http://www.microimages.com/announce/index.htm Latest News and Updates from MicroImages http://www.microimages.com/announce <p> <table class="td0"> <tr> <td> <p class="a10">16 March 2010 <br /><b></b></p> <div style="float: left"> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/TechGuides/76tilesetStereo1.pdf"> <img src="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/TechGuides/thumbnails/76tilesetStereo1.gif" border="0" width="90" height="116"></a> </div> <p class="a10"> MicroImages provides free access via the Internet to 1-meter color orthoimagery of the conterminous United States. Your TNT product can use this 2008 or new 2009 color USDA / NAIP imagery to view any land area in stereo using your stereo viewing device. </p> <p class="a10"> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/TechGuides/76tilesetStereo1.pdf"> <img height="18" src="http://www.microimages.com/gif/icons/pdftiny.gif" width="18" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/TechGuides/76tilesetStereo1.pdf"><b>Tilesets: 1-meter Stereo of any USA Terrain</b></a><b> ...</b> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </p> 16 March 2010 http://www.microimages.com/announce <p> <table class="a10"> <tr> <td> <p class="a10">10 March 2010 <br /><b></b></p> <div style="float: left"> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/TechGuides/76QueryinLayrMgr.pdf"> <img src="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/TechGuides/thumbnails/76QueryinLayrMgr.gif" border="0" width="90" height="116"></a> </div> <p class="a10"> The interactive Query Builder is available in all TNT processes that use a Layer Manager, which includes all processes with a View window. You can select elements by query for direct use in a process or use the selected elements to create a region that you then use to define the processing area. For example, you can select lines and create a buffer zone region or convert selected polygons into a region. </p> <p class="a10"> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/TechGuides/76QueryinLayrMgr.pdf"> <img height="18" src="http://www.microimages.com/gif/icons/pdftiny.gif" width="18" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/TechGuides/76QueryinLayrMgr.pdf"><b>System: Query Builder with Layer Manager</b></a><b> ...</b> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </p> 10 March 2010 http://www.microimages.com/announce <p> <table class="a10"> <tr> <td> <p class="a10">5 March 2010 <br /><b></b></p> <div style="float: left"> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/TechGuides/76UsingQB.pdf"> <img src="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/TechGuides/thumbnails/76UsingQB.gif" border="0" width="90" height="116"></a> </div> <p class="a10"> You can open the Interactive Query Builder from the right mouse button menu (RMBM) at the object level or at any element level.<br /><br /> Choosing Mark by Query at the object level:<br /> - does not require layer expansion<br /> - automatically selects element type if only one has attributes<br /> - prompts for element type if multiple types have attributes<br /><br /> Choosing Mark by Query at the element level:<br /> - uses the database for that element type<br /> </p> <p class="a10"> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/TechGuides/76UsingQB.pdf"> <img height="18" src="http://www.microimages.com/gif/icons/pdftiny.gif" width="18" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/TechGuides/76UsingQB.pdf"><b>Spatial Display: Using the Interactive Query Builder</b></a><b> ...</b> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </p> 5 March 2010 http://www.microimages.com/announce <p> <table class="a10"> <tr> <td> <p class="a10">2 March 2010 <br /><b></b></p> <div style="float: left"> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/TechGuides/76NQueryMark.pdf"> <img src="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/TechGuides/thumbnails/76NQueryMark.gif" border="0" width="90" height="116"></a> </div> <p class="a10"> Point, line, or polygon elements in a geometric layer can be marked, or selected, in a TNT display by applying a query that evaluates their attributes. The Mark by Query window provides an intuitive interface to design a query and apply it. When this window is used, the expression can be interactively constructed and checked for correct syntax as the query is built. </p> <p class="a10"> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/TechGuides/76NQueryMark.pdf"> <img height="18" src="http://www.microimages.com/gif/icons/pdftiny.gif" width="18" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/TechGuides/76NQueryMark.pdf"><b>Spatial Display: Interactive Query Builder</b></a><b> ...</b> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </p> 2 March 2010 http://www.microimages.com/announce <p> <table class="a10"> <tr> <td> <p class="a10">26 February 2010 <br /><b></b></p> <div style="float: left"> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/TechGuides/76SelectOutputObj.pdf"> <img src="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/TechGuides/thumbnails/76SelectOutputObj.gif" border="0" width="90" height="116"></a> </div> <p class="a10"> TNT processes may create single or multiple objects in one or more Project Files or one or more files in supported external formats. To create an output object:<br /> <br />* Create new folder if desired <br />* Choose file (new or existing) <br />* Add descriptions to files/objects <br />* Accept default or provide object name <br />* Start the process </p> <p class="a10"> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/TechGuides/76SelectOutputObj.pdf"> <img height="18" src="http://www.microimages.com/gif/icons/pdftiny.gif" width="18" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/TechGuides/76SelectOutputObj.pdf"><b>System: Create Output Files and Objects</b></a><b> ...</b> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </p> 26 February 2010 http://www.microimages.com/announce <p> <table class="a10"> <tr> <td> <p class="a10">23 February 2010 <br /><b></b></p> <div style="float: left"> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/TechGuides/76NewObjectSelect.pdf"> <img src="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/TechGuides/thumbnails/76NewObjectSelect.gif" border="0" width="90" height="116"></a> </div> <p class="a10"> Version 2010 of the TNT products utilizes a new file and object selection interface based on that used for Windows 7 and Vista. This new Browse tabbed panel in the Select Objects window lets you navigate quickly to any directory level and choose objects for display or processing. You can now also select Tileset Description (*.tsd) files and directories containing tilesets in processes where they are appropriate. File selection in earlier versions allowed movement up or down in the file hierarchy relative to the current location only. The new approach lets you move up or down from any level of the path. The selection window automatically provides the paths for your most recent file/object selections, and you can also create a list of favorite folders to select folders/files/objects from. </p> <p class="a10"> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/TechGuides/76NewObjectSelect.pdf"> <img height="18" src="http://www.microimages.com/gif/icons/pdftiny.gif" width="18" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/TechGuides/76NewObjectSelect.pdf"><b>System: Select Objects for Use</b></a><b> ...</b> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </p> 23 February 2010 http://www.microimages.com/announce <p> <table class="a10"> <tr> <td> <p class="a10">18 February 2010 <br /><b></b></p> <div style="float: left"> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/cplates/76googleBingBox.pdf"> <img src="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/thumbs/76googleBingBox.gif" border="0" width="90" height="116"></a> </div> <p class="a10"> MicroImages has used publicly-available imagery to create a Google Maps and Bing Maps global tileset using the tileset creation, management, and publication features available in every TNTmips. This global 10-meter coverage is a single hierarchical tileset of ~60,500,000 files in ~13,700 directories. Each file is a 256 by 256-pixel JPEG or PNG image tile. This tileset spans 2 external hard drives interfaced to microimages.com using an inexpensive eSATA external drive carrier. </p> <p class="a10"> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/cplates/76googleBingBox.pdf"> <img height="18" src="http://www.microimages.com/gif/icons/pdftiny.gif" width="18" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/cplates/76googleBingBox.pdf"><b>Tilesets: Google and Bing Maps in a "Box"</b></a><b> ...</b> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </p> 18 February 2010 http://www.microimages.com/announce <p> <table class="a10"> <tr> <td> <p class="a10">12 February 2010 <br /><b></b></p> <div style="float: left"> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/cplates/76scriptMashup.pdf"> <img src="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/thumbs/76scriptMashup.gif" border="0" width="90" height="116"></a> </div> <p class="a10"> MicroImages has prepared a demonstration of an automated, regularly-scheduled geomashup application that downloads updated geospatial data from the Internet, processes and combines the data with other geospatial data, and posts the result on a web page for viewing in the Google Earth browser plug-in (see the Technical Guide entitled <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/TechGuides/76PubCaNvQuakes.pdf">Geomedia Publishing: Today's Earthquakes in California and Nevada</a>). The key component of this application is a custom processing script written in the TNT Geospatial Scripting Language (SML) that is run hourly by the TNTmips Pro Job Processing System. </p> <p class="a10"> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/cplates/76scriptMashup.pdf"> <img height="18" src="http://www.microimages.com/gif/icons/pdftiny.gif" width="18" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/cplates/76scriptMashup.pdf"><b>Sample Script: Building Dynamic Web Geomashups</b></a><b> ...</b> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </p> 12 February 2010 http://www.microimages.com/announce <p> <table class="a10"> <tr> <td> <p class="a10">8 February 2010 <br /><b></b></p> <div style="float: left"> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/cplates/76googleEarthStruc.pdf"> <img src="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/thumbs/76googleEarthStruc.gif" border="0" width="90" height="116"></a> </div> <p class="a10"> You can convert very large images or image collections into tilesets for use in Google Earth using the Auto Mosaic and Export to Tilesets processes in TNTmips. A Google Earth tileset created in these processes conforms to the Super-Overlay structure, Google's term for a tiled, multi-resolution image that provides the most efficient and responsive 3D perspective viewing of your very large images in Google Earth. </p> <p class="a10"> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/cplates/76googleEarthStruc.pdf"> <img height="18" src="http://www.microimages.com/gif/icons/pdftiny.gif" width="18" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/cplates/76googleEarthStruc.pdf"><b>Tilesets: Google Earth Structure</b></a><b> ...</b> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </p> 8 February 2010 http://www.microimages.com/announce <p> <table class="a10"> <tr> <td> <p class="a10">3 February 2010 <br /><b></b></p> <div style="float: left"> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/cplates/76globalImg.pdf"> <img src="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/thumbs/76globalImg.gif" border="0" width="90" height="116"></a> </div> <p class="a10"> MicroImages has used publicly available imagery to create a Google Maps and Bing Maps global tileset using the tileset creation, management, and publication features available in every TNTmips. Any user of TNTmips with Internet access can directly select and view this global image coverage as a reference layer in TNTmips at any resolution and scale approaching 10 meters at the equator. It can also be directly viewed as an overlay with adjustable transparency in your browser in Google Maps or Bing Maps. </p> <p class="a10"> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/cplates/76globalImg.pdf"> <img height="18" src="http://www.microimages.com/gif/icons/pdftiny.gif" width="18" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.microimages.com/documentation/cplates/76globalImg.pdf"><b>Spatial Display: ~10-meter Global Image Coverage</b></a><b> ...</b> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </p> 3 February 2010