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Table of ContentsStart Here .................................................................................................................................... 1-1

Looking at GeoMedia Professional: An Overview............................................................... 1-2What You Need to Know to Work......................................................................................... 1-3Documents Shipped ............................................................................................................... 1-3Getting Started ....................................................................................................................... 1-7Getting Around in the Software ............................................................................................. 1-8The Product Workflows......................................................................................................... 1-9What is a GIS? ..................................................................................................................... 1-15

Working with GeoWorkspaces................................................................................................. 2-1

Creating a GeoWorkspace...................................................................................................... 2-2Opening a GeoWorkspace...................................................................................................... 2-2Delaying Data Loading .......................................................................................................... 2-3Automatically Backing Up GeoWorkspaces.......................................................................... 2-5Saving, Closing, and Copying a GeoWorkspace ................................................................... 2-6E-Mailing a GeoWorkspace................................................................................................... 2-7Creating a GeoWorkspace Template...................................................................................... 2-7Linking and Embedding a GeoWorkspace............................................................................. 2-8

Working with Coordinate Systems .......................................................................................... 3-1

Defining a Coordinate System for a GeoWorkspace ............................................................. 3-6Defining a Coordinate System for a Feature Class ................................................................ 3-7

Matching GeoWorkspace and Default Warehouse Coordinate Systems ............................... 3-9Getting Coordinate Readouts ............................................................................................... 3-12Setting Units and Formats.................................................................................................... 3-12Configuring for Datum Transformations ............................................................................. 3-14Displaying Data That Has No Coordinate System Specified............................................... 3-16Creating Coordinate-System Files from Design Files.......................................................... 3-19

Working with Warehouses........................................................................................................ 4-1

Creating a Read/Write Access Warehouse............................................................................. 4-2Defining a Coordinate System for a Warehouse.................................................................... 4-3Preparing to Connect.............................................................................................................. 4-4Working with Connections .................................................................................................. 4-33

Working with Spatial Filters ................................................................................................ 4-38Working with Vicinity Connections .................................................................................... 4-45Viewing Changes in a Multi-User Environment.................................................................. 4-46Creating an Access Warehouse Template............................................................................ 4-47Changing the Coordinate System of a New Access Warehouse Template.......................... 4-47Configuring PickLists with Access Warehouses ................................................................. 4-48


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Working with Images ................................................................................................................ 5-1

Inserting Images into Warehouses ......................................................................................... 5-1

Managing Warehouse Images ................................................................................................ 5-8Changing the Raster Image Display..................................................................................... 5-13Creating Image Footprints.................................................................................................... 5-14Displaying Selected Images ................................................................................................. 5-16

Working with Map Windows ................................................................................................... 6-1

Understanding the Legend ..................................................................................................... 6-2Displaying or Hiding the Legend........................................................................................... 6-4Adding Entries to the Legend ................................................................................................ 6-4Creating Thematic Maps ........................................................................................................ 6-7Controlling the Map Window .............................................................................................. 6-10Customizing the Legend ...................................................................................................... 6-36

Customizing the Legend Toolbar......................................................................................... 6-40Using the Legend Pop-up Menu .......................................................................................... 6-40Creating Additional Map Windows ..................................................................................... 6-41Displaying Design Files ....................................................................................................... 6-42

Working with Data Windows ................................................................................................... 7-1

Opening a Data Window........................................................................................................ 7-1Controlling the Data Window................................................................................................ 7-2Editing Cells in the Data Window ......................................................................................... 7-6Taking a Snapshot of the Data Window................................................................................. 7-8

Working with Features ............................................................................................................. 8-1

Understanding Geometry Types ............................................................................................ 8-2Working with Feature Classes ............................................................................................... 8-3Outputting Feature Data to Warehouses .............................................................................. 8-10Selecting Features in the Map Window ............................................................................... 8-17Collecting Data .................................................................................................................... 8-23Inserting Features ................................................................................................................. 8-39Inserting Points by Radii...................................................................................................... 8-57Inserting Circles ................................................................................................................... 8-60Digitizing Discontiguous Features and Features with Holes ............................................... 8-63Tools for Collection of Attribute Information...................................................................... 8-67Inserting Area Features Automatically ................................................................................ 8-69Inserting Text Features into a Feature Class ........................................................................ 8-72

Editing Text.......................................................................................................................... 8-74Adding Hypertext to a Feature Class ................................................................................... 8-76


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Editing Features and Geometries.............................................................................................. 9-1

Editing a Map Window.......................................................................................................... 9-1Changing Attribute Values of Features.................................................................................. 9-1Updating Feature Attributes................................................................................................... 9-5Updating Feature Attributes Using Text ................................................................................ 9-9Copying Attributes............................................................................................................... 9-12Manipulating Features.......................................................................................................... 9-16Manipulating Geometry ....................................................................................................... 9-28Changing Feature Classes .................................................................................................... 9-43

Registering Data ...................................................................................................................... 10-1

Performing Digitizer Setup .................................................................................................. 10-1Setting Digitizer Mode......................................................................................................... 10-9

Registering Images............................................................................................................. 10-11Outputting to GeoTIFF ...................................................................................................... 10-15Registering Vector Data..................................................................................................... 10-16

Validating and Fixing Data..................................................................................................... 11-1

Displaying Geometry Information ....................................................................................... 11-2Validating Geometry............................................................................................................ 11-8Fixing Geometry ................................................................................................................ 11-11Validating Connectivity ..................................................................................................... 11-13Fixing Connectivity............................................................................................................ 11-21Extending Geometry .......................................................................................................... 11-24Extending Geometry to Intersections................................................................................. 11-26Extending Two Lines to an Intersection ............................................................................ 11-28

Trimming Geometry........................................................................................................... 11-29Trimming Geometry to Intersections................................................................................. 11-31Inserting Intersections ........................................................................................................ 11-33Constructing Circular Fillets.............................................................................................. 11-36Reversing Direction ........................................................................................................... 11-39

Analyzing GeoMedia Professional Data ................................................................................ 12-1

Working with Filter Queries ................................................................................................ 12-2Working with Native Queries ............................................................................................ 12-17Manipulating Queries......................................................................................................... 12-27Querying Graphics-Only Features in MGE and MGSM.................................................... 12-31Working with Joins ............................................................................................................ 12-31Analyzing Geometry .......................................................................................................... 12-34Placing Buffer Zones Around Features.............................................................................. 12-39Working with Functional Attributes .................................................................................. 12-41Merging Feature Classes and Queries................................................................................ 12-51Aggregating Data ............................................................................................................... 12-56Generating Base Geometry ................................................................................................ 12-64


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Working with Labels ................................................................................................................ 13-1

Inserting Labels.................................................................................................................... 13-1Inserting Leader Lines.......................................................................................................... 13-6Inserting Interactive Labels................................................................................................ 13-10Resolving Text Conflicts.................................................................................................... 13-14

Working with Data Capture and Presentation ..................................................................... 14-1

Finding and Geocoding Addresses....................................................................................... 14-1Finding Addresses................................................................................................................ 14-3Geocoding Addresses........................................................................................................... 14-5Geocoding Coordinates........................................................................................................ 14-9

Inserting Traverses.................................................................................................................. 15-1

Defining a Traverse.............................................................................................................. 15-2Additional Command Features ............................................................................................ 15-7Insert Traverse Workflows................................................................................................... 15-8

Working with Layout Windows ............................................................................................. 16-1

Layout Window Overview................................................................................................... 16-1Starting the Layout Window................................................................................................ 16-4Inserting Layout Sheets........................................................................................................ 16-5Importing Layout Sheets and Layout Templates ................................................................. 16-5Exporting Layout Sheets and Templates............................................................................ 16-10Selecting and Manipulating Layout Sheets........................................................................ 16-13Renaming Layout Sheets.................................................................................................... 16-14Deleting Layout Sheets ...................................................................................................... 16-14Viewing Background and Working Sheets ........................................................................ 16-15Viewing Layout Window Properties.................................................................................. 16-15Manipulating Layers .......................................................................................................... 16-16

Designing Map Layouts for Printing in the Layout Window .............................................. 17-1

Designing Map Layouts Overview ...................................................................................... 17-1Map Window Considerations When Printing from the Layout Window............................. 17-1Basic Map Layout Workflows ............................................................................................. 17-6Components of the Map Layout........................................................................................... 17-8Workflows for Placing Map Graphics Using Layout Frames............................................ 17-39Workflows for Placing Map Graphics Without Using Layout Frames.............................. 17-46Updating Map Graphics in Layout Sheets ......................................................................... 17-61Modifying Map Graphics in Layout Sheets ....................................................................... 17-62Inserting Cartographic Grids.............................................................................................. 17-77Inserting Reference Grids and Indexes .............................................................................. 17-91


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Printing in GeoMedia Professional ......................................................................................... 18-1

Printing Overview................................................................................................................ 18-1Defining the Map Window Page Setup................................................................................ 18-1Printing a Map Window....................................................................................................... 18-4Printing to a File................................................................................................................... 18-5Defining the Data Window Page Setup................................................................................ 18-6Printing a Data Window....................................................................................................... 18-8Defining the Layout Window Page Setup............................................................................ 18-9Printing Layout Sheets from the Layout Window ............................................................. 18-12Plotting............................................................................................................................... 18-16Printing Transparent or Translucent Graphics ................................................................... 18-16Outputting PDF from GeoMedia Professional................................................................... 18-17

Exporting Data to Other Systems .......................................................................................... 19-1

Exporting to Shapefile.......................................................................................................... 19-1Exporting to MapInfo Interchange Format .......................................................................... 19-4Exporting to Design File ...................................................................................................... 19-7Exporting to Oracle Object Model..................................................................................... 19-18Exporting to SQL Server.................................................................................................... 19-21Exporting to AutoCAD ...................................................................................................... 19-23

How to Reach Intergraph ........................................................................................................ A-1

Electronic Self-Help Support ................................................................................................ A-1Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) .................................................................................... A-1Whats New in GeoMedia Professional 5.2 .......................................................................... A-1

Using the Oracle Object Model Data Server...........................................................................B-1Delivery and Connection........................................................................................................B-1Native Data Model .................................................................................................................B-5Oracles SRID ......................................................................................................................B-12Geometry Indexing...............................................................................................................B-13Oriented Points.....................................................................................................................B-21Text and Labels....................................................................................................................B-21Raster Images.......................................................................................................................B-22Using Views and Join-Views...............................................................................................B-23GeoMedias GDOSYS Metadata Schema............................................................................B-25Configuring Pick Lists .........................................................................................................B-38Using an Existing Oracle Spatial Object Schema ................................................................B-41Creating a New Oracle Spatial Object Database..................................................................B-42Database Utilities .................................................................................................................B-42Example 1: Preparing Existing Geometry Data ..................................................................B-45Example 2: Using Views.....................................................................................................B-47


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Using the SQL Data Server....................................................................................................... C-1

Delivery and Connection........................................................................................................C-1SQL Server Data Model.........................................................................................................C-3SQL Data Server Metadata ....................................................................................................C-6Configuring PickLists ..........................................................................................................C-15Triggers ................................................................................................................................C-17Importing Data .....................................................................................................................C-19Feature Class Definition.......................................................................................................C-20Using Database Utilities.......................................................................................................C-23

Coordinate System Information.............................................................................................. D-1

Projection Algorithms........................................................................................................... D-1Datum Transformation Models ............................................................................................. D-1

Standard Geodetic Datums.................................................................................................... D-6Named Geodetic Datums ...................................................................................................... D-8Ellipsoids............................................................................................................................... D-8Units of Measure (UOM).................................................................................................... D-10State Plane Zone CodesNAD27 Datum .......................................................................... D-12State Plane Zone CodesNAD83 Datum .......................................................................... D-14UTM Zones ......................................................................................................................... D-16GeoTIFF Capabilities.......................................................................................................... D-17

Raster Information....................................................................................................................E-1

Raster Formats Supported in GeoMedia Professional ...........................................................E-1Compression Techniques ....................................................................................................... E-3Tiling......................................................................................................................................E-4

Data Types ............................................................................................................................. E-4File Types and Categories Listed for Inserting a Georeferenced Image................................E-5

Troubleshooting Connection Problems ................................................................................... F-1

Troubleshooting MGE Connections ...................................................................................... F-1Troubleshooting MGSM Connections ................................................................................. F-12Troubleshooting Oracle Object Model Connections (OOM) ) ............................................ F-13

Line Weight Conversions and Line Styles.............................................................................. G-1

Line Weight Conversions...................................................................................................... G-1Line Styles............................................................................................................................. G-3

Creating Data Server .INI Files............................................................................................... H-1The ARC/INFO Data Server .INI File .................................................................................. H-2The ArcView Data Server .INI File ...................................................................................... H-4The CAD Data Server .INI File ............................................................................................ H-7The FRAMME Data Server .INI File.................................................................................. H-18The MapInfo Data Server .INI File..................................................................................... H-24


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The MGDM Data Server .INI File ...................................................................................... H-29The MGE Data Server .INI File.......................................................................................... H-37

The MGSM Data Server .INI Files ..................................................................................... H-54

Layout Window Graphics Commands ..................................................................................... I-1

Conversion Tables ..................................................................................................................... J-1

International System of Units to United States Customary System........................................J-1United States Customary System to International System of Units........................................J-2

Functional Attributes Information ......................................................................................... K-1

Expressions ........................................................................................................................... K-2Data Types ............................................................................................................................ K-3Identifiers .............................................................................................................................. K-3

Operands ............................................................................................................................... K-4Operators............................................................................................................................... K-4Functions............................................................................................................................. K-18Constants............................................................................................................................. K-81Reserved Keywords ............................................................................................................ K-86Functional Attributes Examples.......................................................................................... K-86

Index .......................................................................................................................................... IN-1


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Welcome to GeoMediaProfessionalthe next generation ingeographic-information systems (GIS). Based on Jupiter technologyfrom Intergraph Corporation, this product is an enterprise GIS for theWindows2000, WindowsXP, or later operating systems. Thisproduct is the perfect tool for collecting GIS data, populating ananenterprise database, and turning information intoprecise finishedmapsfor distribution and presentation.

As a viewing and analysis tool, this product allows you to combinegeographic data from different sources, in different formats, and with

different map projections, all into a single environment. Using thissoftware, you can perform complex queries on spatial and attribute datafrom various sources, and produce numerous views of highlysophisticated maps in a single GeoWorkspace. Furthermore, this productgives you the capability of printing those map views on a single sheetand adding borders, marginalia, and other finishing touches.

As a data capture and maintenance tool, this product allows you to captureand to edit data more easily, faster, and with more intelligence than otherproducts. Its integrated vector and raster snaps allow you to capture vectordata from raster images, automatically identifying snap points to ensureaccurate heads-up digitizing. The software also provides table-topdigitizing and vector transformation for data requiring geometrytransformation. Using the software, you can capture clean, accurate datathe first time, thus minimizing editing. Automatic vector breaking andcoincident geometry digitizing allow you to avoid traditional data-captureproblems. However, you can locate data-capture problems with automaticerror detection and then correct them with intelligent feature placementand editing tools. Furthermore, you can quickly annotate the data withpowerful labeling and text-placement tools.

This product is also a software-development environment, and you cancustomize it with standard Windows-development tools such asMicrosoftVisual Basicand Visual C++.


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Looking at GeoMedia Professional: An Overview

The first thing you do in GeoMedia Professional is create aGeoWorkspace or open an existing one. After you open aGeoWorkspace, you configure it to suit your needs. You can, forexample, change the coordinate-system properties or insert a map orraster image to use as a backdrop for geographic data. Yourconfiguration is saved when you save the GeoWorkspace and restoredwhen you reopen it.

The data you view is stored in warehouses, and you access data bycreating connections from the GeoWorkspace to one or morewarehouses. The Warehouse Connection Wizard presents a series of

dialog boxes that prompt you for the information necessary to create theconnection. Because data are not stored in the GeoWorkspace, allworkflows require at least one warehouse connection.

A warehouse stores bothgeometric(graphic) and attribute(nongraphic)information. For example, a parcel might be represented by an areageometry and defined by attribute information such as the owners nameand the date it was purchased.

Once you connect to at least one warehouse, you can display and analyzedata from it. The software allows you to view multiple data sets fromdifferent warehouses in various formats in a single GeoWorkspace. Thismeans you can perform spatial analyses on data from different sources indifferent formats using buffer zones, spatial queries, and thematicdisplays.

In this product, features are contained infeature classes, and the wordfeaturerefers to each instance of a feature within a feature class. Featureclasses, images, query results, and thematic displays in the map windoware collectively referred to as either features or map objects.

Features are represented in the map window bygeometryand in the datawindow by attributes. You can display any number of map and datawindows simultaneously or separately. They are linked so that changesmade in one window are automatically reflected in the other.

You display features in a map window by adding entries to the legend.

The legend is the control center for the map window. Through thelegend, you populate the contents of the map window and control thedisplay characteristics of the features, including their style and displaypriority.


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You can also perform tasks, such as capturing new data, performingmaintenance on existing data, and inserting images or buffer zones.

Furthermore, you can view data written to a read/write warehouse alongwith other data sets in a single GeoWorkspace.

Results of your analyses can be customized in the map window, printed,and saved for future use, all without altering the original data.

What You Need to Know to Work

The documentation and learning tools assume that you have thefollowing:

A basic understanding of your operating system.

The ability to move around in the Windows environment.

An understanding of the data you want to use.

Documents Shipped

The documents are shipped with GeoMedia Professional are deliveredinto three groups: Developer Documentation, User Documentation, andUtilities Documentation.

See the"How toReach Intergraph"appendix.

Note: Within the U.S., you can request copies of the paper documentsfrom the Intergraph Sales Order Processing. Outside the U.S., callyour Intergraph representative.

Developer Documentation

Developer Documentation is accessed online only.

Document Description

GeoMediaProfessionalCommand Wizard

Help Topics

Information about using the Command Wizard to create VisualBasic commands for the GeoMedia-based application and to editor to delete Visual Basic or Visual C++ command-set information.Access through the Command Wizard.

GeoMediaProfessional ObjectReference

Programmer's guide to the objects, methods, and properties in thesoftwares automation layer. Access through Start > Programs >GeoMedia Professional > Developer Documentation.

Building on theGeoMedia

Professional Engine

Information about customizing the software and building your ownapplications with the GeoMedia engine. Access through Start >Programs > GeoMedia Professional> DeveloperDocumentation.


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User Documentation

User Documentation is accessed, depending on the component, both inhard copy and online or online only.

Document Number Description

GeoMediaProfessionalHelp

Onlineonly

Step-by-step instructions for all tasks and informationabout tools and dialog boxes.

Installing

GeoMediaProfessional

DJA0809 Instructions for installing the product. Available in paperas a pamphlet in the delivery package, and online in .pdfformat through the PDF Viewer from Start > Programs >

GeoMedia Professional > User Documentation. Visitour web site at http://imgs.intergraph.com/,and selectSupport > Downloads > Product Documentationfor thelatest version of these documents.

LearningGeoMediaProfessional

Onlineonly

Hands-on tutorial that guides you through the basics usingan example workflow and real data. Runs through Webbrowser. Available online from Start > Programs >GeoMedia Professional > User Documentation.

Working withGeoMediaProfessional

DJA0807 Overview of and workflows for performing most softwaretasks. Available in paper (without appendices), and online(with appendices) in .pdfformat through the PDF Viewer

from Start > Programs > GeoMedia Professional > UserDocumentation, or from the C:\Program Files\GeoMediaProfessionalfolder. Visit our web site athttp://imgs.intergraph.com/,and selectSupport >Downloads > Product Documentationfor the latestversion of these documents.

Utilities Documentation

Utilities Documentation consists of online-only documentation for thefollowing delivered utilities (Start > Programs > GeoMediaProfessional > Utilities):

Batch Plotting

Database Utilities

Define CAD Server Schema File

Define Coordinate System File
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Define Symbol File

Define Text File Server Format File

Define Warehouse Configuration File

Edit MGSM Parameter File

Publish to GeoMedia SmartStore Warehouse

You can access this online documentation by:

Selecting the utility document name in the GeoMedia ProfessionalHelp menu.

Pressing F1 while the utility is active.

Selecting online Help from the utility Helpmenu in the Batch Plotting,

Define CAD Server Schema File, Define Text File Server Format File,Define Warehouse Configuration File, and Publish to GeoMediaSmartStore Warehouse utilities.

Typeface Conventions Used in the Documents

ALLCAPS

Keyboard keys.

If keys are separated by a comma, press them insequence. For example: ALT, F5. If they are joinedby a plus sign, press them at the same time.

For example: CTRL+z.

Boldunserifedtype

An item in the graphical interface, such as the title of adialog box or a tool. Paths through menus use rightangle brackets between items you select.

For example: SelectFile > Open to load a new file.

Cour i ert ype

Information you type.

For example: Typeor i gi nal . dat to load theASCII file.

Italic type A document title, the first occurrence of a new orspecial term, folder and file names, or informationabout what the software is doing.


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Interactive Documents

This product provides an interactive tutorial to help you learn how toperform the basic tasks. If you are new to the software, you should workthroughLearning GeoMedia Professional first.

Help is available online if you need step-by-step instructions, and otherdocuments are available for programmers who want to customize thesoftware.

Learning GeoMedia Professional

Learning GeoMedia Professionalsteps you through an exampleworkflow that uses real data and covers the basic tasks. You start this

tutorialby selecting Help > Learning GeoMedia Professionalfrom theGeoMedia Professional menu or by selecting Start >Programs >GeoMedia Professional > User Documentation > LearningGeoMedia Professional from the Startmenu when the software is notactive. This opens the tutorial in your default Web browser. Thistutorial works best with Internet Explorer 5.0, but it will run on anotherbrowser.

After you have worked through the tutorial,use Working withGeoMedia Professionalto gain a broader understanding of what you canaccomplish using this product.

Help Topics

You can find information for advanced topics and procedures from theonline Help. Included with the Help topics is a dictionary.

If Help was not installed on your hard drive during setup, you must havethe GeoMedia Professional CD in your CD-ROM drive or be connectedto the network node containing the Help files.

To display Help when GeoMedia Professional is active, select Help> GeoMedia Professional Helpfrom the menu. To display Helpwhen GeoMedia Professional is not active, select Start > Programs> GeoMedia Professional > User Documentation > GeoMedia

Professional Help.

Help is context sensitive, which means that you can press F1 todisplay Help for the active window or dialog box. You can alsoclick the Helpbutton or press SHIFT+F1. When the cursor changesto a question mark, select a menu item, toolbar, or area of a windowor dialog box.

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Programming Guides

This product includes two online guides for developers who haveexperience with programming languages that use automated objects andwho want to customize or build applications on this software.

Building on the GeoMedia Professional Engineis an interactiveusers guide developed in HTML.

GeoMedia Professional Object Referencecovers the objects,methods, and properties available through automation.

You access these documents by selecting Programs > GeoMediaProfessional > Developer Documentationfrom the Startmenu.

Whats New in GeoMedia Professional 5.2To learn about changed and new features in GeoMedia Professional 5.2and its documentation, see the following:

Whats New in GeoMedia Professional 5.2 Go tohttp://imgs.intergraph.com/,and selectSupport > Downloads >Product Documentationfor the latest version of this document.

What's New in GeoMedia Professional 5.2 Go to this topic in theGeoMedia Professional Help.

Getting Started

To start this product, select Start > Programs > GeoMediaProfessional > GeoMedia Professional. If the introductory GeoMediaProfessionaldialog box has not been turned off, this dialog boxappears.
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This dialog box lets you create a new GeoWorkspace using a blankGeoWorkspace or a GeoWorkspace template or open an existing

GeoWorkspace from a list of recently opened GeoWorkspaces. You canselect one from the list, and click OK, or if the existing GeoWorkspaceyou want is not listed, you can select More Files, and click OKto find theGeoWorkspace yourself. To notopen this dialog box when you start thesoftware, check the Dont show this dialog box againcheck box.

See the Working withGeoWorkspaceschapter for completeinformation on usingGeoWorkspaces.

Note: To exit the software at any time, select File > Exitfrom theGeoMedia Professional menu.

Getting Around in the Software

Familiarity with Microsoft Windows conventions and Microsoft-Officeapplications should make it easy for you to get around in this product. Asin Windows, for example, you move a window by placing the cursor overthe title bar and dragging the window to a new location. Buttons andmenu items are dimmed when the tools they invoke are not available, andyou can see what tool a button invokes by placing your cursor over thebutton.

Common tools, such as File > Print, work essentially the sameapplication as they do in any Windows application. Similarly, you cancustomize your software working environment to display the menu itemsand buttons you want and to accept the keyboard shortcuts you specify.

Still, the GeoMedia Professional working environment does have somespecial characteristics:

GeoMedia Professional offers several specialized toolbars that areavailable only under the appropriate circumstances. The Datatoolbar, for example, is available only when the data window isactive. Select View > Toolbarsto specify which toolbars you wantto display.

Some pop-up menus are available in this product. You display pop-up menus by pressing the right mouse button. The tools on the menuvary with the location of your cursor.

The products toolbars can be moved from their default locations and

dockedat other locations within the interface. Moving a toolbar over amap window converts the toolbar to a dockablecontrol, and sometools provide a control rather than a dialog box interface. Further,clicking the right mouse button on the title bar of a control displays amenu that allows you to restore, move, minimize, maximize, or hide

the control, while clicking the Xicon dismisses the control. Clickingthe right mouse button on a toolbar (or on the icons in a control)


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displays a menu that allows you to turn toolbars on and off, display theStatusand Precision Coordinatestoolbars, and customize toolbars.

See the"Working withMap Windows,""Working with DataWindows," andWorking with LayoutWindows chapters forinformation on the threetypes of windows

Within the software, you work in three types of windows, mapwindows,data windows, and thelayout window. These windows arecontained in a GeoWorkspace, which is roughly analogous to aworkbook in Microsoft Excel. If you have a MicrosoftIntelliMouse, you can use it to manipulate map, data, and layoutwindows faster and more efficiently.

The Product Workflows

These are simplified example workflows for the most commonGeoMedia Professional tasks. Your workflow, of course, will vary with

the needs of your project.

General Viewing and Analysis Workflow

1. Create a GeoWorkspace. See the "Working with GeoWorkspaces"chapter.

2. Define a coordinate system for the GeoWorkspace. See the"Working with Coordinate Systems" chapter.

3. Create warehouse connections. See the "Working with Warehouses"chapter.

4. Display data in your map window. See the "Working with Map

Windows" chapter.5. Change the appearance of the map-window contents. See the

"Working with Map Windows" chapter.

6. Display a data window. See the "Working with Data Windows"chapter.

7. Build and run a query. See the "Analyzing GeoMedia ProfessionalData" chapter.

8. Create a thematic display. See the "Working with Map Windows"chapter.

9. Add labels to the map. See the " Analyzing GeoMedia Professional

Data " chapter.

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General Data-Capture and Maintenance Workflow

1. Create or open a GeoWorkspace. See the "Working withGeoWorkspaces" chapter.

2. Define a coordinate system for a new GeoWorkspace. See the"Working with Coordinate Systems" chapter.

3. Create warehouse connections. See the "Working with Warehouses"and the Working with Features chapters.

4. Display data in your map window. See the "Working with MapWindows" chapter.

5. Change the appearance of the map-window contents. See the"Working with Map Windows" chapter.

6. Work with existing features. See the "Working with Features"chapter.

7. Create new features. See the "Working with Features" chapter.

8. Edit features. See the "Editing Features and Geometries" chapter.

9. Register data. See the "Registering Data" chapter.

10. Validate data. See the "Validating and Fixing Data" chapter.

11. Export data. See the "Exporting Data to Other Systems" chapter.

Data-Capture Workflows

For information on data-

capture and clean-uptools, see theRegistering Data,Validating and FixingData, Working withFeatures, andEditingFeatures andGeometries chapters.

This section presents workflows for building an enterprise GIS with

GeoMedia Professional. Whether you digitize from a paper map or an on-screen image, or incorporate data from other digital sources, this producthas the right tools for your particular needs. Furthermore, the data-captureand clean-up tools have been optimized for GIS workflows to increaseyour productivity. The workflows are as follows:

Manual input

Scanned maps

Satellite or photogrammetric images

CAD data

Attribute data in databases

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Manual Input

1. Select the digitizer input.

2. Set up the map on the digitizing table.

3. Register the map coordinates to a GeoWorkspace with the registrationtools.

4. Select the vector feature class from a warehouse, or create new featureclasses with their own unique database properties.

5. Digitize selected features from the paper map.

6. Clean up the data with the validating and editing tools.

Scanned Maps

1. Select the scanned paper maps.

2. Place the raster image on the screen, and use the registration tools todisplay the raster in the correct geographic position.


4. Digitize the features on-screen with the raster image of the scannedmap as the background, using the raster snap tools to speed data

capture.

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Satellite or Photogrammetric Images

1. Select the satellite or photogrammetric images.2. Place the raster image on the screen, and use the registration tools to

display the raster in the correct geographic position.


4. Digitize the features on-screen with the raster images as thebackground, using the raster snap tools to speed data capture.

Note: Raster snap can be used on binary raster data only.


CAD Data

Into GeoMedia Professional:

1. Create a CAD data-server schema to define the folder, maps,coordinate system, and features.

2. Connect to one or more CAD files.

3. Import the CAD features into a read/write warehouse (Access, Oracle,or Oracle Spatial Cartridge).

4. Edit and add the GIS features in GeoMedia Professional.OR

Build area features from the CAD linework in GeoMedia Professional.

Into CAD Applications:

1. Return the new and edited features to the CAD applications.

2. Export the features as design (.dgn) files.

Attribute Data in Databases

1. Prepare the attribute data in databases for features with a unique

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12. Connect to the external data

source (database, ASCII file,Excel spreadsheet), usingdatabase tools from Access,Oracle, and so forth.

2. In the external source: Display the attribute data

using a database or Excel.

Sort the rows by a commonidentifier, for example, aPIN.

Copy the attribute valuesinto a paste buffer.

3. Execute a Query/Update in thedatabase to load the columnsbased on a common identifier,for example, a PIN.

3. In GeoMedia Professional:

Display the feature table ina data window.

Sort the data window rowsby a common identifier.

Paste the attribute valuesfrom the paste buffer intothe data window topopulate the features.

Legacy GIS Data

Data in legacy systems, like Intergraphs MGE and ESRIs ARC/INFOand ArcView, already represent the graphic location (the map) andinformation (the database attributes supporting the location) for each itemon a map. So, for a red line on a map that represents a U.S. Highway, the

Department of Transportation may have database attributes that tell theresurfacing, accident, or bridge-maintenance records. One problem withsystems like these is that they do not talkwell to each other. GeoMediaProfessional provides a platform where you can easily display andmanipulate data from all three legacy systems.For an enterprise that wants to migrate part or all of their current GIS toGeoMedia Professional, the workflow uses Intergraphs powerful data-server technology combined with industry-standard databases. Operatorscan then add or edit data in the new environment.

Migrating Legacy GIS Data into GeoMedia Professional:

1. Connect to the legacy data source (MGE, ArcView, or ARC/INFO).2. Select the features to migrate.

3. Import the selected features into a read/write warehouse (Access,Oracle, or Oracle Spatial Cartridge).

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Note: You can import GIS data into any GeoMedia Professional-

supported format into an Access or an Oracle warehouse. You can importan entire feature class or only those features meeting the conditions thatyou define with an attribute filter. When you import features, the softwarecopies the data from the source warehouse to a target read/writewarehouse.

Using GeoMedia Professional to Maintain a Legacy GIS:

With its powerful data-capture abilities, enterprises appreciate GeoMediaProfessionals open architecture. This means that they can maintain theirinvestment in a legacy GIS system while capitalizing on the uniqueproductivity tools in the software.

1. Connect to the legacy data source (MGE, ArcView, or ARC/INFO).

2. Select the features to migrate.

3. Import the selected features into a read/write warehouse (Access,Oracle, or Oracle Spatial Cartridge).

4. Edit and add the GIS features in GeoMedia Professional.

5. Export the GIS features asshapefiles.

5. Use MGE to importwarehouse data into an MGEproject.

6. Use ArcView or ARC/INFOtools to merge the new andedited features into the legacyGIS.

6. Use MGE tools to merge thenew and edited features intothe legacy GIS.

Capturing Data for a Legacy GIS:

GeoMedia Professionals open architecture means that you can use itspowerful data-capture abilities to populate a legacy system with new data.The use of industry-standard databases supports data-capture, wherever thedata are ultimately going to be stored. This means that an enterprise cancontinue to use their legacy GIS system while capitalizing on the unique

productivity tools in GeoMedia Professional.1. Capture GIS features using GeoMedia Professional, and store them in

Access or Oracle.

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12. Export the GIS features as

shapefiles.2. Use MGE to import

warehouse data into an MGEproject.

3. Use ArcView or ARC/INFOtools to merge the new andedited features into the legacyGIS.

3. Use MGE tools to merge thenew and edited features intothe legacy GIS.

What is a GIS?

A GIS (geographic information system) is a computer system capable of

assembling, storing, manipulating, analyzing, and displayinggeographically referenced information. This system contains both dataidentified according to their locations and graphic and nongraphic data.

What Can I Do with a GIS ?

A GIS allows you to perform the following functions:

Locate information spatially for example, find a site by latitude andlongitude or by proximity to other features.

Visualize information more effectively and intuitively.

Spatially analyze information from many integrated data sources.

Graphically navigate through data sets, for example, drill downs.

Answer questions more quickly and accurately.

Plan work and activities more effectively.

Save resources on construction, maintenance, management, surveying,and similar activities.

Aspects of a GIS

The following are some important aspects of a GIS system:

A GIS knows where things are, which is essential to rational decisionmaking in many cases.

The a GIS is only as useful and accurate as the information you putinto it.

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A map itself is not a GIS; a map is a derived output product of a GIS.

A map is to a GIS as a report is to a database.

Types of Information

A GIS may contain the following types of information:

TextualReports, tabular data, and data streams.

Image FilesAerial photos, scanned images, and photographs.

CAD (Vector)Drawings containing linework, such as floor plans,schematics, and diagrams, which are sometimes drawn to scale andsometimes not.

GIS (Smart Vectors)Maps, properly scaled and properly oriented, andsupport for multiple projections. Map feature definitions also includenongraphic data (attributes).

Other DocumentsOffice automation: presentations, spreadsheets, webpages, and so forth.

GIS Concepts & Terminology

The following are several important GIS concepts and terminology that areused when describing GeoMedia Professional. They are discussed atgreater length in their respective parts of this document.

WarehousesCollections of GIS data, for example Oracle, ArcInfo, andCAD databases. GeoMedia Professional establishes connectionstowarehouses to gain access to the GIS information.

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FeaturesFeatures are digital representations for real-world entities.

Features have attributes. Afeature class definition defines all of theattributes and associated data types. Specific instances of the featureclass have unique values for the attribute fields.

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Features can be represented in the GIS as points, lines, polylines,areas, arcs, text, and images.

Features can be organized into categories, themes, or layers.

LegendsLegends control what information appears in a map window,including symbology, render order, and interactive characteristics.

Queries andSpatial QueriesQueries are questions, some complex,

some simple, that you can pose to the GIS. For example, a simple querymight be to see all cities with more than 100,000 people. Or, you may askto see all states with a population over 100,000 containing cities where thetotal crime rate is greater than 125. Spatial queries supplement relationaloperators with spatial operators.

Coordinate Systems andProjectionsMathematical transformations

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must take place to represent the Earth in two-dimensional space. It is thesame source information in each case, just represented differently. This is

the primary cause for data from disparate sources not to overlay properly.

Analytical CommandsComplex analyses and processing of thecontents of the GIS.

GIS Applications

A GIS can be productively used in many endeavors, including thefollowing:

Agriculture Business

Cartography Meteorology

Geology Tourism

Education Archeology Facilities Management Military installation management

Asset Management Environmental Management

Utilities Management (water and sewer, electric, communicationsystems, cable, cell phone coverage areas, and so forth)

Natural Resources and Resource Conservation

Public Safety (emergency dispatch management)

Disaster planning (hurricane evacuation, earthquake)

Health Care Industry (disease outbreak studies, epidemics)

Industrial (plants, pipelines, storage tanks, and so forth)

Aeronautical (Airport GIS, airspace management) Marine Engineering (biology, soundings)

Sate and local government Land Information Systems (LIS):parcels, right-of-way, and so forth.

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Benefits of GIS

Some of the benefits of using a GIS are the following:

Reduces Operations and Maintenance CostsAs a productivitymultiplier, a GIS enables less-skilled personnel to complete sophisticatedanalyses, as well as expanding the output of the technical staff.

Improves Mission EffectivenessA GIS provides command andmanagement personnel with the opportunity to rapidly analyzemultidisciplinary sets of data and to arrive at the best solution withcomplete supporting documentation.

Provides Rapid Modeling Capabilities for Analyzing Alternative

Strategies A GIS provides the capability for command personnel tomake the best and most cost-effective decisions in tight budgetenvironments.

Greatly Improved Communication AidsEffective communication isessential for managing an infrastructure, whether it be a college campus,military installation, or a city. GIS visualization tools are fast and easy touse.

Promotes HarmonyBy providing a standard set of data and tools formodeling and analysis, major alternatives for a project can be consistentlyproduced and analyzed. This capability helps bring teams together withthe increased job satisfaction associated with the feeling of effective groupparticipation.

Provides a Repository of Institutional KnowledgeBy incorporatingas much knowledge as possible into standard GIS functions, the loss ofkey personnel knowledge can be minimized.


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Working with GeoWorkspaces

A GeoWorkspace is the container for all your work in this product.Within its confines are the warehouse connections to your data, mapwindows, data windows, layout windows, toolbars, coordinate-systeminformation, and queries you have built. The first thing you do is open anexisting GeoWorkspace or create a new one.

Once you are in a GeoWorkspace, you can change its coordinate system,establish warehouse connections, run queries, display data, and performspatial analyses. The settings and connections you define in aGeoWorkspace are saved in a .gwsfile, although the actual data remains

stored in warehouses. The software is delivered with an exampleGeoWorkspace, USSampleData.gws.

Note: The U.S. Sample Data Set contains a shaded relief image of theUnited States, complete with hypsometric tints. The data consist of a1000-meter pixel resolution RGB GeoTIFF file.

Every GeoWorkspace is built on a template, and you can create your owntemplates or use an existing one. The software is delivered with a defaultGeoWorkspace template, normal.gwt, which contains an empty map

window, an empty legend, and a predefined coordinate system. If youaccidentally delete thenormal.gwtfile, you must reinstall the software torestore the template; so it is a good idea to back up this file.

This is a representative workflow for creating and configuring aGeoWorkspace:

1. Select File > New GeoWorkspace.

2. Select a template.

3. If the coordinate system you want differs from the one in the template,define a different coordinate system for the GeoWorkspace.

4. Make warehouse connections; configure map and data windows

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Creating a GeoWorkspace

You create a GeoWorkspace using normal.gwtor another template in the\GeoMedia Professional\Templates\GeoWorkspacefolder. The availabletemplates are displayed when you select File > New GeoWorkspacefromthe GeoMedia Professional menu or Create new GeoWorkspacefromthe Welcome!dialog box.

The software assigns a default title of GeoWorkspace1to each newGeoWorkspace. When you save a GeoWorkspace, you assign it afilename, and the software automatically adds a .gwsextension.

Opening a GeoWorkspace

You can have only one GeoWorkspace open at a time. When you open asecond GeoWorkspace in the same software session, the software closesthe open GeoWorkspace.

If the GeoWorkspace you want to open is read-only, you are advised that itis read-only and asked if you still want to open it. If you open it, thesoftware makes a copy of the read-only GeoWorkspace and opens it asread-only. If you then make changes to this internally copiedGeoWorkspace and try to save it, you are advised that you have madechanges and asked if you want to save the GeoWorkspace to a differentfile name because the original GeoWorkspace is read-only. The changesyou make to a read-only GeoWorkspace are discarded when you close it

unless you save it with a different file name.A list of the most recently used GeoWorkspaces appears at the bottom ofthe Filemenu. You can open a GeoWorkspace from this list by clickingthe filename.

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2. Select the GeoWorkspace you want.

3. Click Open.

Note: If a connection fails while attempting to open a GeoWorkspace,an error dialog box appears prompting you to verify that yourwarehouse connection parameters are correct.

Delaying Data Loading

Depending on your data, opening an existing GeoWorkspace may take along time. The amount of time varies with the number of feature classesbeing loaded into displays, the amount of data per feature class, and theprocessing time of any queries. To improve performance, you can delaythe loading of data by selecting the Do not load data when openingGeoWorkspacecheck box on the Generaltab of the Options dialog box(Tools > Options). If this check box is not selected, which is the default,the software loads all data when opening a GeoWorkspace.


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Upon setting this option, the map windows and data windows are emptywhen you open a GeoWorkspace. The legend entries in the map view arecreated but not in a loaded state; the data view shows a title but displays norecords. Any existing queries are not re-executed. Also, any subsequentopening of an existing GeoWorkspace, in the same session or futuresessions, does not load the data.

After opening a GeoWorkspace, you can selectively load its data asfollows:

Legend Entries

Select View > Update Allto update all legend entries in all mapwindows and all data windows.

Select one or more legend entries, display the right mouse menu (onthe legend, not the map window), and select Load Data. This isenabled only when one or more of the selected legend entries is in anunloaded state.

Data Windows

Select View > Update Allto update all legend entries in all mapwindows and all data windows.

Display the right mouse menu, and select Load Data. This is enabledonly when the data window is in an unloaded state.

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Automatically Backing Up GeoWorkspaces

To protect you against data loss due to GeoWorkspace corruption, thesoftware contains an automatic backup function. This automated backupis performed immediately after a GeoWorkspace has been successfullyread, at which point it is known that the GeoWorkspace is not corruptedand a copy can be safely saved. This backup is performed only if theGeoWorkspace itself is read/write, as there is no danger of a filecorruption if it is read-only. Furthermore, the GeoWorkspace may beread-only because it is in a read-only folder or on a read-only medium (forexample, a CD), which would prohibit creation of the backup in any case.

The backup copy of the GeoWorkspace is made using a file copy, which

ensures the backup copy is identical to the original GeoWorkspace exceptfor the filename. The backup file has the same path and filename as theoriginal GeoWorkspace except that the extension is .bak. If a formerbackup file by the same name already exists, it will be overwritten. Thedefault is to automatically back up GeoWorkspaces, but you can turn thisfeature off by unchecking the Create backup when openingGeoWorkspacecheck box on the Generaltab of the Optionsdialog box(Tools > Options).


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Saving, Closing, and Copying a GeoWorkspaceIn addition to saving GeoWorkspaces automatically through the backupfunction, there are several ways to save or to close one. When you save orcopy a GeoWorkspace, you are saving all its settingsthe windowconfiguration, the coordinate system, queries, legends, thematic displays,and warehouse connectionseven if you are connected to a read-onlywarehouse.

The default location for GeoWorkspaces is specified during installation,usually the \GeoWorkspacesfolder of your root folder. You can changethe default folder through the File Locationstab of theOptionsdialogbox. The default file extension for GeoWorkspaces is .gws.

To save changes to a GeoWorkspace any time during a session, selectFile > Save GeoWorkspace. This saves but does not close theGeoWorkspace.

To save a new GeoWorkspace, select File > Save GeoWorkspace As,and type a name for the GeoWorkspace in the File namefield.

Note: To make a GeoWorkspace read-only, you use standardWindows procedures for changing file attributes.

To copy the open GeoWorkspace to a new file, select File > Save

GeoWorkspace As, and give the GeoWorkspace a different name.This closes the open GeoWorkspace without saving changes to it sincethe session was opened or since the last save. The newly namedGeoWorkspace becomes the open one.

To close a GeoWorkspace without saving changes made since the lastsave or since the current session was opened, select File > CloseGeoWorkspace.

To change the location of your GeoWorkspace files:

The default storage location of your GeoWorkspace files is establishedwhen the software is installed, but you can change it from the File

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E-Mailing a GeoWorkspace

When you select File > Sendfrom the GeoMedia Professional menu, theelectronic-mail application on your system starts and attaches a copy of theopen GeoWorkspace.

Because all warehouse connections are stored as folder paths, the personreceiving the GeoWorkspace will be able to open the GeoWorkspace, re-

establish all original warehouse connections, and view the data as itappeared when you e-mailed the GeoWorkspace.

1. Select File > Send.

2. Fill in the Toand Subjectfields as you would for any e-mail message.

3. Send the message.

Creating a GeoWorkspace Template

The default location for GeoWorkspace templates is \ProgramFiles\GeoMedia Professional\Templates\GeoWorkspaces. You can

specify a different folder through Tools > Options > File Locations.

To create a GeoWorkspace template:

1. Select File > New GeoWorkspace.

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4. Define the GeoWorkspace coordinate system (View > GeoWorkspace

Coordinate System).

5. Make the warehouse connections you want for this template(Warehouse > New Connection).

6. Turn on and positionor turn offthe legend, north arrow, and scalebar (Viewmenu).

7. Adjust the size and locations of the map and data windows.

8. In the map window, display the features and background images youwant.

9. Build the queries you want saved with the template.

10. Select File > Save GeoWorkspace As.

Note: If you have named an alternate file location for GeoWorkspacetemplates, that location appears in the Save infield of the SaveGeoWorkspace Asdialog box. Then if you want to store the newtemplate in the main templates folder, click the drop-down arrow andbrowse to the \Program Files\GeoMediaProfessional\Templates\GeoWorkspacesfolder.

11. Verify that GeoWorkspace Templateappears in the Save as typefield.

12. Type a name for the template in the File nametext box. The fileextension must be .gwt.

13. Click Save.

Linking and Embedding a GeoWorkspace

GeoMedia Professional can act as an OLE server, which means you caninsert a GeoWorkspace as an object into a container application thatsupports OLE. All such applications have an Insert Object command, orsomething equivalent, that lets you link or embed objects. You can alsoembed a GeoWorkspace by dragging and dropping the .gwsfile name fromWindows Explorer into a container application.


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Only one view in a link can be active, and the container application showsthe active view by default when you link a GeoWorkspace. However, in

some container applications, you can edit the link and change the

item partof the link source to a named view, which is the title on a map or datawindow (by default,MapWindow1orDataWindow1, for example). Whenyou embed a GeoWorkspace, the entire GeoWorkspace is embedded, notjust a single map or data window, although you can see only the activeview of the embedded GeoWorkspace in the document of the containerdocument. The embedded GeoWorkspace can be edited in one of twoways. First, you can in-place activate GeoMedia Professional within thecontainer application. When you do this, the container applicationdisplays its own File and Windows menus, but all other menus and toolsbelong to GeoMedia Professional. Clicking outside the embeddedGeoWorkspace takes you back to the container document. Second, you

can open the embedded document in a separate GeoMedia Professionalwindow. This allows access to the other windows in theembeddedGeoWorkspace.


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Working with Coordinate Systems

This application displays all dataeven data from different sourcesusing the coordinate system defined for the GeoWorkspace. Each featureclass stored in a warehouse can have its own unique coordinate system andis transformed on the fly into the GeoWorkspace coordinate system whenyou display them in the map window.

See "Displaying DataThat Has NoCoordinate SystemSpecified" in thischapter.

IMPORTANT: To accurately display raster images, FRAMME data, ordata from many non-Intergraph proprietary formats in a GeoWorkspace,the coordinate system of the GeoWorkspace must either match that of thefeature data in the warehouse or you must define a coordinate system file

for the feature data so that it can be correctly converted for you.Assigning a coordinate system to your source data is the only way toensure that GeoMedia Professional understands the source projection ofyour data. Data servers that use coordinate system files typically specifythe association of feature name to coordinate system file in their inifile.In some cases these data servers allow the same coordinate system file tobe shared by all features in the warehouse. To create a coordinate systemfile (*.csf), you use the Define Coordinate System Fileutility that isdelivered with the software. A common method to create the .inifile isthe Define Warehouse Configuration File utility.

A coordinate system provides the mathematical basis for relating thefeatures in your study area to their real-world positions. The softwaresupports the following types of coordinate systems:

Ageographiccoordinate system (the default) references a spheroid,expressing coordinates as longitude, latitude, where longitudeis theangular distance from a prime meridian, and latitudeis the angulardistance from the equator.

Aprojectedcoordinate system references a projection plane that has awell-know relationship to a spheroid, expressing coordinates as X,Y,where X normally points east on the plane of the map, and Y pointsnorth at the point chosen for the origin of the map. The X coordinate

is called easting, and the Ycoordinate is