Online Symbol Library

Instructions for use

Online Services supports access to Online Symbol Library in both SuperMap Online public cloud and iPortal private cloud data. Support the viewing and downloading of Online Symbol Library in the cloud service, and upload and share the local symbol library data.

Online Symbol Library View/Preview

  1. In Workspace Manager, select the Super Online or iPortal resource directory. Click Online Symbol Library and the Online Symbol Library data contents are displayed in the Online Data preview window.
  2. Three tabs are arranged in the Online Data window: dot symbol, line symbol, and Fill symbol. Display different categories of symbol groupings within different tab pages. Click a specific grouping to enter the detailed grouping list, and the Basic Information attribute box pops up on the right side of the window, which displays the Basic Info of the grouping data. As shown in the following figure:

Online Symbol Library Download and Application

  1. Support the download of Online Symbol. In the symbol preview window, check the check box of the corresponding symbol in front of the symbol to be downloaded, or select the Select All and Select Inversely buttons provided by the program to assist the selection of symbols. After selecting the symbol, click the Download Symbol Library button at the lower left corner of the window. The Task Management dialog appears.
  2. Task Management , the first line displays the total download progress, and the following progress bar will change with the download progress. You can select Pause All or Cancel All to download tasks at any time during the download process. The download tasks are arranged in the list box in turn. You can view the download progress of individual symbol files and control the download tasks through the Pause Delete button behind the progress bar.
  3. If the Auto Close after Finished the transmission check box is selected at the bottom of the Task Management dialog, the Task Manager will Auto Close when all download tasks are executed. If it is not checked, there will be no record in the task list of Downloading in the Task Manager, and the data downloaded successfully will be displayed in the Finished the transm ission list in turn.
  4. The downloaded symbol library will be saved in the local SuperMap symbol library. Open the Select device, add the Online subdirectory under the root group directory, and the downloaded Online Symbol will be stored in the subdirectory of the Online Symbol Library. It is convenient for users to use Online Symbol resources.
  5. During the drawing process, if the point symbol, line symbol and Fill symbol provided by the system cannot meet the drawing requirements, the user can access the SuperMap Online/iPortal Online Resource according to the above method. Download the Online Symbol in the Online Resource, and then select Apply the downloaded symbol resource in the Selector.

Local symbol library uploading and sharing

Local symbol library can be uploaded to SuperMap Online or iPortal for sharing, which is convenient for users to share customized map symbols and enrich users' mapping resources.

  1. Open Application, expand the Resources node of Works pace Manager; Double-click the Marker Symbol Library sub-node under the resource node to pop up the Marker Symbol Selector, and select the point symbol to be uploaded in the Marker Symbol Selector. Right-click the Share to Online button. The Upload Symbol Library dialog pops up.
  2. In Upload Symbol Library, enter the following information for the Upload Symbol Library data resource:
    • Name: The name of the symbol library after uploading.
    • Icon: Click the picture in the icon box, and select a picture in the pop-up dialog box to display the main content of the symbol. The supported formats of the picture are: *.png, *.jpg. * JPEG, *.bmp.
    • Classification: Classify the shared symbols for easy search.
    • Label: Enter multiple labels to retrieve and distinguish different Symbol Types.
    • Details: Describe the uploaded symbol library for easy browsing and downloading.
    • Upload Address: Click the Drop-down Button on the right to upload to SuperMap Online public cloud or iPortal private cloud.
    • Upload catalog: Select and set File catalog in the dialog box to create a new file catalog, delete the existing file, and rename the existing file catalog.
    • Only yourself/anyone: Set the data view permission after uploading. The default is Only yourself. Check the Anyone check box, and the data view permission is visible to anyone. 。
  3. After completing the above settings, click the Share button to pop up the Task Management dialog box, which displays the overall upload progress of symbol data and the upload progress of a single symbol file; and control the operation of the uploaded file through the pause, cancel, delete and other buttons.
  4. After successful sharing, you can browse and download in Online Symbol Library in SuperMap Online and iPortal, which is convenient for other users to use Online Symbol resources.

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