ArcMap [v10.0- v.10.2] User manual
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1. 39 Customer Support Document Mar 2014 Bim BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Export all views to image Start saving measurements Print all views Print all views preview Page setup To pause a session 2 Click in the File gt Stop saving measurements menu if it is checked The menu will toggle to an unchecked state and measurements will be paused EISE Export all views to image Stop saving measurements Print all views Print all views preview Page setup BLOM IMAGING THE WORLO da BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in 11 OVERLAYING TILE RASTER DATA BlomURBEX Viewer is able to overlay tile raster data from BlomURBEX server both in Ortho and Oblique modes In next chapter is explained how is possible to overlap also local vector data loaded in ArcMap Both tile raster layers and local vector layers can be overlapped at the same time over the BlomURBEX Viewer They all are treated as layers and drawn on top of the basemap imagery 11 1 Activating and deactivating tiled raster overlays To activate or deactivate the raster overlays follow these steps 1 Right click in any view and select the option Edit tiled overlay layers from the context menu The Configure tiled overlay layers opens 2 The Available tiled overlay layers list shows the names the available overlay layers in the server Select one or several from2. or W buttons in the upper left control to activate the Ortho North South East and West orientations respectively BLOM IMAGING THE WORLO Gs BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in 5 7 Changing basemap ortho image By default the ortho image shown as basemap is one from several images available in BlomURBEX server These images are visible are certain resolutions and among them are theses images e satellite with low resolution of the data This source data is available in the furthest zoom levels 1 to 13 and contains Blue Marble and Landsat 7 imagery e countryortho imagery covering a whole country or a region This source data is available in the medium zoom levels 13 to 19 and contains imagery from several providers and from Blom As can be seen at certain zoom levels different sources coexist It is possible to change what layers must be shown as baselayers For that follow these steps 1 Right click in any view and select Edit baselayers option in the context menu The Configure baselayers dialog opens 2 For load different baselayers instead of the default baselayers uncheck the Use default baselayers checkbox This will enable the Available baselayers and Selected baselayers lists Configure baselayers Use default baselayers Selected baselayers countryortho All available dates Select date range From yea
3. Ensure that settings are correct as previously indicated Resize and move application windows so they can be seen comfortably Open any map data in ArcMap The data can use any projection if it is in the EPSG list in the BlomURBEX Viewer options It is only needed to know the projection and to indicate this projection in the BlomURBEX Viewer settings dialog Se E E Remember when changing the projection in the ArcMap map to modify the options in BlomURBEX Viewer matching the active one ex A Rusk Synchronized k Datefilter N i ant Eg Datefilter None N Goto coordinates gt 4 6961 40 6571 i e A wg DEI KS Ue tae are d el e Show properties Edit baselayer Edit tiled overlay layers Export image LP BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in 2 Introduce a correct longitude or X and latitude or Y coordinates separating both value with comma The projection for these coordinates must be the same of the current projection for the map in ArcMap the same projection that was saved in the Settings dialog Click OK 4 After some seconds BlomURBEX Viewer will open the best BlomURBEX images for that location in all the orientations selected in the BlomURBEX Viewer layout The images are centered in the selected point and show a crosshair If no image appears consider if your user permissions do not allow seeing images for that location p 5 3 Panning images Panning is the de
4. Select the Datasource to modify in the Current loaded datasources list Click in the Up or Down buttons to move the datasource up or down in the list Also clik in the Remove button to remove the selected datasource The upper datasources are drawn on top of lower ones when they overlap Current loaded datasources Datasource priority blomurbex3dserver europe Es BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Linking to GIS settings Synchronize all views Show visible extent Show image total extent Projection in the map of the GIS Mercator Spheric EP SG 3765 3 Click in the Select projection button to open the Select projection dialog In the dialog select in the available projection list the one that the basemap has There are different options to select the desired projection 4 Toselect a projection from the full list of supported projections choose Show all projections in the upper dropdown box To select click in the list and then click in OK or double click an item in the list Any item chosen will be reminded later in a list with the most used projections so it is Name ETRS 4aK26FIN Lappeenranta Mercator Sphere Unknown datum based upon the Airy 1830 ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Airy Modified 1849 ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Australian National Spher Unknown datum based upon the Bessel 1841
5. i 4 r a vr L op Ca z TE ye 2 A G z i 15 10 2009 PAA SS A a Tile raster overlay with TomTom street map 42 Customer Support Document Mar 2014 Ek E BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in 12 OVERLAYING VECTOR DATA BlomURBEX Viewer also has the ability to overlay vector data from ArcMap on top of the BlomOBLIQUE and BlomORTHO imagery 12 1 Activating and deactivating vector overlays To activate or deactivate the vector overlays click in Overlay vector layers button in the BlomURBEX toolbar d This setting is not saved for better performance initialization BlomURBEX Viewer always start with the setting uncheck It is needed to set it explicitly in each BlomURBEX Viewer session file Edit View Bookmarks Insert Selection Geoprocessing Customize Windows Hep Bl ie eee ol Si d 13 60 s ae DI Lafe W I Ae vis Editore AQMO IA WK ZZ WA A Bis H Dh d i e i Table Of Contents 9 x JAGA Layers Wl OSMMAres ol SA GBRBRIS_ Buildings 3D OSGB a te fe BlomURBEX d File og A Q xv bi D B AH rz Seng e e e KN V LK 3 i ie X Ki 12 2 Refreshing vector overlays When Overlay option is activated all the existing layers in the ArcMap map display are added to BlomURBEX views If a new layer is added or any feature is modified in its geometry after activating the Overlay option these changes are not shown immediately To reflect these
6. ier A AA A aN Casa A Be CG Ou IMAGING THE WORLO BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in 3 INSTALLING UNINSTALLING AND UPDATING BLOMURBEX PLUG IN 3 1 Install the plug in The installation process with the BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in is now completed via an ESRI add in This has a lot of advantages and has simplified the installation process In the folder supplied by Blom there will be two files 3 Blom Urbex Plugins ArcMap 10_x4 0 19 esriAddin TE BlomURBEX ArcMap plug in User manual pdf To install double click in the add in file Blom Urbex Plugi ns ArcMap 10_x 4 0 19 esnAddIn ESRI ArcGIS Add In Installation Utilit Please confirm Add In file installation Active content such as Macros and Add In files can S contain viruses or other security hazards Do not install this Blom Urbex Plugins ArcMap 10_x 40 19 Blom ASA Adds integration for BlomUREEX data inside ArcMap Digital Signature s This Add In file contains one or more digital signatures Signed date 07 03 2014 dl Source is trusted Signature is valid Install Addn Be BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in 3 2 Uninstall the plug in If you wish to uninstall the ArcMap plug in there are two simple methods 1 Close any open ArcMap Browse to C Users lt User gt Documents ArcGIS AddIns where lt User gt Your username 3 Within this folder locate the folder that contains the following file
7. Blom Urbex Plugins ArcMap 10_x lt version gt esriAddIn where lt version gt version of the plug in 4 Delete this folder ka Or 1 Open ArcMap Go to Customise gt AddIn Manager 3 Select the plug in in the list on the left then Select Delete this Add in pa AA e Blom Urbex Plugins AncMap 10_x My Add Ins Cracked by Blom ASA Bloen Ukbex Dags AcMan 10 Date 1 11 2013 Created by Blom ASE Version 4 0 18 Wi Digital Signature Authenticated Adds integration for Blom URBEX data inside ArcMap Shared Add Ins __ MapCenter he dE Created by ESRI Commands Toolbars Crea una vista en ArcGIS Online Dockable Windows To install Add Ins and configure the user interface with Add In components use the customize dialog _ Customize Ba BLOM IMAGING THE WORLO BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Also check the Check for updates automatically checkbox to check if newer versions exists in background If a newer version is available leave the Update plug in window opened close ArcMap and then click in Install new version to download the new version uninstall previous version and install the new one Alternatively click in Continue without installing updates to exit the utility The current plugin version is 4 0 19 Anew version of plugin is available 4 0 20 What s new in this Check for updates automatically Bn BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD Blom
8. Measuring elevation Use the Elevation Tool to measure the elevation height above sea level of a point in an image To measure the elevation 1 Click the Elevation Tool 2 Click the point whose elevation to measure L i i DES 32 d d ue aut Bins BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in 7 10 Measuring diagonal length Use the Diagonal Length Tool to measure the diagonal of a facade This tool is very useful for fireman analysis of needed stairs to access buildings To measure the diagonal AOA THAN ONnOoOrTh NP BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in 7 11 Clearing measurements Use the Eraser Tool to clear measurements in the map display To clear measurements 1 Click the Eraser Tool 2 The measurements are removed in all available views Ss BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD Bins BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in 8 PRINTING IMAGES BlomURBEX Viewer let print all the views opened to the selected printer setup the page options and preview the printing along with the image properties if they were activated in the settings dialog Before printing scroll or pan the image so that the portion we wish to print is visible in the display Also resize the views with the splitters and the size of the BlomURBEX Viewer window The visible portion of each image and with the exact pixel size will be send to printer 8 1 Printing images 1 To send all the c
9. changes is needed to RE SI em click in the Reload overlays button in the BlomURBEX Viewer toolbar This function again adds the layers to BlomURBEX cleans all the overlays and redraw again the vector data 43 Customer Support Document Mar 2014 BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD ge BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Due to their size and nature Vector layers can sometimes take a while to load If you want a faster refresh rate it is best to reduce the size of the vector data file If you find large accuracy issues please check your ArcMap workspace projection and the BlomURBEX Viewer projection they must match Remember vector data will always have a small shift when viewed in the BlomOBLIQUE view due to the angle of the image For a higher accuracy view in the vertical view 12 3 Overlay and performance considerations To overlap geometries faster a combination of requests to BlomURBEX server and local interpolations is done It is possible to adjust the precision of the interpolations For that follow these steps 1 Open Settings dialog 2 Select the Overlays tab 3 The amount of points used for the interpolation determines the accuracy It is possible to use no less than four points and no more than 400 points Change this clicking up or down the Points of interpolation textbox More points interpolate more accurately but are slower Default is 100 Overlays settings Faster oblique overlays using interpo
10. for distances Iil Column for heights Column for elevations e We H Column for X coords and Y coords tE Column for bearings 5 To store only some measurements select lt None gt for those measurements in the dropdown lists To specify the options regarding the units and the projection to use in locations 1 Inthe Settings tab of Settings dialog in the Measurement options panel select the desired units meters or feet The values will be stored in the units selected 2 Inthe Linking tab in the Save location measurements panel choose in Spherical Mercator projection for storing location data in Spherical Mercator meters choose in WGS84 Lat Lon for storing location data as longitude latitude in the WGS84 spheroid or more usual use in selected map projection of GIS for storing location data in the projection of the current map in ArcMap This last projection can be selected in the selector that is above the panel in the same Linking tab This setting only affects the Location tool 3 Click Save changes to save settings 10 2 Starting and stopping save sessions In BlomURBEX Viewer it is possible to start pause and continue the savings through an option To start a save session 1 Click in the File gt Start saving measurements menu if it is unchecked The menu will toggle to a checked state and measurements will be stored if fields were correctly set
11. setup tasks It is needed to specify some options about the place where store the measurements and some options about the units and the projection to use in the case the measurements are locations To specify the options regarding the place to store measurements 1 Inthe BlomURBEX Viewer toolbar click in the Change Settings button to open the Settings dialog 2 Inthe dialog select Linking tab In the Options for saving measurements groupbox select the options wanted The groupbox has drop down menu choices for each column Select the correct choice for your specific table requirements in the table you are creating Linking to GIS settings Synchronize all views Options for saving measurements Show visible extent Table Show image total extent Column for areas Projection in the map of the GIS i ee Column for distances WGS 84 UTM zone 30N EPSG 32630 Column for heights Column for elevations a E Save location measurements Column for X coords in Spherical Mercator projection in WGS84 Lat Lon in selected map projection of GIS Column for Y coords Column for bearings BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in table summarizes the relation between the BlomURBEX Viewer tools and the Column dropdown used to make the savings In BlomURBEX Viewer In ArcMap measurements are saved in the field selected in the tool used is dropdown H Column for areas Column
12. the list and press the Add button to add them to the Selected tiled overlay layers list Only layers in thislist and in the order shown will be rendered in the view on top the base layer Follow user onentation Date range selection All available dates Select date range From year 1998 BLO IMAGING THE WORLO Sy BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in 3 To change the drawing order select one layer in the Selected tiled overlay layers list and press in the Up or Down buttons 4 Select the Follow user orientation radio button to overlay in any orientation of the view Select Select orientation radio button to filter which orientation will have overlays In this case press in any orientation button and it will be marked in orange 5 For overlay layers the BlomURBEX server can provide different dates To filter a range of dates for the images in the overlay layers uncheck the All available dates checkbox and select two years in the From year and To year combo boxes Only images in the selected overlay layers that where captured during the period will be shown 6 Click OK to proceed and save changes z d fx d Le Ei d H NB By About a em h i m Ma Barras my oa e iM At NG g t 5 ee t Gamm P Ee iz _ 4 mow Se tee e PRN to ibn of a n d d Fi f F iz L dad gi 7 Pica si a LL dd
13. 8522633 40 6573795752656 AGE SA Upper Right Snot Comer 4 Lower Le Smot Comer 4 70034924432344 406573795752656 CNS SA image Orientation Otho Bins BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in 9 EXPORTING IMAGES 9 1 Exporting all visible views The BlomURBEX Viewer Export all views to image menu lets exporting the visible extent of the active views to a Set of JPG files To export all current views to images 1 Pan in the views to display the extent desired 2 Click the File gt Export all views to image menu 3 Inthe Save as dialog that opens introduce the path and filename for the file The extracted image or images are saved with the filename specified If the BlomURBEX layout shows several views then several files will be created and all the files will be suffixed with a view number and orientation Also if a view is in ortho mode a world file JGW is saved for easy integration of the image in other GIS packages Export all views to image Start saving measurements Print all views Print all views preview Page setup BLOM IMAGING THE WORLO Be BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in 10 SAVING MEASUREMENTS BlomURBEX Viewer is able to notify when the user has made measurements in order to store this measures into any opened table in ArcMap 10 1 Setting measurement savings To activate the measurement storage it is needed to complete two one time
14. Dn BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD The leading provider of aerial imagery remote sensing and geospatial solutions Customer Support Document BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in User Manual Revision History REVISION HISTORY Revision NEI Reason January 2014 Document for release 4 0 1 March 2014 Document for release 4 0 19 Updater support March 2014 Document for release 4 0 21 October 2013 Document for release 4 0 0 Support for BlomSHOT Customer Support Document Mar 2014 Be BLOM Contents CONTENTS L Nodu O EEN 1 Z SVM COMIN CI ONES rE A EEEE E EN 2 3 Installing uninstalling and updating BlomURBEX plug in sssesesesesessecececesesescecesesesescecee 3 3 1 ege U EE 3 3 2 Uninstall the Pa N11 csi ee 4 3 3 Update the DIGI cacctsinaiscncchematnccavaranwasacdcnwannesguatenepaansaeawschwsnsos aes ENA AEAN EAE AEN EELE 4 4 Starting with BlOMURBEX ArcMap plug in cscsccscsccsceccecsccccsccccsceccsceccscnccscsceccnceees 6 4 1 Setup the BlomURBEX Viewer plug in in ArchMonp 6 4 2 Adding Data Ee e E 6 Adding BlomURBEX as a Data SOU EE 6 Adding BlomSHOT as a Data Re E 7 Adding Blom Library as a Data Source E 8 4 3 Manage the list of DATASOUITCES ccccseecccsseeescneececsusececuusesesueecscsusececesessseescsssusecsssusessseeeestseeeees 10 4 4 Setup the BlomURBEX Viewer basic options sscccccseeececeeecsccsececeusescsececscssececseecssseseessssesesenses 10 4 5 eet ee ee Ee Ee 14 4 6 Geese o
15. Media Professional e BlomURBEX plug in for Integraph GeoMedia WebMap es BlomURBEX plug in for Autodesk Map and AutoCAD e BlomURBEX plug in for Autodesk MapGuide e BlomURBEX plug in for Bentley MicroStation e BlomURBEX plug in for MapInfo Professional e BlomURBEX plug in for MapInfo MapXtreme Software downloads can be found on our website on our dedicated software page Customer Support Document Mar 2014 Ba BLOM IMAGING THE WORLO BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 3 5 and 4 0 The BlomURBEX ArcMap plug in has been developed with Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 3 5 and 4 0 These frameworks must be present prior to install ESRI ArcGIS Desktop The BlomURBEX ArcMap plug in supports all 10 x versions of ESRI ArcGIS Desktop products including ArcView ArcEditor and Arcinfo It is a requirement to have any of these products from ESRI installed before installing the BlomURBEX ArcMap plug in Windows versions The BlomURBEX ArcMap plug in 10 x supports the following operative systems e Windows 2008 Server Standard Enterprise amp Datacenter 32 bit and 64 bit SP2 e Windows 2008 R2 Server Standard Enterprise amp Datacenter 64 bit e Windows 7 Ultimate Enterprise Professional Home Premium 32 bit and 64 bit Credentials for BlomURBEX Web Services To access BlomURBEX Web Services a NQOAQAKNALR A voa D user password credentials and its matching usertoken are er
16. URBEX ArcMap Plug in 4 STARTING WITH BLOMURBEX ARCMAP PLUG IN 4 1 Setup the BlomURBEX Viewer plug in in ArcMap To execute the plug in follow these steps 4 Open ArcMap 5 Ifthe Blom toolbar is not visible then select then select the menu Customize gt Toolbars gt BlomURBEX 6 The BlomURBEX toolbar should appear 7 Select the Open BlomURBEX Viewer icon The BlomURBEX window which is dockable will open Initially the view inside the BlomURBEX window is empty until a data source is selected It is possible to dock or release it resize and auto hide this window Changes made to the window will remain in your next sessions of ArcMap 8 To close the window click in the close icon in the upper right corner of the window this window can be reopened by selecting Customize gt Toolbars gt BlomURBEX again 4 2 Adding Data Sources A Data Source is a repository of complex cartographic data In order to work with a Data Source it Bim BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in BlomURBEX Connection Bin BiomURBEX User username Password seeseee 4 Inthe User and Password textbox type the username password provided by Blom Contact with Blom Marketing Department to obtain them The username password is needed to connect to the BlomURBEX Web Services and allow the access to the imagery 5 Click Add Datasource button and then Save changes button to fin
17. X ArcMap Plug in 7 USING THE MEASUREMENT TOOLS BlomURBEX Viewer offers various tools for measuring features visible in images For example it is possible to measure the distance between two points the elevation of the terrain building heights bearing area perimeter the coordinates of a point etc Before using the measurement tools be sure that the unit of measure is set as desired 7 1 Changing units of measure To change units of measure 1 Inthe BlomURBEX Viewer toolbar click in the Change Settings button to open the Settings dialog 2 Inthe dialog select Settings tab Select the desired units Meters or Feet Measurement units 9 Meters Feet Bn BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in For Oblique images remember to click near the base of buildings for more accurate coordinates 7 3 Measuring squared perimeter or distance Use the Distance Tool to measure perimeter the distance around the outside edge of an object or distances both in ortho or oblique views To measure perimeter by using a parallelogram or measure distances 1 Click the Distance Tool 2 Starting with one corner of the object click with the left mouse button Bm BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in 7 4 Measuring ground length Use the Ground Length Tool to measure a distance taking account of the relief of the terrain To measure a ground length 1 Click the G
18. a word to filter related projections osgb EPSG Code Name 4AT OSGB 1936 4778 OSGB 0 OSGB 1936 British National Grid Bs BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in 7 Click in the Save changes button to finish the configuration Settings do not persist if the Plug in is reinstalled We need to set the settings again in case of re installation 4 5 Changing language interface To change the language interface follow these steps 1 Inthe BlomURBEX Viewer toolbar click in the Change Settings button to open the Settings dialog 2 Inthe dialog select Settings tab Settings e Linking zs e j So H Ka Be An EE E a EE BLOM N BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Dual wiew Three views Four views Penta view Gren e File a Ee kal SEA STO tui ee be T f eet h A J Pa um adrig l e Sei 3 f j ee es Sry CR WW E De i bag Wei el A 2 was SES a 2 HI Dua 15 Customer Support Document Mar 2014 BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD Be BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in 5 VIEWING BLOMURBEX IMAGES The BlomURBEX Viewer is the window that shows BlomURBEX images To open an image is needed to select a location either clicking in the basemap in ArcMap or introducing a known coordinates 5 1 Selecting location in ArcMap Open ArcMap with a basemap Open BlomURBEX Viewer if it is not as explained previously
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20. e eee eT Te Tr ee errr er ee rr re eer eer re rer ere en reer ee ere re et re 14 BLOM IMAGING THE WORLO By Contents 7 6 WIC OSE NO OF CO EE 29 7 7 Measuring height 30 7 8 ICO SUT E 31 7 9 ICO SUI OCGA GNC EE 31 7 10 Measuring diagonal length cccccccseseccceseccceescscsesecsccuseseceeecstsusecscssesssuscsssusecsssusessseeeeesseeeeees 32 7 11 Clearing MEG SUICITICIUS EE 33 e tel E 34 8 1 PENI TAO EE 34 8 2 COMO IAG DISC CIOS EE 34 8 3 POGC SEU EE 35 8 4 EE 35 S EPONE le TE 37 9 1 Exporting all visible views 37 9 2 Projection of the extracted orthoimgges 37 TO S ving E E E CN 38 10 1 Setting measurement Savings visccscsucciennvaacoataniasucsasdumanannceuninsilenntaniadunaariniensatideusinuieenneenetunianiaanes 38 10 2 Storting and stopping SAVE Sessions 39 10 3 Procedure for saving MCASULCIMENKS secccccececcceeeescsusececcusececeusesesueeesesusecessusesesesestsueeessseeesssees 40 11 Overlaying tile raster data sesesesesessececesesescsceceseseececececesesoscecesesescececesssesescecessseeee 41 11 1 Activating and deactivating tiled raster overlouvs 41 BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in 1 INTRODUCTION BlomURBEX is an online geographic information server geoserver it has been developed by Blom to allow on line access to all of our data products The BlomURBEX content includes a revolutionary collection of geographical datasets including high resolution aerial imagery LIDAR and raster da
21. ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Bessel Modified ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Bessel Namibia ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1856 ellipsoid Unknown datum based upon the Clarke 1266 ellipsoid Bn BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in EPSG Code Name 32625 WGS H UTM zone 25N 32626 WGS 7 UTM zone 26N WGS 7 UTM zone 27N WGS 84 UTM zone 28N WGS 84 7 UTM zone 29N RW WGS 34 UTM zone 33N WGS 84 UTM zone 33N WGS 34 UTM zone HN b 4 5 To select a projection from the reduced list of the most used projections choose Show most used projections from the upper dropdown box The list will show only those projections selected at least once or any other marked explicitly as most used To select click in the list and eraila 1 in OU T NC eira e fd Y e holi A AF EI L aya eira a d Y L LATE Was DA UTM zone 30N BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in F at Gab Se 9 aw WGS4 UTMa_Remevefrommostused 6 To select a projection from a reduced list using a filter choose Use a filter in the upper dropdown box The filter textbox and Filter button will activate Type a search word or words in the filter textbox and press Filter Only the projections containing the full search text will be Enter
22. ent Mar 2014 Qa BLOM IMAGING THE WORLO BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in 1 Inthe BlomURBEX Viewer toolbar click in the Change Settings button to open the Settings dialog 2 Inthe dialog select Linking tab Linking to GIS settings Synchronize all views Show visible extent Show image total extent Projection in the map of the GIS Mercator Spheric EPSG 3785 BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD Be BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in 3 Inthe dialog select Linking tab Linking to GIS settings Synchronize all views Show visible extent Show image total extent Projection in the map of the GIS Mercator Sphenc EPSG 3785 4 Check the Synchronize all views checkbox The Synchronized option of the views is ignored and all the views in the layout will stay in sync between them and with the ArcMap map Synchronized E Datefilter None b Goto coordinates gt Show properties Edit baselayer Edit tiled overlay layers Export image CH ma COM BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in a Gr i CR Ou D BI Sech EE Ss e Above both views of Eiffel tower from 2008 and 2009 6 OBTAINING IMAGE INFORMATION To obtain the information about the current opened image right click in any view and select the Show Properties option A message box appears with the extent information the date of capture and the orientation of the image The coordinates are in the
23. fault behaviour of the display when no tool is selected 1 In BlomURBEX Viewer unselect any tool in the toolbar 2 Click and hold the left mouse button in the view to pan 3 Drag the image up down left or right within the view and finally release mouse 5 4 Magnifying images It is possible to zoom in for more detail or zoom out for more context information Simply change the image s magnification by using the zoom buttons inside the views Be BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in BLOM Ei i i eS R So Sr Zooming in or out with the mouse wheel in one view Move the mouse wheel frontwards or backwards to zoom in or out in just one view Zooming to a extent in one view Es BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Oblique imagery shown in a continuous or Ortho mode may suffer some distortion due to the irregularities of the terrain model that affects the ortho rectification process In flatter terrains the distortion is lesser Tools are unselected when the view mode changes Remember to select again the tool if using one when the mode is changed There are five types of orientations Ortho orientation that shows the image as an ortho photo North that shows the image looking from south to north South from north to south East from west to east and West from east to west To change the orientation click in the O N S E
24. ish configuration Dr BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in BlomSHOT Connection W BromSHOT User usemame Password egesesee Sever SerVvemame 4 Inthe User and Password textbox type the username password provided by Blom In the server textbox type the name of the BlomSHOT server Contact with Blom Marketing Department to obtain them The username password server is needed to connect to the BlomSHOT Web Services and allow the access to the imagery Be BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Blom Local Library Library path C Data ESAVLAO6 4 Click in the Manage licenses button to open the License Manager dialog In it click in the Add new license button and browse and select a valid license file If the file is correct the dialog will show the expiration date and will tag it as NEW license or OLD license But if it was invalid it will be tagged as Corrupted or Invalid license Contact with Blom Marketing LP BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in 4 3 Manage the list of Datasources The rendering order of the Datasources in the viewer can be changed To that follow these steps 1 Inthe BlomURBEX Viewer toolbar click in the Change Settings button to open the Settings dialog 2 Inthe dialog select BlomURBEX Datasources tab 3
25. lation Points for interpolation 100 Bn BLOM IMAGING THE WORLO BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in 13 ADDING BLOMURBEX TO ARCMAP AS A WMS LAYER The vertical imagery hosted on the BlomURBEX geoserver BlomORTHO can be added into ArcMap as a WMS layer 1 Open anew or existing Arc workspace 2 Open the catalog window Magnifier Viewer Search 3 Select GIS Servers double left click Add WMS Server EH Folder Connections E Toolboxes Database Servers gl Database Connections El GIS Servers Ae Add ArcGIS Server 23 Add ArcIMS Server dia Add WCS Server E Add WRAS Server BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Add WMS Server Tiwa bloriurbe comia Geth apaiegtrtokerrs lt usertoken sk Be BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD 7 Aist of layers will appear select any layer that appears under the Maps WGS84 section for example Ortho Images WGS84 select OK Streets Ortho Images Spheri East Images Spherical Herca West Images Spherical Merc South Images Spherical Me North Images Spherical Me Ortho Images Spherical Merca aps Wasg H Eas Images WG iu Streets West Images WiGsd4 H South Images WGSB4 ba Streets Morth Images Wise Streets Ortho Images G54 East Images WG West Images Wad South Images WG584 Marth Images WiGS84 e BLOM IMAGING THE WORLO BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in E ER GIS Servers Gd Add ArcGIS Server E Add Ar
26. org webpage for more information For example if support for the Microsoft Live Maps projection is needed add the next two lines to Bn BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in 16 APPENDIX B HOW TO IMPROVE INTERFACE TRANSLATION The BlomURBEX Viewer interface supports twelve languages The strings for each language are stored in the registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER SOFTWARE Blom Urbex 2 0 Each language has a section english en espa ol es deutsch de francais fr italiano it nederlands nl portugu s pt dansk da norsk no svenska sv suomi fi romana ro Each string uses a pair name value The name is an easy to understand name For example AboutBoxForm Description is the description for BlomURBEX Viewer that appears in the About dialog Change these values at your convenience using the registry editor Next time you open BlomURBEX Viewer will reflect your changes If any value is missing the default value used is the English string To return to original translation values just delete de registry folder da de en etc of the language entries you want to reset Next time that language is selected inside the plugin the original entries will be restored in registry for that language Editor del Registro mirc Nombre Tipo D LE HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT ab Predeterminado REG_SZ valor no establecido a HKEY_CURRENT_USER Bb AboutBoxForm Description REG_SZ U
27. projection defined in the Settings dialog as follows j 1 In the BlomURBEX Viewer toolbar click in the Change Settings button to open the Settings dialog G vy rf 2 Inthe dialog select Linking tab Select the desired projection in the Save location measurements groupbox 24 Customer Support Document Mar 2014 Bras BLOM IMAGING THE WORLO BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Save location measurements 9 in Spherical Mercator projection in WGS84 Lat Lon in selected map projection of GIS 3 Click Save changes and dismiss the Settings dialog Now use the Show Properties option and the coordinates will be in the selected projection Image Size 4872935248 pixel Full extent polygon Mercator Spheric Upper Left Shot Corner 410853 746479164 4932527642921 24 Upper Right Shot Corner 409761 924915464 4932527 64292124 Lower Right Shot Corner 409761 924915464 4931483 40643669 Lower Left Shot Corner 410853 746479164 4931483 40645669 Visible extent polygon Mercator Spheric Upper Left Shot Corner 410760 149133 4932532 268446 Upper Right Shot Corner 410456 982934 4932533 466695 Lower Right Shot Corner 410452 577944 4931670 771366 Lower Left Shot Corner 410696 608231 49316 0 024927 Image Orientation North Image Shot Date amp Time 18 07 2009 0 00 00 Ba BLOM IMAGING THE WORLO BlomURBE
28. r To year OK 6 E Py BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in 4 Selected baselayers will be rendered following the order in the Selected baselayers list Top in the list will be drawn last ones To reorder the items in the list select a layer and click in the Up or Down buttons 5 To filter only the layers belonging to a user type the username in the Filter baselayers by user textbox and only layers available to that user will be shown in the list of all available layers 6 For each baselayer the BlomURBEX server can provide different dates To filter a range of dates for the images in the baselayer uncheck the All available dates checkbox and select two years in the From year and To year combo boxes Only images in the selected baselayers that where captured during the period will be shown Fle A JS gt lia o te ER Us S About Ery a W Ke ak Si cb Ls Ss ELCH ckt iF omg Conten J j Danz Geroch bw Si sE S G a ae yt Ss Ip Ltr Ui se The snapshot above shows two different baselayers of the same date side by side in a Two view layout The left is the default baselayer and the right is the baselayer called countryortho 5 8 Showing the visible and total extension in ArcMap It is possible to see the visible and total extent of the opened BlomURBEX images drawn in ArcMap To do this follow these steps 21 Customer Support Docum
29. rbex er en Blom webtjeneste der udgiver ortho og skr billeder 0 er udviklet GC HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Bb AboutBoxForm OKButton REG_SZ OK CH HARDWARE BE AboutBoxForm Title REG SZ Om 0 ab AboutButtonText REG_SZ Aben About Dialog ab AreaButtonTooltip DEG 27 Samarbejdsomrade v rkt j ab BearingButtonTooltip REG 27 Under middel ab BlomPictometryWebsiteButtonText REG_52 Blom Pictometry website Blom ab ClearButtonTooltip REG_SZ Ryd kort H Blom Pictometry Controls 1 5 ab CoordinateForm btnCancel REG_SZ Annuller 3 Blom Pictometry Viewer 1 5 ab CoordinateForm btnOK REG_SZ OK ab CoordinateForm btnSelectProj REG_52 Veelg ab CoordinateForm Caption REG_52 G til at koordinere l CoordinateForm label1 REG_SZ x eller L ngdegrad ab CoordinateForm label2 REG_SZ eller Breddegrad ab CoordinateForm1 REG_SZ Numerisk v rdi kr vet ab DistanceButtonTooltip REG_SZ Distance v rkt j ab EastButtonTooltip REG_52 Vis Fra st til vest ab ElevationButtonTooltip DEG 27 H jde v rkt j 2b ExtractButtonTooltip REG_SZ v rkt jet Extract 5 Filemenu REG SZ File ab HeightButtonTooltip H jde v rkt j ab HelpMenu
30. round length Tool 2 Starting with one point in the view click with the left mouse button 3 Click again for each new vertex The outline of a polyline appears as new vertexes are added In oblique mode take in mind that a workaround to the server must be done in each vertex and the measure takes longer 4 When the polyline surrounds the distance being measured double click with left mouse button 5 The partial measurements and total length appears drawn in the view The distance is calculated using heights available in BlomURBEX server Qa BLOM IMAGING THE WORLO BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in N Starting point mem e R was here 5 Ending point was s ES Fees pes ben ue beag Ending point was here Starting point ae was here Bm BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in 7 7 Measuring height Use the Height Tool to measure the height of an object in an Oblique image Because orthogonal images are captured straight down the Height Tool doesn t apply to the continuous or Ortho view mode To measure height 1 Click the Height Tool Important Be sure to measure height by starting at ground level and moving upwards If the ground level starting point is not seen then estimate its location Bins BLOM IMAGING THE WORLO BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Finish measuring here Start measuring here 4 The measurement appears drawn in view 7 8
31. ta Functionality within BlomURBEX allows the user to navigate measure export and search The BlomURBEX server has been specially designed to provide fast access to tiled geo referenced data models The data and functionality can be accessed through a variety of technologies and applications Blom has a collection of standard API s SDK s which allow users to create their own integrations with intranet solutions or web mapping products Alternatively users can access BlomURBEX through pre developed GIS plug ins or via Blom s new viewing application BlomWEB The many different methods of accessing BlomURBEX emphasises the flexibility of the service and how this geoserver can meet all customer requirements however varied they may be Currently there are over a thousand urban areas represented by aerial imagery and hundreds of 3D models BlomURBEX is designed to serve all products and services provided by Blom but data belonging to the client or a third party can also be tiled and uploaded to the server to be used by the client alongside the Blom data Based on the same interface Blom has developed a full range of plug ins that integrates BlomURBEX services into GIS and CAD applications Blom currently has the following Plug ins available es BlomURBEX plug in for ESRI ArcMap ArcView ArcEditor and Arclinfo e BlomURBEX plug in for ESRI ArcIMS e BlomURBEX plug in for ESRI ArcGIS Server e BlomURBEX plug in for Intergraph Geo
32. urrent views to the printer with the current settings click the File gt Print All Views Each view in the layout is printed in different page with the image information activated in settings Export all views to image Start saving measurements Print all views Print all views preview Page setup Ba BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Printing settings Print image properties Print image visible extent Frint shoot date Frint measurements 3 Click Save changes and dismiss the Settings dialog 8 3 Page setup To change page settings 1 Click the File gt Page setup menu Export all views to image Start saving measurements Print all views Print all views preview Page setup Be BLOM IMAGING THE WORLO BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in Export all views to image mj Start saving measurements Print all views Lo Print all views preview im Page setup 2 The Print preview dialog opens Click in the options to see the print at different zooms o layouts Also it is possible to print clicking in the Print button The dialog can be resized to full screen visiite extent polygon Upper Lez Smot Comer 4 70034924432344 40 6597 113559585 GE 84 Full extent polygon Smo Comer 4 63555403822633 40 6597 113559555 WGE 54 Upper Le Snot Comer 4 705314565 40 6630115155 GS SA Comer 4 6986540
33. vate the logging utility Troubleshooting any issues is easier if log files are created and supplied to the Blom technical support team In BlomURBEX Viewer to activate logs open the Settings dialog and in the General tab select the desired level for logs To deactivate logs just select None as log level To activate logs select Error Warning or Information level in order from minimum to maximum verbose To open the log file click in Open log button Print shoot date Print measurements Log level Bn BLOM IMAGING THE WORLD BlomURBEX ArcMap Plug in 15 APPENDIX A HOW TO ADD NEW PROJECTIONS The projection support relies on the PROJ4 public domain library An epsg file is provided in the installation folder of the BlomURBEX Viewer This file contains the EPSG codes names and parameters for the coded projections The epsg file is installed by ArcGIS in this folder C Users AppData Local ESRI Desktop AssemblyCache name of the user o ArcMap version 10 0 or 10 1 o identifier If the folder is not visible you must activate the visibility of system files in the Windows folder options There are several folders each one is for a different plug in Browse to the one that contains the epsg file If you need to modify an existing projection or to add support for new projections modify this file with any text editor following the PROJ4 rules for parameters See the http proj maptools
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