CartoVista Publisher

From GIS data to the web

The CartoVista Publisher builds maps by reading common GIS data (e.g. ESRI Shape Files, MapInfo tables, etc.).

The following standard GIS layer types are supported:

• Polygon Layers
• Polyline Layers
• Point Layers
• XML Point Layers
• Annotation (Text) Layers
• Raster Layers
• Tile Layers
• Web Map Service (WMS) Layers

When publishing a map, GIS data is converted to an Adobe Flash (SWF) output for the CartoVista Viewer. The flash output is optimized for the web in terms of size, rendering speed and graphic quality.

Have Cartographic Freedom

The CartoVista publisher includes advanced tools to build your maps and set their styles with proper cartographic representation. It includes many options to help you build atlas-quality outputs and manage the look and feel of your maps.

The CartoVista publisher includes a comprehensive map layer settings control to set the rendering of your map features. Re-usable style and map file libraries allow you to setup templates that can be used to quickly publish relevant data for your business.

The Publisher allows you to set the following options for your map:

• Map settings (Title, size, background color, etc.)
• General layer settings (Visibility, opacity, blend mode, etc).
• Feature classes and styles (Color, fill, symbol, stroke, pattern, etc.)
• Advanced labelling settings (Field, position, text, color, font, priority, duplicates, etc)
• Visibility ranges (Zoom layering / layer minimum and maximum scale)

Configure Interactive Layers

The CartoVista Publisher has a simple interface to setup your interactive layers and configure how they are displayed and available in the CartoVista Viewer.

The following properties can be setup to configure the interaction of your map layers:

• Feature attributes
• Unique identifiers
• Hyperlinks / drilldown
• Rollover fill and stroke color
• Data tips display
• Info tool display
• Searchable attributes

Attach and Publish Indicator Data

The CartoVista Publisher features the ability to generate indicators from existing data (Excel spreadsheets, CSV files, Microsoft Access, etc.) for display in the CartoVista Viewer. Once attached to a vector layer in a map, the indicator data can be displayed as a thematic analysis in the CartoVista Viewer.

CartoVista indicators include the following data properties that can be setup in the data manager:

• Type (String, numeric)
• Source
• Description
• Units of measure
• Precision
• Date and timestamp

The publisher includes a user-friendly data publisher to setup an unlimited number of indicators, organized into categories, for a well defined, rich statistical analysis experience.

Configure the CartoVista Viewer

The CartoVista Publisher also includes a configuration dialog that helps the end user configure the CartoVista Viewer.

The following properties of the Viewer can be configured for each map:

• The map tools style options (large buttons / name on/off)
• The tool(s) available and selected by default in the map tool bar
• The top menu bar items that should be enabled when the map loads
• The user interface language

For more information on the CartoVista Publisher, please refer to the CartoVista Publisher software documentation.