Hello,
I'm trying to set up a GIS Project with GSA to include about three hundred GIS objects/features. They each have an attribute table. There are no joins or relates. There are some, but not many, parent/child relationships. So I've gone through the help menu and experimented a bit. I suppose my first question is what is the best way to test the XFM object once defined in the schema? Do I need to create a user workspace and run that, import a feature? I don't know how to apply the schema to a feature or how it knows what shapefile to associate with what XFM feature.. how attributes carry over.. those types of things. I know I can chose the schema file on each feature in the Interoperability Menu, but clicking each one - one at a time - to assign the schema is no good.
Other than the help menu, is there a quick way to trial and error this? Or a book or guide I can read?
Thank you!
Joel,
You will need to create and Run a User Workspace to test the Schema.
What is the source of this existing data? You say you have Shapefiles, but also attribute tables and relationships. Knowing that will help determine what the best steps are to proceed.
I'm working on the workspace now.
The source of my data is in nautical S-57 objects format. It's basically shapefiles or a geodatabase of feature classes that contain the geometry and attributes. The schema is more or less defined by an organization outside of mine. I'm trying to build a GSA Project to match that schema so the data integrates into BentleyMap for editing.
Thank you for the reply!
Change Request # 146202 had been issued (not started) to provide support for the S-57 Electronic Navigation Chart format, but with the advent of File Geodatabase support in Bentley Map V8i (SELECTseries 4), you might try that approach.
Bentley Map V8i (SELECTseries 4) - Technology Preview
Download the Beta2 from the Bentley Fulfillment Center
Thank you for this. I'm going to check out your links. I'll try setting up the schema in a File GDB format and see if that XML imports into GSA.
Thanks again!