Introducing JViews Maps > Basic Concepts > Map Preparation > Importing Map Data

You create new maps by exploiting the data contained in your existing electronic maps. Also, you can update your new map by importing additional map data at anytime during map preparation or at run time and without interrupting the system.

Map Data Model Properties

JViews Maps integrates the various map data sources using a set of properties that define the way your map will display and react to run time changes.

Properties

By default, JViews Maps embeds the following properties into a working map:

Extending and Changing Properties

The map properties can be extended or changed at any time during map preparation or final application execution. For example, you can implement applications to allow for a change of map projection or data source at run time.

About Readers

Readers are provided that read map data in its native format, that is, without any need for preprocessing.

Formats Supported

Readers can read a wide range of file formats containing the map and map data such as geometry and topology. Table 2.1 shows the supported file formats:

Table 2.1 Supported File Formats
Types 
Georeferenced 
Non-Georeferenced 
Vector 
ESRI shape files (.shp
Tiger/Line (.RTx
MapInfo (.mif, .mid
DXF files (.dxf
Raster 
GeoTIFF (.tif
Images from a Web Map Server. 
GIF, JPG, PNG, TIF 
Vector & Raster 
Regular ILOG JViews Maps files (.ivl) 
KML/KMZ files (.kml, .kmz
SVG files 

 
Terrain Elevation 
NIMA DTED 0/1/2 
GTOPO30 DEM 

 
Databases 
Oracle Spatial 

 

Additionally, you can use the open APIs to import other map formats.