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WireCAD Enterprise provides a world map tool. The Map Tool can be opened with the link on the Project Explorer under the Project Database section.

 

 

Concept

 

The Map tool within WireCAD can be used to associate your Locations table entries to specific GPS coordinates.

Once the Locations table entries have been associated with corresponding GPS coordinates we can automatically place:

•Location Markers

•Panel Markers

•Backbone Markers

 

Note that the Map Tool requires an internet connection. We are grateful to the folks at OpenStreetMaps for providing the map image data. The map images are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

 

Pseudo Procedure

The following is a rough procedure for automatically creating a grapic that shows all locations in the Locations table,

all SysNames in the Project Equipment List, and all Backbones in the Backbones grid.

 

1.Use the Map>Tools>ID GPS Location Coord tool to specifically associate your named locations to GPS coordinates.

2.Use the Map>Display>Location Markers tool to display all of the Locations in the Locations table that have GPS coordinates.

3.Use the Map>Display>Panel Markers tool to display all of the SysNames in the Project Equipment List that have Locations in the Locations table that have GPS coordinates.

4.Use the Map>Display>Backbone Markers tool to display a polyline representing the Backbone between location/panels that have Locations in the Locations table that have GPS coordinates.

Related Topics

Map Display tab

GPS Settings panel

 

Note: Although we are showing a real world location in these examples the data is completely fictitious. Any resemblance to any data living or dead is purely coincidental.