Geo Web Publisher Nicolas Loubier. Geo Web Publishing What is Geo Web Publisher ? Comprehensive solution for publishing geospatial information via the.

Geo Web Publisher

Nicolas Loubier

Geo Web Publishing

• What is Geo Web Publisher ?• Comprehensive solution for publishing

geospatial information via the Web• Easy to implement, high performance • Brings together multiple data sources • Fully integrated with the geospatial desktop tools• OGC compliant, WMS server

• End user tools for map navigation, query, analysis and reporting

• Advanced site authoring and administration tools

Geo Web Publisher v8.5.2.It is happening NOW…

• THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RELEASE EVER OF Bentley Publishing products• Was released in August 2005• Maintenance release in Jan 2006• New Select Update in June 2006

What’s New in 8.05.02.70 Select Update?

• WMS Server Support• Thematic Symbolization• Dynamic Data Sources• Site Author Enhanced

• Overview Object• Thematic• Object Swapping enabled• Usability enhancements for

site creators• iDPR Desktop integration

with the Geospatial Server

Agenda

• Data sources

• Performance

• Thematic mapping

Agenda

• Data sources

• Performance

• Thematic mapping

Architecture Overview

Geo Web Publisher for Municipal

• What data types will we find in a municipal environment? • Cartographic data in various formats• Projects data• Schools • Pictures • Others• …..

Geo Web Publisher for Municipal

• Data formats:• GIS formats• CAD formats or

drawings• Databases• Excel spread sheets• Office files• Others …

GIS

CAD

Database

Others

Geo Web Publisher for Municipal

• Every piece of information produced in a city can be related to a city map:

Geo Web Publisher for Municipal

• Geo Web Publisher can integrate multiple graphical and non graphical data sources:• Mapping data created with MicroStation• Oracle spatial • Simple geospatial database tables• Raster file and raster mosaic• Non graphical database tables• Views, joins and queries• Links to external files• Links to external web sites

Keynote Demonstration

• We saw a multi disciplinary web site integrating data from all the city departments.

• The web site was created by a GIS administrator with the Geo Web Publisher Administration tools.

Pictures

Pictures LayerSource: Microsoft Access

Parcels LayerSource: Oracle 10g (spatial)

Parcels

Water Layers (Pipes, Hydrants, Nodes)Source: DGN Files, Microsoft SQL

Server

Water

Pictures LayerSource: DGN File, Microsoft Access

Projects

Land base LayersSource: DGN Files, pen tables

Land base

Raster Layers Source: Sid Files, Bentley Descartes

Mosaic

Aerial

Agenda

• Data sources

• Performance

• Thematic mapping

Performance

• New file format

• Pre publishing mechanism for faster publishing

• No data castration

Agenda

• Data sources

• Performance

• Thematic mapping

Thematic Mapping

Thematically resymbolize based on database properties

• unique values• equal ranges• equal count

Thematic object depicts a handy legend for interpretation

Symbolization sets • can be pre-configured for novice

users • site users can be allowed to

interactively define presentation parameters

Use in workflows with reporting and overlay queries for end-to-end analysis workflows

Site Author: Thematic Mapping

Define• Name• Layers• Database sources

Legend Properties• Location on layout• Font, Color, Size• Default color ramp

Unique Value• Included/Excluded Values• Aggregate values into groups • Default color palette/ramp

Equal Ranges• Interval Definitions

Equal Count

Demo

• http://demosrv27449qbc/toronto/