Menu
Bar
1.
File
Menu
TerraView uses
the concept of
Project
to save the state of a working session. The project
file is
saved in XML format and keeps information about number of
layers added, layer style, layers classification (Legend).
Another xml file keep information about the
datasources
used. This two files can be saved by demand and when the
application is closed.
Click on File > Save
Project,
Save
Project as
or create a New
Project. The
project name
informed here is
the name of the xml file that keep information about the project.
Click on File > Open
Project or
File
> Recent Projects to
open an existing project (*.xml).
Click on File > Restart System to restart the application if some user configurations have being changed.
Click on File > Exit to close the TerraView
Application
2.
Project
Menu
Click
on Project > Add
Layer...
to add layers to the project and
choose the layer type:
- Vector File...
to
choose one
file of Esri shapefile , MapInfo, GeoJSON, GML, or
KML format (only available if the corresponding plugin is loaded).
- Raster File ... to
choose
one file of
image format. To choose more than one press Ctrl+ Click filename
(only available if the corresponding plugin is loaded).
- Query Dataset...
creates
a layer defining a
restriction clause on an existing layer.
Also it is
possible to
use Project
> Add
Folder Layer...
and
drag some layers into this folder to
organize better the Layer Explorer. If a folder is removed, all layers
inside are
also removed.
Click
on Project
> Remove Layer(s) to remove the
selected layers.
Click on Project > Rename
Layer...
to rename the selected layer.
Click on Project >
Properties...
to see Title, Author, Location and Description
of a project.
Hints: To display
something go
to Layer
Explorer
and select some
layer(s). To draw the selected layers go to the Map Display and choose Draw. To
save the project
go to File Menu.
3.
View Menu
Click on View Menu to set or unset
items which will compose the Main Window.
- Data Table
- Layer Explorer
- Map Display
- Style Explorer
Usually the default
settings are only Map
Display, Layer Explorer and Tool bars to keep the drawing area as big as possible. The other options can be set and unset when necessary.
4. Layer
Menu
The tools in
this menu
reflect operations on a selected layer. The tools are:
Operations
tools:
Visualization
tools:
- Fit Layer: will
expand the selected layer over the map display area.
- Fit Selected Objects: will fit all
selected objects over the map display area.
- Pan to Selected Objects: Will pan over the
selected objects.
Shows/Hide
components
associated with selected layer.
Selection tool:
- Remove Selection: will
remove any selection at
the map display and show all the objects displayed with the original Style
(color, mark, etc).
Spatial Reference System Tool:
Property tool:
- Properties: will
show layer properties, including the SRID.
5. Map
Display Menu
The tools in
this menu
reflect operations over the datasets presented on the map display or
selected
in the layer explorer. These
tools are grouped according with the functionality as described bellow:
Drawing tools:
- Draw: all layers
with box-checked in the Layer Explorer will be
draw at the Map Display.
- Stop Drawing: stops the
drawing of layers.
Selection and
information tools:
- Info: show information about the
objects pointed over the layers selected
and box-checked.
- Remove Selection: remove selection and
show the
objects with the original color and style.
- Selection: allows to
highlight objects pointed
by
the cursor, or objects that intercepts the cursor-area.
NOTE: The selection tool is
valid over the selected and
box-checked layers. If the
associated Table, or
some graphics like Histogram are visible, the same
objects
will be also
highlighted (brushing).
Visualization
and navigation
tools on the layer:
Measure Tools. This tools consider
the Map Display SRID.
Spatial Reference System Tool:
- SRS...: Allows to change the SRID of the
map display.
Drawing
again will remap all layers to the chosen SRID.
- Set Unknown SRS: Allows to set the map
display SRID to
unknown.
It is used to draw layers without SRID (0).
Right-Clicking
over any point over the map display shows the same Map menu as a
context
menu.
NOTE: Some tools/actions affect only the selected
and
box-checked layers,
others affect all box-checked layers and others
affect only the
map display.
6. Tools
Menu
The tools in
this menu
are used to customize the application, explore the data sources and also to exchange data.These
tools are shortly described bellow:
- Tools
> Customize... From here it is possible
to
customize
the user settings of Map Display, Table and Tool bars and Project.
- Tools
> Data Source
Explorer...
To explore the data sources already
used and its main information
such as connection title and connection parameters used to connect to
the data source, location of a specific vector/raster file and so on
use Data Source Explorer tool.
- Raster Multi Resolution...
7. Plugins
Menu
- TerraLib 4 Converter... used to convert a TerraView-4.2.2 database to this version.
8. Processing Menu
Navigate each entry to see all the functionalities available.
9. Help
Menu
From here the
TerraView Help
manual is
accessed.