Re: VPF data

Ahh, thanks for the update, we'll fix the documentation.

- Don

On Friday, February 15, 2002, at 11:52 AM, Drew Van Duren wrote:

> All,
>
> Found the problem......and a silly one it was. In the FAQs that
> describe how to
> implement VPF, the properties term -.vpfPath is incorrectly written
> -.vpfpath.
> I took the bad one, scratched my head a while, and finally decided to
> backtrack
> in the source code. Found the correct term to be vpfPath and it works
> great.
> Thanks, all!
>
> Drew
>
>
>
> "S. Russell Berckmoes" wrote:
>
>> Drew,
>>
>> We have been using VPF data (VMAP) with few problems. You have to
>> remember a
>> few things.
>> 1) The vpfPath must be pointed to where OpenMap with find the dhl & lat
>> files
>> 2) coverage types must be defined (bnd, hydro, pop, elev, etc). These
>> are
>> subdirectory names located below the library directory (noamer,
>> eurnasia,
>> etc.).
>> 3) You must define area/edge/text feature types. They are very cryptic
>> files
>> within VMAP coverage directory. I had to go into the directories to
>> figure
>> these names out. A hint is that area names end with an 'a' (before the
>> prefix), edge names with an 'l', point names (with does appear to be
>> supported by OpenMap) with a 'p' and text with 'txt' (text is not very
>> good
>> within VPF data). OpenMap ignores the file extension.
>> 4) Make sure if you are using 'areas' that you specific a fill color
>> and
>> opaqueness level. If not, many of these areas default to clear.
>>
>> Here is a sample of my properties file using VMAP Level 0...
>>
>> vmap0Political.class=com.bbn.openmap.layer.vpf.VPFLayer
>> vmap0Political.prettyName=VMAP0 Political
>> # this is on one line within the properties file.
>> vmap0Political.vpfPath=d:/mapdata/v0noa/vmaplv0;d:/mapdata/v0eur/vmaplv0;
>> d:/
>> mapdata/v0sas/vmaplv0;d:/mapdata/v0soa/vmaplv0
>> vmap0Political.coverageType=bnd
>> vmap0Political.featureTypes=edge area
>> # just display coastlines and political boundaries
>> #vmap0Political.edge= polbndl coastl depthl
>> vmap0Political.edge= polbndl coastl
>> # just display political areas and not oceans
>> #vmap0Political.area= oceansea polbnda
>> vmap0Political.area= polbnda
>> # Use this property for a better focus on feature types, especially
>> # for more fine-grained databases
>> vmap0Political.searchByFeature=true
>> vmap0Political.lineColor=ff0000ff
>> vmap0Political.fillColor=ffbdde83
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> \\|//
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>> Radix Technologies, Inc.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-openmap-users@bbn.com [mailto:owner-openmap-
>> users@bbn.com]On
>> Behalf Of Drew Van Duren
>> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 2:35 PM
>> To: Geoffrey S. Knauth
>> Cc: openmap-users@bbn.com
>> Subject: VPF data
>>
>> All,
>>
>> I've been having trouble getting the OpenMap component to display VPF
>> data.
>> Specifically, the error I'm getting is that it's not finding the path
>> to the
>> VPF
>> data directory that contains the lat or lat. file. I am, however,
>> providing
>> it the
>> absolute path to that directory and setting up the necessary items
>> (coverage
>> types,
>> feature types, etc.) in the properties file. Are there any special
>> considerations
>> I need to be aware of?
>>
>> Drew
>>
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