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2 Functionality
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3 -------------
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5 The MXD2map converter works as a commandline tool to transform maps from the
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6 proprietary ArcGIS file format "MXD" to a MapServer configuration file.
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8 To transform an ArcGIS mxd file to a MapServer configuration file the mxd file
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9 must have a valid and available data source and must not fit the
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10 :ref:`restriction-label` described in the appropriate section.
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12 .. image:: ../funktionsweise/funktionsweise-MXD-konverter.svg
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14 .. _howtouse-label:
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16 How to use
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19 The converter is started via the commandline running the command::
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21 $java -jar mxd2map.jar
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23 The converter can be configured in two ways:
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25 1. The converter.properties file (see converter.properties.sample)
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26 2. via commandline arguments
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28 Both take a parameter for the path to the mxd file, the outputfile and a mapfile
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29 template for initial mapfile config. Commandline parameters have a higher
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30 priority than the properties file.
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32 The available parameters on the commandline are::
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34 -m or --mxd The mxd file to convert.
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36 -a or --map The path to the output file. Should end with ".map".
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38 -t or --template The template to use for an initial mapfile
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39 configuration.
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41 To have the full functionality for ArcGIS map conversion it is necessary to have
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42 the ESRI fonts available. ArcGIS products install these fonts to the default
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43 windows font folder "c:\\windows\\fonts". To make them available for the converter
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44 there has to be a MapServer font set (see
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45 http://mapserver.org/mapfile/fontset.html). The MXD2map converter comes with an
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46 initial fontset containing all relevant ESRI fonts and the free font FreeSans.
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47 The font set file named fonts.txt can be edited and further fonts can be added.
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48 To use a font set, the file needs to be referenced in the MapServer template
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49 otherwise the converter can not create character symbols and will show up errors
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50 in the conversion process.
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52 The converter uses a separate symbol file to provide symbol sets to the
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53 MapServer configuration. A pre-build symbol file can be referenced in the
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54 template to have initial symbols available. If no symbol file is referenced a
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55 new one is created by the converter if necessary. The resulting symbol set is
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56 written to the same directory as the output mapfile named
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57 [mapfile-name]-symbols.sym.
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60 Features
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61 --------
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63 Currently supported features:
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65 * The MXD2map converter can use ArcSDE database connections and local
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66 shapefile datasources to create a mapfile.
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68 * Convertable symbols:
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70 * Simple marker symbols
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71 * Character marker symbols
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72 * Arrow marker symbols
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73 * Any combination of character marker symbols
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74 * Linesymbols with pattern and cartographic attributes
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75 * Polygons filled with solid color and outline
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76 * Polygons filled with a hatch and outline
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78 * Convertable layer:
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80 * Feature layer
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81 * Layer containing unique values
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82 * Layer containing class breaks
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83 * Grouplayer with one grouplevel
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85 * Further map attributes:
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87 * Projection and units
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88 * Min/max scale denominations
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89 * Map extents
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90 * Simple labeling
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91 * Filter and expressions
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