Being Civil

Coordinate System Resources

Coordinate systems can be pretty confusing, and there are a lot of options.  Luckily, when everything is configured right, your transforms just happen in the background like magic.  For those occasions when things aren't showing up where you expect them, here are a few good resources to look to:

• The help on Autodesk.com
• The Map 3D and Civil 3D forums (search before you post!)
• Spatial Reference (external site)
• This excellent explanatory article (external site)
• Wikipedia for a basic overview and good links (external site)
• A site with a fairly easy to read transform listing (external site)
• The EPSG guides have much of the source material.  Number 7 part 2 may be the most useful.(external site)

Have fun!

IPv6 and WMS proxy New Features in Map 3D and Map Server

The tile might be a little dry, but it's good stuff!

Map Server 2013 supports IPv6 for the first time.  At the time of install, you now have IPv4 and IPv6 options, which will be useful as IPv6 is enabled on Server 2008 by default:

 

As for WMS, proxy options are built in to Map 3D! No more need for this TS, instead, it's all in the box.

Map Server 2013 New Feature: Enhanced Redlining

There's now a new way to do redlining in Map Server 2013 in your browser, and it includes saving your work, working with multiple layers, and control over the appearance.

Just click the Redline button, and you're on the way!

Just two notes: be sure to get your styles just right before adding the layer to the map - they aren't editable from the browser.  And, in order to save the redline layer, you have to "Remove from Map" in the lower pane.  That will move it to the upper pane, where you can then Download, which saves an SDF locally.

 Have fun with it!

New Feature! Performance monitoring in Map Server 2013

Map Server 2013 (AKA AIMS), now has a built in performance monitoring tool! And it's really simple to use and act on:

In the Site Administrator, click on Performance Monitor:

AutoCAD Map 3D 2013 New Feature: Base Maps and Commercial Layers in Map Server

Until now, Base Map and background maps from Google, Bing, Yaho and Open Street Map have not been possible to combine in a single web layout.  WIth 2013, it's possible. In the below, the points and lines came from Map 3D, but the entire background is from Open Street Map - using these sources means you have the most current background data, and it reduces the load on your server - that data gets pulled directly from the source!

Publishing From Map 3D to Infrastructure Map Server – Easy as 1-2-3

Getting started with your first Map Server site can seem a little intimidating, but thanks to the Publish to Map Server tool, you can be up and running in no time!  Once you have both softwares installed:

Licensing Changes - Map Server

With the change in name for Mapguide Enterprise to Infrastructure Map Server there was also a change in licensing.  Prevously, Mapguide was only available as a network licensed product, but Map Server is now standalone only for Windows (Linux is still network licensed).  However, since AIMS is a service, and isn't launched via an executable, getting it activated after a trial period is a little different.  To activate:

• Go to C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Autodesk Infrastructure Map Server 2012\Bin and run ServerActivator.exe OR go via Start > All Programs > Autodesk > Autodesk Infrastructure Map Server 2012 and click on Autodesk Infrastructure Map Server Licensing Activator.
• You'll get the familiar standalone licensing tool used by all other Autodesk products:
  
  
• Go through the usual activation steps
• Restart the Map Server service just to be on the safe side

And you should be good to go!

AutoCAD Map 3D 2012 & Civil 2012: Licensing with ESRI ArcGIS

Just before we wanted to call it a week we received a message with great post shared by our frineds at "Up and Ready" blog. This post talks about licensing with ESRI ArcGIS on the same machine where Civil 3D and Map 3D license manager is running. More information could be found at AutoCAD Map 3D 2012 & Civil 2012: Licensing with ESRI ArcGIS.

Thank you and have a nice weekend everybody!