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San!Rafael,!CA!94903,!USA Contents Introduction ....................................................................................................... ix Chapter 1: Introduction to Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise .............................. 1 Lesson: Introduction to Autodesk MapGuide Server .......................................... 2 About MapGuide Server ........................................................................... 3 About MapGuide Web Server Extensions ................................................. 4 About MapGuide Site Administration ....................................................... 6 Lesson: Introduction to Autodesk MapGuide Studio .......................................... 8 About Autodesk MapGuide Studio ........................................................... 9 Finding Data ............................................................................................ 10 Building Layers ........................................................................................ 11 Making Maps .......................................................................................... 13 Placing Maps on the Internet ................................................................. 15 About Viewers ......................................................................................... 18 Lesson: Feature Data Objects ‐ FDO ................................................................. 19 About Feature Data Objects ‐ FDO ......................................................... 20 FDO Application Programming Interface (API) ........................................ 21 Chapter Summary ............................................................................................. 23 Chapter 2: Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise Server .......................................... 25 Lesson: Installation ............................................................................................ 26 Installing MapGuide Enterprise Server for Windows .............................. 29 Exercise: Installing Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise Server and Web Extensions ....................................................................... 31 Lesson: Server Configuration ............................................................................ 35 About the Site Administrator .................................................................. 36 Exercise: Create New User Groups ......................................................... 41 Exercise: Create New Users .................................................................... 43 Exercise: Assign Roles ............................................................................. 45 Exercise: Create Alias .............................................................................. 47 Exercise: Load a Package ......................................................................... 48 Chapter Summary ............................................................................................. 50 iii Chapter 3: Authoring with Autodesk MapGuide Studio ............................... 51 Lesson: Data Connections ............................................................................. 52 About Data Management ................................................................... 53 Connecting with FDO Data Sources .................................................... 54 About Unmanaged Data Sources ........................................................ 55 Using Data Source Preview ................................................................. 56 About Feature Joins ............................................................................ 58 Exercise: Using Studio to Create Project Folders ................................. 60 Exercise: Creating a Data Connection to a Microsoft Access Database .................................................................................... 62 Exercise: Creating a Data Connection to a SHP Folder ........................ 65 Exercise: Creating a Join between SHP and ODBC Database ............... 67 Lesson: Data Loading .................................................................................... 69 About Data Loading ............................................................................ 70 Loading Raster Data ............................................................................ 72 Exercise: Load SHP Files with a Load Procedure ................................. 74 Exercise: Load Raster Files with a Load Procedure ............................. 77 Lesson: Layers ............................................................................................... 79 About Layers ....................................................................................... 80 User‐Defined Line Styles and Symbols ................................................ 84 Advanced Stylization ........................................................................... 87 Exercise: Create a Point Layer from a Database .................................. 92 Exercise: Create a Themed Zoning Layer ............................................ 94 Exercise: Create a Roads Layer ........................................................... 97 Exercise: Create a Layer with Joined Database ................................. 100 Exercise: Create an Airphoto Layer ................................................... 103 Lesson: Maps ............................................................................................... 105 Create the Map ................................................................................. 106 Add Layers ......................................................................................... 107 Exercise: Create a New Map ............................................................. 109 Chapter Summary ....................................................................................... 112 Chapter 4: Basic and Flexible Web Layouts ............................................... 113 Lesson: Basic Web Layouts ......................................................................... 114 About Web Layouts ..........................................................................