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Oracle® Spatial Studio Guide Release 20.1 F17646-05 March 2021 Oracle Spatial Studio Guide, Release 20.1 F17646-05 Copyright © 2019, 2021, Oracle and/or its affiliates. Primary Author: Lavanya Jayapalan Contributors: Chuck Murray, Mamata Basapur, David Lapp, Carol Palmer, L.J. Qian, Siva Ravada This software and related documentation are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and are protected by intellectual property laws. Except as expressly permitted in your license agreement or allowed by law, you may not use, copy, reproduce, translate, broadcast, modify, license, transmit, distribute, exhibit, perform, publish, or display any part, in any form, or by any means. Reverse engineering, disassembly, or decompilation of this software, unless required by law for interoperability, is prohibited. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice and is not warranted to be error-free. 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Contents Preface Audience vi Documentation Accessibility vi Related Resources vii Conventions vii 1 Introduction to Oracle Spatial Studio 1.1 About Oracle Spatial Studio 1-1 1.2 Spatial Studio Terminology 1-1 1.3 Spatial Studio Metadata and Connection Management 1-2 1.4 Spatial Studio Best Practices 1-3 2 Administering Oracle Spatial Studio 2.1 Prerequisites and Recommendations for Spatial Studio 2-2 2.2 Downloading and Installing Spatial Studio 2-2 2.2.1 Installing and Configuring the Spatial Studio Quick Start 2-3 2.2.2 Installing Spatial Studio to a WebLogic Server Domain 2-4 2.2.2.1 Preventing a Spatial Studio Admin User from General WLS Administration 2-5 2.3 Setting Up the Spatial Studio Metadata Schema 2-6 2.4 Connection Requirements for Database Users of Spatial Studio 2-7 2.5 Changing the Configuration Using the sgtech_config.json File 2-7 2.5.1 Allow HTTPS-ONLY Access 2-8 2.5.2 Connecting to the Spatial Studio Metadata Schema 2-8 2.5.3 Caching Metadata Objects 2-9 2.5.4 If the Spatial Studio Repository Schema Password Has Been Changed 2-10 3 Using Oracle Spatial Studio 3.1 Getting Started Using Spatial Studio 3-3 3.2 Spatial Studio Projects Page and Active Project 3-3 iii 3.3 Spatial Studio Data Page 3-4 3.4 Spatial Studio Console 3-6 3.5 If the Spatial Studio Repository Schema Password Has Been Changed 3-7 4 Spatial Studio Accessibility Information 4.1 About Oracle Spatial Studio Accessibility 4-1 4.2 Oracle Spatial Studio Features that Support Accessibility 4-1 4.2.1 Keyboard Access with Spatial Studio 4-1 4.2.2 Screen Reader Readability with Spatial Studio 4-2 4.2.3 Flexibility in Font and Color Choices with Spatial Studio 4-2 4.2.4 No Audio-only Feedback with Spatial Studio 4-2 4.2.5 No Dependency on Blinking Cursor and Animation with Spatial Studio 4-2 4.2.6 Screen Magnifier Usability with Spatial Studio 4-2 4.3 Highly Visual Features of Oracle Spatial Studio 4-2 A REST API Endpoints for Oracle Spatial Studio B Third-Party License Information for Spatial Studio Index iv List of Figures 2-1 WLS Admin Console for Deploying Spatial Studio 2-5 3-1 Create Button 3-1 3-2 Spatial Studio Main Page 3-2 3-3 Active Project Page 3-4 3-4 Active Project Page Icons 3-4 3-5 Data Page, Including Dropdown Menus 3-5 3-6 Studio Console Page 3-6 v Preface Preface • Audience • Documentation Accessibility • Related Resources • Conventions Audience This document is intended for users of the Spatial Studio tool who have one or more of the following responsibilities: • Administering Spatial Studio. Such users install the tool, and create and manage database users of the tool. • Using Spatial Studio. Such users are typically data analysts or application developers, or both. Tip: If you choose to print the PDF version of this book, and if you do not want to include the licensing details in the printout, print only pages 1 (title page) through the last page of the last chapter. (Most of the content of the book consists of license details in Appendix A.) . Documentation Accessibility For information about Oracle's commitment to accessibility, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program website at http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup? ctx=acc&id=docacc. Access to Oracle Support Oracle customers that have purchased support have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/ lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired. vi Preface Related Resources For more information, see these Oracle resources: • Oracle Technical Resources (formerly called Oracle Technology Network) page: https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/spatialandgraph.html (and look for Spatial Studio) • Oracle Spatial Developer's Guide Conventions The following text conventions are used in this document: Convention Meaning boldface Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary. italic Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values. monospace Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter. vii 1 Introduction to Oracle Spatial Studio Oracle Spatial Studio is a graphical tool for working with spatial data in Oracle Spatial and Graph format. • About Oracle Spatial Studio Oracle Spatial Studio, also referred to as Spatial Studio, is a free tool that lets you connect with, visualize, explore, and analyze geospatial data stored in and managed by Oracle Spatial and Graph. • Spatial Studio Terminology The key concepts and domain objects of Oracle Spatial Studio are the following. • Spatial Studio Metadata and Connection Management Spatial Studio stores all of its own metadata (such as the definitions of all the datasets and connections created by different users) in a single Oracle Database schema known as the metadata schema, or repository. • Spatial Studio Best Practices The following are recommended practices for use with Spatial Studio. 1.1 About Oracle Spatial Studio Oracle Spatial Studio, also referred to as Spatial Studio, is a free tool that lets you connect with, visualize, explore, and analyze geospatial data stored in and managed by Oracle Spatial and Graph. Spatial Studio is a multiuser Java EE application that can be used as a standalone tool (Quick Start) or deployed to WebLogic Server. Before you can use Spatial Studio, you must download the kit from Oracle Technical Resources (formerly called Oracle Technology Network), install the software, and perform certain administrative actions like creating database users that are authorized to use the tool, and managing those users. Note: Spatial Studio is not the Spatial and Graph map visualization component (formerly called "MapViewer"), which is not an end-user "tool" but rather a separate and distinct component.