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2 .. Copyright (c) 2011 by Intevation GmbH, Germany <info@intevation.de> |
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4 .. This file is part of MXD2map. |
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6 .. This program is free software under the LGPL (>=v2.1) |
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7 .. Read the file LICENCE.txt coming with the software for details |
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8 .. or visit http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ if it does not exist. |
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10 .. MXD2map has been developed on behalf of the |
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11 .. Bundesamt fuer Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH) in Hamburg |
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12 .. by Intevation GmbH. |
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14 .. Authors: |
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15 .. Raimund Renkert <raimund.renkert@intevation.de> |
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16 .. Bjoern Schilberg <bjoern.schilberg@intevation.de> |
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17 .. Stephan Holl <stephan.holl@intevation.de> |
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20 .. index:: restrictions, label, Raster, ArcSDE, SDE, workaround, picture-symols, windows, ArcEngine |
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21 .. _restriction-label: |
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24 Restrictions |
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25 ------------ |
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27 Currently there are some restrictions in the usage of the converter. One |
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28 of the main restrictions is the fact that the converter currently only |
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29 runs on Windows. This is due to the fact that the needed ArcEngine did |
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30 never reliably work on Linux. This was tested with ArcEngine 10.0. |
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32 Supported datasources: |
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34 * ArcSDE-passwords cannot be read since they are encrypted. The converter |
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35 exports the string ``<PASSWORD>`` which needs to be replaced later on in the |
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36 resulting mapfile. |
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38 * Since MapServer cannot use a FileGeodatabase datasources (yet) the MXD2map |
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39 does not support this datasource and will not transform the MXD-file at |
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40 all. This may change in the near future. |
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42 * Raster data is not supported by the converter yet, though ArcSDE |
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43 Raster-support will be available in the near future. |
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47 * Line symbols with pattern cannot be combined with marker symbols. The |
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48 converter reads all symbols and writes the corresponding styles to the |
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49 resulting mapfile but the marker symbols are rendered without any gap. |
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50 The resulting mapimage may not look as intended. |
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52 .. hint:: |
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53 Workarround: For small marker symbols it is recommended to use a line symbol in |
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54 combination with pattern (in ArcGIS called template) to create the |
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55 symbology. |
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56 The reason why marker symbols cannot be used in combination with a template |
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57 is the difficulty to interpret the read attributes like marks and gaps and |
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58 write the appropriate symbols with the appropiate gap to the mapfile. |
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63 .. tip:: |
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64 To avoid lines and line colors (specially outlines) to be handled by the |
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65 converter, use integer numbers for line width only. |
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69 within classifications the converter does not read these default symbols. |
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