets ...................................................................................................... 20
Add- ons for XMap ................................................................................................................. 23
Getting Help .......................................................................................................................... 24
Training .................................................................................................................................. 24
Troubleshooting ..................................................................................................................... 25
Minimum System Requirements .......................................................................................... 27
Contacting DeLorme ............................................................................................................. 27
Welcome to XMap 7
Thank you for your purchase. XMap® offers a unique combination of GIS, GPS, and
navigation tools that meet all of your mapping needs in a single, easy-to -use package.
In this Getting Started Guide, you will learn about:
Key XMap features •
The XMap family of products •
Installing and modifying XMap •
Upgrading from a previous version of XMap •
Migrating your data from another DeLorme product or GIS product •
Installing XMap datasets •
Troubleshooting •
This is a reference guide. For detailed instructions for using XMap, see the XMap Help —
open XMap, click the Help button on the toolbar, and then click Help Topics. A link to
a printable User Guide on our website is also available from the Help menu.
ATTENTION!!! Impor tant Information for Existing DeLorme Software Users
If you are migrating existing data from XMap 5.x or earlier, see the XMap Help topic
Migrating Data to the New DeLorme Docs Folder.
Key Features
Embedded Documents and XMap Forms
XMap includes two features for eld data collection and management:
Embedded Documents– • Store images, rich text documents, spreadsheets, and other
les in your database and associate them with your GIS records. You can view, edit, or
replace les by clicking on the map or in the Datasheet view of GIS Attributes.
XMap Forms (sold separately)– • Easily create, display, or change the attributes of
records in your GIS layer using a customized dialog box alongside your map.
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Use XMap Forms with XMap to create customizable electronic forms that affordably
automate eld data collection. XMap Forms are designed to enhance the accuracy and
efciency of eld data collection across an enterprise but can be used in many ways.
To use XMap Forms with XMap Editor or XMap Professional, an administrator is required
to own one license of XMap 7 GIS Enterprise, which includes the form builder and enables
database synchronization across the network. An additional Forms license is also required.
XMap Forms can then be used by other XMap users and Earthmate PN-Series GPS users.
For more information and for sample OpenSpace les with form examples, visit www.
xmap.com/forms.
Suggested uses for XMap Forms:
Use in the eld or of ce to set up regulatory compliance reporting and data collection. •
Combine with XMap pipeline stationing functionality to set up more productive eld •
navigation and data collection.
Attach images and other les to forms. •
Develop your own completely new approach to data collection. •
Support for Earthmate PN-Series GPS Devices
XMap is compatible with DeLorme’s Earthmate® PN- Series GPS handheld GPS receivers,
which provide exceptional performance for outdoor and professional activities. Use XMap
to create highly-detailed map packages to transfer to a PN-Series GPS device. Your map
packages can include custom high-resolution imager y in MrSID or GeoTIFF les; individual
GIS layers; DeLorme imagery (aerial, satellite, and USGS quad data) available through the
NetLink tab; and a variety of symbols and waypoints. Once you select your areas of interest
and create your map package, use the redesigned Handheld Export tab and the PN -Series
Exchange dialog to send the maps to the device along with custom routes, tracks, and
waypoints. You can also export and import GIS point layers as .gpx les using an SD card
and use forms created with the XMap Forms module to collect data in the eld.
For Earthmate PN- Series GPS device rmware updates, check the NetLink tab in XMap.
XMap API Command Window
XMap includes a command prompt utility ( XMapi) that allows you to control the application
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through the command line. The interface provides access to simple commands for
performing a variety of basic operations, such as panning and zooming the map, performing
quick searches, and creating routes. All operations are triggered from the command line but
control the running application. Any commands that require further input prompt the user
through the standard XMap user interface.
Database Manager
XMap automatically installs a DeLorme database application that provides essential
tools for DeLorme OpenSpace database management. The easy-to-use interface allows
database administrators to add new SQL server connections, add server account users,
create databases and add users, easily manage multi-user database permissions or groups,
and create database subscriptions. You can open the Database Manager within XMap or
from the XMap install director y.
Bulk Importing and Exporting
The XMap GIS Bulk Impor ter/Exporter is a command prompt utility that installs with XMap
GIS Editor and Enterprise. You can run the utility independently of the XMap application and
use it to automate the import and export of vector GIS layers with DeLorme OpenSpace
databases. Use batch les (.bat or .cmd) to import/expor t multiple les.
You can lter which attribute elds in a layer are included when exported, as well as
reference an existing query to lter which geometries and associated attribute records are
included in the exported data. Supported export formats include .openspace, .shp, .dxf,
.dwg, .kml, and .txt (Enterprise and Editor only).
Note: The OpenSpace Transfer File is a DeLorme proprietary format that stores
classication, query, label, form, and symbolization settings. The transfer le is designed
to serve as an exact duplicate of its counterpart within the database and does not allow
ltering of attribute elds during export; however, you can use queries to lter geometries
and attribute records. All exported layers are in the latitude/longitude coordinate system
and WGS1984 datum.
Importing from an ArcSDE 9.2 or 9.3 Database
XMap GIS Enterprise allows you to import layers directly from ESRI ArcSDE databases to
DeLorme databases. To import layers, use the Connect to Database utility in the GIS Import
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Wizard to connect to the ArcSDE database. You must provide the server name on which
the ArcSDE installation resides, the port # (instance) of ArcSDE on the ser ver (typically
5151), and the login name and password. When you have a connection to the ArcSDE
instance, you can select available databases and use the Import Wizard or Bulk Importer to
import layers from that database.
Spatial Queries
Spatial queries allow GIS users to ask direct geographic questions about how GIS data is
spatially related. For example, “Which towns are located within a watershed?,” “Which
parcels contain toxic point source locations?,” “Which rivers are within 1,000 meters of a
road?,” “Which cities are within 100 miles of a selected city,” and so on. Spatial queries
combined with attribute queries allow you to uncover complex patterns between spatial
data layers and are a fundamental strength of a GIS. Note: XMap Professional users can
run spatial queries but cannot create them.
Buffering
Use the Buffer tool to build polygon geometries, including zero and negative buffers,
around existing geometries in a layer. The size of the buffer polygons is determined by
a user-specied linear distance around the edge of the geometries in the existing layer.
The new polygon geometries are a merged combination of the original polygons and the
buffer polygons. Buffering is often used in GIS spatial analysis when proximity issues are of
concern, such as site planning or risk assessment.
Multiple Classications
XMap -compatible DeLorme OpenSpace databases support the storage of more than one
classication against a GIS layer. The ability to create and store multiple classications
against a layer is particularly useful for rapid analysis of the data in the layer. Once the
classications are created, you can quickly switch between them for comparison to
discover trends in the data, rather than recreating each classication and applying it each
time. There is no limit to the number of classications that can be stored against a layer, but
only one classication can be active at a time. Like queries, classications are transferred
with a layer when it is duplicated or exported to an OpenSpace GIS le format.
Note: XMap Professional users can view layer classications but cannot create them.
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Classication Templates
Classication Templates (.xmc les) are available in XMap GIS Enterprise and XMap GIS
Editor. They are very useful for quickly transferring an existing classication conguration
from one layer to another or between classications within the same layer. Classication
templates are useful when multiple layers have the same attribute elds and general range
of attribute values. Once you create a classication for one of the layers and customize the
symbolization of each class, you can save this conguration to a template and then apply it
to the other layers. This can make your workow more efcient.
Layer Synchronization & Redlining
Redlining refers to the process of using draw symbols, lines, and polygons to “mark up” a
GIS layer without actually editing the layer itself.
The process of redlining is useful when a eld worker has a subscription to one or more
layers in a database created with XMap GIS Enterprise but they do not have the proper level
of user permissions to directly edit the GIS layers or they use XMap Professional and do not
have the necessary editing tools. If, for instance, the eld worker is tasked with inspecting
and updating information contained in a layer based on any observed or measured changes
(spatial or attribute), he or she can use the redline tool to make markups against the layer.
On returning from the eld, the eld worker can submit redline layers to the data manager
by clicking the synchronize button in the toolbar. The manager can evaluate the redlines and
use them as a reference for updating the appropriate GIS layers.
Two-way syncing allows users with specic permissions to locally edit data and synchronize
the edits with the master server. It is required that geometry and attributes be uploaded to
the server.
Check-out/in
The Check- out/ in tool in XMap GIS Enterprise is a data distribution feature for Enterprise
data management, editing, and updating. Individuals who have access to a layer in another
user’s workspace can check out or check in portions of a layer or an entire layer. Checkout
regions are determined by user-selected grids. These checkouts are exact copies of the
geometries and attributes from the source layer and can be copied into any database to
which the user has access. Once checked out, the user can edit the layer using the Editor
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or Enterprise versions of XMap or simply use it for reference in the eld. Once the user is
nished with the layer, they can check it in to the original source layer. All changes made to
the data in the check-out portion are updated in the source layer; this allows XMap users to
modify and update different portions of a single layer at a time.
Other Features
GIS layer append and replace features for import •
GIS stationing support for eld line assets with user-dened distance measures •
(Enterprise and Editor only)
Multi- point registration with transparency and color control (Enterprise and Editor only) •
Full U.S. National Grid support with easy to read grid and zone identiers •
Topological editing and connectivity tools •
COGO —create vector GIS layers through coordinate geometry input •
Geocode addresses and coordinate databases directly into vector GIS layers •
GIS layer import from ESRI MapInfo and other sources •
AutoCAD DWG/DXF le import using embedded coordinates or manual registration •
Drag and drop importing of vector GIS layers •
Multiple base map data sets available— including the new World Data •
Enhanced 3 -D terrain modeling with seamless y over effect •
Customizable keyboard shortcuts •
Residential and business phone search •
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The XMap GIS Family of Products
XMap 7 GIS Enterprise, XMap 7 GIS Editor, and XMap 7 Professional provide a three-tiered
GIS solution for efciently creating, impor ting, editing, classifying, querying, and sharing
your GIS data in an enterprise environment. XMap 7 is equally suited as a standalone GIS
software solution or as a supplement component to your existing GIS infrastructure.
In addition to GIS, these versions of XMap include powerful routing and in-vehicle
navigation tools; advanced GPS support for eld tracking and navigation; interoperability
with Earthmate PN- Series GPS devices for eld data collection and exchange of map data,
waypoints, and tracks; 3- D terrain modeling with simulated y-over functionality; advanced
printing tools; and much more.
XMap 7 GIS Enterprise
The upper tier of the XMap suite is designed to meet the specic needs of enterprise GIS
managers who need to efciently manage and deploy GIS data throughout a company.
XMap GIS Enterprise also includes all of the features in XMap GIS Editor.
Create and distribute GPS data collection forms to XMap Editor and XMap Professional
users and PN -Series GPS owners. XMap Professional users require an XMap Forms
license.
Quickly sync layers— increased sync speed for large databases •
Establish database permissions for Windows security groups •
Access your existing GIS databases with ArcSDE suppor t. Suppor ts Oracle and SQL •
Server databases
Ensure data integrity with check-out/check-in tools •
Share data across the enterprise with database synchronization tools •
Use the API Command Window to perform basic mapping functions from a third- party •
application
Automate the import and export of standard spatial data les with the bulk importer- •
expor ter
Supports Microsoft •
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SQL Server® 2008
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