Creating a Map

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Creating a Map

In this section you will create a map and save it as a file. This example map could be used in, for example, traffic monitoring on the streets of Los Angeles. The map goes down to street and building level, and uses the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection.

The finished map consists of the following data sources:

Shape\World_Countries.shp

Provides the world as a backdrop, although the actual sample is centered on California.

GeoTIFF\World2_24M.tif

Adds an esthetically pleasing map, mainly for use in the Overview pane.

GTOPO30-DEM\W140N40.DEM

Provides altitude information that can be used later in the final application.

GeoTIFF\LA_Houses.tif

Adds details of the houses in relation to the street level views.

Shape\LA_Streets.shp

Provides a street level view of Los Angeles.

Note that these data sources are available on the installation DVD for ILOG JViews Maps.

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