MensorGIS General Tutorial


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This Tutorial shows Basic Functions of MensorGIS. You learn about




MensorGIS supports (Menues „File-Import“/„File-Export“ and „File-Open“/„File-Save“):
The setting of View Parameters allows many variations (Menu „View“):
Attributive Data are essential for GIS Functionality; Mensor GIS allows (Menu „Data“):

Now to our tasks:

Import the GML 2 Data Set „SHPcityESRI2x.gml“ containing about 600 Cities around the World
  1. select Color „Red“ (Tool Bar)

  2. select P.Size „3“ (Tool Bar)

  3. Menu „File - Import - GML2“ -> select „SHPcityESRI2x.gml“


Visualize the Cities' (Points') Names
  1. Menu „Edit - Texts - Generate from Object Class“ -> Window „Create Text“:

  2. select Object Class „* City“

  3. select Attribute „NAME“

  4. select Color „Red“

  5. select Size „4“

  6. select Layer „1“

  7. press „Create Texts“

  8. close the Window (OK)


Set the Import/Export (Coordinates) System (for the next Import)
  1. Menu „Reference Systems - Import/Export System“ -> Window „Import/Export System“:

  2. select Type „projected“

  3. select Projection „GK(D)“ (Gauss-Krueger)

  4. type in Central Meridian „9“

  5. select Unit „Meter“

  6. select Datum „Bessel/DHDN“

  7. press „Save“


Import the Shape File „Lan.shp“ given in German GK Coordinates with Central Meridian 9 East
  1. select Color „Cyan“

  2. select Area Hatch „no Hatch“

  3. Menu „File - Import - ShapeFile“ -> select „Lan.shp“


Set Graphic Plot's Limits
  1. Menu „View - Limits - set“ -> Window „Set Limits“ is shown:

  2. type in new Limits (Degrees):

  3. press „Save“

  4. -> an Administratory District near Bremen (Germany) gets displayed


Set a Place Marker
  1. Menu „View - Place Marker - set“

  2. pick any place inside the cyan area -> InputBox „Definition“ is shown

  3. type in a Name for the Place Marker, e.g. „Admin“

  4. press the „OK“ Button to confirm


Import the Shape Files „hotels.shp“ and „camping.shp“ (Import Coordinate System still GK(D)/9East)
  1. select Color „Magenta“

  2. select P.Size „4“

  3. Menu „File - Import - ShapeFile“ -> select „hotels.shp“

  4. select Color „Green“

  5. select P.Size „4“

  6. Menu „File - Import - ShapeFile“ -> select „camping.shp“


Return to the Place Marker
  1. Menu „View - Place Marker - Zoom To“ -> Window „Set Limits“ is shown

  2. choose the Place Marker's Name you typed from the ComboBox

  3. -> the Limits get displayed

  4. press „Save“

  5. -> the Administratory District including hotels and camping Objects gets displayed

  6. -> but the camping Objects have bad Contrast


Change the Color of the Camping Objects to get better Contrast
  1. select Color „Yellow“ (Tool Bar)

  2. select Object Class „* camping“ (Tool Bar)

  3. Menu „Edit - Color - Color by Object Class“

  4. -> the Camping Objects get yellow



Remarks on Data Import and View Parameters:

Query Hotels in the Community „Butjadingen“
  1. Menu „Data - Query - by Attibute (attributive)“ -> Window „Attributive Query“ is shown:

  2. at first select Object Class „hotels“ (from clause)

  3. then select Attribute „NAME“ (select clause)

  4. for the WHERE clause:

  5. press the „Query“

  6. Highlighted Hotels (violett circles)

  7. press „Redraw“ to redraw the Highlights

  8. in Project's /bin/Debug Directory open „Select.html“ to see the Query's result

  9. close the Window (OK)

GeneralTutorial_AttibutiveQuery.jpg (19 kByte)


Change Attributes of an Object
  1. Menu „Data - Attributes - change“

  2. select a Community/Hotel/Camping Place -> Window „Attributes: Change“ is shown

  3. change an Attribute Value

  4. press „Save“ -> green „Save“ Button says that storage was done

  5. close the Window (OK)


View Schema as Tree View
  1. Menu „Data - Schema - Schema Tree View“ -> Window „Schema Tree View“ is shown

  2. expand an Object Class and select an Attribute Name

  3. Remark: for numeric Attribute Values you may enter lower and upper Limits


Save the Project Data Set in MensorGIS internal XML Format
  1. Menu „File - Save“ -> Window „MensorGIS Output“ is shown

  2. enter a Name (without Extension), e.g "ResultGeneralTutorial"

  3. -> in current Data Dictionary, in case of Standard Preferences \bin\Debug\Data, one Project Info and seven XML Files get created.

  4. Close the Project using Menu „File - New“ -> Answer Question with „Yes“

  5. -> empty new Project like after starting up

  6. You may reload the just saved Project using Menu „File - Open“



Remarks on Attributive Data:

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MensorGIS Version 1.1.1, 2012/03/29