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1 jan 2309 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2     <!DOCTYPE book
3     PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
4     "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"
5     [<!ENTITY imgscale "60">]>
6     <!-- $Revision$ -->
7     <book>
8     <bookinfo>
9     <title>Benutzerhandbuch für Thuban 1.0</title>
10     <authorgroup>
11     <author>
12     <firstname>Jonathan</firstname><surname>Coles</surname>
13     </author>
14     <author>
15     <firstname>Jan-Oliver</firstname><surname>Wagner</surname>
16     </author>
17     <author>
18     <firstname>Frank</firstname><surname>Koormann</surname>
19     </author>
20     </authorgroup>
21     <copyright>
22     <year>2004</year>
23     <holder>Intevation GmbH</holder>
24     </copyright>
25     <revhistory>
26     <!-- comment this first revision out when releasing a real version -->
27     <revision>
28     <revnumber>CVS version $Id$</revnumber>
29     <date></date>
30     <revremark>Under development.</revremark>
31     </revision>
32     <!--
33     <revision>
34     <revnumber>1.0.0</revnumber>
35     <date>nn-Mmm-2004</date>
36     <revremark>
37     Corresponds to Thuban 1.0.0.
38     </revremark>
39     </revision>
40     -->
41     </revhistory>
42    
43     </bookinfo>
44    
45     <chapter><title>Einführung</title>
46     <para>
47     Thuban ist ein interaktiver Geodaten-Betrachter.
48     Die Entwicklung wurde seinerzeit gestartet, da es zu dieser Zeit
49     keinen einfachen interkativen Betrachter für Geo-Daten als Freie
50     Software gab.
51     Thuban ist im wesentlichen in der Programmiersprache Python implementiert und
52     nutzt die wxWidgets (ehemals: wxWindows) Bibliothek die es erlaubt
53     Thuban auf verschiedenen Plattformen laufen zu lassen, darunter GNU/Linux
54     und Windows.
55     </para>
56     <para>
57     Geodatenbetrachter sind wichtige Werkzeuge die es gestatten, einen visuelle
58     Eindruck des räumlichen (gegenseiten) Bezuges von Informationen zu bekommen
59     die ansonsten anhand der reinen Daten nicht leicht ersichtlich sind.
60     Thuban erlaubt dem Benutzer, Sitzungen zu erzeugen, die geografische
61     Daten darstellen. Diese können dann erforscht werden indem er durch sie
62     sie navigieren und die Art der Darstellung ändern kann.
63     Die Ergebnisse können gespeichert oder gedruckt werden.
64     </para>
65     <para>
66     Thuban strukturiert eine Sitzung hierarchisch.
67     Eine Sitzung besteht aus Ebenen. Jede Ebene rerpäsentiert
68     einen bestimmten Datensatz.
69     Beispielsweise eine Ebene für Strassen und eine weitere für Gebäude.
70     Die Ebenen können sowohl Vektor-Daten beschreiben als auch Raster-Daten.
71     </para>
72    
73     <section><title>Installation</title>
74     <para>
75     Thuban is actively supported under Debian Testing (sarge), RedHat 7.2,
76     and Windows 2000. Thuban depends on the following packages. These
77     packages can also be found on the
78     <ulink url="http://thuban.intevation.org/download.html">
79     Thuban Download site
80     </ulink>.
81     </para>
82     <para>
83     Required:
84     <itemizedlist>
85     <listitem><para>Python 2.2.1
86     (<literal>http://www.python.org</literal>)
87     </para></listitem>
88     <listitem><para>wxWindows 2.4
89     (<literal>http://www.wxwindows.org</literal>)
90     </para></listitem>
91     <listitem><para>wxPython 2.4
92     (<literal>http://www.wxpython.org</literal>)
93     </para></listitem>
94     <listitem><para>proj 4.4.5 Projection Library
95     (<literal>http://www.remotesensing.org/proj/</literal>)
96     </para></listitem>
97     <listitem><para>SQLite 2.8.3
98     <literal>http://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/</literal>)
99     </para></listitem>
100     <listitem><para>PySQLite 0.4.3
101     (<literal>http://pysqlite.sourceforge.net</literal>)
102     </para></listitem>
103     </itemizedlist>
104     </para>
105     <para>
106     Optional:
107     <itemizedlist>
108     <listitem><para>GDAL 1.1.8
109     (<literal>http://www.remotesensing.org/gdal/</literal>)
110     </para></listitem>
111     <listitem><para>psycopg 1.0.8
112     (<literal>http://initd.org/software/psycopg</literal>)
113     </para></listitem>
114     </itemizedlist>
115     </para>
116     <para>
117     Along with the source codes, the download page also offers full
118     installation packages for Debian, Windows and RPM-based systems
119     (Mandrake, RedHat, SuSE, etc).
120     </para>
121     <section><title>RPM-based GNU/Linux Systems</title>
122     <section><title>Installing Binary Packages</title>
123     <para>
124     The most wide-spread RPM-based GNU/Linux
125     Systems are RedHat, Mandrake and SuSE.
126     The documentation of these distributions
127     should contain information about how to
128     install third-party RPM packages.
129     Nonetheless, a short summary is provided here.
130     </para>
131     <para>
132     RPM packages can be installed applying several
133     tools. The most basic one is the command line
134     program "rpm". The hardware architecture is
135     identified in the name of RPM packages, eg.
136     'i386' for most Intel/AMD architectures.
137     If you have a different hardware architecture,
138     where no binary RPM packages are provided,
139     you must rebuild binary packages from the
140     RPM source packages first (see below).
141     Typical rpm commands look like:
142    
143     <programlisting>
144     rpm --install Thuban-0.9.0-1.i386.rpm
145     </programlisting>
146    
147     Depending on what you already have installed
148     on your system, you are informed that some
149     packages are required, but not installed.
150     You need to install them first. Either they
151     are provided by your GNU/Linux distributor
152     or available somewhere on the Internet.
153     The more essential and special ones are
154     provided together with the Thuban package.
155     </para>
156    
157     <para>
158     For rpm exist some graphical user interfaces, notably
159     kpackage, GnoRPM and xrpm.
160     </para>
161    
162     <para>
163     Make yourself familiar with one of the tools and apply it
164     to install the packages.
165     Note, that you need to be administrator (root) for the system
166     to do that.
167     </para>
168     </section>
169     <section><title>Build Binaries from Source Packages</title>
170     <para>
171     This section describes howto build RPM install-packages
172     from RPM source-packages.
173     This adapts and optimizes an install-package specifically
174     to your system.
175     This is especially helpful to resolve version conflicts of
176     dependent packages. Furthermore, install-packages for other
177     platforms (e.g. PowerPC) can be created.
178     </para>
179    
180     <para>
181     Note: rpm must be at least version 4. Execute
182     <literal>rpm --version</literal> to find out about the version.
183     </para>
184    
185     <para>
186     You need to do the following preparations to be able to
187     build the packages as a regular user. You should now
188     perform the package buling as root since this
189     might cause damage to your system.
190     <itemizedlist>
191     <listitem>
192     <para>
193     Create RPM directory structure:
194     Choose a directory (e.g. $HOME/myrpm) and create the
195     subdirectories BUILD, RPM, SOURCES, SPECS and SRPMS.
196     A possible command sequence for this is:
197     <programlisting>
198     mkdir $HOME/freegisrpm
199     cd $HOME/freegisrpm
200     mkdir BUILD RPMS SOURCES SPECS SRPMS
201     </programlisting>
202     </para>
203     </listitem>
204     <listitem>
205     <para>
206     Set environment variable RPM_DIR:
207     <programlisting>
208     export RPM_DIR=$HOME/freegisrpm
209     </programlisting>
210     </para>
211     </listitem>
212     <listitem>
213     <para>
214     Create $HOME/.rpmmacros:
215     This file sets general preferences and some
216     specific settings for signing packages.
217     If you don't have a GnuPG-key, you can skip
218     the signature settings i.e. drop the last 4 lines.
219     A signature becomes important when you want to
220     give away packages to third parties.
221     <programlisting>
222     <![CDATA[
223     %packager Name Lastname <[email protected]>
224    
225     %_topdir /home/mylogin/myrpm
226    
227     %_signature gpg
228     %_gpg_name Name Lastname
229     %_pgp_path ~/.gnupg
230     %_pgpbin /usr/bin/gpg
231     ]]>
232     </programlisting>
233     </para>
234     </listitem>
235     </itemizedlist>
236    
237     Now you can install any RPM source-package.
238     It's components are installed into the corresponding
239     subdirectories of your rpm-directory.
240     Essentially these are the sources (into directory SOURCES)
241     and the so-called spec-file which contains all build
242     instructions. The spec-file will go into the SPEC directory.
243     Example:
244     <literal>rpm --install Thuban-0.9.0-1.src.rpm</literal>
245     </para>
246    
247     <para>
248     Create install-package:
249     Go to the directory with the spec-files and rebuild the
250     package:
251     <programlisting>
252     cd $HOME/mypm/SPECS
253     rpm -bb thuban.spec
254     </programlisting>
255     Next, you will find the newly created package in
256     $HOME/myrpm/RPMS/i386.
257     If you build the package for another architecture than
258     i386, then the name of the directory has a corresponding name.
259     </para>
260     <para>
261     For documentation of RPM, either type
262     <literal>man rpm</literal> or <literal>rpm --help</literal>.
263     This will provide you with information on the various command
264     line options of RPM.
265     For more information see the
266     <ulink url="http://www.rpm.org/">homepage of RPM</ulink>.
267     </para>
268     </section>
269     </section> <!-- Intro - Installation - RPM-->
270    
271     <section><title>Win32 Systems</title>
272     <para>
273     A common installation package of Thuban for Win32
274     systems is available from the Thuban website download
275     section. This installation package is configured for
276     displaying file based vector data (Shapefiles). For the
277     display of raster data or the connection to spatial
278     databases additional steps are needed.
279     </para>
280     <para>
281     The required Python packages are listed and linked on
282     the download page as well. If you don't have Python
283     installed already, download the packages for Python,
284     wxPython for Python and the SQLite Python Libraries as
285     well as the Thuban package. Install all four packages
286     in the order: Python, wxPython, SQLite, Thuban. Follow
287     the installation instructions provided by the seperate
288     setups. The Thuban installation package will add an
289     entry in the menu folder you configured.
290     </para>
291     <section><title>Raster Data: Installation of GDAL</title>
292     <para>
293     Enabling the raster data features of Thuban is
294     straight forward. For the examples we assume that
295     Thuban has been installed under
296     <literal>C:\Thuban</literal>:
297     <itemizedlist>
298     <listitem>
299     <para>
300     Download the zip-archive <ulink
301     url="ftp://intevation.de/thuban/win2k/gdal-win2k.zip"
302     >gdal-win2k</ulink>.
303     </para></listitem>
304     <listitem><para>Extract the archive (e.g. with
305     <ulink
306     url="http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/WiZ.html"
307     >WiZ (InfoZip)</ulink>) into the
308     <literal>C:\Thuban\Lib</literal>
309     directory of your Thuban installation.
310     </para>
311     </listitem>
312     <listitem>
313     <para>
314     Extent the <varname>PYTHONPATH</varname>
315     environment variable (in your Windows Control Panel)
316     to make the new libraries available for Thuban.
317     <programlisting>
318     %PYTHONPATH%;C:\Thuban\Lib\gdal;C:\Thuban\Lib\gdal\pymod
319     </programlisting>
320     </para>
321     </listitem>
322     <listitem>
323     <para>
324     Extent also the <varname>PATH</varname>
325     environment variable accordingly:
326     <programlisting>
327     %PATH%;C:\Thuban\Lib\gdal
328     </programlisting>
329     </para>
330     </listitem>
331     </itemizedlist>
332     After this installation steps Thuban is ready to
333     display raster data (e.g. the
334     <literal>island.tif</literal> from the Iceland Demo
335     data set.
336     </para>
337     </section> <!-- Win32: GDAL-->
338    
339     <section><title>Working with PostGIS: Installation of PsycoPG</title>
340     <para>
341     To access PostgreSQL/PostGIS spatial databases with
342     Thuban you have to install the PsycoPG package for
343     Windows:
344     <itemizedlist>
345     <listitem>
346     <para>
347     Download the zip-archive
348     <ulink
349     url="http://stickpeople.com/projects/python/win-psycopg/win-psycopg22.zip"
350     >win-psycopg22.zip</ulink>.
351     </para>
352     </listitem>
353     <listitem>
354     <para>
355     Extract the zip-archive into a directory either already
356     in your <varname>PYTHONPATH</varname> or extent your
357     <varname>PYTHONPATH</varname> variable to the directory
358     you have extracted the archive to.
359     </para>
360     </listitem>
361     </itemizedlist>
362     For installation and maintenance of spatial databases
363     we refer to the <ulink
364     url="http://postgis.refractions.net"
365     >PostGIS Homepage</ulink>.
366     </para>
367     </section> <!-- Win32: PsycoPG-->
368    
369     </section> <!-- Intro - Installation - Win32 -->
370     </section>
371    
372     <section><title>Internationalisierung</title>
373     <para>
374     Thuban ist mit Unterstützung für Internaionalisierung realisiert.
375     Bisher wurde Thuban in folgende Sprachen (neben der Basis Englisch) übersetzt:
376     <itemizedlist>
377     <listitem><para>Französisch</para></listitem>
378     <listitem><para>Deutsch</para></listitem>
379     <listitem><para>Italienisch</para></listitem>
380     <listitem><para>Portugiesisch (Brasilien)</para></listitem>
381     <listitem><para>Russisch</para></listitem>
382     <listitem><para>Spanisch</para></listitem>
383     </itemizedlist>
384     </para>
385    
386     <para>
387     Um die Internationalisierung auf POSIX Systemen (wie etwa GNU/Linux)
388     zu verwenden, muss die Umgebungsvariable LC_ALL entsprechend
389     gesetzt werden (z.B. LC_ALL=de_DE für Deutsch).
390     Prüfen Sie die Dokumentation zu Ihrem System für Details
391     und die unterstützten Einstellungen.
392     Normalweise haben Sie Ihre Sprache bereits mit der Installation
393     oder beim einloggen bereits vorausgewählt.
394     Trotzdem kann auch dann noch durch Setzen von LC_ALL auf
395     der Kommandozeile beim Aufruf von Thuban eine andere Sprache
396     gesetzt werden:
397     </para>
398     <programlisting>
399     LC_ALL=fr_FR thuban.py
400     </programlisting>
401    
402     <para>
403     MS Windows Benutzer müssen die Sprache über die Kontroll-Leiste einstellen
404     welche grundsätzlich alle Anwendungen beeinflusst.
405     </para>
406     </section>
407    
408     <section><title>Das Hauptfenster</title>
409     <para>
410     <figure><title>Das Hauptfenster</title>
411     <mediaobject>
412     <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="../images/1_2_mainwindow.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/> </imageobject>
413     <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="./images/1_2_mainwindow.ps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/> </imageobject>
414     </mediaobject>
415     </figure>
416     </para>
417    
418     <para>
419     Das Hauptfenster stellt die aktuelle Karte dar. Hier kann der
420     Benutzer mit der Karte interagieren indem er die verschiednen
421     Werkzeuge anwendet.
422     </para>
423    
424     <para>
425     Die Legende auf der linken Seite zeigt eine Liste der aktuellen
426     Ebenen und alle dargestellten Klassifikations-Gruppen.
427     Bei diesem Beispiel haben alle Geo-Objekte Ebenen eine voreingestellte
428     Klassifizierung wie die jeweiligen Geo-Objekte in den einzelnen
429     Ebenen gezeichnet werden sollen.
430     Die Ebenen die weiter oben in der Liste dargestellt werden über
431     die darunter aufgelisteten gezeichnet.
432     Die Legende kann durch Anwahl des X in der oberen rechten Ecke
433     geschlossen werden.
434     Um die Legenden-Ansicht wieder zu öffnen, wählen Sie
435 jan 2313 <menuchoice>
436     <guimenu>Karte</guimenu>
437     <guimenuitem>Legende</guimenuitem>
438     </menuchoice>.
439     Das Legenden-Fenster ist lösbar. Das bedeutet, dass sie vom Hauptfenster
440     abgelöst und dann als eigenständiges Fenster
441     positioniert werden kann. Dies wird durch den kleinen Schalter
442     neben dem X gemacht. Erneutes Anwählen des Schalters läßt das
443     Legenden-Fenster wieder in das Hauptfenster integrieren.
444     </para>
445     <para>
446     Die Status-Leiste zeigt verschiedene Informationen jeweils
447     abhängig vom Kontext. Wählt der Benutzer einen Menüpunkt
448     dann wird in der Status-Leiste ein Hilfetext zu dem jeweiligen
449     Menüpunkt angezeigt.
450     Ist eines der Werkzeuge aktiviert, so wird in der Status-Leiste
451     die Position angegeben über der der Maus-Cursor auf der Karte
452     steht.
453     </para>
454     <para>
455     Die Werkzeugleiste erlaubt direkten Zugriff auf häufig
456     benötigte Werkzeuge.
457     Schwebt der Maus-Zeiger über einem Knopf wird eine Kurz-Info
458     über das jeweilige Werkzeug gegeben.
459     Folgende Werzeuge stehen zur Verfügung: Hineinzoomen,
460     Herauszoomen, Verschieben, Zur vollen Kartenausdehnung zoomen,
461     Zur vollen Ebenenausdehnung zoomen, Zur vollen Auswahlausdehnung zoomen,
462     Identifizieren, Labels hinzufügen/entfernen.
463     Alle Werkzeuge werden in diesem Handbuch noch detaillierter beschrieben.
464     </para>
465     </section>
466 jan 2309
467     </chapter>
468    
469     <chapter><title>Session Management</title>
470    
471 jan 2313 <section><title>Eine neue Session beginnen</title>
472     <para>
473     Eine neue Session wird gestartet über
474     <menuchoice>
475     <guimenu>Datei</guimenu>
476     <guimenuitem>Neue Session</guimenuitem>
477     </menuchoice>.
478     Falls bereits eine Session geladen ist und seit der letzten
479     Speicherung verändert wurde, so wird nun nachgefragt, ob
480     diese Session zunächst gespeichert werden soll.
481     Eine neue Session besteht aus einer leeren Karte
482     ohne Ebenen, Tabellen und Projektion.
483     </para>
484     </section>
485 jan 2309
486 jan 2313 <section><title>Eine Session öffnen</title>
487     <para>
488     Eine Session kann geöffnet werden über
489     <menuchoice>
490     <guimenu>Datei</guimenu>
491     <guimenuitem>Öffne Session</guimenuitem>
492     </menuchoice>.
493     Es wird ein Dateiauswahl-Dialog geöffnet um eine
494     Thuban Session Datei auszuwählen. Diese Dateien enden
495     auf <varname>.thuban</varname>. Wird eine Datei ausgewählt und mit
496     <guibutton>OK</guibutton> bestätigt, so wird die entsprechende
497     Session in Thuban geladen.
498 jan 2309
499 jan 2313 Ist bereits eine Session geladen und seit dem letzten Speichern modifiziert
500     worden, so wird nachgefragt, ob zunächst die alte Session gespeichert werden
501     soll.
502     </para>
503     </section>
504 jan 2309
505 jan 2313 <section><title>Eine Session speichern</title>
506     <para>
507     Eine Session kann gepsiechert werden über
508     <menuchoice>
509     <guimenu>Datei</guimenu>
510     <guimenuitem>Session Speichern</guimenuitem>
511     </menuchoice>.
512     Handelt es sich bei der aktuellen Session nicht um eine
513     neue und ungespeicherte, so wird die entsprechende Datei
514     mit den Daten der aktuellen Session überschrieben.
515     Im Falle einer neuen und noch nicht gespeicherten Session
516     wird ein Dateiauswahl-Dialog geöffnet um einen Namen
517     für die zu speicherende Session auszuwählen.
518     Thuban Session Dateien sollten mit der Endung
519     <varname>.thuban</varname> versehen werden.
520     Existiert bereits eine Datei mit dem gleichen Namen
521     wird der Benutzer gefragt ob diese überschrieben
522     oder ein neuer Name gewählt werden soll.
523     </para>
524     </section>
525 jan 2309
526 jan 2313 <section><title>Der Session Info-Baum</title>
527     <para>
528     <figure>
529     <title>Session Info-Baum</title>
530     <mediaobject>
531     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="../images/2_4_session_tree.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
532     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="./images/2_4_session_tree.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
533     </mediaobject>
534     </figure>
535     </para>
536     <para>
537     Der Session Info-Baum ist hauptsächlich für Software-Entwickler gedacht
538     die an Thuban arbeiten.
539     Er stellt eine Reihe von internen Daten zur Session, der Karte, den
540     Ebenen usw. dar. Er wird geöffnet über
541     <menuchoice>
542     <guimenu>Datei</guimenu>
543     <guimenuitem>Session Baum</guimenuitem>
544     </menuchoice>.
545     </para>
546     </section>
547 jan 2309 </chapter>
548    
549 jan 2369 <chapter><title>Karten Management</title>
550 jan 2309 <para>
551 jan 2369 Die Karte besteht aus eine Anzahl Ebenen wobei jede Ebene einen
552     Datensatz mit bestimtem Typ repräsentiert. Mit Interaktion auf der
553     Karte kann ein Benutzer die Daten visuell erforschen.
554 jan 2309 </para>
555     <para>
556 jan 2369 Die Karte kann einen Namen haben der dann in der Kopfzeile des
557     Thuban Fensters auftaucht. Der Kartenname kann geändert werden
558     über
559 jan 2309 <menuchoice>
560 jan 2369 <guimenu>Karte</guimenu>
561     <guimenuitem>Umbennen</guimenuitem>
562 jan 2309 </menuchoice>.
563     </para>
564     <para>
565     <inlinemediaobject>
566     <imageobject>
567     <imagedata fileref="../images/3_rename_map.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/>
568     </imageobject>
569     <imageobject>
570     <imagedata fileref="./images/3_rename_map.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/>
571     </imageobject>
572 jan 2369 <textobject> <phrase>Karte umbennen</phrase> </textobject>
573 jan 2309 </inlinemediaobject>
574     </para>
575    
576 jan 2369 <section><title>Hinzufügen und Entfernen von Ebenen</title>
577     <para>
578     Es gibt drei Typen von Ebenen aus denen eine Karte besteht:
579     Shape Ebene, Datenbank Ebene und Bildebene.
580     Shape Ebenen sind im Shapefile Format gespeichert welches
581     weit verbreitet für die Speicherung von geografischen Objekten
582     genutzt wird.
583     Die Dateien haben die Endung ``.shp''. Mit der eigentlichen Shape
584     Datei ist eine Datenbank Datei welche die Attribut-Daten zu dem
585     Shapefile enthält. Diese Datenbank Datei verwendet das dBase Format
586     und hat die Endung ``.dbf''. Beide Dateien müssen den selben
587     Basisnamen haben. So gehören zum Beispiel die Dateien
588     strassen.shp und strassen.dbf zusammen.
589     </para>
590 jan 2309 <itemizedlist>
591     <listitem>
592     <para>
593 jan 2369 Shape Ebenen können zur Karte hinzugefügt werden mit
594 jan 2309 <menuchoice>
595 jan 2369 <guimenu>Karte</guimenu>
596     <guimenuitem>Ebene hinzufügen</guimenuitem>
597 jan 2309 </menuchoice>.
598 jan 2369 Zunächst werden im Dateiauswahl Dialog nur die ``.shp'' Dateien
599     angezeigt, was für die Auswahl vollkommen ausreicht.
600     Falls Sie aber auf Ansicht aller Dateien umschalten, und dann
601     einer der assoziierten Dateien (z.B. mit der Endung ``.dbf'')
602     auswählen, so verwendet Thuban den Basisnamen um die entsprechende
603     Shape Datei zu laden,
604     </para>
605 jan 2309 <para>
606 jan 2369 Der Dateidialog für Shape Dateien erlaubt es auch, viele
607     Dateien gleichzeitig auszuwählen. Verwenden Sie dafür
608     die Umschalt-Taste gleichzeitig mit der linken Maustaste um
609     die Auswahl zu erweitern.
610     </para>
611 jan 2309 </listitem>
612    
613     <listitem>
614 jan 2369 <para>Datenbankebenen können zu Karte hinzugefügt werden mit
615 jan 2309 <menuchoice>
616 jan 2369 <guimenu>Karte</guimenu>
617     <guimenuitem>Datenbankebene hinzufügen</guimenuitem>
618 jan 2309 </menuchoice>.
619 jan 2521 Es wird ein Dialog mit zwei Listen geöffnet.
620 jan 2369 Die linke Liste zeigt alle derzeit offenen Datenbankverbindungen dieser
621     Session an. Eine Liste der verfügbaren Ebenen aus einer Datenbankverbindung
622     wird steht auf der rechten Seite. Aus dieser Liste können Sie eine
623     beliebige Ebene zum Öffnen auswählen. Der Dialog wird dabach
624     automatisch beendet.
625 jan 2309 </para>
626     <para>
627 jan 2369 Siehe auch Anhang ``Mit PostGIS arbeiten'' für weitere Details.
628 jan 2309 </para>
629     </listitem>
630    
631     <listitem>
632     <para>
633 jan 2369 Bildebenen können zur Karte hinzugefügt werden mit
634 jan 2309 <menuchoice>
635 jan 2369 <guimenu>Karte</guimenu>
636     <guimenuitem>Bildebene hinzufügen</guimenuitem>
637 jan 2309 </menuchoice>.
638 jan 2369 Es ist wichtig, dass eine korrekte Bilddatei ausgewählt für
639     die auch geographische Daten (Projektions) vorliegen.
640     Diese Daten können in die Bilddatei eingebettet sein oder
641     als separate Datei vorliegen. Können diese Daten nicht
642     gefunden werden, so wird Thuban einen Fehler melden.
643 jan 2309 </para>
644     </listitem>
645     </itemizedlist>
646     </section>
647    
648     <section><title>Navigation</title>
649     <para>
650 jan 2369 Die Karte kann erforscht werden indem die Navigationswerkzeuge
651     aus der Werkzeugleiste oder über das Menü
652     <menuchoice><guimenu>Karte</guimenu></menuchoice> ausgewählt werden.
653 jan 2309 </para>
654     <itemizedlist>
655     <listitem>
656     <para>
657 jan 2369 Das ZoomIn Werkzeug
658 jan 2309 <inlinemediaobject>
659     <imageobject>
660     <imagedata fileref="../images/3_2_zoomin.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/>
661     </imageobject>
662     <imageobject>
663     <imagedata fileref="./images/3_2_zoomin.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/>
664     </imageobject>
665 jan 2369 <textobject> <phrase>ZoomIn Werkzeug</phrase> </textobject>
666 jan 2309 </inlinemediaobject>
667 jan 2369 vergrößert einen Bereich aus der Karte. Ein einmaliges Klicken auf
668     die Karte vergrößert die Karte um das Doppelte und zentriert auf den
669     angewählten Punkt. Klicken und Ziehen selektiert einen Bereich
670     der dann so vergrößert wird, dass er das Fenster ausfüllt.
671 jan 2309 </para>
672     </listitem>
673     <listitem>
674     <para>
675 jan 2369 Das ZoomOut Werkzeug
676 jan 2309 <inlinemediaobject>
677     <imageobject>
678     <imagedata fileref="../images/3_2_zoomout.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/>
679     </imageobject>
680     <imageobject>
681     <imagedata fileref="./images/3_2_zoomout.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/>
682     </imageobject>
683 jan 2369 <textobject> <phrase>ZoomOut Werkzeug</phrase> </textobject>
684 jan 2309 </inlinemediaobject>
685 jan 2369 verkleinert die Karte, so dass ein größerer Bereich zu sehen ist.
686     Ein einzelnen Klick verkleinert die Karte um Faktor 2.
687     Klicken und Ziehen selektiert einen Bereich in den die gesamte sichtbare
688     Karte im Fenster hineinverkleinert wird.
689 jan 2309 </para>
690     </listitem>
691     <listitem>
692     <para>
693 jan 2507 Das Verschieben Werkzeug
694 jan 2309 <inlinemediaobject>
695     <imageobject>
696     <imagedata fileref="../images/3_2_pan.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/>
697     </imageobject>
698     <imageobject>
699     <imagedata fileref="./images/3_2_pan.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/>
700     </imageobject>
701 jan 2507 <textobject> <phrase>Verschieben Werkzeug</phrase> </textobject>
702 jan 2309 </inlinemediaobject>
703 jan 2507 gestattet es dem Benutzer die Karte durch klicken und
704     ziehen mit gedrückter Maustaste zu verschieben.
705 jan 2309 </para>
706     </listitem>
707     <listitem>
708     <para>
709 jan 2507 Das Volle Ausdehnung Werkzeug
710 jan 2309 <inlinemediaobject>
711     <imageobject>
712     <imagedata fileref="../images/3_2_fullextent.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/>
713     </imageobject>
714     <imageobject>
715     <imagedata fileref="./images/3_2_fullextent.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/>
716     </imageobject>
717 jan 2507 <textobject> <phrase>Volle Ausdehnung Werkzeug</phrase> </textobject>
718 jan 2309 </inlinemediaobject>
719 jan 2507 skaliert die Zoom-Stufe so, dass die gesamte sichtbare Karte im
720     Fenster dargestellt wird.
721 jan 2309 </para>
722     </listitem>
723     <listitem>
724     <para>
725 jan 2507 Das Voll Ebenen-Ausdehnung Werkzeug
726 jan 2309 <inlinemediaobject>
727     <imageobject>
728     <imagedata fileref="../images/3_2_fulllayerextent.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/>
729     </imageobject>
730     <imageobject>
731     <imagedata fileref="./images/3_2_fulllayerextent.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/>
732     </imageobject>
733 jan 2507 <textobject> <phrase>Volle Ebenen-Ausdehnung Werkzeug</phrase> </textobject>
734 jan 2309 </inlinemediaobject>
735 jan 2507 skaliert die Zoom-Stufe so, dass die akutelle Ebene vollständig
736     im Fenster dargestellt wird. Ist keine Ebene ausgewählt, so
737     ist dieser Knopf ausgegraut und damit nicht verfügbar.
738 jan 2309 </para>
739     </listitem>
740     <listitem>
741     <para>
742 jan 2507 Das Volle Shape-Ausdehnung Werkzeug
743 jan 2309 <inlinemediaobject>
744     <imageobject>
745     <imagedata fileref="../images/3_2_fullshapeextent.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/>
746     </imageobject>
747     <imageobject>
748     <imagedata fileref="./images/3_2_fullshapeextent.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/>
749     </imageobject>
750 jan 2507 <textobject> <phrase>Volle Shape-Ausdehnung Werkzeug</phrase> </textobject>
751 jan 2309 </inlinemediaobject>
752 jan 2507 skaliert die Zoom-Stufe so, dass die aktuell ausgewählten Shapes
753     vollständig in das Fenster eingepasst sind.
754     Handelt es sich bei der Auswahl nur um einen einzelnen Punkt
755     so wird dieser zentriert dargestellt und bis zu einem gewissen
756     grad gezoomed.
757     Ist kein Shape selektiert, so ist dieser Knopf ausgegraut und damit
758     nicht verfügbar.
759     Dieses Werkzeug ist besonders für den Fall hilfreich wenn man Objekte
760     in einer Ebenen-Tabelle auswählt und sie auf der Karte schnell
761     anspringen machen möchte.
762 jan 2309 </para>
763     </listitem>
764     </itemizedlist>
765     </section>
766    
767 jan 2521 <section><title>Objekt Identifikation</title>
768 jan 2309 <para>
769 jan 2521 Objekte auf der Karte können identifiziert werden über das Identifikations-Werkzeug
770 jan 2309 <inlinemediaobject>
771     <imageobject>
772     <imagedata fileref="../images/3_3_identify.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/>
773     </imageobject>
774     <imageobject>
775     <imagedata fileref="./images/3_3_identify.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/>
776     </imageobject>
777 jan 2521 <textobject> <phrase>Identifikations-Werkzeug</phrase> </textobject>
778 jan 2309 </inlinemediaobject>.
779 jan 2521 Klickt man auf ein Objekt wird es selektiert und es wird ein
780     Dialog geöffnet der dann alle Tabellenattribute für das Objekt
781     anzeigt. Jegliche vorherige Selektion wird gelöscht.
782     Objekte auf der Karte sind typischerweise Shapes und dieses
783     Dokument wird sich häufiger auf Objekte als Shapes beziehen.
784 jan 2309 </para>
785     </section>
786    
787     <section><title>Object Labeling</title>
788     <para>
789     Objects can be labeled using the Label tool
790     <inlinemediaobject>
791     <imageobject>
792     <imagedata fileref="../images/3_3_label.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/>
793     </imageobject>
794     <imageobject>
795     <imagedata fileref="./images/3_3_label.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/>
796     </imageobject>
797     <textobject> <phrase>Label Tool</phrase> </textobject>
798     </inlinemediaobject>.
799     Clicking on an object selects that object and opens a dialog which
800     displays the table attributes for that object. An attribute can
801     be selected to be the label on the map. The label will be placed
802     at the center of the shape. Clicking on an object that already has
803     a label will remove the label.
804     </para>
805     </section>
806    
807 jan 2521 <section><title>Die Legende</title>
808 jan 2309 <para>
809     <inlinemediaobject>
810     <imageobject>
811     <imagedata fileref="../images/3_5_legend.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/>
812     </imageobject>
813     <imageobject>
814     <imagedata fileref="./images/3_5_legend.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/>
815     </imageobject>
816 jan 2521 <textobject> <phrase>Legende</phrase> </textobject>
817 jan 2309 </inlinemediaobject>
818     </para>
819     <para>
820 jan 2521 Die Legende bietet eine Übersicht über die Ebenen der Karte.
821     Ebenen die weiter oben in der Legende stehen sind
822     ``näher'' zum Benutzer.
823     Falls eine Ebene Klassifizierung unterstützt (derzeit haben
824     nur Shape-Ebenen haben diese Eigenschaft) so werden die Gruppen
825     der Klassifikation für jede Ebene dargestellt.
826     Die Eigenschaften für jede Gruppe werden auch als kleine Grafiken
827     dargestellt. Polygon-Ebenen werden als Rechtecke dargestellt,
828     Linoen als Kurven und Punkte als Kreise.
829 jan 2309 </para>
830     <para>
831 jan 2521 Am oberen Rand der Legende ist eine Werkzeugleiste welche einen schnellen
832     Zugriff auf einige der Komanndos des Menüs
833     <menuchoice><guimenu>Map</guimenu></menuchoice>
834     gestattet.
835 jan 2309 </para>
836    
837     <itemizedlist>
838     <listitem>
839     <para>
840 jan 2521 Das Werkzeug
841 jan 2309 <inlinemediaobject>
842     <imageobject>
843     <imagedata fileref="../images/3_5_totop.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/>
844     </imageobject>
845     <imageobject>
846     <imagedata fileref="./images/3_5_totop.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/>
847     </imageobject>
848 jan 2521 <textobject> <phrase>Auf die oberste Ebene bewegen</phrase> </textobject>
849     </inlinemediaobject> bewegt die selektierte Ebene auf der Karte
850     nach ganz oben.
851 jan 2309 </para>
852     </listitem>
853     <listitem>
854    
855     <para>
856 jan 2521 Das Werkzeug
857 jan 2309 <inlinemediaobject>
858     <imageobject>
859     <imagedata fileref="../images/3_5_moveup.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/>
860     </imageobject>
861     <imageobject>
862     <imagedata fileref="./images/3_5_moveup.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/>
863     </imageobject>
864 jan 2521 <textobject> <phrase>Eine Ebene nach oben bewegen</phrase> </textobject>
865     </inlinemediaobject> bewegt die selektierte Ebene um einen
866     Schritt nach oben.
867 jan 2309 </para>
868     </listitem>
869     <listitem>
870    
871     <para>
872 jan 2521 Das Werkzeug
873 jan 2309 <inlinemediaobject>
874     <imageobject>
875     <imagedata fileref="../images/3_5_movedown.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/>
876     </imageobject>
877     <imageobject>
878     <imagedata fileref="./images/3_5_movedown.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/>
879     </imageobject>
880 jan 2521 <textobject> <phrase>Eine Ebene nach unten bewegen</phrase> </textobject>
881     </inlinemediaobject> bewegt die selektierte Ebene um einen Schritt
882     nach unten.
883 jan 2309 </para>
884    
885     </listitem>
886     <listitem>
887     <para>
888 jan 2521 Das Werkzeug
889 jan 2309 <inlinemediaobject>
890     <imageobject>
891     <imagedata fileref="../images/3_5_tobottom.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/>
892     </imageobject>
893     <imageobject>
894     <imagedata fileref="./images/3_5_tobottom.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/>
895     </imageobject>
896 jan 2521 <textobject> <phrase>Auf die unterste Ebene bewegen</phrase> </textobject>
897     </inlinemediaobject> bewegt die selektierte Ebene auf
898     der Karte nach ganz unten.
899 jan 2309 </para>
900    
901     </listitem>
902     <listitem>
903     <para>
904     The Visible tool
905     <inlinemediaobject>
906     <imageobject>
907     <imagedata fileref="../images/3_5_visible.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/>
908     </imageobject>
909     <imageobject>
910     <imagedata fileref="./images/3_5_visible.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/>
911     </imageobject>
912     <textobject> <phrase>Visible</phrase> </textobject>
913     </inlinemediaobject> shows the selected layer in the map if it was
914     hidden.
915     </para>
916    
917     </listitem>
918     <listitem>
919     <para>
920     The Invisible tool
921     <inlinemediaobject>
922     <imageobject>
923     <imagedata fileref="../images/3_5_invisible.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/>
924     </imageobject>
925     <imageobject>
926     <imagedata fileref="./images/3_5_invisible.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/>
927     </imageobject>
928     <textobject> <phrase>Invisible</phrase> </textobject>
929     </inlinemediaobject> hides the selected layer in the map.
930     </para>
931    
932     </listitem>
933     <listitem>
934     <para>
935     The Properties tool
936     <inlinemediaobject>
937     <imageobject>
938     <imagedata fileref="../images/3_5_props.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/>
939     </imageobject>
940     <imageobject>
941     <imagedata fileref="./images/3_5_props.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/>
942     </imageobject>
943     <textobject> <phrase>Properties</phrase> </textobject>
944     </inlinemediaobject> opens the layer's properties dialog box.
945     Double-clicking on a layer or a group of a layer will open the
946     properties dialog for that layer.
947     </para>
948     </listitem>
949     </itemizedlist>
950    
951     <para>
952     The most used layer related actions are also available from a
953     popup menu. It is raised when a layer is clicked with the right mouse
954     button.
955     </para>
956    
957     <para>
958     <figure>
959     <title>Layer Popup Menu</title>
960     <mediaobject>
961     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="../images/3_5_popup_menu.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
962     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="./images/3_5_popup_menu.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
963     </mediaobject>
964     </figure>
965     </para>
966    
967     <para>
968     Along the bottom of the legend is the scalebar. The scalebar
969     will be available if there are any layers and the map has a
970     projection set.
971     </para>
972     </section>
973    
974     <section><title>Exporting</title>
975     <para>
976     Under Windows, maps can be exported in Enhanced Metafile format
977     (<varname>.wmf</varname>)
978     from
979     <menuchoice>
980     <guimenu>Map</guimenu>
981     <guimenuitem>Export</guimenuitem>
982     </menuchoice> for use in reports, presentations, or further
983     modification. The current map view, legend, and, if available,
984     scalebar are exported. Under other platforms this option is not
985     available. Clicking this menu item open a file selection dialog
986     that lets the user select a location to export the map.
987     </para>
988     </section>
989    
990     <section><title>Printing</title>
991     <para>
992     The map can be printed using
993     <menuchoice>
994     <guimenu>Map</guimenu>
995     <guimenuitem>Print</guimenuitem>
996     </menuchoice>. The current map view, legend, and, if available,
997     scalebar are printed. A standard printing dialog will open allowing
998     the user to configure the printer. This dialog will differ depending
999     on which platform Thuban is running.
1000     </para>
1001     </section>
1002    
1003     </chapter>
1004    
1005     <chapter><title>Layer Management</title>
1006     <para>
1007     </para>
1008    
1009     <section><title>Types of Layers</title>
1010     <para>
1011     There are three types of layers supported by Thuban: shape layers,
1012     database layers and
1013     image layers. Shape layers consist of vector based shapes with
1014     geo-referenced coordinates. There are three types of supported
1015     shapes: polygons, lines (arc), and points. Database layers are similar
1016     to shape layers but loaded from a database instead of the file system.
1017     Image layers can be any image
1018     file format supported by the Geo-spatial Data Abstraction Library
1019     (GDAL). The images must have geographic
1020     coordinate data either embedded within the file or in a separate
1021     file that is in the same directory as the image file. GeoTIFF files
1022     work very well with Thuban and were designed specifically to be image
1023     layers in GIS programs.
1024     </para>
1025     <para>
1026     All actions in the
1027     <menuchoice>
1028     <guimenu>Layer</guimenu>
1029     </menuchoice> menu act on the currently selected layer in the legend.
1030     </para>
1031     </section>
1032    
1033     <section><title>Properties</title>
1034     <para>
1035     To view the properties for a layer it must first be selected in the
1036     legend. The menu option
1037     <menuchoice>
1038     <guimenu>Layer</guimenu>
1039     <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>
1040     </menuchoice> opens a dialog that displays a layer's properties.
1041     All layers have a title which can be modified in the text field
1042     provided. The type of layer is also shows. If the type is a type
1043     of shape (polygon, arc, point) the classification table will be
1044     shown. Image layers have no other properties other than title
1045     and type.
1046     </para>
1047     <para>
1048     <figure>
1049     <title>Properties Window</title>
1050     <mediaobject>
1051     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="../images/4_2_layer_properties.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
1052     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="./images/4_2_layer_properties.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
1053     </mediaobject>
1054     </figure>
1055     </para>
1056     <para>
1057     <figure>
1058     <title>Properties Window</title>
1059     <mediaobject>
1060     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="../images/4_2_raster_layer_properties.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
1061     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="./images/4_2_raster_layer_properties.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
1062     </mediaobject>
1063     </figure>
1064     </para>
1065     </section>
1066    
1067     <section><title>Visibility</title>
1068     <para>
1069     Sometimes it is not desirable to view all layers at the same time.
1070     Some layers may take a long time to draw and so while navigating
1071     around the map the user may not want to wait for the map to redraw
1072     all the layers each time the map is changed. Each layer can be
1073     independently turned on or off using the
1074     <menuchoice>
1075     <guimenu>Layer</guimenu>
1076     <guimenuitem>Show</guimenuitem>
1077     </menuchoice>
1078     or
1079     <menuchoice>
1080     <guimenu>Layer</guimenu>
1081     <guimenuitem>Hide</guimenuitem>
1082     </menuchoice> options respectively.
1083     </para>
1084     </section>
1085    
1086     <section><title>Duplication</title>
1087     <para>
1088     Layers and all their properties, including classifications, can
1089     be duplicated using
1090     <menuchoice>
1091     <guimenu>Layer</guimenu>
1092     <guimenuitem>Duplicate</guimenuitem>
1093     </menuchoice>. Duplicating a layer is useful if the user wishes
1094     to model a layer in several different ways. Even though the layers
1095     overlap, by carefully selecting the shape properties it is possible
1096     to display several pieces of information at once. For example, one
1097     copy of a roads layer may be classified on a length property and
1098     another copy may be classified on a type property. If the length
1099     property was expressed with color and the type property expressed
1100     with line thickness then it would be possible to view both
1101     classifications by placing the type property copy over the
1102     length property copy.
1103     </para>
1104     </section>
1105    
1106     </chapter>
1107    
1108     <chapter><title>Layer Classifications</title>
1109     <para>
1110     A layer classification is a way of assigning drawing properties to
1111     groups of shapes based on attributes stored in the layer's table.
1112     Only layer's with shapes can have a classification; image layers
1113     cannot be classified.
1114     </para>
1115     <para>
1116     A classification consists of a number of groups, each group
1117     having a value or range of values to match against, and symbol
1118     properties which control how a shape is drawn on the map. The user
1119     selects which field in the table is used by the classification and
1120     when the map is drawn the value for that field for each shape is
1121     compared with each group's value. The properties of the first group
1122     to match are used to draw the shape. This allows the user to get a
1123     visual impression of not only how the data is laid out but also what
1124     kind of data lies where.
1125     </para>
1126     <para>
1127     A layer always has a classification. When a new layer is added to the
1128     map, a default classification is created with the DEFAULT group. This
1129     group cannot be removed but can be hidden (see below). Every shape in the
1130     layer, regardless of its attributes, will match this group if no other
1131     group matches.
1132     </para>
1133    
1134     <section><title>Editing Classifications</title>
1135     <para>
1136     A layer's classification can be modified under the properties dialog
1137     (<menuchoice>
1138     <guimenu>Layer</guimenu>
1139     <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>
1140     </menuchoice>). The layer's classification field can be set to None,
1141     which simply assigns a DEFAULT group to the classification. No new
1142     groups can be added to the classification if the field is None.
1143     The user must first select a field to classify on. New groups can
1144     be added to the classification with the <guibutton>Add</guibutton>
1145     button.
1146     </para>
1147     <para>
1148     To apply the changes to the map the user can click
1149     either <guibutton>Try</guibutton> or <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
1150     <guibutton>Try</guibutton> will not close the dialog box, allowing
1151     the user to see how the classification changes the map.
1152     <guibutton>Revert</guibutton> will undo the last classification applied
1153     to the map. <guibutton>OK</guibutton> will commit the changes and
1154     close the dialog. The user will be unable to undo the changes.
1155     <guibutton>Close</guibutton> simply closes the dialog box. If any
1156     changes have not been applied with <guibutton>Try</guibutton> the
1157     changes will not be applied to the map.
1158     </para>
1159     <para>
1160     <figure>
1161     <title>Properties Window</title>
1162     <mediaobject>
1163     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="../images/5_classification.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
1164     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="./images/5_classification.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
1165     </mediaobject>
1166     </figure>
1167     </para>
1168     <para>
1169     The order of the groups in the classification is significant
1170     except for the DEFAULT group, which remains at the top. When shapes
1171     are matched against groups the matching begins at the first group
1172     after the DEFAULT group so that groups higher in the list will
1173     be checked first. Matching for a
1174     given shape will stop at the first group that matches. The user can
1175     use <guibutton>Move Up</guibutton> and <guibutton>Move Down</guibutton>
1176     to change the order of the groups. The DEFAULT group will always
1177     match a shape that hasn't matched another group.
1178     </para>
1179     <section><title>Visible</title>
1180     <para>
1181     The Visible column has check-boxes that determine whether a
1182     classification group will be displayed in the legend. This is
1183     useful if the user knows that the groups completely cover
1184     the data set and don't want the DEFAULT group to be displayed
1185     in the legend and on a printout.
1186     </para>
1187     </section>
1188     <section><title>Symbols</title>
1189     <para>
1190     Each type of shape has its own type of symbol. Thuban supports three
1191     types of shapes: polygons, lines, and points. Polygons and points
1192     have outline and fill color, while lines have only line color. Each
1193     group has associated symbol properties. To edit the symbol
1194     properties for a group the user can double click on the Symbol
1195     column or select a group and click the
1196     <guibutton>Edit Symbol</guibutton> button.
1197     </para>
1198     </section>
1199     <section><title>Value</title>
1200     <para>
1201     The Value column of the classification table is the value that will
1202     be matched when the map is being drawn. The type of data that can
1203     entered into this field depends on the type of data of the
1204     classification field.
1205     </para>
1206     <para>
1207     If the field is of type Text, anything entered
1208     into the field is valid. The text will be compared literally to the
1209     value of the shape attribute, including case sensitivity.
1210     If the type is Integer, then any valid integer may be entered. In
1211     addition, with special syntax, a range of values can be entered.
1212     A range from <varname>start</varname> to <varname>end</varname>
1213     inclusive is specified like this: <literal>[start;end]</literal>.
1214     The exclusive range is specified like this:
1215     <literal>]start;end[</literal>. Ranges can include infinity like
1216     this: <literal>[-oo;oo]</literal>. Field types can also be of type
1217     Decimal. They represent any rational number and can be used in
1218     ranges as well.
1219     </para>
1220     </section>
1221     <section><title>Label</title>
1222     <para>
1223     By default, the text that is displayed for a group in the legend
1224     is the value for that group. The label can substitute a more
1225     descriptive term in the legend.
1226     </para>
1227     </section>
1228     </section>
1229    
1230     <section><title>Generating Classes</title>
1231     <para>
1232     <figure>
1233     <title>Generate Class</title>
1234     <mediaobject>
1235     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="../images/5_3_genclass.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
1236     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="./images/5_3_genclass.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
1237     </mediaobject>
1238     </figure>
1239     </para>
1240     <para>
1241     Creating a classification by hand can be tedious.
1242     Thuban, therefore, provides a means of generating an entire
1243     classification at once while still giving the user control over
1244     how it appears. Clicking <guibutton>Generate Class</guibutton>
1245     opens the <varname>Generate Classification</varname> dialog.
1246     Under the <varname>Generate</varname> pull down there are at most
1247     three different ways to generate classifications:
1248     Unique Values, Uniform Distribution, and Quantiles. Some options
1249     may not be available if the data type for the field does not
1250     support them. For instance, <varname>Uniform Distribution</varname>
1251     doesn't make sense for a Text field.
1252     </para>
1253     <para>
1254     For every way of generating a classification, a color scheme must
1255     be selected. Thuban provides several different color schemes that
1256     affect how the group properties change over the classification.
1257     It may be desirable that only certain properties change over the
1258     classification. If the shape type is a polygon or a point then
1259     the <guibutton>Fix Border Color</guibutton> option will be available.
1260     This allows the user to select a border color for all classification
1261     groups.
1262     It is also possible to create a custom color scheme. Selecting
1263     this option will display two symbols: the one of the left has the
1264     properties of the first group and the one on the right has the
1265     properties of the last group. Thuban will interpolate between these
1266     two properties to generate the other groups.
1267     <figure>
1268     <title>Custom Color Scheme</title>
1269     <mediaobject>
1270     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="../images/5_2_custom_ramp.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
1271     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="./images/5_2_custom_ramp.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
1272     </mediaobject>
1273     </figure>
1274     </para>
1275     <para>
1276     The Unique Values option lets the user select specific values that
1277     appear in the table. Clicking <guibutton>Retrieve From Table</guibutton>
1278     searches the table for all unique values and displays them in the
1279     list on the left. Items can be selected and moved to the list on the
1280     right. Each list can be sorted or reversed for easier searching.
1281     The classification that is generated will be in the same order as
1282     the list on the right.
1283     <figure>
1284     <title>Unique Values</title>
1285     <mediaobject>
1286     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="../images/5_2_unique_values.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
1287     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="./images/5_2_unique_values.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
1288     </mediaobject>
1289     </figure>
1290     </para>
1291     <para>
1292     The Uniform Distribution option creates a user specified number of
1293     groups of ranges such that each range covers equal intervals. The
1294     minimum and maximum values can automatically be retrieved from the
1295     table by clicking <guibutton>Retrieve From Table</guibutton>. The
1296     stepping is how large each interval is. Adjusting this value will
1297     automatically recalculate how many groups is appropriate.
1298     <figure>
1299     <title>Uniform Distribution</title>
1300     <mediaobject>
1301     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="../images/5_2_uniform_dist.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
1302     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="./images/5_2_uniform_dist.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
1303     </mediaobject>
1304     </figure>
1305     </para>
1306     <para>
1307     The Quantiles option generates ranges based on the number of items
1308     in the table. For example, by specifying five groups Thuban will
1309     generate five groups with appropriate ranges such that 20% of the table
1310     data is in each group. If it is impossible to generate exact
1311     groupings, Thuban will issue a warning but allow the user to continue.
1312     <figure>
1313     <title>Quantiles</title>
1314     <mediaobject>
1315     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="../images/5_2_quantiles.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
1316     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="./images/5_2_quantiles.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
1317     </mediaobject>
1318     </figure>
1319     </para>
1320     </section>
1321     </chapter>
1322    
1323     <chapter><title>Projection Management</title>
1324     <para>
1325     Projections control how the geographic data is displayed on the screen.
1326     If multiple layers are loaded into Thuban where the geographic data
1327     is in a different projection system, then the user must specify a
1328     projection for each layer. The user must also tell Thuban which
1329     projection the map is in. This can be the same as the layers or a different
1330     projection in which case the layers are reprojected into that space.
1331     The map projection can be set using
1332     <menuchoice>
1333     <guimenu>Map</guimenu>
1334     <guimenuitem>Projection</guimenuitem>
1335     </menuchoice> and the layer projection can be set using
1336     <menuchoice>
1337     <guimenu>Layer</guimenu>
1338     <guimenuitem>Projection</guimenuitem>
1339     </menuchoice>.
1340     <figure>
1341     <title>Projection Window</title>
1342     <mediaobject>
1343     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="../images/6_projection.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
1344     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="./images/6_projection.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
1345     </mediaobject>
1346     </figure>
1347     </para>
1348     <para>
1349     Thuban is distributed with a sample collection of projections and the
1350     set of coordinate systems as used by the EPSG
1351     (European Petroleum Survey Group). This quite large set is only displayed
1352     if activated by the according checkbox. The set falls into two parts:
1353     deprecated lists all projections which are no longer part of the
1354     EPSG data base.
1355     </para>
1356     <para>
1357     The
1358     user can create new projections and make them available to all
1359     future Thuban sessions. They may also be exported and imported so
1360     that custom projections can be distributed.
1361     </para>
1362     <section><title>Selecting a Projection</title>
1363     <para>
1364     The available projections are listed on the left. If the layer
1365     or map already has a projection it will initially be highlighted
1366     and will end with <varname>(current)</varname>. Selecting
1367     <varname>&lt;None&gt;</varname> will cause Thuban to use the data as
1368     it appears in the source file and will not use a projection.
1369     </para>
1370     </section>
1371     <section><title>Editing a Projection</title>
1372     <para>
1373     Whenever a projection is selected from the list its properties
1374     are displayed on the right. These properties can be changed
1375     and the changes saved to the selected projection using
1376     <guibutton>Update</guibutton>. Only a projection that comes
1377     from a file can be updated, so if the current layer's projection
1378     is selected, <guibutton>Update</guibutton> will be disabled.
1379     <guibutton>Add to List</guibutton> adds the projection to the
1380     list of available projections as a new entry, and thus makes it
1381     available to future Thuban sessions. Clicking <guibutton>New</guibutton>
1382     will create an entirely new, empty projection. The
1383     <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> button will permanently remove a
1384     projection from the list of available projections.
1385     </para>
1386     <para>
1387     To apply the selected projection to the map the user can click
1388     either <guibutton>Try</guibutton> or <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
1389     <guibutton>Try</guibutton> will not close the dialog box, allowing
1390     the user to see how the projeciton changes the map.
1391     <guibutton>Revert</guibutton> will undo the last projection applied
1392     to the map. <guibutton>OK</guibutton> will commit the changes and
1393     close the dialog. The user will be unable to undo the changes.
1394     <guibutton>Close</guibutton> simply closes the dialog box. If no
1395     selection has been applied with <guibutton>Try</guibutton> the
1396     selection will not be applied to the map.
1397     </para>
1398     </section>
1399     <section><title>Importing/Exporting Projections</title>
1400     <para>
1401     The projections that appear in the list of available projections
1402     can be exported to another file that the user chooses. By selecting
1403     one or more projections and clicking <guibutton>Export</guibutton>
1404     the user will be able to select a file in which to store those
1405     projections.
1406     The file can then be distributed to other Thuban users. To import
1407     a projection file the user can click <guibutton>Import</guibutton>.
1408     The imported projections are added to the list and are then available
1409     to the current session and any future Thuban sessions.
1410     </para>
1411     </section>
1412     </chapter>
1413    
1414 jan 2508 <chapter><title>Tabellen-Management</title>
1415 jan 2309 <para>
1416 jan 2508 Thuban unterscheidet zwei unterschiedliche Tabellen-Typen:
1417     Attributtabellen (welche zu einer Ebene gehört) sowie normale
1418     Datentabellen.
1419     Beide bieten die gleiche allgemeine Funktionalität mit dem
1420     einzigen Unterschied, dass Aktionen auf einer Attributtabelle
1421     die Kartendarstellung ändern können.
1422 jan 2309 </para>
1423    
1424 jan 2508 <section><title>Tabellen-Ansicht</title>
1425 jan 2309 <para>
1426     <figure>
1427 jan 2508 <title>Tabellen-Ansicht</title>
1428 jan 2309 <mediaobject>
1429     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="../images/7_1_table_view.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
1430     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="./images/7_1_table_view.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
1431     </mediaobject>
1432     </figure>
1433     </para>
1434     <para>
1435 jan 2508 Thuban stellt einen Standard-Dialog für die Anzeige einer Tabelle
1436     zur Verfügung. Diese Aansicht hat 5 Elemente:Titel, Selektion,
1437     das Tabellenraster, Exportfunktionen und die Statuszeile.
1438 jan 2309 </para>
1439     <para>
1440 jan 2508 Die Titelzeile identifiziert die Tabelle mit ihrem Namen.
1441 jan 2309 </para>
1442     <para>
1443 jan 2508 Die Selektionsbox erlaubt es dem Benutzer einfache Analysen auf den Daten
1444     durch Vergleiche durchzuführen: Die erste Auswahl ist ein Feldbezeichner
1445     der Tabelle, die zweite Auswahl bestimmt den Typ des Vergleichs.
1446     Die dritte Auswahl kann entweder ein bestimmter Wert (interpretiert
1447     als Zahl oder als Zeichenkette abhängig vom Typ des ersten Feldes)
1448     oder ein zweiter Feldbezeichner sein.
1449     D.h. man kann Analysen durchführen wie alle Einträge auswählen bei
1450     denen <literal>bevoelkerung > 10000</literal> oder
1451     <literal>pkw_pro_einwohner < fahrraeder_pro_einwohner</literal>
1452     (beachten Sie, dass die Namen nur exemplarisch sind, dBase Dateien
1453     erlauben nur Bezeichner mit einer maximalen Länge von 11 Zeichen).
1454 jan 2309
1455 jan 2508 Selektionen können kombiniert werden. Entweder bezieht sich
1456     die Selektion auf die zuvor selektierten Einträge oder man kann
1457     eine bestehende Selektion erweitern. Voreingestellt ist
1458     einersetzen der bisherigen Selektion.
1459 jan 2309 </para>
1460     <para>
1461 jan 2508 Das Tabellenraster zeigt den Inhalt der Tabelle (pro Zeile ein Eintrag).
1462     Selektionen sind hervorgehoben. Die Grösse der Zeiken und Spalten kann
1463     verändert werden.
1464 jan 2309 </para>
1465     <para>
1466 jan 2508 Der Inhalt einer Tabelle kann in eine Datei exportiert werden,
1467     entweder im dBase format (DBF) oder als kommaseparierte Werte
1468     (CSV). Der.
1469     <guibutton>Export</guibutton> Knopf startet einen Dialog
1470     zur Angabe des Pfades und des Namens der Datei.
1471     Der Export-Typ wird durch die Namenserwiterung spezifiziert
1472     (entweder .dbf oder .csv).
1473 jan 2309
1474 jan 2508 Der Knopf <guibutton>Exportiere Selektion</guibutton> funktioniert
1475     ähnlich, exportiert aber nur die aktuelle Selektion.
1476 jan 2309
1477 jan 2508 Der <guibutton>Schliessen</guibutton> Knopf schliesst das
1478     Fenster mit der Tabellenansicht. Dies ist nicht zu verwechseln mit
1479     dem Menüpunkt
1480 jan 2309 <menuchoice>
1481 jan 2508 <guimenu>Tabelle</guimenu>
1482     <guimenuitem>Schliessen</guimenuitem>
1483     </menuchoice> welcher die Tabelle aus Thuban entfernt.
1484 jan 2309 </para>
1485     <para>
1486 jan 2508 Die Statuszeile zeigt einige statistische Informationen zu
1487     der Tabelle sowie zu Selektionsergebnisse an.
1488 jan 2309 </para>
1489     </section>
1490    
1491 jan 2508 <section><title>Allgemeine Funktionalität (Menü Tabelle)</title>
1492 jan 2309 <para>
1493 jan 2508 Die allgemeinen Funktionen wirken sich auf alle geöffneten Tabellen
1494     aus. Attributtabellen werden wie normale Tabellen behandelt (mit der
1495     Ausnahme dass diese nicht geschlossen werden können).
1496 jan 2309 </para>
1497 jan 2508 <section><title>Öffnen</title>
1498 jan 2309 <para>
1499 jan 2508 Der Menüpunkt
1500 jan 2309 <menuchoice>
1501 jan 2508 <guimenu>Tabelle</guimenu>
1502     <guimenuitem>Öffnen</guimenuitem>
1503     </menuchoice>
1504     startet einen Dateiselektionsdialog für die Auswahl
1505     einer dBase-Datei. Diese wird als nur-lesbar in Thuban
1506     geladen.
1507     Mit <guibutton>OK</guibutton> wird die ausgewählte Datei
1508     geladen und eine entsprechende Tabellenansicht geöffnet.
1509 jan 2309 </para>
1510     </section>
1511    
1512 jan 2508 <section><title>Schliessen</title>
1513 jan 2309 <para>
1514 jan 2508 Der Menüpunkt
1515     <menuchoice>
1516     <guimenu>Tabelle</guimenu>
1517     <guimenuitem>Schliessen</guimenuitem>
1518     </menuchoice>
1519     startet einen Dialog welcher alle derzeit geöffneten Datentabellen
1520     (die geladen wurden über
1521 jan 2309 <menuchoice>
1522 jan 2508 <guimenu>Tabelle</guimenu>
1523     <guimenuitem>Öffnen</guimenuitem>
1524     </menuchoice>).
1525     Die gewählten Tabellen werden nach Bestätigung aus Thuban
1526     entfernt.
1527     Da die Tabellen als nur-lesend geöffnet wurden, wird
1528     der Inhalt der Tabellen nicht verändert.
1529 jan 2309
1530 jan 2508 Sämtliche offenen Tabellenansichten für diese
1531     Tabellen werden ebenfalls geschlossen.
1532 jan 2309
1533 jan 2508 Tabellen die bei Verknüpfungen verwendet werden
1534     können nicht geschlossen werden.
1535 jan 2309 </para>
1536     </section>
1537    
1538 jan 2508 <section><title>Umbenennen</title>
1539 jan 2309 <para>
1540     <menuchoice>
1541 jan 2508 <guimenu>Tabelle</guimenu>
1542     <guimenuitem>Umbenennen</guimenuitem>
1543     </menuchoice> ändert den Tabellentitel.
1544 jan 2309 </para>
1545     </section>
1546    
1547 jan 2508 <section><title>Anzeigen</title>
1548 jan 2309 <para>
1549 jan 2508 Der Menüpunkt
1550 jan 2309 <menuchoice>
1551 jan 2508 <guimenu>Tabelle</guimenu>
1552     <guimenuitem>Anzeigen</guimenuitem>
1553 jan 2309 </menuchoice>
1554 jan 2508 öffnet einen Dialog mit der Liste der verfügbaren
1555     Tabellen (explizit geladene Tabellen, Attributtabellen,
1556     Ergebnisse aus Verknüpfungen).
1557     Die ausgewählten Tabellen werden nach der
1558     Bestätigung mit
1559 jan 2521 <guibutton>OK</guibutton> in Tabellenansichten dargestellt.
1560 jan 2309 </para>
1561     </section>
1562    
1563 jan 2521 <section><title>Verbinden</title>
1564 jan 2309 <para>
1565     <figure>
1566 jan 2521 <title>Verbinde Tabellen</title>
1567 jan 2309 <mediaobject>
1568     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="../images/7_2_5_join.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
1569     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="./images/7_2_5_join.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
1570     </mediaobject>
1571     </figure>
1572     </para>
1573     <para>
1574 jan 2521 Der Menüpunkt
1575 jan 2309 <menuchoice>
1576 jan 2521 <guimenu>Tabelle</guimenu>
1577     <guimenuitem>Verbinden</guimenuitem>
1578 jan 2309 </menuchoice>
1579 jan 2521 startet einen Dialog für die Angabe der beiden Tabellen die
1580     verbunden werdn sollen. Das Ergebnis der Verbindung ist eine
1581     neue Tabelle mit der Bezeichnung
1582     'Join of "linke Tabelle" and "rechte Tabelle"'.
1583 jan 2309
1584 jan 2521 Der Dialog erlaubt es die beiden zu verbindenden Tabellen sowie
1585     die beiden Felder anzugeben über die die Verbindung hergestellt
1586     werden soll. Als Voreinstellung beinhaltet die neue Tabelle
1587     nur die Einträge für die entsprechende Übereinstimmungen
1588     vorlagen.
1589 jan 2309
1590 jan 2521 Wollen Sie die Einträge der linken Tabelle erhalten, so können
1591     Sie eine äussere Verbindung erstellen. Die Felder der rechten
1592     Tabelle für Einträge ohne Übereinstimmung werden in diesem
1593     Fall aufgefüllt mit dem Wert <varname>None</varname>.
1594 jan 2309 </para>
1595     </section>
1596    
1597     </section>
1598 jan 2521 <section><title>Attribut-Tabellen</title>
1599 jan 2309 <para>
1600 jan 2521 Um klarer zwischen den beiden Tabellen-Typen (Daten und Attribute) zu
1601     unterscheiden, bietet Thuban die Funktionalität für die Attribut-Tabellen
1602     unter dem Menü
1603     <menuchoice><guimenu>Ebene</guimenu></menuchoice> an.
1604 jan 2309 </para>
1605    
1606 jan 2521 <section><title>Zeige Tabelle</title>
1607 jan 2309 <para>
1608     <menuchoice>
1609 jan 2521 <guimenu>Ebene</guimenu>
1610     <guimenuitem>Zeige Tabelle</guimenuitem>
1611 jan 2309 </menuchoice>
1612 jan 2521 öffnet die Attribut-Tabelle für die aktuell aktive Ebene in
1613     einer Tabellenansicht.
1614 jan 2309
1615 jan 2521 Eine zusätzliche Funktionalität bei diesen Tabellenansichten
1616     ist, dass bei Selektionen die korrespondierenden Objekte
1617     auf der Karte unmittelbar hervorgehoben werden.
1618 jan 2309 </para>
1619     </section>
1620    
1621 jan 2521 <section><title>Verbinde Tabelle</title>
1622 jan 2309 <para>
1623     Unlike the join described above, the join does not result in a
1624     new table. The attribute table of the currently active layer is the
1625     left table and other tables are joined to this table. The results of
1626     the join are available for classification.
1627    
1628     As a consequence, the join cannot result in fewer
1629     records than the source attribute table. The user is warned if the
1630     right table does not fulfill this constraint. An outer join must be
1631     used in such cases.
1632     </para>
1633     </section>
1634    
1635     <section><title>Unjoin Table</title>
1636     <para>
1637     As said above, a normal table cannot be closed while it is still
1638     used in a join. While the joined table resulting from a join of
1639     normal tables can be simply closed (and thereby dereferencing
1640     the source tables), this is not possible for attribute tables.
1641    
1642     Hence joins on attribute tables must be solved explicitly. This is
1643     what the
1644     <menuchoice>
1645     <guimenu>Layer</guimenu>
1646     <guimenuitem>Unjoin Table</guimenuitem>
1647     </menuchoice>
1648     item is used for: The last join for the currently
1649     active layer is solved.
1650     </para>
1651     </section>
1652     </section>
1653     </chapter>
1654    
1655     <chapter><title>Extensions</title>
1656     <para>
1657     Thuban is designed to be extensible. The term Extension is used as a
1658     general term for anything that extends Thuban.
1659     This chapter introduces into some oppportunities how to add and
1660     handle extra functionality developed by your own or third parties.
1661     </para>
1662    
1663     <section><title>Add personal extensions via thubanstart.py</title>
1664     <para>
1665     After Thuban has been started for the first time, a directory
1666     .thuban is created within your home directory.
1667     There you can add a file thubanstart.py which will be imported
1668     by Thuban at start-up. It is recommended to add only import-statements
1669     to this file to keep the actual code of extensions separate.
1670     </para>
1671     <para>
1672     The modules to import must either be found through the environment
1673     variable PYTHONPATH or directly be placed into the .thuban-directory.
1674     </para>
1675     <para>
1676     As an example, copy the file examples/simple_extensions/hello_world.py
1677     of the Thuban source code into the .thuban-directory of your home
1678     directory. Now add add the statement import hello_world to the
1679     file thubanstart.py and run Thuban. You will notice an additional
1680     menu <menuchoice><guimenu>Extensions</guimenu></menuchoice> where
1681     the new item for the Hello-World extension is placed - select it
1682     to see the Hello-World message.
1683     </para>
1684     </section>
1685    
1686     <section><title>Extensions included in Thuban package</title>
1687     <para>
1688     The extensions described in this section are part of the
1689     Thuban package, but not activated by default.
1690     You will find them in the Thuban installation directory
1691     under <literal>Extensions/</literal>. Activate them as personal
1692     extensions via PYTHONPATH as described in the previous section.
1693     Stable extensions will appear under the menu
1694     <menuchoice><guimenu>Extensions</guimenu></menuchoice> and
1695     extensions which are in experimental state and therefore
1696     not fully functional under
1697     <menuchoice><guimenu>Experimental</guimenu></menuchoice>.
1698     </para>
1699    
1700     <section><title>Stable extensions</title>
1701     <para>
1702     These extensions provide extra-functionality to Thuban
1703     that has not (yet) been integrated in the main application.
1704     They are considered to be free of bugs, but may be
1705     further polished with helpful user interactions.
1706     </para>
1707 bernhard 2482 <section><title>gns2shp</title>
1708 jan 2309 <para>
1709     This tool converts data of the Geospatial Names Server
1710     (GNS, see <ulink url="http://www.nima.mil/gns"/>)
1711     into Shapefile format.
1712     The above web-site offer to download named places
1713     information grouped by countries for all of the world
1714     except USA for which other data are provided.
1715     </para>
1716     <para>
1717     If you download and unpack a package, you will have
1718     a text-file with suffix .txt.
1719     Selecting such a file via gns2shp will create the
1720     corresponding Shapefile with the same basename and
1721     place it in the same direcory. Afterwards it
1722     is automatically loaded into Thuban.
1723     The Shapefile will not automatically be delete afterwards.
1724     </para>
1725     <para>
1726     The gns2shp.py module can also be executed on the
1727     command line for batch processing purposes.
1728     </para>
1729     <para>
1730     A sample (<literal>ls.txt</literal> for Liechtenstein)
1731     is included in the directory
1732     <literal>Extensions/gns2shp/test</literal>.
1733     </para>
1734 bernhard 2482 </section>
1735     <section><title>SVG Export</title>
1736     <para>
1737     Map and legend can be exported separately in the
1738     Thuban-Map-SVG format.
1739     You get files that comply with
1740     the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 Specification
1741     and can be read by many vector drawing applications.
1742     </para>
1743     <para>
1744     Goal of svgexport is to provide
1745     the start of a printing pipeline for Thuban.
1746     For this purpose the written Thuban-Map-SVG files
1747     contain information that can be used in postprocessing.
1748     Typically a general vector drawing application is
1749     more powerful then a geographic information viewer;
1750     e.g. having much fancier symbols and fonts.
1751     Also users benefit much more when learning to use a
1752     more general application they can also use for other
1753     tasks. So the charming idea is to enable
1754     the drawing application to postprocess a Thuban maps.
1755     So thee xtra information in the format will make it
1756     possible to export from Thuban and if a few geoobjects
1757     change, and keep the general layout and style
1758     of the full map in the vector drawing appplication.
1759     </para>
1760     <para>
1761     Markus Rechtien has developed a prototype of this
1762     printing pipline as his Diplom thetis, showing
1763     the feasability of Bernhard Reiter's concept.
1764     Scripts exist for the drawing application Skencil
1765     (<ulink url="http://www.skencil.org"/>).
1766     </para>
1767     <para>
1768     Technical notes: the names of the layers are used
1769     as base for ids within the SVG format.
1770     If you try to export with two layers having
1771     the same name, you will get a name clash error.
1772     Just change one of the layer names and try again.
1773     </para>
1774     </section>
1775 jan 2309 </section>
1776     <section><title>Experimental extensions</title>
1777     <para>
1778     All all of these functions have to be handled with care,
1779     since they are neither complete nor well tested.
1780     They are to be seen as a proof-of-concept and may
1781     additionally in some cases of practical help.
1782     </para>
1783     <para>
1784     Any interest on further improvement of these extensions
1785     should be communicated towards the developer and user
1786     community.
1787     </para>
1788    
1789     <section><title>importAPR</title>
1790     <para>
1791     This command offer to load an ESRI® ArcView® project
1792     file (suffix .apr) and convert it for use within Thuban.
1793     After selecting a apr-file to load, a list
1794     will be presented that offers to select one of the views
1795     of the apr-file, provided there is more than one.
1796     Furthermore, the Session Info-Tree is extended with
1797     a complete representation of the parsed apr-file.
1798     </para>
1799     <para>
1800     The legend of Thuban does not yet cover all of the elements as
1801     supported by the legend of ArcView®. Therefore, the Thuban
1802     map will look different. Furthermore, the apr-format is
1803     a proprietary format, not openly documented.
1804     Therefore, the interpretation is
1805     partly based on reverse engeneering and good guessing.
1806     </para>
1807     <para>
1808     The file-paths within the apr-file may not fit and potentially
1809     are subject to fix in the apr-file. You can do this
1810     applying any text editor. The paths are either absolute
1811     or relative from where Thuban has been started.
1812     </para>
1813     <para>
1814     A sample for the Iceland data is included as
1815     <literal>Extensions/importAPR/samples/iceland.apr</literal>.
1816     The file-paths are relative from the Thuban main directory.
1817     </para>
1818     </section>
1819     </section>
1820     </section>
1821    
1822     <section><title>Writing simple extensions</title>
1823     <para>
1824     Writing an extension for Thuban basically means to
1825     implement the extra functionality in Python with all of the
1826     Thuban classes, methods and variables available.
1827     </para>
1828     <para>
1829     All classes and their methods are documented in the source code
1830     (see their doc-strings). Here is an example from
1831     Thuban/Model/layer.py that describes some of the methods
1832     of a Layer object:
1833     </para>
1834     <programlisting>
1835     <![CDATA[
1836     class BaseLayer(TitledObject, Modifiable):
1837    
1838     """Base class for the layers."""
1839    
1840     def __init__(self, title, visible = True, projection = None):
1841     """Initialize the layer.
1842    
1843     title -- the title
1844     visible -- boolean. If true the layer is visible.
1845     """
1846     TitledObject.__init__(self, title)
1847     Modifiable.__init__(self)
1848     self.visible = visible
1849     self.projection = projection
1850    
1851     def Visible(self):
1852     """Return true if layer is visible"""
1853     return self.visible
1854    
1855     def SetVisible(self, visible):
1856     """Set the layer's visibility."""
1857     self.visible = visible
1858     self.issue(LAYER_VISIBILITY_CHANGED, self)
1859    
1860     def HasClassification(self):
1861     """Determine if this layer support classifications."""
1862     ...
1863     ]]>
1864     </programlisting>
1865     <para>
1866     This example intends to give you an impression of the
1867     source-code-level documentation.
1868     You have to make yourself familiar with
1869     the Python programming language to understand some special
1870     code elements.
1871     </para>
1872     <section><title>hello_world.py</title>
1873     <para>
1874     Traditionally, the first example should welcome the world.
1875     Most of the code handles the frame for integrating a menu
1876     item into Thuban while the actual raising of a message
1877     is done in a single line.
1878     </para>
1879     <programlisting>
1880     <![CDATA[
1881     # Copyright (C) 2003 by Intevation GmbH
1882     # Authors:
1883     # Jan-Oliver Wagner <[email protected]>
1884     #
1885     # This program is free software under the GPL (>=v2)
1886     # Read the file COPYING coming with Thuban for details.
1887    
1888     """
1889     Extend Thuban with a sample Hello World to demonstrate simple
1890     extensions.
1891     """
1892    
1893     __version__ = '$Revision$'
1894    
1895     # use _() already now for all strings that may later be translated
1896     from Thuban import _
1897    
1898     # Thuban has named commands which can be registered in the central
1899     # instance registry.
1900     from Thuban.UI.command import registry, Command
1901    
1902     # The instance of the main menu of the Thuban application
1903     # See Thuban/UI/menu.py for the API of the Menu class
1904     from Thuban.UI.mainwindow import main_menu
1905    
1906     def hello_world_dialog(context):
1907     """Just raise a simple dialog to greet the world.
1908    
1909     context -- The Thuban context.
1910     """
1911     context.mainwindow.RunMessageBox(_('Hello World'), _('Hello World!'))
1912    
1913    
1914     # create a new command and register it
1915     registry.Add(Command('hello_world', _('Hello World'), hello_world_dialog,
1916     helptext = _('Welcome everyone on this planet')))
1917    
1918     # find the extensions menu (create it anew if not found)
1919     extensions_menu = main_menu.FindOrInsertMenu('extensions', _('E&xtensions'))
1920    
1921     # finally bind the new command with an entry in the extensions menu
1922     extensions_menu.InsertItem('hello_world')
1923     ]]>
1924     </programlisting>
1925     </section>
1926     <section><title>Registering a Command</title>
1927     <para>
1928     Mainly, our new function has to be registered to the Thuban
1929     framework in order to connect it to the menu. A registered
1930     command can also be connected to e.g. a toolbar button.
1931     </para>
1932     <para>
1933     The instances and classes for this are imported at the beginning.
1934     Any code not inside a method or class is directly executed when
1935     the source-code module is imported. Therefore, the second
1936     part of this example consist of the plain statements to create a new
1937     Command and to add it to the menu.
1938     </para>
1939     <para>
1940     By convention, it looks for a menu registered as ``extensions'' to
1941     insert the new command. If it does not exist yet, it gets created.
1942     It is advisable to copy this code for any of your extensions.
1943     </para>
1944     </section>
1945     <section><title>The Thuban context</title>
1946     <para>
1947     A registered command that is called, always receives the
1948     Thuban context. This instance provides our method with
1949     hook references to all important components of the Thuban
1950     application.
1951     </para>
1952     <para>
1953     In the example hello_world.py, our function uses the
1954     mainwindow component which offers a method to raise a
1955     message dialog. In total there are three hooks:
1956     <itemizedlist>
1957     <listitem>
1958     <para>application:
1959     This object is the instance of the Thuban Application class.
1960     Except maybe for loading or savinf sessions, you will not
1961     need this object for a simple extension.
1962     See Thuban/UI/application.py for the API.
1963     </para>
1964     </listitem>
1965     <listitem>
1966     <para>session:
1967     The instance of the current session. It manages the sessions'
1968     map and tables. You can set and remove the map or tables.
1969     In may also get the map object. However, you should know that
1970     internally it is already prepared to handle many maps.
1971     Therfore, currently you would always receive a list with exactlty
1972     one element. In the future, if there are more than one map,
1973     you will not know which one is the currently display one and
1974     therefore you should use the mainwindow as hook to find
1975     the currently displayed map.
1976     See Thuban/Model/session.py for the API.
1977     </para>
1978     </listitem>
1979     <listitem>
1980     <para>
1981     mainwindow: The mainwindow object is central to manage various
1982     GUI things such as the Legend sub-window. Most notably,
1983     you get access to the canvas which is the window part where
1984     the map is drawn. The canvas knows, which map it currently
1985     draws and therefore you get the current map via
1986     context.mainwindow.canvas.Map().
1987     See Thuban/UI/mainwindow.py for the API.
1988     </para>
1989     </listitem>
1990     </itemizedlist>
1991     </para>
1992     </section>
1993     </section>
1994     </chapter>
1995    
1996     <chapter><title>Trouble Shooting</title>
1997     <para>
1998     Here are a few problems that users have encountered when first using Thuban.
1999     </para>
2000     <para>
2001    
2002     <itemizedlist>
2003     <listitem>
2004     <para>After adding two or more layers nothing is drawn in the map window.
2005     </para>
2006     <para>
2007     This is probably because the layers have different projections. Projections
2008     must be set on all layers and on the map itself if the layers' projections
2009     are different.
2010     </para>
2011     </listitem>
2012    
2013     <listitem>
2014     <para>Thuban crashes on startup with the error
2015     <literal>NameError: global name 'False' is not defined</literal>.
2016     </para>
2017     <para>
2018     <varname>True</varname> and <varname>False</varname> were only introduced
2019     in Python 2.2.1. Thuban depends on at least Python 2.2.1.
2020     </para>
2021     </listitem>
2022    
2023     <listitem>
2024     <para>After compiling Thuban, Thuban crashes with an error similar to
2025     <literal>
2026     ImportError: /usr/local//lib/thuban/Thuban/../Lib/wxproj.so: undefined symbol: __gxx_personality_v0
2027     </literal>
2028     </para>
2029     <para>
2030     Thuban depends on the wxWindows library. If Thuban is compiled with an
2031     incompatible version of the compiler than wxWindows was compiled with
2032     this error may occur. Try compiling with a different version of the
2033     compiler.
2034     </para>
2035     </listitem>
2036     </itemizedlist>
2037     </para>
2038     <para>
2039     If an error occurs Thuban will display a dialog indicating the error
2040     before closing. The text should be copied and reported to the
2041     <ulink url="http://thuban.intevation.org/bugtracker.html">
2042     Intevation bugtracker
2043     </ulink>.
2044     More information about the system is available from
2045     <menuchoice><guimenu>Help</guimenu><guimenuitem>About</guimenuitem></menuchoice> box.
2046     This should also be included in the bug report.
2047     <figure>
2048     <title>Error Dialog</title>
2049     <mediaobject>
2050     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="../images/8_int_error.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
2051     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="./images/8_int_error.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
2052     </mediaobject>
2053     </figure>
2054     </para>
2055    
2056     </chapter>
2057    
2058     <appendix><title>Supported Data Sources</title>
2059     <para>
2060     </para>
2061     <variablelist>
2062     <varlistentry>
2063     <term>Shapefile</term>
2064     <listitem>
2065     <para>
2066     The Shapefile format has become a standard format for saving
2067     geographic vector information. It supports polygons, lines, and
2068     points.
2069    
2070     <ulink url="http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/shapefile.pdf">
2071     Technical Specification.
2072     </ulink>
2073     </para>
2074     </listitem>
2075     </varlistentry>
2076    
2077     <varlistentry>
2078     <term>dBase file</term>
2079     <listitem>
2080     <para>
2081     dBase files are used to store the attributes for each layer. This
2082     is closely associated with the Shapefile format. For detailed
2083     specifications on the correct format of a dBase file used with
2084     Thuban please see the Technical Specification for the Shapefile
2085     format above.
2086     </para>
2087     </listitem>
2088     </varlistentry>
2089    
2090     <varlistentry>
2091     <term>PostGIS</term>
2092     <listitem>
2093     <para>
2094     PostGIS adds support for geographic objects to the PostgreSQL
2095     object-relational database. Different layer types (as for Shapefiles)
2096     are supported. <ulink url="http://postgis.refractions.net">PostGIS
2097     Homepage</ulink>
2098     </para>
2099     </listitem>
2100     </varlistentry>
2101    
2102     <varlistentry>
2103     <term>Raster files</term>
2104     <listitem>
2105     <para>
2106     Binding the GDAL library Thuban supports numerous raster file formats,
2107     see <ulink url="http://www.remotesensing.org/gdal/formats_list.html">
2108     GDAL format list</ulink> for details.</para>
2109    
2110     <para>Most commonly used is the <emphasis>TIFF/GeoTIFF</emphasis>
2111     format: Raster maps are provided as TIFF images, with an additional
2112     "world file" storing the geographic reference (usually with an
2113     extension ".tfw").
2114     </para>
2115     </listitem>
2116     </varlistentry>
2117    
2118     </variablelist>
2119     </appendix>
2120    
2121     <appendix><title>Working with PostGIS</title>
2122     <para>
2123     This section focusses on the use of PostGIS in the Thuban framework. For
2124     installation and maintenance of spatial databases we refer to the
2125     <ulink url="http://postgis.refractions.net">PostGIS Homepage</ulink>.
2126     The Thuban PostGIS support requires the
2127     <ulink url="http://initd.org/software/psycopg">psycopg module</ulink>.
2128     </para>
2129    
2130     <para>
2131     Working with PostGIS Databases is seperated into two steps:
2132     <itemizedlist>
2133     <listitem><para>Opening a Database Connection</para></listitem>
2134     <listitem><para>Loading a Data Layer</para></listitem>
2135     </itemizedlist>
2136     </para>
2137     <section><title>Opening a Database Connection</title>
2138     <para>
2139     Before a data layer can be loaded from a PostGIS database a
2140     connection with the database has to be established.
2141     <menuchoice>
2142     <guimenu>Session</guimenu>
2143     <guimenuitem>Database Connections ...</guimenuitem>
2144     </menuchoice> opens a dialog for database connection
2145     management. In the dialog new connections can be added
2146     and existing ones can be removed. Removing a database
2147     connection is not possible if the map still displays a
2148     layer provided by this database connection.
2149     </para>
2150     <figure>
2151     <title>Database Management Dialog</title>
2152     <mediaobject>
2153     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="../images/app_postgis_db_management.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
2154     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="./images/app_postgis_db_management.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
2155     </mediaobject>
2156     </figure>
2157    
2158     <para>
2159     To add a new database connection to the session a dialog is
2160     opened to specify the relevant connection data. Enter all
2161     data relevant for your connection. If the connection fails
2162     the dialog remains open and provides some hints on the failure.
2163     </para>
2164     <figure>
2165     <title>Add Database Dialog</title>
2166     <mediaobject>
2167     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="../images/app_postgis_db_add.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
2168     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="./images/app_postgis_db_add.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
2169     </mediaobject>
2170     </figure>
2171    
2172     <para>
2173     It is important to note that information on database connections are
2174     also stored with the session. Passwords are NOT stored. If you load a
2175     session with database connections you are asked to enter these
2176     passwords again where required.
2177     </para>
2178    
2179     </section>
2180    
2181     <section><title>Loading a Data Layer</title>
2182     <para>
2183     Data layers as part of a map are loaded with the
2184     <menuchoice>
2185     <guimenu>Map</guimenu>
2186     <guimenuitem>Add Database Layer ...</guimenuitem>
2187     </menuchoice> menu item. A dialog is raised displaying two choice
2188     lists. In the left list all connected databases are shown.
2189     Highlighting
2190     one of these and issuing a retrieval results in a list of available
2191     layer tables from that database. After selection of a
2192     layer the dialog is closed.
2193     </para>
2194     <figure>
2195     <title>Add Database Dialog</title>
2196     <mediaobject>
2197     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="../images/app_postgis_add_layer.png" format="PNG" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
2198     <imageobject><imagedata fileref="./images/app_postgis_add_layer.eps" format="EPS" scale="&imgscale;"/></imageobject>
2199     </mediaobject>
2200     </figure>
2201    
2202     </section>
2203    
2204     </appendix>
2205    
2206     <appendix><title>Supported Projections</title>
2207     <para>
2208     The following types of projections are directly support by
2209     Thuban. The specific values for each are provided by the user
2210     to create custom projections. Thuban comes with predefined
2211     projections which are available through the Projections dialog.
2212     </para>
2213     <itemizedlist>
2214     <listitem>
2215     <para>Geographic</para>
2216     <itemizedlist>
2217     <listitem><para><literal>Ellipsoid</literal></para></listitem>
2218     <listitem><para>
2219     <literal>Source Data</literal>: either Degrees or Radians
2220     </para></listitem>
2221     </itemizedlist>
2222     </listitem>
2223     <listitem>
2224     <para>Lambert Conic Conformal</para>
2225     <itemizedlist>
2226     <listitem><para><literal>Ellipsoid</literal></para></listitem>
2227     <listitem><para><literal>Latitude of 1st standard parallel</literal></para></listitem>
2228     <listitem><para><literal>Latitude of 2nd standard parallel</literal></para></listitem>
2229     <listitem><para><literal>Central Meridian</literal></para></listitem>
2230     <listitem><para><literal>Latitude of Origin</literal></para></listitem>
2231     <listitem><para><literal>False Easting</literal> (meters)</para></listitem>
2232     <listitem><para><literal>False Northing</literal> (meters)</para></listitem>
2233     </itemizedlist>
2234     </listitem>
2235     <listitem>
2236     <para>Transverse Mercator</para>
2237     <itemizedlist>
2238     <listitem><para><literal>Ellipsoid</literal></para></listitem>
2239     <listitem><para><literal>Latitude</literal>of origin</para></listitem>
2240     <listitem><para><literal>Longitude</literal>at central meridian</para></listitem>
2241     <listitem><para><literal>Scale Factor</literal>at central meridian</para></listitem>
2242     <listitem><para><literal>False Easting</literal> (meters)</para></listitem>
2243     <listitem><para><literal>False Northing</literal> (meters)</para></listitem>
2244     </itemizedlist>
2245     </listitem>
2246     <listitem>
2247     <para>Universal Transverse Mercator</para>
2248     <itemizedlist>
2249     <listitem><para><literal>Ellipsoid</literal></para></listitem>
2250     <listitem><para><literal>Zone</literal>
2251     (can be guessed appling the Propose button)</para></listitem>
2252     <listitem><para><literal>Southern Hemisphere</literal> flag</para></listitem>
2253     </itemizedlist>
2254     </listitem>
2255     </itemizedlist>
2256    
2257     <para>
2258     Thuban comes with a sample set of map projections for various
2259     European countries. Apart from the basic projection they differ
2260     especially in their parameterization:
2261     </para>
2262     <itemizedlist>
2263     <listitem><para>Belgium Datum 1972 (Lambert Conic Conformal)</para>
2264     </listitem>
2265    
2266     <listitem><para>Gauss-Boaga Zone 1 (Italy, Transverse Mercartor)</para>
2267     </listitem>
2268    
2269     <listitem><para>Gauss-Krueger Zone 2 (Germany, Transverse Mercartor)
2270     </para>
2271     </listitem>
2272    
2273     <listitem><para>Reseau Geodesique Francaise
2274     (France, Lambert Conic Conformal)</para>
2275     </listitem>
2276    
2277     <listitem><para>UK National Grid (United Kingdom, Transverse Mercartor)
2278     </para>
2279     </listitem>
2280     </itemizedlist>
2281    
2282     <para>
2283     Thuban uses the comprehensive PROJ library for projections. PROJ provides
2284     more than the four commonly used projections described above. If needed
2285     Thuban can be easily extended to a new projection covered by PROJ.
2286     </para>
2287     </appendix>
2288    
2289     </book>
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