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Introduction

Geocap has a very customable interfaceThe interface in Geocap is easy to customize. The user may even program a new interface and develop new functionality.

The concept of commands and schemas are key elements of understanding and operating Geocap. We will explain these concepts in this section.

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We will also go through how to navigate in Geocap.

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Exercises

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Open the

Atlantis (Mini)

Course B1 project

  1. Click File > Open > Project and browse to the location of the Atlantis_Mini Course B1 project.
  2. Select the Atlantis_MiniCourse B1.db file and click Open. A window similar to the one below will appear.

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Display data

Display the various datasets in the project

  1. Locate a the grid dataset (structured points or seabed) e.g. Grids/atlantis 01_Cultural/Etopo grids/ETOPO2
  2. Right click the dataset and select Zoom to Data. This will make the display window center the graphics window around the dataset.
  3. Right click the dataset again and try a display command e.g. Display
  4. Click Image Added on the main toolbar
  5. Right click the dataset again and try another display command e.g, Map Data , Map sea or Map land.orLOD Grid Display
  6. Display some of the lines e.g. lines found under Coastlines the coastline found under 01_Cultural/Coast/EtopoCoastline by right-clicking and selecting the command Display
  7. Check, and uncheck the checkboxes to the left of the displayed items and observe that this toggles displayed objects on/off. You can also check and uncheck the folders containing displayed items.
  8. Items can also be displayed double clicking on one of the commands in the Toolbox (Item, Schema and Shared commands) 

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Change the default display for seabed surfaces

The seabed surfaces has a default command "Map sea" or something similar.

  1. Click Image Added on the toolbar to clear your screen.
  2. Select a grid in your project. e.g.Grid/atlantis01_Cultural/Etopo grids/ETOPO2.
  3. In the Toolbox right-click another command (i.e LOD Grid Display) and select Set as default command
  4. Tick the checkbox next to the dataset in the project and notice that the new command is executed.

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Create a new command for custom display of limit lines.

  1. Click on one of the datasets in the EtopoCoastline in the Coastline 01_Cultural/Coast folder
  2. RightIn the Toolbox right-click the Display command under Schema commands in the Toolbox and select Copy
  3. Right-click Schema commands in the Toolbox, select Paste and observe that a copy of the selected command called Display-1 will appear in the schema command list.
  4. Right-click the new command in the command list, and select Rename
  5. Name the command Display Thick Yellow
  6. Right-click the command and select Edit. The settings dialog for the selected command will appear
  7. Set Line width to 6
  8. Check the User defined color box and click the Palette button.
  9. Select a yellow color and click OK
  10. Click OK to close the Display Thick Yellow settings dialog.
  11. Right-click the same data set, and observe that our new command is present in the right-click menu. This is because the Pin checkbox next to the Display Thick Yellow command in the Toolbox is checked.
  12. Un-check the Pin checkbox next to the Display Thick Yellow command in the Toolbox.
  13. Right-click the same dataset again, and observe that our new command is not present in the right-click menu.
  14. Execute the command by double clicking Display Thick Yellow in the Toolbox.  Observe that the line is displayed in yellow.
  15. Check the Pin check box next to the Display Thick Yellow command in the Toolbox again.  Now right click a different dataset with the same schema (Poly Data) and observe that the new command can be executed on this right-click menu as well.

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Display onto the Sticky Surface

  1. Display the Seabed Surface under Grids\atlantis ETOPO2 grid under 01_Cultural\Etopo grids
  2. Right-click on Grids\atlantis ETOPO2  and select Set as sticky surface
  3. Select a line, e.g. Sediment Data\Navigation\ATL-99-1 the folder 07_Navigation/Survey3 in your project.
  4. In the Toolbox under Commands > Schema Commands right-click and select Edit on the Display command.
  5. Check the Glue to Sticky Surface and press Execute to display the line on the surface.
  6. Uncheck the Glue to Sticky Surface and press Execute again and observe the difference.

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