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The main screen of MAP is subdivided into 3 areas:
Ribbon bar with corresponding command groups
Map panel to display the currently preferred geographic area: the data are shown (2a) as soon as the corresponding object layers have been added to the map project hitting the command Home > Add Layer (2).
Legend panel to show the content of the object layers based on SHAPE files and the WinCan layers based on the data that have already been transferred into the WinCan project.
The legend (3) can be hidden automatically once the pin icon (4) has been activated OR even undocked from the main window to move it freely on any location on the current or a second screen:
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Layers representing sections and manholes based on original SHAPE files provided by a GIS manager. Further layers representing streets, buildings, landscape elements etc. are optional and mostly not available.
WinCan layers based on object data that have already been imported into WinCan and that are automatically created by MAP.
Properties per layer that contain information about how to show the corresponding objects (i.e. sections or manholes) on the MAP interface: sections and manholes can thus be displayed with specific icons and labels.
Display of frequently used queries as sub-layers:
Show sections ordered by diameter classes and displayed in specific colours
Show sections ordered by pipe material and displayed in specific colours
Show sections ordered by section type and displayed in specific colours
Show sections ordered by construction year and displayed in specific colours
etc.
Each sub-layer can thus be represented in the legend panel by its coloured icon
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The contents of the SHAPE files (i.e. geographic data) for sections and manholes can fast and easily be called up. Map-VX is therefore providing the following two possibilities:
Showing all data of a specified object layer via the context menu command Show data.
Show the data of selected objects of a specified layer hitting the button
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The user may drag these additionally displayed data panels either somewhere on the MAP-VX interface (2) or pin it to one of the margins of the main window (1).
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Before GIS-data can be transferred into WinCanVX, each GIS field needs to be mapped or assigned manually to the corresponding WinCan field. The most important section/manhole fields are listed below:
OBJ_Key | Section/Manhole Name (unique name to identify the section/manhole) |
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OBJ_Length | Section length (distance from Upstream Manhole to Downstream Manhole) |
OBJ_DepthToInvert | Depth of the manhole (distance from cover to bench/channel) |
OBJ_City | Name of the City/Town where the section/manhole is located |
OBJ_Street | Name of the Street where the section/manhole is located |
nodeFromKey | Name of the Upstream Manhole |
nodeToKey | Name of the Downstream Manhole |
OBJ_Shape | Shape of the pipe (circular, rectangular, egg-shaped etc.) |
OBJ_Size1 | Diameter/Height of the pipe [mm] / [inch] |
OBJ_Size2 | Width of the pipe [mm] / [inch] |
OBJ_Material | Material of the pipe (concrete, steel etc.) |
OBJ_SectionType | Type of section (wastewater, stormwater, mixed water) |
OBJ_Usage | Type of section (replaces OBJ_SectionType in some standards) |
OBJ_WasteWaterType | Type of section (replaces OBJ_SectionType in some standards) |
The manhole coordinates are transferred automatically from the SHAPE files and do not need to be included in the field mapping.
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New or existing objects can be drawn or moved inside the corresponding object layer within Map by means of the command group Tools > Edit in the ribbon bar:
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This arrow button lists all commands for the edition of object layers.
This function is activating the edit mode for object layers.
This group is providing all the tools for drawing new objects (points = manholes; lines = sections; polygons = building outlines etc.).
This field is used to indicate which layer the previously drawn object should snap to: a manhole point thus should precisely snap to a section line or a reference line on the DXF-plot and vice versa.
The following chapters are going to describe in detail, what the operator must do, if he is going to discover a new object (e.g. manhole) or if he wants to change the position of and existing object or delete it from the map interface.
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The user will be able from now to call up the chosen topic in WinCan VX for the current project when selecting the corresponding query listed in WinCan Analyst > GIS query. There are currently 8 topics available which are briefly described below:
Classification of damage (DamageClassification): Displaying and labelling all sections according to their damage classification using default colours.
Inspection progress (InspectedUninspected): Query for the inspection progress. WinCan VX handles a section as inspected as soon as it contains at least 2 observations.
Pipe material (material): Displaying and labelling all sections according to their pipe material using default colours (concrete, PVC, steel, etc.)
Purpose of the pipe line (pollution type):Displaying and labelling all sections according to their purpose (waste water, rainwater, mixed water etc.).
Pipe profiles (profiles): Displaying and labelling all sections according to their profile (circle, egg, rectangle mouth etc.).
Type of pipe line (type of pipes/nodes): Displaying and labelling of all main and lateral pipes (house connections).
Protection zones (water protection zones): Displaying and labelling the location of all pipe lines regarding to water protection zones.
Year of construction (year built): Displaying and labelling all sections according to their year of construction using default colours.
Thermographic visualization of object density
The objects or damage images of the project can be illustrated according to their density as thermographic image. Red is representing areas on the map with high, Blue those with a low object or event density.
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To define the output extent for further data export the user has got 7 possibilities available as icon buttons which are explained in detail below:
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The map area highlighted via the selection tools is exported.
The currently visible map area is exported.
The WHOLE map area is exported.
Free selection of the export area: The selection rectangle will snap to the predefined coordinate points (8).
The data layer currently selected in the legend is exported.
The current view zooms to the selected export area.
Free selection of the export area: The selection rectangle ignores any coordinate points. The selection of an empty map area is automatically adopting the data field structure (without content) of the currently selected layer. So the existing attributes of a section layer may easily be transferred to a new layer for lateral sections (satellites).
Always activate the check box Show Output Extent in Map in order to display the red frame around the data area you have just selected.
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