1. ProjectWise 101 – Chapter 10 ProjectWise Spatial
Gary Cochrane – Technical Director
Geospatial Sales – North America

2. ProjectWise Spatial A technology that adds…
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ProjectWise Spatial
A technology that adds…
Spatial context to the managed environment
Coordinate libraries
Map display
Spatial location of files and folders
Spatial scanning to extract locations
Spatial searching
Included with PW Integration Server
PW Geospatial still available at extra cost

3. Geospatial Content Management
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Geospatial Content Management
This is what we said we would do

4. Static Background Maps
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Static Background Maps
Sourced from MicroStation
Can be zoom/scale dependent

5. Spatial Display Options
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Spatial Display Options
Shaded ROI’s

6. Spatial Display Options
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Spatial Display Options
Centroid Pushpins

7. Spatial Display Options
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Spatial Display Options
Metadata-driven symbolization with legend control

8. Lab 1a Note Spatial categories in PW Administrator
Coordinate Systems, Symbologies, Background Maps, Spatial Metadata Scanners
Right-click on the datasource item> pwdemo
Choose Properties
Switch to Spatial tab
Note Background Map Publishing Engine option
Only available if Bentley Publisher, or GWP is purchased separately
Otherwise, Background maps must be pre-published with MicroStation from PW Administrator
Press OK to close dialog

9. Lab 1b From Toronto Open Windows Explorer, and browse to:
C:\PW-101 Class files\Geospatial\BackgroundMap
Double-click Toronto Overview Map, to open MicroStation
Choose Tools> Geographic> Select Geographic Coordinate System
Note Current Coordinate System Name> EPSG:2019
Close MicroStation

10. Lab 1c We need to add this coordinate system to ProjectWise
In PW Administrator, choose the Coordinate System category
Right-click, and choose> Add from Dictionary
Change Group to> Projected Defs from EPSG, area undetermined
Select> EPSG:2019, and press Add
Once the new item is added, right-click, choose Rename
Change the Alias to> Toronto-EPSG:2019

11. Lab 1d Background Maps Open PW Explorer, and log in as> adminpw
Create a new “top level” folder named> Background Maps
No Environment necessary
Underneath that folder, create another new folder
Named> Toronto
Open Windows Explorer, and browse to:
C:\PW-101 Class files\Geospatial\BackgroundMap

12. Lab 1e Import the Map files Return to PW Administrator
Drag/drop all files from:
C:\PW-101 Class files\Geospatial\BackgroundMap
Into the new PW folder
Return to PW Administrator
Select the Background Map category
Right-click, and choose> Create Background Map

13. Lab 1f

14. Lab 1g Enter parameters for the background map
Name> City of Toronto
Coordinate System, pick> EPSG:2019
Press> Add Layer
From the URL drop-down, choose> Add static CAD layer…

15. Lab 1h

16. Lab 1i Locate the Toronto Overview Map.DGN file Press Open
PW Admin now generates a DPR for this DGN
Note: MicroStation must be installed for this to function
Press OK to accept the default settings for this layer
You are now returned to the main dialog
Browse to choose a PW folder where the Map definition will be stored
Choose the same “Background Maps\Toronto” folder
Press Save

17. Lab 2a Background Map test Return to PW Explorer
Can we get a background map to publish?
Technically, it’s already published, we just need to view it…
Return to PW Explorer
Browse to Documents\Background Maps\Toronto
Note new document (XML) file named> City of Toronto
This is the background map definition file we just created

18. Lab 2b
From PW Explorer
Create a new (top level) folder named> Toronto
No Environment required
Close Preview pane
From PW Explorer menu, select: View> Preview Pane
This will toggle display to off
Change to Geospatial Tab
If not present, close and reopen PW Explorer
Did you notice it before?

19. Lab 2c VPR Viewer must install into PW Explorer
Choose> Yes, I accept the agreement
Press> OK
Background Map quickly displays
Because it is not being published in real-time, but was pre- published

20. Lab 2d Underneath Toronto, make another new folder
Name the new folder> Aerial Photos
No Environment required
Open windows Explorer, and browse to:
C:\PW-101 Class files\Geospatial\Images
Drag/Drop all files to new ProjectWise folder
Nothing shows up on Spatial (Map) view
Change to List tab
Files are visible

21. Lab 2e In order to display on background map…
Files must be scanned to extract their coordinates
Return to PW Administrator
Drill down to category> Spatial Metadata Scanners
Review each of the three items (right-click> Properties)
Files associated with Applications listed in one of the categories will be processed by the respective scanner
If a file is not associated with one of those applications, it will not be scanned

22. Lab 2f Spatial Metadata Scanning
Question: To what application are our aerial photos (iTiff files) associated?
Answer = none
First: Fix the problem so it won’t happen again
In PW Administrator, select the category> Applications
Open Properties for the application> Images
Add itiff as an extension (do not include the dot “.”)
Make sure you hit> Add
Close the Application Properties

23. Lab 2g Now fix the files (from PW Explorer)
You could delete, and re-import them all
Or you can select them all, choose Modify, and change the Application to> Images
One last configuration item
In order to store spatial locations…
The user running the scan must be designated as a “Geospatial Administrator”

24. Lab 2h Return to PW Administrator Drill down to users
Right-click adminpw, and choose Properties
Change to the Spatial tab
Verify that this user is a Spatial Administrator
By default, adminpw *can* store geospatial locations
What about users 1-6?
Since they are considered Project Managers, enable the Geospatial Administrator option for Users 1 & 2
In V8i-SS2, it appears that all users have this property disabled by default

25. Lab 2i Close PW Explorer, and re-open Log in as User1
Browse to> Toronto\Aerial Photos
Switch to the Geospatial tab
From the Tools pull-down menu, choose
Scan Spatial Locations…
Introductory screen:
Choose> Next

26. Lab 2j Spatial Location Scan – continued Files and Folders:
Add the Toronto/Aerial Photos folder
Press> Next
Folder Settings
There are no subfolders
We don’t need to limit the list of files
So Press> Next

27. Lab 2k Spatial Location Scan – continued Location options
Accept the default> Extract Location Only
Choose the Toronto coordinate system
Press> Next
Logging Options
Enter Log file name> Press Browse button
Select Desktop, then press Save button
Note default file name> scanspatial.csv
Press> Start Scan
Press OK to close the Summary dialog

28. Lab 2m Spatial Location Scan – results Press Exit to close the wizard
You should see polygons on the map representing files
On the Map control bar…
Map should have automatically zoomed in to fit all geometries
If not, then Press> Fit to All Geometries
The map zooms to the extents of the polygons

29. Lab 3a Spatial Folder Properties
At this point, since we have only 1 BG map, it shows up for every folder
Yet it has not been explicitly assigned to any folder
Choose another folder, such as Test1, or Test2
You should still see Toronto
Choose Toronto/Aerial Photos again
And open the Folder Properties dialog
Then change to the Spatial tab

30. Lab 3b Spatial Folder Properties – continued Current folder settings:
Spatial Location> None
Background Map> Use Parent Map
Change settings as follows:
Spatial Location> Custom
Coordinate System> Toronto-EPSG:2010
Background Map> City of Toronto
Press OK
You should get an error> “Please, add a geometry”

31. Lab 3c Spatial location for the folder determines:
The extents of the folder for displaying in the parent folder
Press OK to dismiss the error dialog
Press the Calculate button
This folder’s coordinates will be calculated from the aggregate extents of all the files in the folder
Press OK to close the Folder Properties

32. Lab 3d Now go up one folder to> Toronto
There are no files in this folder, but there is one subfolder
Why doesn’t a polygon display indicating the subfolder?
From the PW pull-down menus, choose:
View> Geometry Display> Show Subfolders
The subfolder should now display as a polygon
To save this setting for next time, choose:
View> Save Spatial Settings

33. Lab 3e Create a new folder underneath Toronto
Name the new folder> East York
No Environment required
If not already there, change to the Map view
The new folder has no geospatial location
Open Properties for the folder
Change to the Spatial tab
Change Spatial Location
From None, to> Custom
Set coordinate system to> Toronto

34. Lab 3f Define the geospatial location for the folder Press Edit
Draw a polygon to designate the folder’s location
Right-click to finish the polygon
Press OK to close the edit dialog
Press OK to close the Folder Properties dialog
Change back to the Toronto folder
The new folder should now display as a polygon
Pause the cursor over the folder to view the Tool Tip

35. Lab 3g Folder navigation from the Map view From the Toronto folder
Double-click the original Polygon (representing the Aerial Photos folder)
Note: You have been navigated to that folder
And the aerial photo “tiles” now display

36. Lab 4a Map view functionality
Select a file, right-click, and note options
Same as you would get from the list view
Select several files
User <CTRL><Click> to choose multiples
Switch to List view
Same files are highlighted
Right-click, choose> Check Out
Switch back to Map view

37. Lab 4b Multiple files (continued) Pick at the corner of 4 files
Popup menu appears showing all 4 files
Choose> Select All
Then choose> Done
Right-click, choose Export
The Export Wizard appears
Note: Export is used to send files to someone outside of the organization. In other words someone who can’t log in and check the files out for themselves

38. Lab 4c Export Wizard Welcome Screen Export Settings
Choose Next
Export Settings
Enter Export Folder> c:\contractor1
Select “Export”, not “Send to Folder”
Files are transferred
Choose Finish when done
Switch to List view
Files show as exported

39. Lab 4d Geospatial Views From the PW pull-down menu, choose:
View> Manage Spatial View
Our mission:
To re-symbolize the Map view based on status
Green> for available files
Red> for checked out files
Blue> for exported files

40. Spatial Views

41. Lab 4e Geospatial View definition View Name> Status
Attribute Type field is now active
Set Attribute type to> System
Set Attribute to> Status
Available Value list is now populated with:
Checked in, Checked Out, Coming In, Exported, Final, & Going Out

42. Lab 4f Choose> Checked In, Checked Out, & Exported
Press the “right arrow” icon to move these to the right column (Group)
In the right column, choose> Checked In
Then press Edit (or double-click)
Set parameters as follows, then press OK:
Color> black
Fill Color> green
Fill Color Transparency> 50%

43. Lab 4g Checked Out files: Exported files:
Set parameters as follows, then press OK:
Color> black
Fill Color> red
Fill Color Transparency> 50%
Exported files:
Fill Color> blue

44. Lab 4h Press OK when finished with the Spatial view definition
Switch back to the Map View
Activate the new Geospatial View
Choose from pick-list in PW Explorer

45. Lab 4i Symbology Legend From the pull-down menu, choose
View> Show Symbology Legend
Symbology Legend appears at the bottom
Note: Symbology legend is “clickable”
Picking an item in the legend will select all files of that type/status
To keep settings for next session
Choose: View> Save Spatial Settings

46. Lab 4j
Undo the Export
Assume external contractor has modified the files
And we now need to re-import them
From the Symbology Legend
Choose> Exported
Right-click (over the highlighted files)
Choose> Import
Files are re-imported, and status changes to Green
(C:\contractor1 folder is emptied)

47. Lab 4k
Repeat the process to Free checked out files

48. Lab 5 – Enhancing the BG Map
PW Spatial supports multi-layered background maps
Such that layers are turned on/off based on map zoom scale
Layers must be separate files, not levels within CAD file
Typical of GIS applications
Return to PW Administrator to start this exercise
Drill down to Background Map category
Right-click City of Toronto, then choose> Edit Map Definition

49. Lab 5a From Map Settings dialog Choose> Add Layer
Choose URL drop-down, then choose>
Add static CAD layer
Choose Toronto Text Map, and press> Open
File is now pre-published to DPR
On the Edit Map layer dialog, set
Minimum scale> 22,000
Maximum scale> 0
Press OK

50. Lab 5b From Map Settings dialog Choose> Add Layer
Choose URL drop-down, then choose>
Add static CAD layer
Choose Toronto Hydrology Map, and press> Open
File is now pre-published to DPR
On the Edit Map layer dialog, set
Minimum scale> 0
Maximum scale> 41,000
Press OK

51. Lab 5c From Map Settings dialog Choose> Add Layer
Choose URL drop-down, then choose>
Add static CAD layer
Choose Toronto Tertiary Streets, and press> Open
File is now pre-published to DPR
On the Edit Map layer dialog, set
Minimum scale> 0
Maximum scale> 12,000
Press OK

52. Lab 5d Map now has 4 layers Close/Reopen ProjectWise Explorer
Press Save to close the dialog
Text layer will turn off as you zoom in
Hydrology layer will turn on as you zoom in
Street layer will turn on as you zoom in
Close/Reopen ProjectWise Explorer
Choose Test1 folder, select Spatial tab
Note Text labels

53. Lab 5e Map is interactive, and can be zoomed on- demand
Choose Zoom-in tool, zoom once
No change
Zoom again
Hydro features appear
Text labels disappear
Tertiary streets appear
Reset

54. Lab 6 – PW Spatial Searches
In addition to attribute searches, and full text searches
PW provides spatial searches
Under Toronto folder…
Create sub-folder named> Demo
No Environment necessary
From Windows Explorer, drag/drop
From> C:\PW-101 Class files\Geospatial\Demo
To> Documents/Toronto/Demo

55. Lab 6a We need to spatially locate the new file
Could use Scan Spatial Location
But since it’s only a single file…
Right-click Demo.dgn, choose Properties
Change to Spatial tab
Set Spatial Location source to> Custom
Set Coordinate System to> Toronto
Press Extract Extent button
Press Save, and close Properties dialog

56. Lab 6b Open MicroStation Double-click demo.dgn
Place small MicroStation fence in western corner of city
Choose File> Raster Manager
Choose> Attach
Choose Search icon
Set Criterion Type> Spatial
Set Property> Spatial Location
Value> Press browse
Note MicroStation fence usage enabled
Press OK
Press Add Criteria

57. Lab 6c Search Builder dialog appears Set Criterion Type> Spatial
Set Property> Spatial Location
Value> Press browse
Note MicroStation fence usage enabled
Press OK
Press Add Criteria

58. Review Topics covered in this Chapter Map View functionality
Folder location
File location / Spatial Location Scan
Re-symbolization / Thematic views
Export/Import
A PW core function, not really related to Spatial Extension