BlomURBEX™ ArcMap Plug
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1. BECKENI A o L Eden Park 7 n 9004 2012 Biom ASA L Pinta et Be som 5 2004 2012 Bian L E 5 8 SETUP SYNCHRONIZING VIEWS It is possible to synchronize the views in the BlomURBEX Viewer with the data within the ArcMap workspace e Open up the Settings dialog box and select the Linking tab e Select the following options o Centre linked map at main view center o Center main view at linked map center Customer Support Document 17 May 2013 BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Settings Center linked map at main view center Center main view at linked map center This will allow for automatic synchronization between the BlomURBEX viewer and the geographical data within the ArcMAP workspace 6 FUNCTIONS VIEWING IMAGERY The BlomURBEX Viewer is the window that shows BlomURBEX imagery to open an image a locational point reference is needed in the ArcMap workspace e To open the BlomURBEX Viewer select the Open BlomURBEX Viewer icon e Before the imagery will appear in the BlomURBEX Viewer the settings for the Data Source and Projection system need to be correct as per the previous instructions and the ArcMap workspace must contain vector data or raster data e To view imagery of a certain area select the Centre BlomURBEX Viewer on a Point icon and then select the required location within your ArcMap workspace gl If Blom imagery does not appear please check the following steps2. Customer Support Document 32 May 2013 Bie BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Functions e Accessing Print Preview o Select File gt print preview BlornURBEX gaJ Re Export image I gl Start saving measurements Print ILA Print preview E j E f o This opens the Print preview dialog box within this box there are different layouts and zooms levels that can be selected 6 9 FUNCTIONS OVERLAYING RASTER DATA The BlomURBEX geoserver can also host third party raster data if you have access to this data under your commercial licence it is possible to overlay raster data over the BloomOBLIQUE Imagery Open up the Settings dialog box and select the Overlay tab Overlay vector layers over BlomURBEX imagery Points of interpolation 7100 Z Tile layer to overlay from server 77 e Select Overlay vector layers over BlomURBEX imagery e Select the tile layer you wish to overlay from the server Customer Support Document 33 May 2013 Bs BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Functions e Select Ok the raster layer should then be draped over the imagery This setting is not saved in the user registry BlomURBEX La T ae aggre Tip te A n TAE SL O FNR E H BUT ory ee ae r f Ai lad P 2 d eat N 6 10 FUNCTIONS OVERLAYING VECTOR DATA The BlomURBEX viewer also has the ability to overlay vector data on top of t
3. Does the projection of your ArcMap workspace and the BlomURBEX viewer match Have you selected the correct Data Source i e BlomURBEX Blom Library Have you loaded your BlomURBEX Usertoken for a BlomURBEX Data Source or Blom licence bll for a Blom Library Data Source Do you have permissions to access this area in BlomURBEX Check with your Blom Technical Support personnel Customer Support Document 18 May 2013 LP BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Functions 6 1 FUNCTIONS SEARCHING BY COORDINATES Within the BlomURBEX Viewer users are able to navigate to specific locations by using coordinates e Inthe BlomURBEX Viewer toolbar select in the tool Go to coordinates tool K rhe xy Li D Be E Go to coordinate e This icon opens up the Go to coordinate dialog box Go to coordinate Aor Longitude 331 34 Yor Latitude 162798 OSGEB 1936 British National Grid EF SK Select e First select the correct project by selecting Select and t hen choosing the required projection op Xor Longitude 331734 Enter a word to filter related projections Filter Yor Latitude 162798 _ ou _ an R gt Mercator Sphere Unknown datum based upon the Airy 1830 ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Airy Modified 1849 ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Australian National Spher Unknown datum based upon t
4. 6 5 Measuring Tools Height Area Distance Bearing Saving Measurements Exporting Images Printing Images Overlaying Raster Data Overlaying Vector Data Adding BlomURBEX as a WMS Layer Appendix 1 How to add a new projection Appendix 2 How to improve a translation interface Customer Support Document May 2013 N l fea E i ar S a BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Introduction 1 INTRODUCTION BlomURBEX is an online geographic information server geoserver it has been developed by Blom to allow on line access to all of our data products The BlomURBEX content includes a revolutionary collection of geographical datasets including high resolution aerial imagery LiDAR and raster data Functionality within BlomURBEX allows the user to navigate measure export and search The BlomURBEX server has been specially designed to provide fast access to tiled geo referenced data models The data and functionality can be accessed through a variety of technologies and applications Blom has a collection of standard API s SDK s which allow users to create their own integrations with intranet solutions or web mapping products Alternatively users can access BlomURBEX through pre developed GIS plug ins or via Blom s new viewing application BlomWEB The many different methods of accessing BlomURBEX emphasises the flexibility of the service and how this geoserver can meet all customer requirements however varie
5. General Layout Linking Printing Saving Uverlays Blom Library BlomUABEX Blom Libi ary Data source a Browse and select a Blom Library clicking in the ellipsis L icon b Click add new button in order to add multiple libraries c Select the Library License this will be a bll file provided by your Blom technical support personnel d Select the add new button in order to add multiple licenses in case there is more than one library e In order to remove a Library or a License click delete button next to the licence entry f Select OK to complete the configuration Customer Support Document 8 May 2013 Bs LOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Settings General Layout Linking Printing Saving Overlays Data source Blom Library M Blom libraries Licenses mrt 5 3 SETUP PROJECTION Initially the BlomURBEX viewer needs to be configured to it to for allow correct image returns Open the BlomURBEX Viewer window All of the BlomURBEX functionality except Center BlomURBEX Viewer on a point tool is accessed through a toolbar inside the BlomURBEX Viewer Window e Inthe BlomURBEX Viewer toolbar select the menu Settings gt Open settings dialog this opens the Settings dialog box Settings e Inthe Settings dialog box select the General tab and then select the desired Data Source This will
6. West orientations respectively O O O 6 4 FUNCTIONS IMAGE METADATA The following information can be obtained from the image e Image capture date e Image Size Full Polygon extents Upper Left Shot Corner Upper Right Shot Corner Lower Right Shot Corner Lower Left Shot Corner Visible extent Polygon o Upper Left Shot Corner o Upper Right Shot Corner o Lower Right Shot Corner o Lower Left Shot Corner e Image Orientation O O O O Customer Support Document 22 May 2013 Bs BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Functions The Image capture date is displayed at the bottom right hand side of each image The remaining information is visible in the Image properties icon underneath the image date display a e Select the Image properties icon 12 E CSS Image properties e A scroll panel appears with the additional metadata information Image Size S5616ns744 pixel Full extent polygon Upper Lett Shot Corner 357174 7619628724 L7esez2 043z25e762 OSCR 1936 British National Grid Upper Right Shot Corner SS7074 495987793 176557 84718752Z5 OSEB 1936 British National Grid Lower Bight Shot Corner SS7G70O_ 442833158 1L eoare 2768789821 5CB 1936 British National Grid Lower Left Shot Corner SS71LTO 6610797386 176076 472985313 OSCB 1536 e To close the scroll panels select the Image properties icon again Customer Support Document
7. Appendix A How to add a new projection APPENDIX 1 HOW TO ADD A NEW PROJECTION The projection support relies on the DotSpatial public domain library An epsg file is provided in the installation folder of the BlomURBEX Viewer This file contains the EPSG codes names and parameters for the coded projections The epsg file is installed by ArcGIS in this folder C Users lt user name gt AppData Local ESRI Desktop lt version gt AssemblyCache lt GUID gt e lt username gt name of the user e lt version gt ArcMap version 10 0 or 10 1 e lt GUID gt identifier If the lt GUID gt folder is not visible you must activate the visibility of system files in the Windows folder options There are several lt GUID gt folders each one is for a different plug in Browse to the one that contains the epsg file If you need to modify an existing projection or to add support for new projections modify this file with any text editor following the DotSpatial Proj4 rules for parameters See the http proj maptools org webpage for more information For example if support for the Microsoft Live Maps projection is needed add the next two lines to the file the second line looks longer but is only one World Mercator lt 54004 gt proj merc lat_ts 0 lon_O 0 k 1 000000 x_0 0 y_0 0 ellps WGS84 datum WGS84 units m no_defs lt gt Or support for Google Maps projection Google lt 900913 gt proj merc a 63781
8. proj 4278 OSGB70 proj 27700 OSGB 1936 British National Grid proj mI t i OK Cancel e All settings are saved in the user s registry and maintained until the current settings are changed or the plug in is reinstalled 5 4 SETUP LANGUAGE INTERFACE The Language of the application can be changed through the direct menu e Select Settings gt Language gt lt The desired language gt e The interface language of the application is the automatically changed The selection is saved in the user registry so next time BlomURBEX Viewer is opened the preferred language will remain the preference Settings E Open settings dialog x English Espa ol Deutsch Fran ais Italiano Nederlands Fortugu s Dansk Norsk Svenska Suomi Romana Customer Support Document 12 May 2013 ma OM BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Settings 5 5 SETUP LAYOUT The BlomURBEX Viewer has been designed to allow for flexible viewing The settings can be configured to different image layouts one single view or several orientations the user can even select a specific date range to view To change the Layout e Click in Settings gt Layout gt lt the desired layout gt The choice is saved in the user registry and the selected layout will remain in future sessions until the settings are changed again Settings 7 Ej Open settings dialog Gb Language Dual view Three views Four vi
9. _ direction Customer Support Document 38 May 2013 GB BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Adding WMS layers e To rectify this problem open the ArcMap Data Frame tool Advanced Editing Animation ArcScan BlomURBEX c ga Data Driven Pages e Data Frame Tools Distributed Geodatabase Draw e Change the rotation of the data frame for example the South imagery should be viewed with an angle of 180 degrees Customer Support Document 39 May 2013 Bs BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Uninstallation 8 UNINSTALLING THE BLOMURBEX ARCMAP PLUG IN If you wish to uninstall the ArcMAP plug in there are two simple methods e Close any open ArcMap workspaces e Browse to C Users lt User gt Documents ArcGIS AddlIns e lt User gt Your username e Within this folder locate the following folder Blom Urbex Plugins ArcMap lt version gt esriAddIn e lt version gt Your version of ArcMap i e 10 0 e Delete this folder e Open ArcMap e Goto Customise gt Addim Manager e Select Blom Urbex and then Select Delete this Add in Add In Manager Addins Tr Blom Urbex Plugins ArcMap 10_1 dian Created by Blom ASA Selon Urbex Plugins ArcMap 10_1 Date 2811 2012 ee Be ASA Version 35 Digital Signature None Adds integration for BlomURBEA deta insde ArcMap Ades integration for Bom URBES data in Shared Add Ins
10. be either BlomURBEX or Blom Library User Token Blom mma e Then select the Linking tab This section is where you need to set your projection to match the projection of the ArcMap workspace Customer Support Document 9 May 2013 Bs LOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Settings Linking Display image visible extent on linked mapping application Display image total extent on linked mapping application Center linked map at main view center Center main view at linked map center Projection in the map of the linked applications WGS 84 EPSG 4326 Save location measurements 9 in Spherical Mercator projection in selected map projection e Use the Select section to open the Select projection dialog and then select your required projection To select a projection from the full list of supported projections choose Show all projections in the upper dropdown box Highlight the projection you require and then select OK or double click an item in the list Enter a word to filter related projections Filter gt Unknown datum based upon the Airy 1830 ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Airy Modified 1849 ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Australian National Spher Unknown datum based upon the Besse 1241 ellipsoid dagas oR a Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 18 elli Unknown datum
11. is no longer used DotSpatial is used instead Installer uses bootstrap to download from web required prerequisites Oo O O oO e OG More accurate measurements in distance and area Version 2 0 Internet Explorer 7 no longer required for complete install A new image cache owned by all the plugins speeds bitmap recovery and makes it easy to manage the plugins cache No more the browser cache is used Plug in installer checks if viewer is installed and if not then installs BlomURBEX viewer component The viewer is never uninstalled to avoid other plug ins from not working Better performance New BlomURBEX viewer is not JavaScript based but NET based and executes code faster New option to choose the date of the imagery allowing to view history changes in images and seeing different years in a side by side mode Year of the current visible image in a label at the bottom of each view Intelligent behaviour when zooming If a better view mode or orientation exists for current zoom then it is loaded automatically Faster vector overlay on obliques The new BlomURBEX viewer sends fewer requests to transform vector data between ortho and oblique and draws vector data faster Better geometry support Now holes in polygons are supported and also multi geometries Customer Support Document 3 May 2013 D L CI N BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Release Notes e More symbology supported Vector overlay is rendered in BlomURBEX
12. platforms e Improvements o There s no more an extension that user need remember to activate This version is just a toolbar that can be accessed through usual toobar list Version 3 5 1 e Bugs resolved o 1303 ArcMap crashes when opening a MXD from double click a file o 1287 Malfunction of GoTo XY Version 3 5 0 e Re developed as an Add In Installation and de installation are now simple e Support for ArcGIS 10 0 and 10 1 e GDAL problem fixed through a GDAL workaround e Bugs resolved o 190 Issue showing coordinates on top of the images and in the status bar New option has been added that allows copying of the coordinates from the status bar with a double click 676 Selection in ArcMap is lost when doing measurements 903 Image visibility problems 841 Suomi translations incorrect 852 Last oblique is still visible when the datasource is unloaded This is due to the cache design and works as expected 1031 Oblique imagery is not seen correctly o 1169 ArcMap 10 1 supported O O O O O Version 3 0 0 e Added support for adding Blom Library as a data source e Display measurement tool results option has been removed from Printing options in Settings e Better navigational controls for map e Proxy settings will now get detected automatically Version 2 5 2 e OSGB36 projection supported e Bugs resolved o Oblique imagery crashing o Viewing overlays in one view of multi vi
13. sg Print A Print preview M Page setup e Inthe Save As dialog introduce the path and filename for the file then select Save Oblique imagery is not geo referenced when exported Vertical imagery in O Ortho view will be geo referenced when exported a world file JGW is produced each time a vertical image is saved Projection of the world file will be Spherical Mercator Customer Support Document 31 May 2013 Bs BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Functions 6 8 FUNCTIONS PRINTING IMAGES It is also possible to print imagery straight from the BlomURBEX Viewer several settings need to be modified before it is possible to print the imagery e Changing the print settings o Open the Settings dialog box select the Printing tab o Check Uncheck the options required Display Image Properties adds the corner coordinates of the image to the print Display the visible extension of the image adds the corner coordinates of the visible portion of the image Display Shot Date adds the capture date to the print Display Measurement Tool Results Prints the image with the measurement annotations Display Image Properties Display the visible extension of the image Display Shot Date Display Measurement Tool Results e Changing the Page setup o Select File gt Page setup BlomURBEX S File FAQ WL DB KM HIE 2 set Export image e AA
14. shows how to view one geographical point where three different epochs of data exist e Open the Settings dialog box and select the Layout tab e Select the number of views and year data required and select OK a w Customer Support Document 14 May 2013 GB BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Settings e Imagery from the three separate years will then appear in the BloomURBEX Viewer Q Coverage _All mxd ArcMap ArcVi _ ens i eld File Edit View Bookmarks Insert Selection Geoprocessing Customize Windows Help RENS BlomURBEX T S LA a K s a K f 22 07 2012 30M tones Blom Pirometry All oghts TSE d 15 04 2008 e The size of each view in the layout can be changed through the use of splitter bar between the views To alter the sizes of the layout move the mouse to the separation line of two views Once the cursor changes drag and drop the splitter to the required size e Each time the size is changed the setting is saved in the user registry Customer Support Document 15 May 2013 Bs BLOM IMAGING THE WI BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Settings 5 6 SETUP IMAGERY LAYERS If you are only accessing the BlomOBLIQUE data from BlomURBEX then there is no need to set the Base layer priority level in the Settings dialog box If you are accessing third party or data and or Country vertical ortho data then setting a Base layer priority may be beneficial to make s
15. symbology properties than ESRI the following statements are limitations of the current version o Only ArcMap layers with a simple rendering can be viewed in the BlomURBEX viewer Thematic layers cannot be viewed o Points will be shown as circles but the size background and outline are correctly represented The BlomURBEX Viewer support the Simple marker Symbol Character marker symbol and Picture marker symbol any other points used will not be viewable o Polylines support the Simple Line Symbol and some properties of the Cartographic line Symbol both single and multilayered Polyline layers that use other styles will not be viewable o Polygons support the Simple Fill Symbol and some properties of the Line Fill Symbol both single and multilayered Polygon layers that use other styles will not be viewable Due to their size and nature Vector layers can sometimes take a while to load If you want a faster refresh rate it is best to reduce the size of the vector data file Ifyou find large accuracy issues please check your ArcMap workspace projection and the BlomURBEX Viewer projection they must match Y Remember vector data will always have a small shift when viewed in the BloomOBLIQUE view due to the angle of the image For a higher accuracy view in the vertical view Customer Support Document 35 May 2013 Bs LOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Adding W
16. viewer maintaining more symbology settings from ArcMap e Two icon buttons now placed in the ArcMap toolbar for easier re opening of dockable viewer from a closed position Previous version used only one button in ArcMap to control both the opening of the dockable window and to select a point in the map Now these functionalities are separated e New icon in toolbar to enable disable vector overlay faster than changing settings e Print improvement Print and export now support vector overlay e Better logging ability and a default folder for storing logs in just one file Customer Support Document 4 May 2013 N BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in System Requirements e A new functionality for extracting images added If image exported is ortho view then a world file is now produced e Proxy settings support e Full support of Windows versions from XP to 7 including 32 and 64 bits versions 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 and 3 5 The BlomURBEX ArcMap plug in has been developed with Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 and 3 5 These frameworks are a requirement of ArcGIS 10 x so they are installed with ArcGIS ESRI ArcGIS Desktop The BlomURBEX ArcMap plug in supports version 10 0 and 10 1 of ESRI ArcGIS Desktop products including ArcView ArcEditor and Arclinfo It is a requirement to have any of these products from ESRI installed before installing the BlomURBEX Arc Map plug in Windows versions The BlomURBEX ArcMa
17. you zoom into the higher levels at this point the zoom bar minimizes Orthomosaic Natural Ortho To scroll across the imagery to a new location the Panning function is used Pan is the default behaviour of the display when all the other tools are unselected e Click and hold the left mouse button in the view to pan e Drag the image up down left or right within the view and finally release mouse Customer Support Document 20 May 2013 LP BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Functions It is also possible to zoom in and out of the image by using the zoom tools on the toolbar e The Zoom in tool increases the magnification of the image s E F AA xY L D h A AF wee Zoomin i 1 LR J e The magnification percentage is doubled with each selection of the tool e The Zoom In button affects all the images opened in the layout for example if the layout is set in dual mode then both images will zoom in the same amount e Continue clicking the button until the image has reached your desired amount of magnification e The Zoom Out tool increases the magnification of the image s S ala x L D e Each time this icon is selected the magnification is reduced by half e The zoom function can also be achieved by using the mouse by moving the center wheel backwards and forwards e The zoom function can also be achieved by using the zoom bar on th
18. 23 May 2013 Bs BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Functions 6 5 FUNCTIONS MEASUREMENT TOOLS The BlomURBEX Viewer offers various measurement tools Before using the measurement tools the user needs to set the measurement units e Open up the Settings dialog box and select the General tab e Select from the option of Feet or Meters in the Unit section bottom left corner e Select Ok Baselayer priority Select interface language Log level 6 5 1 Viewing Coordinates The Location Tool is used to determine the coordinates of a point within the image this tool works within vertical or oblique imagery e Inthe BlomURBEX Viewer select the Location Tool icon e Left click the required point within the image The coordinates will appear in the view BlomURBEX Z 1A Ss File Von b 2 614987j Watts Faso 742 When extracting coordinates from BlomOBLIQUE imagery remember to click near the base of buildings for higher accuracy Customer Support Document 24 May 2013 Bs BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Functions 6 5 2 Measuring Distance The Distance Tool is used to measure perimeter the distance around the outside edge of an object or distances both in ortho or oblique views e Select the Distance Tool Icon D e Left click on the first point of your measurement left click again for each new vertex e Double left c
19. 37 b 6378137 lat_ts 0 0 lon_0 0 0 x_0 0 0 y_0 0 k 1 0 units m nadgrids null wktext no_defs lt gt To optimize the Select projection dialog box delete from the epsg file any projection that not needed Remember that each projection in the file uses two lines do not break the format of this file or BlomURBEX Viewer could not work correctly Once the epsg file is modified open the Settings dialog box in BlomURBEX Viewer and reselect the projection to refresh internal BlomURBEX settings Customer Support Document 42 May 2013 Da BLO IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Appendix B How to improve translation APPENDIX 2 HOW TO IMPROVE A TRANSLATION INTERFACE The BlomURBEX Viewer interface supports twelve different languages The strings for each language are stored in the registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER SOFTWARE Blom Urbex 2 0 Each language has a section english en Spanish es German de French fr Italian it Dutch nl Portuguese pt Danish da Norwegian no Swedish sv Finnish fi Romanian ro Each string uses a pair name value The name is an easy to understand name For example AboutBoxForm Description is the description for BlomURBEX Viewer that appears in the About dialog Change these values at your convenience using the registry editor Next time you open BlomURBEX Viewer will reflect your changes If any value is missing the default value used is the Engli
20. ArcGIS Online Types gt Created by Een Commands s o Toolbars Crea una vista en ArelS Online H Extensions 0 Dockable Windows Delete this Adc In Tainstall Add Ins and ononigure the user interface with Add ln use the customize dialog Customer Support Document 40 May 2013 Sa l ma LOM BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Trouble Shooting 9 TROUBLESHOOTING AND CACHE DIRECTORIES Trouble shooting e Troubleshooting any issues is easier if log files are created and supplied to the Blom technical support team e To activate and save these logs open up the Settings dialog box and select the General tab e At the bottom right hand side of the General tab there is a Log Level drop down menu Select interface language Log level English Information ami e Select the Log Level you require Error Warning Information or None e Log files will be created in the following folder c Documents and Settings lt username gt Application Data BlomURBEX2D Cache Directories e Cache Directories are created for fast retrieval of tiles this folder can increase rapidly in size Best practice would be to delete this cache folder periodically e To delete the cache directory open the Settings dialog box open the General tab At the bottom left hand side there is a Delete Cache button Units Select interface language Customer Support Document 41 May 2013 ma BLOM BlomURBEX
21. Bay BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD The leading provider of aerial imagery remote sensing and geospatial solutions Customer Support Document BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in User Manual ve bim s ne a e E G r wnn enn L e ana EE ay se PRES ee T SE agg rr E ETNE PE r EE E e age AS PO a1 SSE Soe ANN a S D a v e PE A I c E S dT a KE p lt l d ge E F L S E E wmr i SOI SE gene _ ESSE 4 fo 46 Ba md fe a 1 Wh ij by A M M E 25 l r 2 S w a T N a Sy S Wee E gt sSsPSP Ny HH lt gt Wy WM WI U A WS RRE Ia Q Customer Support Document May 2013 BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD Be Revision History REVISION HISTORY Revision Date Reason 4 0 November 2012 Development of Add In Support for ArcMap 10 1 6 0 May2013 ss BugFixes Releasev3 5 2 00 W XN N RW N l E S Wi Wi WM Mii Customer Support Document May 2013 Contents CONTENTS Contents 1 Introduction 2 Release Notes System Requirements Installation Settings 5 1 Set up Adding a Data Source Projection Language Interface Layout Imagery Layers Display of Image Foot Prints 5 9 Viewing Imagery Functions Searching by coordinate Panning amp Zooming Image Metadata
22. MS layers 7 ADDING BLOMURBEX TO ARCMAP AS A WMS LAYER The vertical imagery hosted on the BlomURBEX geoserver BlomORTHO can be added into ArcMap as a WMS layer e Open anew or existing Arc workspace e Open the Catalog window Overview Magnifier Editor i 0 d N N R b B AE iH M x Viewer Table Of Contents Catalog Search Ctrl F Image Analysis e Select GIS Servers double left click Add WMS Server Folder Connections Toolboxes E Database Servers Eg Database Connections El Gg GIS Servers Add ArcGIS Server F Add ArcIMS Server d Add WCS Server 32 Add WMS Server e This opens an Add WMS Server dialog box in the URL section type the following o http www blomurbex com v02 GetMap usertoken usertoken amp o Usertoken Your BlomURBEX usertoken o Next select the Version from the drop down menu select 1 3 0 o Then select Get Layers HE UPL Examples hie waa FH SEP 76T comfarcgis servicesimymap MapServer Ov PS Server Ep awa example com servleticom esri vms Esrimape Service hame hamek Version E Server Layers Gek Layers Customer Support Document 36 May 2013 ee OM BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Adding WMS layers o A list of layers will appear select any layer that appears under the Maps WGS84 section for example Ortho Images WGS84 select OK H MOPE Lmnages apNeica MECL Ortho Images Spherical Mer
23. Z Eksporter billede J inte siana ab FileMenu REG_SZ File nte Microsoft ab HeightButtonTo REG SZ Hede v rkt j Ree ab HelpMenu REG _SZ 1 blimagePropertiest REG SZ Filnavn gt Equipo HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Biom Urbex 2 0 da Customer Support Document 43 May 2013
24. based upon the Clarke 1866 ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1866 Michigan elli Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1880 Benoit ellip Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1880 IGN ellipsoid a WWW eS P OK Cancel Customer Support Document 10 May 2013 4 en iti j Bs BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Settings e If you regular use several projections it is easy to add them to the Show most used projections in the drop down box Highlight the projection of your choice and then right click and select Add to most used 4315 Conakry 1905 atta 4316 Dealul Piscului 1933 J 4317 Dealul Piscului 1970 T 4318 NGN 4319 KUDAMS 4322 WGS 72 4324 WGS 72BE 4 4601 Antigua 1943 4602 Dominica 1945 f o ak iP OK Cancel e f you are uncertain of the ESPG code required for your projection you can search using key words in the filter section In the drop down box select Use a filter then type a search word in the filter text box and select Filter The search word needs to be either the ESPG code or a word from the name The search is not case sensitive but does need to be spelt correctly Customer Support Document 11 May 2013 BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Settings Select projection Enter a word to filter related projections losgb EPSG Code Name PROJ 4277 OSGB 1936
25. be stored in any open table within the ArcMap workspace e Setting for saving measurements once set up is completed these settings are saved in the user registry o To activate the measurement storage you need to complete two setup tasks Specifying where to store the measurements and selecting the units and the projection to use Open up the Settings dialog box and select the Savings tab The Savings tab has drop down menu choices for each column select the correct choice for your specific table requirements in the table you are creating Settings ial Options for saving measurements Table Column for areas Column for distances Column for heights Column for elevations Column for X coords Column tor Y coords Column for bearings o Ifthe list of tables shown do not match the current list of available layers in the ArcMap data frame you need to complete a Sync by closing the Settings dialog box and selecting a new point on the ArcMap workspace to refresh the BlomURBEX Viewer o For measurements that you do not wish to record leave the drop down menu as lt None gt o Select OK to save the settings e Saving sessions it is possible to start pause and continue saving measurement settings to the dbf file Customer Support Document 29 May 2013 Bs BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Functions To start a save session o Select File gt Start saving measurements B
26. cMap Plug in Adding WMS layers o The BlomURBEX ortho imagery will then appear USA within the Arc workspace File Edit View vr Insert Seon Geoprocessing Customize Windows Help Hl d lt Deug Bx amp b 12 000 EN MA Editor K Pa 7 z E JRE CECIL 3555 eo AAE I EAA EEA is I eR Fea E Table Of Contents S lt Catalog ax R OSs gt 2G G B amp amp Layers Location EZ Blom on www blomurbex com v O Blom3D_CityModel_Extents_20130207 a OSMMArea BRBRIS Y Ga Home ArcGIS Y E Folder Connections Y Toolboxes Y a Database Servers Y E Database Connections E gJ GIS Servers E Add ArcGIS Server dij Add ArcIMS Server B uildings 3D OSGB e BlomDATA L Coverage O BoundaryLayers U LondonOrtho_Metadata amp O LiDAR_Scotland Basa a O OS Raster a M Blom diz Add WCS Server E Maps 2 Add WMS Server QE Blom on www blomurbex com L Maps Spherical Mercator R Maps WGS84 LD Streets East Images WGS84 O Streets West Images WGS84 D Streets South Images WGS84 O Streets North Images WGS84 O Streets Ortho Images WGS84 D East Images WGS84 KD West Images WGS84 O South Images WGS84 O North Images WGS84 M Ortho Images WGS84 BY tS E Table E Table Of Contents malen lt la r 358200 317 172325 356 Meters e When viewing the oblique mosaics in any other direction that North the image appears upside down this is due to the ArcMap work space having a
27. cat LatLongBoundingBox Es Maps G 55d 160 000000 69 000000 180 000000 39 000000 H East Images Wigs ee H Streets West Images WwiGse4 Scale range South Images WiGsb4 Minimum 0 000000 Streets North Images WGSe4 ae EE i Streets Ortho Images 476554 Supported SRS i Eest Images Wasg EPSG 4326 EP5G 4326 ERG 4726 West Images Wa584 EPSG 3785 EPSG 3857 L South Images WiGsb4 EPS3 900915 EPS 102115 Marth Images W584 Eae Ortho Images WGSe4 eps b les This layer does not support Identify E Account Opbonal User Password M Save Password emi o In the Catalog window in the ArcMap workspace a new entry called Blom on www blomurbex com will appear it the GIS servers section o Browse to the Ortho Images WGS84 option El GLS Servers E Add ArcGIS Server E Add ArcIMS Server 35 A00 WCS Server fl Add WMS Server El dl Elom on ww blomurbex cor E S Elom o S Maps 3 Maps Spherical Mercator E amp Maps wesed East Images GS 84 East Images WisSd4 North Images M G58d Ortho Images WiGse4 South Images WiGse4 South Images Wwias g Streets North Images GS64 Streets Ortho Images GS 84 Streets west Images Wasag West Images Wiasg4 990099009 o Ifthe ArcMap work space is not is the WGS84 projection then a warning message regarding conflicting projections will appear This warning can be accepted Customer Support Document 37 May 2013 Sm BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX Ar
28. d they may be Currently there are over a thousand urban areas represented by aerial imagery and hundreds of 3D models BlomURBEX is designed to serve all products and services provided by Blom but data belonging to the client or a third party can also be tiled and uploaded to the server to be used by the client alongside the Blom data Based on the same interface Blom has developed a full range of plug ins that integrates BlomURBEX services into GIS and CAD applications Blom currently has the following Plug ins available e BlomURBEX plug in for ESRI ArcMap ArcView ArcEditor and Arcinfo e BlomURBEX plug in for Intergraph Geomedia Professional e BlomURBEX plug in for Intergraph Geomedia WebMap e BlomURBEX plug in for Autodesk Map and AutoCAD e BlomURBEX plug in for Autodesk MapGuide e BlomURBEX plug in for Bentley MicroStation e BlomURBEX plug in for MapInfo Professional e BlomURBEX plug in for MapInfo MapXtreme Software downloads can be found on our website on our dedicated software page Customer Support Document 1 May 2013 D L CI N BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Release Notes 2 RELEASE NOTES Version 3 5 2 e Bugs resolved o 1169 BlomURBEX window doesn t open in ArcMap 10 1 o 138 BlomURBEX main view does not refresh when the center in the ArcMap map changes o 1322 ArcMap 10 1 Urbex viewer does not reopen when closed Restart of Arcmap was needed o 1356 ArcGIS 10 1 Add In not working on multiple
29. e left of the BlomURBEX Viewer underneath the compass control ELLIS i i 7 oo D Decrease the zoom of the map Customer Support Document 21 May 2013 ma BLOM BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Functions e Each view has a zoom bar with a and button on bottom Select the button to increase the zoom level or to decrease the zoom level e Alternatively drag the level indicator up or down to increase or decrease any number of zoom levels Every view in the layout has its own level indicator 6 3 FUNCTIONS ROTATING Rotating the imagery within the BlomURBEX Viewer is extremely simple Initially each view in the layout has a set orientation e tis possible to modify this by selecting the compass navigation icons that sit on the left hand side at the top of the zoom bar e Each time an orientation is changed in a view this setting is saved in user registry so the view will remain on this orientation until manually changed via the compass e There are five types of orientations o O Ortho Orientation that shows the vertical image N North Looking from south to north S South Looking from north to south E East Looking from west to east and W West Looking from east to west e To change the orientation click in the O N S E or W buttons on the compass tool to activate the Ortho North South East and
30. ew layouts Customer Support Document 2 May 2013 BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Release Notes o Refreshing overlays in obliques NTLM and Kerberos proxy authentication support Better support for large geometries in overlays Version 2 5 BlomURBEX Plug in support for ArcMap 7 Asynchronous rendering Height measurement improved to obtain the best angle in the oblique image amp to force the measurement in a vertical direction Better resizing to avoid flickering Vector overlay on top of oblique imagery can be completed through a bilinear interpolation speeding up the rendering process This is now the default option for overlapping vector data The option can be changed or deactivated in the options settings A new option in settings can change the priority order for the basemap Now possible to prioritize between different ortho images present at the same zoom level on the server Other tile layers in BlomURBEX server can be overlapped by selecting them in the options dialog User manual has been expanded with information on how to add BlomURBEX services as WMS layers Product and version number appears in About dialog Bugs resolved Print error that occurred after printing is fixed Tooltips closed when the map lost focus Default zoom and orientation has been fixed Views are now correct when changing between different layouts Double sync between map and BlomURBEX viewer Extract image tool problem Proj4 DLL
31. ews Penta view To change the Layout plus the date viewed e Open the Settings dialog box and select the Layout tab and select the preferred layout in the upper dropdown box For each view in the layout it is possible to select the preferred year of the BlomURBEX imagery if you only have access to one year of data please leave blank Settings General Layout Linking Printing Saving Overlays Layout of the views and year for the images Three VIEWS fe F g A x L DEAR E 2 2008 2006 S Main view Open Save ok raed Customer Support Document 13 May 2013 Bs LOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Settings e The settings are saved in the user registry and the selected layout will remain in future sessions until the settings are changed again Example of imagery in dual view File Edit View Bookmarks Insert Selection Geoprocessing Customize Windows Help hl ial ig es aA e x O e gt 1 63 360 il BED y Editors l 9 e LIL AL AN EE We i es LST TT LKAN a KNL AU e 0 Font C u y 1 S we wo We Fre De A hopsworth N PN i lt a PENI E ec ANE G TT rans dE VEST LE 3 gt C undry Hill E Aa gr 7 R WON Kal ae LC Comoton LELLE s a o 359481 73 173025852 Meters e If you have access to several different dates of imagery then the layout view can assist in viewing the same point over multiple years This example
32. he Bessel 1841 ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Bessel Modified ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Bessel Namibia ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1858 ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1866 ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1866 Michigan elli Th TA A ot A A AAA Oo A e Then add in the correct X and Y coordinates for the location of your choice and select OK e The BlomURBEX Viewer will open the best BlomURBEX images for that location in all the orientations selected in the BlomURBEX Viewer layout The images are centered on the selected point and show a crosshair If Blom imagery does not appear please check the following steps Do you have the correct projection Have you added the coordinates in the correct X and Y sections Do you have permissions to access this area in BlomURBEX Check with your Blom Technical support personnel Customer Support Document 19 May 2013 a BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Functions 6 2 FUNCTIONS PANNING AND ZOOMING There are two types of imagery layers within the oblique date on BlomURBExX Initial layer Orthomosaic A continuous layer automatically created to aid navigation Secondary layer Natural Obliques single tiled oblique images The Orthomosaic layer occupies the lower zoom levels and can be viewed when the zoom bar is extended The Natural Obliques appear when
33. he BlomOBLIQUE and BlomORTHO imagery e Open up the Settings dialog box and select the Overlay tab e Select Overlay Vector layers over BlomURBEX imagery and then select OK Overlay vector layers over BlomURBEX imagery Points of interpolation 100 e The Points of Interpolation section relates to the number of data points to create a compromise between speed and precision of the data points the user can set the Points of Interpolations o The amount of data points used for the interpolation determines the accuracy The user can select a number between 4 and 400 o In the Settings dialog box select the Overlays tab and then change the Points of Interpolation number by using the up or down arrows The automatic default is 100 e Another way to load vector data is by selecting the Overlay vector layers over BlomURBEX imagery icon in the BlomURBEX toolbar Customer Support Document 34 May 2013 BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD Ge BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Functions e Once this has been completed the vector overlays should appear in the BlomURBEX Viewer S S BlomURBEX bind E c m z File F F A Q xv L D B H EQ Settings C V y 2 Blom ASA Blom All rights reserved C N 26 05 2012 e f you change the overlays for example the colour or the symbols select the Reload Overlay icon to refresh the view e The BlomURBEX Viewer has less
34. ive content such as Macros and Add in files can contain viruses or other secunty hazards Do not install this content unless you trust the source of this file Blom Urbex Plugins ArcMap 10_1 3 5 Blom ASA Description Adds integration for BlomUREEX data inside ArcMap Digital Signature s This Add In file is not digitially signed Signed By Signed date Show Certificate Source is trusted Signature is valid Select Install Add In the application is now installed Customer Support Document 6 May 2013 7 BLO MAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Settings 5 1 BLOMURBEX ARCMAP PLUG IN SETTINGS To complete the BlomURBEX ArcMAP set up complete the following e Open you ArcMap program e f the Blom toolbar is not visible then select then select the following Customize gt Toolbars gt BlomURBEX The following toolbar should appear e Select the Open BlomURBEX Viewer icon The BlomURBEX window which is dockable will open Initially the view inside the BlomURBEX window is empty until a data source is selected It is possible to dock or release it resize and auto hide this window Changes made to the window will remain in your next sessions of ArcMap To close the window click in the close icon in the upper right corner of the window this window can be reopened by selecting Customize gt Toolbars gt BlomURBEX again 5 2 SETUP ADDING A DATA SOURCE In order to access Bl
35. lick to end the measurement BlomURBEX i 6 5 3 Measuring Bearing Bearing is calculated by using the mouse to draw one line to measure bearing in either ortho or oblique views The point where the user starts the measurement is important as shown in the following illustrations The angle N ONS p that s Starting point measured Ww E was here L Ending point Was Ending point N was here The angle that s measured W E aE S Starting point was here Customer Support Document 25 May 2013 Bs BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Functions e Select the Bearing Tool Icon Ba e Left click at the starting point e End the measurement with a left click BlomURBEX Filey SF AA X Lj D p Aul 6 5 4 Measuring Area The Area Tool is for measurement of any linear area shape in either the vertical or oblique views e To measure areas select the Area Tool icon 15 e Left click on the first point of your measurement left click again for each new vertex e Double left click to end the measurement When measuring areas change the view to a vertical perspective area measurements are much more accurate when taken from the O ortho view Customer Support Document 26 May 2013 SE BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Functions 6 5 5 Measuring Height The Height Tool is used to measure heights in the Oblique view e To measure the heights select
36. lomURBEX T ileg gA AX L DB gal 2 Export image er Start saving measurements g Print S Print preview LD Page setup BlomURBEX File Fg QQ xY L Export image g Print A Print preview 0 Page setup file Height 19 63 m 2 L i x BlomURBEY Z Table OF Contents 3 Catalog Gl Search joa eusl J gt EELEE edific pip Shape TTGGSS SIGHIFICAD Height Tass Breon 050204 SS mle de Superficl edticada 1963205 L HR e a a ee H 4 0 H B5 Z out of 4037 Selected 4 41 59 533 W 40 390 352 N Customer Support Document 30 May 2013 BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD Ge BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Functions o Once all measurements are complete or if you wish to pause the recording select File gt Stop saving measurements BlomURBEX gt File FF AA XYL BRAKE 2 Export image om Stop saving measurements Sg Print A Print preview LH Page setup 6 7 FUNCTIONS EXPORTING IMAGES Imagery can be exported from the BlomURBEX Viewer in the form of a jpg The extracted image s are saved with the filename specified If the BlomURBEX layout shows several views then several files will be created and all the files will be suffixed with a view number and orientation e To export an image pan to the extents required e Select File gt Export image BlomURBEX T 2 gd Start saving measurements
37. om data a Data Source has to be added there are two types of Data Sources available via this plug in BlomURBEX access to Blom s online geoserver Blom Library access to a single offline data library e Inthe BlomURBEX Viewer toolbar select the menu Settings gt Open settings dialog this opens the Settings dialog box Select the General tab Adding BlomURBEX as a Data Source e Inthe Data Source drop down menu select BlomURBEX General Layout Linking Printing Saving Overlays Data source BlomUR BEN BlomURBES Blom Librar BlomURBE serv Customer Support Document 7 May 2013 SE BLOM Par IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Settings e Inthe Usertoken textbox paste in the Usertoken provided to you by your Blom contact This Usertoken is an encrypted string that authenticates each user request The Usertoken is the key to connect the software to the BlomURBEX geoserver General Lapout Linking Printing Saving Overlays Data source BlomU RABE User Token m Baselaver prioity Jpictomely coumbyortho satelite Unit Select mnterlace language Log level fe Mater Engish 9 Hane lt l Feet Delete caches Open Save UK Cancel e Select OK to complete the configuration Adding a Blom Library as a Data Source e Inthe Data Source drop down select Blom Library
38. p plug in 10 x supports the following operative systems e Windows 2008 Server Standard Enterprise amp Datacenter 32 bit and 64 bit SP2 e Windows 2008 R2 Server Standard Enterprise amp Datacenter 64 bit e Windows 7 Ultimate Enterprise Professional Home Premium 32 bit and 64 bit Usertoken To access the BlomURBEX geoserver a Usertoken is required The Usertoken is an encrypted string that authenticates each user request to apply for a Usertoken please contact your local Blom Office or send a request via our website http www blomasa com contact html Customer Support Document 5 May 2013 Da BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Installation 4 INSTALLATION The installation process with the BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in is now completed via an ESRI add in This has a lot of advantages and has simplified the installation process In the folder supplied by Blom there will be two files TL Blom Urbex Plugins ArcMap 0 1 esriAddin 25 01 2013 10 40 Esri Ad dln File 15 183 KB bes BlomURBEA ArcMap plug in User manual pdf 25 01 2015 10 40 Adobe Acrobat D 3 691 KB To install double click in the add in file gt lt Blom Urbex Plugi ns ArcMap 10_l e sriAddin ArcGIS will automatically recognise this as an add in file and will opens the ESRI ArcGIS Add In Installation Utility Esri ArcGIS Add In Installation Utility Ma Please confirm Add in file installation Act
39. sh string To return to original translation values just delete the registry folder da de en etc of the language entries you want to reset Next time that language is selected inside the plugin the original entries will be restored in registry for that language 7 Editor del Registro bedodi Archivo Edici n Ver Favoritos Ayuda dy SAM Nombre Tipo Datos L ard ab Predeterminado REG_SZ valor no establecido L ab AboutBoxForm REG_SZ Urbex er en Blom webtjeneste der udgiver ortho o J a J SOFTWARE ab AboutBoxForm REG SZ OK 4 Blom a Urbex 20 ab AboutBoxForm REG_SZ Om 0 Ji da i ab AboutButtonText REG_SZ ben About Dialog J de ab AreaButtonTool REG SZ Samarbejdsomrade v rkt j J en a gt BearingButtonT REG_SZ Under middel Jes ab BlomWebsiteBu REG_SZ Blom website J fi ab ClearButtonTool REG_SZ Ryd kort amp fr ab CoordinateForm REG_SZ Annuller d it ab CoordinateForm REG_SZ OK A ni ab CoordinateForm REG_SZ V lg d no ab CoordinateForm REG_SZ G til at koordinere pt ab CoordinateForm REG SZ X eller Leengdegrad d ro ab CoordinateForm REG_SZ Y eller Breddegrad d sv b CoordinateForml REG_SZ Numerisk v rdi kr vet di Classes ab DistanceButton REG SZ Distance v rkt J d Clients ab EastButtonTooltip REG SZ Vis fra st til vest b roat Resource Ms ab ElevationButton REG_SZ H jde v rkt j S p pa Li M gt ExportButtonText REG_S
40. the Height Tool icon H e Left click on the first point of your measurement this must be at the base of the object you wish to measure e Left click to end the measurement BlomURBEX gt _ 2a2ca Filey Z HF A Q xr L D B KRI X lt P Settings t N IR y RLE Always measure heights upwards start at ground level The accuracy of the height measurement can be affected by the positioning of the first and last point To increase the accuracy of your point placement zoom in to the highest zoom level this will allow for easier point placement and result in better measurement accuracv Customer Support Document 27 May 2013 Bs BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Functions 6 5 6 Measuring Elevation Use the Elevation Tool to measure the height above sea level for any point within the imagery e To measure the heights select the Elevation Tool icon T e Left click the area on the image where you wish to measure the elevation BlomURBEX s 6 5 7 Clearing all measurements Use the Eraser Tool to clear measurements from the BlomURBEX Viewer e Select the Eraser Tool icon Z e This simply removes all measurements annotations from the BlomURBEX Viewer Customer Support Document 28 May 2013 BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD Gy BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Functions 6 6 FUNCTIONS SAVING MEASUREMENTS The measurements made within the BlomURBEX Viewer can
41. ure this is the data available when you access the Ortho O View e Open the Settings dialog box and select the General tab e Inthe space below Baselayer priority enter the data layer name of the data you wish to access conformation of the correct name for the data layer can be obtained from your Blom support personnel User Token USERTOKEN Baselayer priority Units Select interface language Meters English Feet e Once complete select OK 5 7 SETUP DISPLAY OF IMAGE FOOTPRINTS It is possible to display the outlines of the image footprint that you are viewing in the BlomURBEX Viewer within the ArcMap workspace e Open the Settings dialog box and select the Linking tab e Select the following two options o Display image visible extent on linked mapping application o Display image total extent on linked mapping application Customer Support Document 16 May 2013 Bs BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Settings Display image visible extent on linked mapping application Display image total extent on linked mapping application e Refresh the ArcMap workspace and the image footprint outline should appear Coverage Al All m Ar l G T A poa Goe Maner TE TIPS DEUS t Bx A 124000 mear e E ENE la H db Y EE AANO rE AE EAA ADSITDIRS E E EEE TO ee my BiomURBEX Rie F 9 a S xY KA ran a 2 Settings
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