Autodesk MAPGUIDE ENTERPRISE User manual

Autodesk
MapGuide® Enterprise
The fastest way to the web.

Select the Best Fit
• MapGuide Open Source delivers a low-
cost tool to help you quickly develop and
deploy web mapping applications. You
benefit from rapid release cycles and the
innovation and collaboration of hundreds
of software developers. MapGuide Open
Source is available at mapguide.osgeo.
org where the Open Source Geospatial
Foundation™ (OSGeo) hosts this
important and award-winning project.
• Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise is the
proprietary version of MapGuide Open
Source. Autodesk subjects the software
to commercial-grade quality assurance
testing and includes formal, dedicated
support. Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise
benefits from open-source innovation
and adds the security and strength of
Autodesk’s reputation for stable, high-
quality software.
Web mapping professionals demand faster innovation, more
flexible development tools, and lower costs. From developing
and designing web-based geographical information system
(GIS) applications to accessing geospatial and engineering
data, Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise helps team members
make better decisions faster.
Simplicity, Speed, Freedom
Autodesk MapGuide®Software
Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise helps to maximize
the value of your spatial information while reducing
the cost of circulating it to customers and colleagues
alike. Based on MapGuide Open Source, an active
open-source project, Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise
builds on the rapid innovation of a large community
of developers and oers formal quality assurance
as well.
Easy to Use
Developers use Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise to
publish geospatial data and applications internally,
over the web, or with DWF™ format for oine and
mobile portability. These applications give your
team and your customers a faster and easier way to
view and query crucial spatial information.
Easy for End Users
Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise delivers attractive,
Web .–style interactive maps that give users an
intuitive and helpful way to understand and analyze
spatial information. The software supports Internet
Explorer®
, Firefox® , Safari™, and Google™ Chrome
web browsers and oers fast performance and a
straightforward, easy-to-learn interface.
Easy Installation and Deployment
IT administrators appreciate the bundled Apache
web server, PHP, and Java®components that are
included with Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise.
The system automatically configures the web and
application servers regardless of programming
environment (.NET, PHP, Java) or web server
(Internet Information Services or Apache).
The Linux®edition of Autodesk MapGuide
Enterprise includes a precompiled RPM package
manager to help you get up and running quickly.
The single integrated installer for both the
Windows®and Linux versions makes the setup
and deployment of Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise
as easy as inserting a CD and clicking Install.
Easy, Flexible Application Development
Choose your development platform (.NET, PHP,
Java) and enjoy a powerful API (application
programming interface) consistent across all three
platforms. The Feature Data Objects (FDO) API
includes more than 150 classes exposing over
1,200 methods for publishing sophisticated GIS
applications, helping developers avoid distracting
data challenges.
Simple Authoring and Web Design
Autodesk MapGuide®Studio software, the
authoring tool built for Autodesk MapGuide
Enterprise and MapGuide Open Source, helps
you manage every aspect of preparing maps and
geospatial data for your web application. Create
your application with an intuitive interface, preview
it as you build, upload data files, connect to
databases, and stylize maps—all from the web.
Flexible Web Layout Templates and application
widgets accelerate the development of web
mapping applications created with Autodesk
MapGuide Enterprise. Since design and
development tasks are separated, both nonspatial
web designers and application developers can
quickly build rich web mapping sites. With
access to a growing number of widgets and web
templates, designers can focus on site aesthetics
without writing much code. And developers can
freely focus on building powerful interactive AJAX
(asynchronous JavaScript®and XML) applications.
Flexible Layout Template
design showing a map with
capital cities, created using
raster digital elevation map
and vector data from SDF
and Oracle.

Speed the design and development of your mapping sites with the new Flexible Layout Templates and drag-and-drop
application widgets available with Autodesk MapGuide Studio.
Work Seamlessly with Multiple Data Types
FDO Data Access Technology is at the heart
of Autodesk Geospatial Solutions. A feature of
Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise, AutoCAD®
Map D, and Autodesk®Topobase™ software
products, FDO Data Access Technology increases
productivity by helping developers work on a
variety of spatial and non-spatial databases and files
without translation or data loss. Professionals can
easily access, manage, edit, and share data stored in
their GIS and make new map and design work ready
for web publishing as soon as it is created.
In partnership with OSGeo, Autodesk released
FDO as an open source project to take advantage
of developer support and the great variety of
data types. As they can with MapGuide Open
Source, developers all over the world can tap into
this powerful technology and make their own
contributions. In addition to Autodesk’s tested and
certied FDO data providers, this active community
has built many data providers that are used by
organizations worldwide.
Easily Move Data from Desktop to Web
AutoCAD Map D is a leading engineering GIS
platform, built to integrate GIS and computer-
aided design technology and help users create,
edit, and manage geospatial data. AutoCAD Raster
Design is a proven tool for raster data editing,
manipulation, and analysis. When combined
with Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise, these
products deliver a powerful solution to move your
organization smoothly from initial design and
mapping to web deployment. You can also publish
any work completed in AutoCAD Map D and
AutoCAD Raster Design directly with Autodesk
MapGuide Enterprise.
Integrate, Analyze, Distribute
With Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise, organizations
can easily access data from AutoCAD®, AutoCAD
Map D, AutoCAD Raster Design, AutoCAD®Civil
D®, and Autodesk®Topobase™ software as well as
from popular GIS sources such as Oracle®Spatial,
Microsoft®SQL Server®, MySQL databases,
ESRI®geodatabase, ArcSDE®, SHP, and popular
raster formats.
The software also supports the Open Geospatial
Consortium (OGC) Web Mapping Services (WMS)
and Web Feature Services (WFS). And because
Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise supports multiple
web browsers, organizations can use it to distribute
data and spatial functionality to a large number of
applications and people.
Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise oers a mapping
component to enterprise systems, such as customer
relationship management and enterprise resource
planning applications. Direct integration with
Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise delivers valuable
spatial data and analysis over the web, while reducing
distribution costs. Enjoy a more ecient workflow,
as well as improved communication among internal
teams, mobile field force, and customers.
Information Anytime, Anywhere
business applications from vendors such as Oracle
and SAP gives developers more flexibility. The
systems interact seamlessly, often without the
need to generate and view a map. For example,
the software validates location information
automatically before committing data to the
enterprise database, helping to streamline your
organization’s workflow and reduce operational
costs. With its ability to integrate data from a
variety of sources and business systems, Autodesk
MapGuide Enterprise acts as a simple yet powerful
infrastructure intelligence tool that delivers
improved decision support to users across
the organization.

We wanted a solution that would allow us to
use the data in AutoCAD Map D and would be
compatible with ESRI data. Autodesk MapGuide
Enterprise was the ideal solution, since it responded
to both criteria, and oered the possibility of
sharing information over our intranet at an
aordable price. In three hours, the map was online
and accessible to everyone. With one server license
and an unlimited number of users, the deployment
was easy and implemented at minimal cost.
—Jean-Marie Prévost
Manager of Technical Research
City of Moissy-Cramayel, France
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