Key new features in V8i SELECTSeries 3 | Key new features in V8i SELECTseries 1
Key new features in Bentley Geo Web Publisher V8i
(SELECTseries 3)
Enterprise Integration
SQL Server Spatial Support
Bentley Geo Web Publisher now supports publishing data sources from SQL Server 2008 Spatial databases. The same workflow as Oracle Spatial is supported, including WFS and WMS publishing as well as reprojection and SQL Server attributes query.
WMS 1.3.0 Client Support
Bentley Geo Web Publisher now supports WMS clients delivering their data with the 1.3.0 version of the OGC WMS specifications.
WMS Client Cache
Create local raster file (itiff) by querying public WMS clients. The raster file can then be added as a raster graphical source for faster publishing.
WMS Support of Large Raster Datasets
Support publishing of thousands of raster images coming from multiple folders. Files can be re-projected in multiple coordinate systems.
Creating Web Applications
Creating Maps with Hierarchical Layers
The Bentley Geo Web Publisher Map Author allows the addition of group layers in the map. These group layers can enclose any number of additional layers and group layers.
WMS Metadata User Interface
WMS metadata can now be modified from the Bentley Geo Web Publisher Map Author. A button has been added allowing to launch the default browser with the WMS GetCapabilities URL.
Reverse Proxy Support
Bentley Geo Web Publisher can be used in combination with a reverse proxy. A new Proxy Tab has been added in the General Settings section of the Bentley Geo Web Publisher Administration program. In addition to the forward proxy configuration, it is also possible to define the public URL required by the Bentley Geo Web Publisher server when working behind a reverse proxy.
Log Viewer
A new log viewer is now available in the Bentley Geo Web Publisher root installation directory: PubLogViewer.exe. This application can open and display Bentley Geo Web Publisher log files. Columns can be sorted and reordered as needed.
End User Tools
Symbology Legend
Create a dynamic legend based on the symbology defined in the map. The legend.aspx file reads the map definition to compose a complete layers book. Geometries are represented (symbols, texts, lines, and polygons) as defined in the Bentley Geo Web Publisher Map Author as well as the scale range and the attributes report template.
A preview extent of the layer can also be defined in the map definition and be displayed in the legend. The preview is a WMS request of a specific region of each layer.
Filter Thematic Classes
Users can now turn ON and OFF thematic classes.
Bookmarks Samples
Some bookmark examples has been added to the delivered Geo Web Site example. Users can create their own bookmarks by editing the bookmarks.js file.
Geo Web Site Example New Look
The Geo Web Site example now has a new look.
Key new features in Bentley Geo Web Publisher V8i
(SELECTseries 1)
Publishing Maps in Multiple Coordinate Systems
In some cases, users want to publish maps in multiple coordinate systems; typical example is a municipal environment that publishes a map in projected local coordinate system as well as latitude-longitude for mash-ups workflows
It is now possible to set multiple coordinate systems output for a map. Data will be re-projected on the fly for layers which are displayed dynamically; for pre published layers, data is re-projected at pre-publishing time.
GeoRaster
Bentley Geo Web Publisher can now publish raster files stored in Oracle Spatial databases called GeoRaster. There is a new option in the context menu to add a new GeoRaster graphical source. An Oracle Spatial database connection must be previously defined.
Oracle Spatial Filter
This allows users to filter Oracle Spatial graphical source data using one of many available criteria. Associated, non graphical sources, will also follow the filters rules.
Oracle Pre-Publishing
This enhancement of the iDPR converter supports pre-publishing for Oracle Spatial data to iDPR format. A predefined XFM workspace should be used to associate Oracle tables to features and their symbolization.
This is useful for symbolizing static data stored in Oracle which does not need to be published dynamically, like county boundaries, road names and other layers of data which are not frequently updated . Pre-publishing can be configured to run at any user-defined time interval (once a week, once a day, etc).
Edit Attributes
The GeoWebSite Info object now allows editing database attributes. The setup is performed in the Site Author; administrators can decide if and how columns can be edited.
Options include; editing from a simple text box (mandatory or not), from a pick list filled with a fixed list of values, or from a pick list filled from a list of values.
Pie Chart Thematic Symbolization
It is now possible to define thematic symbolization using pie charts. Similar to the other thematic symbolization tools, pie charts are defined in the site author. The definition includes the list of attributes, colors, tooltips, sizes, and more.
Print Report and Map
The Info objects now allow end users to print the content of the Info object along with the current map view. The map view is printed with all its current parameters: layers displayed, mark-up files, thematic mapping symbolization, selected elements.
Generate Excel Report
A new tool in the Info object allows users to create and download an Excel file from the current report.
Silerlight® WMS
A Silverlight client is now available as a development tool. It consumes WMS maps, includes navigation tools and is supported by Web Services.
Enterprise Integration
Oracle 11g Support
Oracle11g databases are now supported and spatial data stored in these databases can be published as map layers. Data stored in Oracle 10g can also be published. For Oracle 9i databases, support will be more limited per the Oracle policy.
Oracle: Support of Time Component
This will allow administrators to add a time constraint when defining an Oracle Spatial graphical source.
ProjectWise Integration
A new connection option allows for selecting a ProjectWise path along with ProjectWise credentials. The data preparation server will fetch the files selected in this connection and copy them out locally to the defined path. It will also monitor changes in the selected ProjectWise documents and make sure that the local cache folder is in synch with the files stored in ProjectWise. This option can be used for iDPR creation, Raster publishing as well as WFS services.
OGC WFS Server
Bentley Geo Web Publisher is now an Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Service server. Versions of the OGC WFS specification are 1.0.0 and 1.1.0. Existing graphical sources and non-graphical sources can be published in WFS/GML in addition to regular map publishing. Multiple WFS services can be created within the same Bentley Geo Web Publisher installation, just as multiple maps can be created and published from the same server.
Coordinate Systems Support
A library of coordinate systems is delivered with Bentley Geo Web Publisher. The library can be browsed and searched; “favorites” coordinate systems can also be saved. Coordinate systems can be associated at the map level and the layer level. Layers stored in a coordinate system other than the map coordinate system will be re-projected on the fly. Some layer types such as iDPR cannot be re-projected.
Collaboration Workflows
Authorization/Authentication
Within the Site Authoring tool, administrators can specify which data is visible to specific users. The authorization works at the layer level, and in this context, the layer encompasses each and every object that is tied to it; so if a layer is not visible to a user, he will obviously not see the layer itself from the display object, the searches, the reports from the info object; the themes from the thematic mapping object, and others.
Database Redlining
Redlining can now be performed with ODBC Spatial layers and Oracle Spatial layers. In the case of Oracle Spatial layers, points, lines, and polygons can be placed, moved, modified or deleted from the Map Viewer.
Additionally, attributes can also be populated from the website, using either plain text fields or pick lists. Pick lists can be filled in from fixed values, domain lists or conditional domain lists. For example, one could have a list of countries and a list of cities, and set up the Database Redline tool so that when a user selects a country from the “Country” list, only cities from this country will be available in the “City” pick list.
Redlining
A new custom object now offers redlining functions. Redline files can be loaded and saved from disk, overlaid on top of a map and printed.
Advanced Print
The new advanced print tool allows end users to generate cartographic quality prints from the Map Viewer.
