User manual - Digital Map Archive
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1. Save this map Tool Save Map as PNG and Edit Map and Save capture the visible area in the browser which can be directly saved in png format or first manipulated in an image editor Figure 21 NOTE Both functionalities use the Fireshot Plugin which is at the moment only available for Firefox and not for Internet Explorer S FireShot capture 033 Map Viewer deng Ire Im Sp map title lt GDACS amp headerfooter trueBcenter 0 OGzoomlevel 2Bseorss www_edacs org xml RSSEQLite x m hb Figure 21 Fireshot Image Editor for manipulating a Browser Snapshot Get URL for this Map creates an URL with all necessary parameters to rebuild the complete map with all base maps overlays and viewer settings Figure 23 This URL can be saved or bookmarked for later use Figure 22 Get URL for this Map without Header Footer creates an URL for the map without the viewer itself This means the map contains all selected data but no header footer and viewer functionality like the Layer Manager the operations etc Figure 24 This pure map can for example be used to integrate it into a custom website Get URL for this Map including all control parameters creates an URL for the map with all control parameters which can then be manipulated according to the user s needs For example the Layer Manager the Geocoding Toolbar etc can be added removed from the map A detailed description of the possible URL parameter can be f2. people W Green earthquake alert South Georgia amp the South Sandwich Is M 6 2 potentially Wodex Fobilsdcee r Reburleeibked drul Figure 5 Feature List of aGeoRSS Layer and Legend for a WMS Layer 2 4 Pre defined Maps In the drop down list Maps Figure 6 it is possible to select a pre defined map At the moment multi hazard maps for Europe and the whole world GDACS current disaster maps for floods volcanoes cyclones and health crises as well as maps for the emergencies in Haiti and Chile both in 2010 are available Multi hazard Europe GDACS Global Disaster types Floods Volcanoes Cyclones 7 Health crises Emergencies Haiti 2010 Chile 2010 Figure 6 Drop Down List Maps 2 5 Tools The Critech Web Map Viewer offers a lot of functionality It is possible to add data base maps and overlays to perform a What s near analysis to find the closest airport to a location to measure within the map and to save the map All these functionalities can be chosen from the drop down list Tools Figure 7 and are described in detail in the following sections Please select Measure What s near Find closest airport Save this map Figure 7 Drop Down List Tools 2 5 1 Add Data The Add Data tool Figure 8 offers the following possibilities Adda base map layer Add overlays Add external GEORSS file Add external KML file Ad
3. used several WMS can be defined comma separated URL of image followed by and the image layer name Alias followed by and the minimum latitude followed by and the minimum longitude followed by and the maximum latitude followed by and the maximum longitude followed by and the image width followed by and the image height followed by and the visibility of the layer true or false several images can be defined comma separated basemap G_ SATELLITE MAP OM see Table 3 for possible values activebasemap G_SATELLITE_MAP see Table 3 for possible values georss http www gdacs org xml RS STC xml TC images TCGREEN jpg 20 20 true http www gdacs org xml RSSEQ xml EQ images EQRED jpg kml http openlayers org dev examples kml sundials kml Sundials http dma jrc it map images marker gold png 25 25 true wms http 139 191 1 149 ArcGIS93 services dma_critical_infrastructure MapServer WMsSServer Critical Infrastructure 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 true http 139 191 1 149 ArcGIS93 services GDACS gdacsEQ MapServer WMSServer EarthquakelIn2012 0 true http dma jrc it SLD Service sld 634631840044687500 xml EQ image http earthtrends wri org images maps 4_m_citylights_ lg gif citylights 180 88 759 180 88 759 580 28 true amp wgs84 true Viewer Controls addcontrol Add Data tool modelcontrol What s near analysis me
4. Critech Web Map Viewer Digital Atlas Joint Research Centre b lan Gamage nee Bo poue me A dub di Ka A Cigital Atlas Joint Research Centre Soe ee heen rn Sa ME ef Joint Research Centre idi Krs Shas ve O RaJa v rl Neyer ee gee mme echesg frech t 53 to a Ainm t Fissdt Coat 6 I eegfan ai Velvaers COACH Grets 1S emmy t Tropa gi sisrrea COAC S ceansa t Leet acthqeater Version 1 6 Last update 26 01 2012 Beate Stollberg beate stollberg jrc ec europa eu Contents t EE 3 2 MS SRI AM E 4 2 1 MaD ies e TE 4 2 2 Base Eege EE 5 2 3 Layer Manag EE 5 2 4 Prede nned Maps EE 6 2 5 TOO ead a T a E talonk ison nas eons 6 2 5 1 Ada Dala EE 7 2 5 2 What Spear area A A A 11 2 5 3 DEE 11 2 5 4 FIRNGUCIOSESE AID ONL EE 12 2 5 5 SWC CS MaD ee EE E 12 2 6 GOO ee ee DEE 14 2 Vu labe le 14 1 Introduction Analysts in emergency situation rooms have the difficult task of making sense of a very dynamic stream of information from multiple sources with various degrees of reliability such as media reports crowd sourcing data social networking email expert reports and sensor data Most of this information is associated to location and thus can be mapped providing an integrating platform for heterogeneous data Various mapping tools are available ranging from professional GIS enterprise solutions to lightweight web based maps and the open so
5. asurecontrol Measure tools Savemap Save this map tool addresscontrol Address matching possibility Geocoding placecontrol Place matching possibility Geocoding 1 or true for adding these viewer controls layermanager rman r L r Man r maximiz SE GE Overview map maximize the controls and or tools are not shown togglebasemap Buttons for toggling between physical basemap JRCStreetMap and satellite basemap GoogleSatelliteMap Find closest airport tool Automatic refresh of all layers refresh 5 refreshing every 5 minutes Table 2 Map URL Parameter Google Street Map G NORMAL MAP Google Physical Map G PHYSICAL MAP Google Satellite Map G SATELLITE MAP Table 3 Base Map Values
6. d external image file Load WMS images Add a base Add external Add external map layer GEORSS file image file Tools Add Bata Add overlays Add external Load WMS KML file images Figure 8 Add Data Tool 2 5 1 1 Add a base map layer By clicking the Add a base map layer button use the Add links in the opening window Figure 9 for adding external base map layers from Google Bing or an open content source to the viewer Load Base Map Layer sier ws Google maps Satellite Wap Add Hybrid Wan Add Open Content Open Street Map Add Bing Microsoft Virtual Earth Street Map Add Aerial Wap Add Hybrid Map Add Figure 9 Load BaseMap Layer 2 5 1 2 Add overlays By clicking the Add overlays button a window is opening containing a selection of available information sources that can be visualized on the map The selection focuses on real time monitoring of crisis or disaster events which is a typical task for international emergency situation rooms There are four different sections Natural Disaster Monitoring Post Disaster Satellite Map Catalogues Media Monitoring and Socio economic Data Use the button on the right E for adding the feeds and respectively Web Map Services to the map Add layer to the map Matural Disaster Post Disaster Satellite Media Socio economic bi onitoring Man Catalogues hl onitoring Data JRC GDACS Natural disasters around the world earthquak
7. e image and the size into the form Optionally it is possible to define a layer name for the data that will be displayed in the Layer Manager Images with latitude longitude coordinates WGS84 cannot be overlaid on maps in Google Mercator Projection but it is possible to load JRCStreetMap as a background map in WGS84 coordinates For this purpose the parameter WGS84 true can be added to the URL of the viewer http dma jrc it map WGS84 true Load Image Image data Image layer name Alias Image WRL minlon minlat maslan Image width Image height Figure 13 Load Image Form 2 5 1 6 Load WMS images For loading layers from an external Web Map Server enter the URL of the server into the form and click the button to load the name of all available layers of the WMS In the next form select the layers that shall be loaded Optionally it is possible to define a layer name for the WMS source that will be displayed in the Layer Manager Please note that the Critech Web Map Viewer uses the Google Mercator Projection EPSG code 900913 for displaying all base maps and overlays For overlaying an external WMS image this WMS server must provide the map in the same projection Widely used WMS servers are ArcGIS Server and Geoserver Geoserver supports Google Mercator Projection and ArcGIS supports a quite similar projection EPSG code 102113 so maps of these servers can be loaded without any problems Other servers may only s
8. ed base maps and overlays are listed and can be checked unchecked for being visible or not Furthermore layers can be moved one or more levels up or down the transparency of the layers can be changed the layers can be removed from the map and it is possible to zoom to a layer Figure 3 gives an overview of the Layer Manager and Figure 4 shows the functionality in detail by means of a single layer Layer Manager GDACS Google Satellite Map Base maps 95 sual E radio buttons JRC Street Map e Overlays qa Remi T o check boxes Global Earthquakes Figure 3 Layer Manager Moving layer Changing Removing one level up or transparency of layer from the map El oom CT Global Earthquakes Figure 4 Single Layer within the Layer Manager The expand button is showing a list of every single feature of a GeoRSS or KML layer In this way it is possible to select a feature not only on the map but also from this list The selection triggers the PopUp of the feature on the map For WMS layers the expand button is showing a legend if available ei a see TS E Ca Global Earthquakes GDAcs Ha eo C alo Critical Infrastructure WMS Ports Airports Dams Nuclear Installations A Ports Ports small 2 Airports Aports arall A Dams A Dams zmal wh Green earthquake alert Papua New Guineai M 7 1 potentially affecting 316000 people wh Green earthquake alert IndonesiafM 6 potentially affecting 778000
9. es tsunamis tropical cyclones 1 volcanoes foods JRC European wind storms beta version JRC European extreme precipitation beta version Ei E USGS Shakemaps European Mediterranean Seismological Centre European and Mediterranean earthquake epicentres H EI EI E TI GEOFON Rapid global earthquake information Figure 10 Selection of various Information Sources 2 5 1 3 Add external GEORSS file For loading an external GEORSS feed enter the URL into the form Optionally it is possible to define a layer name for this feed that will be displayed in the Layer Manager and to choose the symbology Load GeoRSS GeoRSS data GeoRSS layer name lias GeoRSS URL Choose Symbology Select Symbol Select Cobr Select Size O Figure 11 Load GeoRSS Form 2 5 1 4 Add external KML file For loading an external KML file enter the URL into the form Optionally it is possible to define a layer name for the data that will be displayed in the Layer Manager and to choose the symbology Alternatively it is also possible to extract the symbology from the file if there is a style defined within the KML data KML data KML layer name Aliasy KML URL Choose Symbology Select Symbol se Select Color Y Select Size O OF extract symbology fram kM L file ei Figure 12 Load KML Form 2 5 1 5 Add external image file For loading an external image file enter the URL the bounding box of th
10. hematic MapServer WMsSServer ThematicWMS 1 2 amp addcontrol True amp insertcontrol False amp modelcontrol True amp measurecontrol True amp savemap True amp placecontrol True amp addresscontrol True All available parameters are explained in detail in Table 2 Map extent level of zoom title and header footer settings Point that shall be center of the map center 5 6689453122741 46 286223916623 zoomlevel numzoomlevels WGS84 Extent of the map expressed as bbox 5 66 46 28 6 77 47 25 minx miny maxx maxy Level of zoom to apply only in zoomlevel 8 connection with a defined center Number of possible zoom steps numzoomlevels 20 default value is 16 some basemaps may have more available zoom levels e g Google Satellite Map increasing the number of levels makes it possible to zoom further in if no tiles are available anymore they are shown as transparent Viewer title default title is Digital title Disaster Atlas true or 1 causes that the map is WGS84 true loaded in WGS84 coordinates and not in Google projection WGS84 version of the JRCStreetMap serves as base map true or 1 causes that headerfooter true header footer and the controls are shown false or O that they are not shown by default header footer and controls are shown Name of country that shall be center country ltaly of the map First letter must be upper case the re
11. ng GeoRSS KML and WMS 2 User Manual The Critech Web Map Viewer offers an intuitive Web interface http dma jrc it map In the following subchapters map browsing the use of the Layer Manager pre defined maps tools Geocoding and parameters for defining a map via the URL are described in detail Figure 1 gives an overview of the Web interface By default the Viewer starts with loading a single base map layer JRCStreetMap Sk hie Nn LOMMISsion Joint Research Centre Layer Manager Overview Map Maps Defeat v Tools Add Dare S Be Gi SIN WC E Gei Ne E d Loyer Manager 0a Beal E IRC Street Map Mouse coordinates s 177 53906 54 47004 Figure 1 Overview of the Web Interface 2 1 Map Browsing The basic map browsing tasks panning and zooming can be performed in various intuitive ways These different possibilities are listed in Table 1 Panning Click on one of the dedicated arrows Click and drag Move the red rectangle on the overview map Zooming Click on the button Double click on the desired position to zoom in Press Shift while raising a rectangle with the mouse Table 1 Map Browsing Tasks 2 2 Base Map Toggling Two buttons offer the possibility to toggle directly between JRC Street Map and Google Satellite Map as a base map Figure 2 Buttons for Base Map Toggling 2 3 Layer Manager All layers of the map can be managed by the Layer Manager Here all the load
12. ort sur le Main D Francoforte sul Mena ES yas SA d SAM S EE WE 2 Figure 15 Result of a What s near Analysis 2 5 3 Measure Draw a line polygon or circle with the Measure tools Figure 16 to obtain the length or area of it The calculation result is displayed in the upper right corner of the map Figure 17 Operations Measure IS Z a L x r 938 Layer Manager i Locarno f Sondrio ts ep s ST d n 2 eli E Cyclone tracks GDACS KML E see E Floods GDACS GeoRSS 4 Miele eg Volcanos GDACS GeoRSS Tropical storms GDACS A Cologno gt Hein a Serio ae Do E 2 5 4 Find closest airport Click into the map with the Find closest airport tool to find the three closest airports with a runway length greater than 4000 feet to this location Tools Find closest airport 3 Closest Airports with a runway length gt 4000 feet Provided by theairdb com Munich Franz Josef Strauss MUC Airport Fuerstenfeldbruck FEL Airport Oberptatftenhoften OBF OE wee e JRC Street Map Figure 19 Example Result of the Find closest airport Tool 2 5 5 Save this map The Save this map tool offers the following possibilities Figure 20 Save Map as PNG Edit Map and Save Get URL for this Map Get URL for this Map without Header Footer Get URL for this map including all control parameters Figure 20
13. ound in chapter 2 7 URL for this Map without the Header and the Footer European Commission Joint Research Centre EES institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen Figure 23 Map with Header Footer and all Viewer Figure 24 Pure Map without Header Footer and Functionality Viewer Functionality 2 6 Geocoding The Critech Web Map Viewer offers three different ways of Geocoding Place matching using the fuzzy search Address matching using the Google Geocoding Service Geographic coordinates matching Latitude Longitude For performing a Geocoding task choose a matching possibility in the drop down list insert a place address or the coordinates in the text field and click the Search button Place Country fuzzy search Address Lat Lon Figure 25 Geocoding Drop Down List 2 7 Map parameter The maps or the complete Web Map Viewer can be composed or rebuilt by using an URL with specific parameters Each parameter key is followed by and a value All these key value pairs are concatenated by amp Example http dma jrc it SB_map title DigitalAtlas amp headerfooter true amp center 5 6689453122741 46 286223916623 amp zoomlevel 5 amp kml http openlayers org dev examples kml sundials kml amp wms http 139 191 1 149 ArcGIS93 services dma_critical_infrastructure MapServer WMSServer CriticallnfrastructureWMS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 http 139 191 1 149 ArcGIS93 services dma_t
14. st lower case FIPS code of country that shall be fips IT center of the map ISO2 code of country that shall be iso2 IT center of the map ISO3 code of country that shall be iso3 ITA center of the map Content rendered on the map activebasemap georss Base maps to be pre loaded Base map that shall be displayed URL of GeoRSS feed followed by and the GeoRSS layer name Alias followed by and the desired icon including path followed by and the desired icon width followed by and the desired icon height followed by and the visibility of the layer true or false several GeoRSS feeds can be defined comma separated URL of KML file followed by and the KML layer name Alias followed by and the desired icon including path followed by and the desired icon width followed by and the desired icon height followed by and the visibility of the layer true or false if no icon is given the style is extracted from the KML file several KML files can be defined comma separated URL of WMS server followed by and the WMS Server Name Alias followed by and the layer names semicolon separated followed by and the visibility of the layer true or false followed by and the URL to a SLD file followed by and the SLD style name if no SLD is given the default server style will be
15. upport WGS84 coordinates EPSG code 4326 Layers in WGS84 cannot be overlaid on maps in Google Mercator Projection but it is possible to load JRCStreetMap as a background map in WGS84 coordinates For this purpose the parameter WGS84 true can be added to the URL of the viewer http dma jrc it map WGS84 true In this case any external WMS layer can be overlaid Load WMS source WMS data WIS URL Load available layers Load WMS source WMS data WMS Server Mame Alias Select layers from https gste nasa gqovwcgi binfcoc wins cgi C land land d grid grid CI grid10 grigia C countries countries C states20m states2oOm C blank blank O CHC cpe C nodata nodata Figure 14 Load WMS source Forms 2 5 2 What s near Click into the map to perform a What s near analysis The results are visualized in the map and further information about a single feature can be obtained by selecting it on the map or in the Layer Manager feature list Sg pr E i ki nsbech E iela eia Layer Manager CH KA a Frankfurt am Main Sa Aj gen Ve Abee CT Z o A Frankfurt Am M an Nearby features to Mame lat 8 654 lon 50 075 Province gt Hessen l Country Germar Untitled Population Class 2 Frankfurt International Population 6397 OU e Distance mg 4 7 Rhein Main AFB Egelsbach Frankfurt am Main Offenbach am Main OH Franct
16. urce community is very actively developing new web mapping software Also with regards to base map data various solutions exist some commercial such as Google or Bing others providing open content such as OpenStreetMap Over the past six years Critech analyzed mapping requirements of situation rooms operating in the context of global security within the scope of various projects The following use cases were identified which range from simple to more expert tasks e finding a place gazetteer e finding the best available base map of a crisis area e displaying own data on a map e displaying third party data on a map e g scientific data media reports social media e adding comments or data to a map e collaborative mapping and e saving a mash up as a map application The main requirements regarding an emergency situation are that these tasks must be executed in an easy way no training in a time critical environment from any computer and offering the possibility to import a large number of different data formats Therefore a web based client side solution supported in all browsers was deemed most appropriate avoiding the need for installing software Support for all available base maps Google Bing and OpenStreetMap in Mercator projection and publication of an own base map JRCStreetMap ensures easy access to the best base data In addition the solution supports the most common standard formats for geospatial data includi
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