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Grouping WMS layers in layer control

Posted By Chris Dickinson 02-22-2024 10:03
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Hi Is it possible to group WMS layers in the same way as static layers that have been uploaded to the repository? I would like to group three flooding WMS layer into a single group with one heading and display the three individual layers below the heading Thanks Chris ------------------------------ ...

RE: Returning multiple spatial results for single row of a table

Posted By Chris Dickinson 12-01-2023 08:35
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Thanks to you too Peter, much appreciated. If only our IT service desk was as responsive as the forum! Cheers Chris ------------------------------ Chris Dickinson North Yorkshire County Council ------------------------------

RE: Returning multiple spatial results for single row of a table

Posted By Chris Dickinson 12-01-2023 08:33
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Excellent! Thanks very much James Chris ------------------------------ Chris Dickinson North Yorkshire County Council ------------------------------

Returning multiple spatial results for single row of a table

Posted By Chris Dickinson 12-01-2023 05:59
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Hi all I have a mapinfo layer for school pupils (points) and a layer for school catchments (polygons). In the catchment layer most of the catchment areas are for a single school but some areas relate to two or more schools. In these cases the are multiple polygons objects covering the same area, each ...

RE: Combining Ordnance Survey Codepoint polygons

Posted By Chris Dickinson 09-06-2023 05:23
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Hi Peter Thanks, that has worked! Cheers Chris ------------------------------ Chris Dickinson North Yorkshire County Council ------------------------------

Combining Ordnance Survey Codepoint polygons

Posted By Chris Dickinson 08-17-2023 09:46
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Hi I am creating some polygon layers using the OS Codepoint with polygons product. The source data is polygons for postcode units and these need to be combined into larger sector, district and area layers. I have created these layers by using "table\combine objects using column" and "table\update column" ...

RE: Creating polygons from an excel table

Posted By Chris Dickinson 05-23-2023 02:08
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Excellent, thanks Peter! I will have a bash using connect the dots Thanks Chris ------------------------------ Chris Dickinson North Yorkshire County Council ------------------------------

Creating polygons from an excel table

Posted By Chris Dickinson 05-22-2023 15:38
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Hi Does anyone know if it is possible to create polygons in Mapinfo (v15) using data from an Excel sheet which has the following form... ...so a row for each point of the polygon. Can I do this by importing the table into Mapinfo and using a tool or is further processing required first e.g. manipulating ...

RE: WMS help

Posted By Chris Dickinson 09-06-2022 08:17
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Thanks Andreas, will do Chris ------------------------------ Chris Dickinson North Yorkshire County Council ------------------------------

WMS help

Posted By Chris Dickinson 09-05-2022 08:42
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Hi I would like to use a WMS feed on this Environment Agency webpage Flood Warning Areas When I paste the link given on that page for the WMS feed into SSA Admin Console's "Add WMS" dialog I get the message below. What more do I need? Thanks Chris ------------------------------ Chris ...

RE: Providing Spectrum map layers to external applications via API

Posted By Chris Dickinson 07-26-2022 06:31
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Hi James Thanks for the reply. One of our programmers has managed to do the job now. Cheers Chris ------------------------------ Chris Dickinson North Yorkshire County Council ------------------------------

Providing Spectrum map layers to external applications via API

Posted By Chris Dickinson 07-15-2022 09:27
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Hi Does anyone have experience of creating a connection between SSA and an external application so that an API can be used to pull data from SSA? Thanks Chris ------------------------------ Chris Dickinson North Yorkshire County Council ------------------------------

RE: Updating address search facility in SSA front end v2018

Posted By Chris Dickinson 07-06-2022 02:52
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Thanks Sean ------------------------------ Chris Dickinson North Yorkshire County Council ------------------------------

RE: Updating address search facility in SSA front end v2018

Posted By Chris Dickinson 07-06-2022 02:51
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Thanks William ------------------------------ Chris Dickinson North Yorkshire County Council ------------------------------

Updating address search facility in SSA front end v2018

Posted By Chris Dickinson 07-01-2022 04:17
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Hi I need to get a colleague to update the address search database used in the front end of SSA. The dataset that is used, according to the admin console, is called "Locate - Address1". In our SQL addressing database I can see a view called "Spectrum_address_search". This has been updated recently ...

Failed login attempts allowed before locking

Posted By Chris Dickinson 12-16-2021 09:20
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If I change the number of incorrect login attempts before SSA locks a user profile do I need to restart the SSA server for it to take effect? Thanks v2018.2 ------------------------------ Chris Dickinson North Yorkshire County Council ------------------------------

Add custom scale option in pdf printing

Posted By Chris Dickinson 11-10-2021 05:56
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Hi We give our end users the option to print pdfs of maps in our public website maps page. When printing a pdf users get the option, in the scale dropdown, to enter a custom scale but if they enter a value it is immediately replaced by the pre-populated value for the zoom level so it effectively doesn't ...

RE: Enter coordinates options in front end of SSA 2018.2

Posted By Chris Dickinson 11-10-2021 05:49
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Hi Madhura Will that change the setting for all map projects though? I only want to change it for projects that use the OS Maps API Thanks Chris ------------------------------ Chris Dickinson North Yorkshire County Council ------------------------------

Enter coordinates options in front end of SSA 2018.2

Posted By Chris Dickinson 10-08-2021 05:22
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Hi all I want to switch to use the Ordnance Survey Maps API in our website mapping. The service is great and will potentially cut down on the need for a great deal of manual processing of downloaded data. One problem is that SSA only supports the 3857 projection (long/lat) of the OS Maps API and not ...

RE: Custom symbol not rendering in SSA v2018

Posted By Chris Dickinson 10-08-2021 05:07
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Thanks! ------------------------------ Chris Dickinson North Yorkshire County Council ------------------------------