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3 May 2012
Add Bing Maps Image and/or Roads      TNT 2011

   

A new Quick Guide has been posted showing how you can directly add the Microsoft Bing Maps reference layer to your TNTmips view selecting from aerial, roads, or combined styles.
What Adding Microsoft's Bing Maps to View Gives You
- Provides detailed global image and / or road reference themes
- Add to any view using any CRS and any zoom level
- Use as reference layer in the Editor to create or update elements

Add Bing Maps Image and/or Roads ...

27 April 2012
Learning Geospatial Analysis On Your Own      TNT 2012

67 tutorial booklets with step-by-step procedures are available. These 12- to 72-page PDF booklets are available for download and are installed for direct access as part of your TNT product. This is a total of approximately 1800 color pages exceeding the materials in at least two textbooks.

Learning Geospatial Analysis On Your Own ...

18 April 2012
Geomedia Publishing: Use Legend to Query Elements by Style      TNT 2012

When you create a geomashup with KML overlays, you can choose to include a legend for any KML layers that have points, lines, or polygons with different styles based on their attributes. Each legend entry has a checkbox that can be used to show or hide all of the map elements in that category independently from the other element categories. You can therefore use these legend controls to peform simple interactive queries by showing only map elements with particular attribute-based styles. This selectivity allows you to examine the spatial distribution of selected map features independently and to compare those distributions to map data in other layers.

Geomedia Publishing: Use Legend to Query Elements by Style ...

11 April 2012
Tilesets: Scaling Map Elements for Geometric Structures      TNT 2012

A geometric tileset can be used on a website to present styled map data in Google Maps for any size area. Successive Google Maps zoom levels differ in map scale by a factor of 2, so a geometric tileset may present map data over a very large range of map scales. Careful design is required to set the display styles in the TNT vector object you plan to convert into a geometric tileset so that the tileset's graphic elements are appropriately styled over its full range of map scales.

Tilesets: Scaling Map Elements for Geometric Structures ...

6 April 2012
Tilesets: Styling Map Elements for Geometric Structures      TNT 2012

MicroImages' KML and SVG geometric tilesets are tiled structures that are created by TNTmips to present map data in a web browser in styled geometric form for any size area over a range of Google Maps zoom levels. The Export Geometric Tileset process, which creates these tilesets, renders geometric elements from a source vector object into KML or SVG tiles using the display style settings stored with that source object. The tiles for each zoom level are independently rendered directly from the source vector object at the map scale corresponding to that Google Maps zoom level.

Tilesets: Styling Map Elements for Geometric Structures ...

3 April 2012
Geomedia Publishing: Legends for Geomashup KML Layers      TNT 2012

Google Maps geomashups that you create in the Assemble Geomashup process in TNTmips can include KML overlays that you have created from a TNT vector object. When you create a geomashup with KML overlays, you can choose to include a legend for any KML layer or layers that have map elements (points, lines, or polygons) with different styles based on their attributes. The resulting legend is part of the geomashup layer controls and shows a style sample for each unique category as well as the corresponding attribute value.

Geomedia Publishing: Legends for Geomashup KML Layers ...

28 March 2012
Geomedia Publishing: DataTip Design for Google Maps/Earth Info Windows      TNT 2012

When you render a TNT vector object to a KML file or KML geometric tileset, the attribute information you have set up for the DataTip for the vector elements is automatically transferred to each corresponding KML map feature. When the KML data is used as an overlay in Google Maps or Google Earth, this attribute information is shown in Google's info window by left-clicking on a map feature. You can vary the design of the DataTip in the source vector object to control the way in which the attribute information is shown in Google's info window.

Geomedia Publishing: DataTip Design for Google Maps/Earth Info Windows ...

21 March 2012
Tilesets: Export Geometric Structures      TNT 2012

The Export Geometric Tileset process in TNTmips Pro (Tileset / Export Geometric) converts a styled vector object into a geometric tileset with your choice of either the SVG geometric or KML geometric tileset structure. These tiled structures allow you to present styled geometric data on the web for any size area and at different resolutions over a range of zoom levels. (See the Tileset Technical Guides entitled SVG Geometric Structure and Geometric KML Structure for descriptions and illustrations of these products.) Modern web browsers support the display of the geometric data in these tilesets and automatically apply enhancements such as antialiasing to provide a high-quality rendering of your map data.

Tilesets: Export Geometric Structures ...

15 March 2012
Tilesets: Geometric KML Structure      TNT 2012

MicroImages' KML geometric tilesets allow you to present large vector map data on the web in Google Maps and in 3D in the Google Earth browser plug-in. KML geometric tilesets use a tiled form of the Google Earth KML file format to store vector graphics and associated attribute information that can be presented on the web at different resolutions over a range of zoom levels. Because of this tiled, multiresolution structure, only a few tiles with a limited number of elements are needed for any particular view, allowing this limited data to be processed and rendered efficiently by the web browser.

                          Tilesets: Geometric KML Structure ...

7 March 2012
Tilesets: SVG Geometric Structure      TNT 2012

   

MicroImages' SVG geometric tilesets are an attractive and efficient form for presenting styled vector map data on the web in Google Maps. SVG geometric tilesets use a tiled, multi-resolution form of the SVG file format for web vector graphics. You can use the Export Geometric Tileset process in TNTmips to render your styled vector points, lines, polygons, and text labels to SVG geometric tilesets that can be used in Google Maps geomashups along with standard (raster) web tilesets and KML geometric tilesets.

                          Tilesets: SVG Geometric Structure ...

29 February 2012
Geomedia Publishing: Adding Custom Web Layers to Geomashups      TNT 2012

   

The Assemble Geomashup process allows you to mash up tilesets and KML files that are already posted on the World Wide Web. You can use the Add Remote Tileset or Add Remote KML icon buttons to open a selection dialog for this purpose. This Technical Guide describes procedures for quickly specifying the full web URL for your custom web layers so they can be added to the geomashup.

Geomedia Publishing: Adding Custom Web Layers to Geomashups ...

22 February 2012
Tutorial: Vector Analysis Operations      TNT 2012

   

Updated tutorial ... The Vector Analysis Operations booklet was updated to reflect the current features of TNTmips 2012.

Tutorial: Vector Analysis Operations ...

17 February 2012
Add 3D Geometric Elements in Editor      TNT 2011

   

A new Quick Guide has been posted showing how you can add 3D geometric elements in the Editor.
What Adding 3D Geometric Elements in Editor Gives You
- Select a surface layer to provide Z coordinates
- Automatically display Z values when drawing an element
- Edit the Z values if necessary

Add 3D Geometric Elements in Editor ...

1 February 2012
Geomedia Publishing: Using KML Overlays in Geomashups      TNT 2012

   

The available web mapping platforms (APIs: Google Maps, Google Earth browser plugin, Bing Maps, and Open Layers) provide varying degrees of support for KML overlays and impose varying restrictions on the type of KML data supported and whether you can use local KML data (not in a web domain).

This Technical Guide explains the details of KML overlay support in Geomashups for various web mapping platforms.

Geomedia Publishing: Using KML Overlaysin Geomashups ...

18 January 2012
TNTmips Basic 2012     

   

Providing new 2012 capabilities and expanded
to allow larger geodata sizes, display raster tilesets,
and convert 2D views to 3D.

TNTmips Basic 2012 is the first inexpensive viewer providing 3D viewing of a wide variety of geodata (image, vector, CAD, LIDAR, TIN, database, …). This capability is available for viewing all your geodata usable in TNTmips Basic 2012 as drape layers and will use your local elevation data for the conversion from 2D to 3D. TNTmips drawing tools lock onto your 3D surface and can be used to create or edit surface features.

You can also add local or Internet standard raster tilesets of any size as drape layers in any 2D or 3D view. This includes any standard raster tileset prepared in TNTmips Pro for use in Google Maps, Google Earth, Bing Maps, and Open Layers. For example, add as layers any of the global and national standard raster tilesets published for Internet access at microimages.com. Use these layers to draw elements to create or edit features in 2D or 3D vector, shape, CAD layers.

MicroImages will soon provide direct access from microimages.com to publically available global and national elevation data. These can be used to convert any TNT 2D view to a 3D view. When this feature is available, TNTmips Basic 2012 can be used to select any Internet standard raster tileset(s) from any web site(s) and view them in 3D using elevation data directly from microimages.com. For example, nothing used in a 3D view (drape layer or elevation) has to be local, however, your local geodata layers can still be added to this 3D view.

Compare Capacities of TNTmips Free, Basic, and Pro ...

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11 January 2012
Download Global and National DEMs      TNT 2012

   

One icon converts 2D view to 3D ...

TNTmips 2012: supports all popular color 3D monitors and 3D TVs using their passive, active, or autostereoscopic (i.e., glasses-free) technology. Use anaglyph stereo on any 2D monitor. All layer types in the view are converted: image, vector, CAD, shape, LIDAR, TIN, pinmap, standard tilesets, Bing Maps and WMS.

TNTmips 2008 to 2011: convert any georeferenced raster to anaglyph 3D using any monitor.

Download Global and National DEMs ...

6 January 2012
Tutorial: Using TNTatlas      TNT 2012

   

Updated tutorial ... The Using TNTatlas booklet was updated to reflect the current features of TNTmips 2012.

Tutorial: Using TNTatlas ...

29 December 2011
Geospatial Script Builder: Use Graphical Interface to Design Scripts      TNT 2012

   

The Script Builder in TNTmips Pro (Script / Builder) provides a graphical design environment for creating standalone processing scripts in the TNT geospatial scripting language (SML). The Builder window provides a large design canvas and a list from which you can choose classes and functions to place in the canvas. The design canvas shows these script components as boxes that can be moved as needed and minimized or expanded to hide or show the details of the function/class parameters. You create a process flow in the design canvas by graphically connecting the output of one component to the input of the next.

Geospatial Script Builder: Use Graphical Interface to Design Scripts ...

20 December 2011
Tilesets - Google Earth: View Shaded Relief Using a Custom Terrain      TNT 2012

   

Collada tilesets that you create in TNTmips combine your custom elevation data with a raster image that is draped over that terrain for 3D viewing in Google Earth. A shaded-relief raster produced directly from your elevation data (DEM raster) in the Topographic Properties process in TNTmips provides a very useful image to use as the drape image in a Collada tileset. When you view a shadedrelief Collada tileset in Google Earth, features of your custom 3D surface are visually accentuated by the relief shading in the drape image. Subtle topographic features that might be obscured by vegetation patterns or cultural features in an aerial or satellite image drape become more obvious in the more uniformly-textured shaded relief image, especially if you have used high-resolution elevation data as input (e.g., bare-earth Lidar DEM).

Tilesets - Google Earth: View Shaded Relief Using a Custom Terrain ...

14 December 2011
Tilesets - Google Earth: Use Custom Terrains for Projects      TNT 2012

   

Large-scale mining and construction projects can significantly alter the local shape of the terrain. If you have updated imagery and elevation data (e.g., a Lidar DEM) for a project site, you can use the Export Collada Tileset process in TNTmips (Tileset / Export Collada) to prepare the data for 3D viewing of the reshaped surface in Google Earth. The process produces a KMZ file containing a tiled set of Collada models that incorporate your imagery and terrain data. When you open the KMZ file in Google Earth, it loads the Collada models for the current viewing area and view scale, allowing you to view your imagery draped over your custom terrain surface. An example of a mine site in Pennsylvania is shown ...

Tilesets - Google Earth: Use Custom Terrains for Projects ...

7 December 2011
Tilesets - Google Earth: View Geodata using Your Custom Terrain      TNT 2012

   

The Export Collada Tileset process in TNTmips (Tileset / Export Collada) allows you to process your custom imagery and high-resolution elevation data for viewing in Google Earth. The process produces a KMZ file containing a tiled set of Collada models that incorporate your imagery and terrain data. When you open the KMZ file in Google Earth, Google Earth loads the Collada models for the current viewing area and view scale, allowing you to view your imagery draped over your detailed custom terrain surface.

Tilesets - Google Earth: View Geodata using Your Custom Terrain ...

2 December 2011
Tilesets - Google Earth: Overlay Geodata Using a Custom Terrain      TNT 2012

   

The Export Collada Tileset process in TNTmips (Tileset / Export Collada) allows you to process your custom elevation data and imagery into a Collada tileset for viewing in 3D in Google Earth. The basic inputs for the process are an elevation raster (Digital Elevation Model) and a raster image covering all or part of the same area.

Tilesets - Google Earth: Overlay Geodata Using a Custom Terrain ...

28 November 2011
Geospatial Script Builder: Reproject TIFF and Export to JPEG2000      TNT 2012

   

The SML Script Builder provides a visual interface for creating geospatial processing scripts in TNTmips. This Technical Guide describes a script that takes a georeferenced GeoTIFF image as input, reprojects/resamples it to a specified coordinate reference system and cell size, and transforms it to JPEG2000 format with 12:1 lossy compression.

Geospatial Script Builder: Reproject TIFF and Export to JPEG2000 ...

22 November 2011
Geospatial Script Builder: Reproject Image To Match Reference      TNT 2012

   

The SML Script Builder provides a visual interface for creating geospatial processing scripts in TNTmips. This Technical Guide describes a Script Builder example that resamples and reprojects a raster image in a TNTmips Project File to a match the projection, extents, and cell size of a reference RVC raster image.

Geospatial Script Builder: Reproject Image To Match Reference ...

16 November 2011
Geospatial Script Builder: Exporting an Image      TNT 2012

   

The SML Script Builder provides a visual interface for creating geospatial processing scripts in TNTmips. This Technical Guide describes a Script Builder example that exports a raster image in a Project File to a PNG file with auxiliary georeference files.

Geospatial Script Builder: Exporting an Image ...

9 November 2011
Tutorial: 3D Perspective Visualization      TNT 2011

   

Updated tutorial ... The 3D Perspective Visualization booklet was updated to reflect the current features of TNTmips 2011.

Tutorial: 3D Perspective Visualization ...

2 November 2011
Geospatial Scripting: Operating the Script Builder      TNT 2012

   

The SML Script Builder provides a visual interface for creating geospatial processing scripts in TNTmips. This Technical Guide outlines the basic operations used to construct scripts using the Script Builder.

Geospatial Scripting: Operating the Script Builder ...

26 October 2011
Spatial Display: Annotate Tool      TNT 2012

   

The Annotate tool provides quick access to frequently used sketching tools without having to open the GeoToolbox. The drawing tools for annotation are added directly to the View window toolbar when the Annotate tool is active. A CAD object is created and saved, which can subsequently be added like any CAD object or opened as a sketch to add more elements.

Spatial Display: Annotate Tool ...

21 October 2011
Tutorial: Editing Vector Geodata      TNT 2011

   

Updated tutorial ... The Editing Vector Geodata booklet was updated to reflect the current features of TNTmips 2011.

Tutorial: Editing Vector Geodata ...

11 October 2011
Spatial Display: Microsoft Bing Maps Reference Layer      TNT 2011

   

Under MicroImages' license with Microsoft, you can add a Bing Maps global reference layer in three different styles to any view in TNTmips, TNTedit, or TNTview.

Spatial Display: Microsoft Bing Maps Reference Layer ...

5 October 2011
Terrain Operations: Watershed Flowpath and Basin Thresholds      TNT 2011

   

The generation of stream flowpath lines and basin polygons from a digital elevation model raster (DEM) in the Watershed process in TNTmips is governed by several threshold value settings: Inlet, Outlet, Branch, and Basin. The default threshold settings are computed based on the dimensions of the input DEM. All of these thresholds are area values related to "flow accumulation": for each DEM cell, the size of the upstream area that contributes flow to that cell.

Terrain Operations: Watershed Flowpath and Basin Thresholds ...

28 Sept 2011
LIDAR: Use LAS Files as Single Seamless Dataset      TNT 2012

   

The Lidar Manager in TNTmips lets you create a single Lidar DataSet (LDS) file that links to an entire set of LAS files. You can create a Lidar DataSet from any set of LAS files, including LAS tile files or original flight line files that are mixed, contiguous, or disjoint.

LIDAR: Use LAS Files as Single Seamless Dataset ...

20 September 2011
Compute Sample Position Points      TNT 2011

   

A new Quick Guide has been posted showing how you can compute points that represent sampling locations for polygons.
What Computing Sample Position Points Gives You
- Create centered or randomly located points in each vector polygon
- Establish sampling locations for grids generated by the Polygon Grid process
- Transfer attributes from polygons to points
- Save created points in a new vector object color maps, etc.

Compute Sample Position Points ...

15 September 2011
Create Geodata Templates      TNT 2011

   

A new Quick Guide has been posted showing how you can create templates for use in making new objects from any existing, editable object in TNT's Editor.
What Creating Geodata Templates Give You
- Save any object that can be directly opened in the Editor as a template
- Create a new object of same data type, georeference and database structure
- Create geometric object templates with style object and other subobjects
- Create raster object templates with subobjects such as contrast tables, color maps, etc.

Create Geodata Templates ...

8 September 2011
Use the Mask Editor      TNT 2011

   

A new Quick Guide has been posted showing how you can use the Mask Editor to edit and save a null mask or separate mask raster for a target raster object.
What Using the Mask Editor Gives You
- Create mask that excludes designated raster areas from display or processing
- Use variety of drawing tools to mark the areas to be masked
- Set highlight colors and transparency for included, excluded, and marked areas
- Save the mask as a null mask subobject or as a separate binary raster object
- Directly create/edit masks in the Spatial Display process and other processes that provide a View of the input raster object

Use the Mask Editor ...

2 September 2011
Quick-Add RGB Raster Sets      TNT 2011

   

A new Quick Guide has been posted showing how you can add one or more sets of raster objects as a single RGB layer by clicking on the same icon used to quick-add any type of single-object layer.
What Quick-Adding RGB Raster Sets Gives You
    - Save time by adding RGB raster sets with a single click
    - Add additional layer types to overlay with the RGB layer
    - Automatic identification of red, green, and blue components using color name
    - Ability to quick-add multiple RGB sets if they have different extents

Quick-Add RGB Raster Sets ...

29 August 2011
Copy, Cut, and Paste Raster Pieces      TNT 2011

   

A new Quick Guide has been posted showing how to Copy, Cut, and Paste Raster Pieces.
What Copy, Cut, and Paste Raster Pieces Give You
    - Select specific area within the raster layer to cut or copy
    - Create new raster object with areas copied/cut from any raster layer
    - Paste from any raster object into an existing raster object
    - Reposition, rotate, or scale areas before pasting

Copy, Cut, and Paste Raster Pieces ...

23 August 2011
Automatic Style Assignment      TNT 2011

   

A new Quick Guide has been posted: DID YOU KNOW . . . you can automatically create and assign a drawing style to each attribute value attached to elements in geometric objects?
What Automatic Style Assignment Gives You
    - Predefined symbols for points and solid colors for lines and polygon fills
    - Choose color palette to assign random colors to the attributes
    - Define start and end colors for color spread for each element type
    - Apply size spread to point symbols, line elements, and polygon borders

Automatic Style Assignment ...

15 August 2011
Spatial Display: Show Places Pane—Zoom to a Location      TNT 2012

   

The View window sidebar has five optional panes including Show Zoom and Show Places that let you zoom to the location of your choice using map scale, tileset zoom level, and geographic coordinates or by a name search for a geographic feature or area of interest. It can also provide access to frequently-used views that you have named and saved. Each of these panes and the entire sidebar can be opened/closed with a single mouse click.

Spatial Display: Show Places Pane—Zoom to a Location ...

8 August 2011
Sharpen Images in Display      TNT 2011

   

A new Quick Guide has been posted: DID YOU KNOW . . . you can sharpen raster images in the view using the integrated image filtering in the display process?
What Sharpening Images in Display to View Gives You
    - Display sharper images without altering the original raster object(s)
    - Select from a variety of filter types and sizes to apply to each raster layer
    - Create custom filters with desired shape, size, and weighting coefficients
    - Blend the filtered and unfiltered image in the display
    - Set the amount contributed by each image in the blend

Sharpen Images in Display ...

2 August 2011
TNT Hot Keys      TNT 2011

   

The TNT Hot Keys Quick Guide has been updated. Use these keyboard shortcuts for frequently used operations.

TNT Hot Keys ...

28 July 2011
Add Internet Tilesets to View      TNT 2011

   

A new Quick Guide has been posted: DID YOU KNOW . . . you can select tileset layers from the Internet for viewing alone or in combination with local map and image layers?
What Adding Internet Tilesets to View Gives You
    - Reference layers for georeferencing, tracing features, editing geometric layers
    - Add maps and images from TNT's list of reference tilesets
    - Use a tileset by pasting in its web URL
    - Use recent list to reselect previously viewed tilesets
    - Add a tileset to your own favorites list

Add Internet Tilesets to View ...

22 July 2011
LIDAR: Extract LAS Points by Area and/or by Class      TNT 2012

   

You can use the Lidar Manager in TNTmips Pro (Terrain / Lidar Manager) to extract points from one or more input LAS files and transfer them to one or more output LAS files. (See the Technical Guide entitled LIDAR: Manage LAS Point Clouds for a general introduction to the process). You can extract all input points or limit the selection by area or by class.

LIDAR: Extract LAS Points by Area and/or by Class ...

18 July 2011
LIDAR: Merge and/or Tile LAS Point Clouds      TNT 2012

   

The Lidar Manager in TNTmips Pro (Terrain / Lidar Manager) can perform a number of operations on Lidar point files in the LAS format (see the Technical Guide entitled LIDAR: Manage LAS Point Clouds). Among these operations are the options to produce new output LAS files by merging and/or tiling the input files.

LIDAR: Merge and/or Tile LAS Point Clouds ...

12 July 2011
LIDAR: Manage LAS Point Clouds      TNT 2012

   

TNTmips allows you to directly view and process LIDAR point data stored in the standard LAS file format. The Lidar Manager process provides a suite of specialized tools that allow you to prepare, repair, and process large sets of LAS files. In the Lidar Manager you can:
- scan and link to multiple LAS files
- update LAS files in place or produce new LAS files
- change class numbers assigned to points
- extract points by area or by class
- reproject points to a different coordinate reference system
- merge LAS point clouds
- subdivide individual or merged inputs into rectangular tiles.

LIDAR: Manage LAS Point Clouds ...

7 July 2011
Geospatial Scripting: Make KML Point Super–Overlay from Polygons      TNT 2012

   

Complex vector polygon map layers covering large areas can be rendered to standard raster tilesets with a transparent background for efficient display on the web in Google/Bing Maps or Google Earth. However, these tilesets can not preserve accompanying database information for presentation in the geobrowser. MicroImages has created a geospatial script that processes a TNT vector object with polygons to produce KML-formatted point data with a point for each polygon and all polygon attributes transferred to the points. This point data layer can be mashed up with a tileset rendered from the source polygons to display these polygon's attributes as information balloons in Google Maps or Google Earth.

Geospatial Scripting: Make KML Point Super–Overlay from Polygons ...

28 June 2011
2010 USA 1-meter Image Coverage      TNT 2011

   

View in TNTmips, Google Maps, Bing Maps, Google Earth, or Open Layers. All USA 2003 to 2010 coverage is available. The 1-meter color image coverage collected by the USDA NAIP program is now available as USA state tilesets for use in TNTmips, TNTedit, TNTview, and TNTatlas. Simply select the state tileset by name in the list shown in the "Select objects to display" dialog. (Click the 'locations' down arrow in the path field and navigate to: Web > National > USA > States.)

All previously collected USDA coverage of each state (2003 to 2009) is currently being converted to standard web tilesets and added as processed. If you are using these tilesets in TNTmips to georeference imagery, you can select the year and condition that most closely matches your image.

To view all the available annual layers for a state in Google Maps, simply select the state by name or map on our State Orthophotos page (via Google Maps link on the lower / middle section of microimages.com home page). All of each state's annual coverage is presented in a single geomashup so that you can use toggle buttons to switch between years for easy change detection. If 2-meter coverage was collected, it is resampled to 1-meter for consistency in the geomashup.

Some states also have color-infrared coverage that has been added to the layer selection list presented for each state in the Google Maps view. Sample vector overlays derived from geometric layers are being added to toggle on/off as overlays. See the Counties optional layer by choosing Nebraska from the list or map. This layer includes Township-Range-Section boundaries at higher zoom levels. A farm field polygon layer (Common Land Units = CLU) will be added later as well as other experimental layers. Watch the Nebraska Google Maps geomashup where these and other new statewide layers are being tested.

2010 USA 1-meter Image Coverage ...

20 June 2011
Using Google Maps to retrieve individual property ownership records      TNT 2012

   

This sample mashup of Lincoln and Lancaster county uses Google Maps' familiar interface and content and adds an overlay of 105,000 parcel polygons and a method to review ownership information for each polygon. The design illustrated here has a performance that will not degrade, even if millions of polygons were used each with a very complex boundary (e.g., soil, crop, wetland, geologic, or other polygons)!

This sample was built entirely in TNTmips DV2012. Publishing this kind of raster and vector hybrid mashup does not require any special software or changes to the web site that hosts it. You simply copy the mashup (an HTML file) and the web ready tileset prepared in TNTmips to the web site and publish a link to the mashup file.

The Lancaster County Assessor has an excellent web site providing access to very detailed information about each parcel of land in the city and surrounding Lancaster County. There are several mechanisms for anyone to use to access their public records via the Internet for any property in the County. One of the methods is to enter the property parcel number associated with each polygon. This Lincoln mashup also illustrates using a URL containing this parcel number to jump to the Assessors site to view their detailed records for the selected parcel. No modifications to the Assessor's web site were necessary and they do not own or use TNTmips. They also remain responsible for how their site is designed, legal implications, updating cycle, maintenance, funding and all other aspects.

Google Maps provides an almost universally understood world-wide means to present a few geometric features and/or interpreting features from its image and map content. It is not as useful when millions of special polygon features, such as land ownership, need to be located, selected, and provided with additional details. This Lincoln sample illustrates how a combination of a raster tileset and a KML tileset can be used together to overcome this limitation and provide useable performance independent of the number/complexity of polygons used in the mashup.

Using Google Maps to retrieve individual property ownership records ...

14 June 2011
Tutorial: Building and Using Queries      TNT 2011

   

Updated tutorial ... The Building and Using Queries booklet was updated to reflect the current features of TNTmips 2011. It contains three new pages on using the interactive Query Builder, which simplifies constructing simple or compound queries. It also contains a new Selection Query for Dynamic Labels page.

Tutorial: Building and Using Queries ...

7 June 2011
Tutorial: Editing CAD Geodata      TNT 2011

   

Updated tutorial ... The Editing CAD Geodata booklet was updated to reflect the current features of TNTmips v2011.

Tutorial: Editing CAD Geodata ...

1 June 2011
Tutorial: Using Geospatial Formulas      TNT 2011

   

Updated tutorial ... The Using GeoSpatial Formulas booklet was updated to be consistent with the v2011 interface. It also contains two new pages on using the standalone GeoFormulas process (Script/GeoFormula), which lets you save script output as a raster object. These pages include step by step instructions for using the GeoFormula Creation Wizard to set up scripts to do mathematical operations on existing objects and to evaluate problems that involve multiple variables (Multi-criteria Decision Analysis, or MCDA). The titles for these two new pages are: Standalone GeoFormula Process, and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis.

Tutorial: Using Geospatial Formulas ...

24 May 2011
Spatial Display: Show Places Pane—Bing Maps Service      TNT 2012

   

The Bing Map Service operation in the View window sidebar's Show Places pane uses Microsoft's Bing Geocode Service to match the address, place, or geographic feature to map coordinates. You are authorized to use Microsoft's Bing Map Location Service by license paid for monthly by MicroImages for your professional TNT product.

Spatial Display: Show Places Pane—Bing Maps Service ...

18 May 2011
Spatial Display: Show Places Pane—Saved Locations      TNT 2012

   

The View window sidebar has an optional Show Places pane that lets you zoom to the location of your choice using map scale and geographic coordinates or by a name search for a geograhic feature or area of interest. It can also provide access to frequently-used views that you have named and saved. The Show Places pane is one of several quick use panes that can be optionally shown and used via the sidebar. Each of these panes and the entire sidebar can be opened and closed with a single mouse click.

Spatial Display: Show Places Pane—Saved Locations ...

10 May 2011
Geomedia Publishing: Geomashup Sidebar for Google Earth      TNT 2012

   

A Geomashup for Google Earth launches a browser window with standard zoom and pan controls and a sidebar for custom controls. The sidebar provides a text entry field to fly to a location, an overlay legend and selection list, and a customizable HTML pane.

Geomedia Publishing: Geomashup Sidebar for Google Earth ...

4 May 2011
Georeference: Style Control Points by Residual      TNT 2012

   

Control points are displayed in the Georeference process as an independent layer in the Input and Reference views. You can set the styles used for the control points and their labels and choose to auto-hide point labels to prevent crowding when many points are shown in the view. You can also assign colors to control points based on residual values. This option is especially useful when you are evaluating the spatial distribution of residuals for a large number of control points created using the Auto-Register procedure.

Georeference: Style Control Points by Residual ...

28 April 2011
Tutorial: Making Map Layouts      TNT 2011

   

Updated tutorial ... The Making Map Layouts booklet was updated to be consistent with the TNTmips v2011 interface.

Tutorial: Making Map Layouts ...

21 April 2011
Tutorial: Georeferencing      TNT 2011

   

Updated tutorial ... This booklet was completely rewritten to reflect the changes in the new Georeference process of TNTmips v2011.

New features in the Georeference process include:
* new auto-register feature that uses nominal georeference and a reference image
* set up virtual map grid in any CRS and snap control points to grid intersection
* snap control points to elements (line, point, nearest vertex)
* ability to toggle control points on/off in View windows
* ability to import GPS control points
* auto-rounding of coordinates
* use local or remote tileset as a reference layer
* assign colors to control points in View windows by residual range (DV2012 only)
* allow mass selection of controls points
* ability to save computed coefficients to text file
* show CRS used in summary section

Tutorial: Georeferencing ...

13 April 2011
Geomedia Publishing: Geomashup Map Control Options      TNT 2011

   

Geomashups include a variety of controls to allow the viewer to select which data layers and area to view and other components providing view enhancements such as an overview map and search bar. MicroImages uses the term standard map controls to refer to controls and features that are provided and supported directly by the web mapping API you have selected (i.e., the geobrowser in which the geomashup will be viewed). Standard map controls include base map selection and zooming / panning, as well as various view enhancements.

Geomedia Publishing: Geomashup Map Control Options ...

6 April 2011
Georeference: Auto-Register Canon EOS Camera Image      TNT 2011

   

Control points for this natural-color aerial image were automatically generated using the USDA NAIP 2010 natural-color orthoimage mosaic of Brookings County, South Dakota (JP2 file) as a reference.

The image was acquired in 2010 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service using a Canon EOS 5D digital camera and a Canon EF 14 mm wide angle lens mounted on a fixed-wing aircraft at an altitude of approximately 835 meters above the terrain. The camera line-of-sight was not vertical when the image was acquired. Ground elevations in the image area vary by about 30 meters.

Georeference: Auto-Register Canon EOS Camera Image ...

30 March 2011
Georeference: Auto-Register Landsat 5 to a Global Web Tileset      TNT 2011

   

The global Landsat 742 standard web tileset published by Microimages for use in TNTmips was used via the internet to automatically generate 1740 control points for this Landsat 5 image.

Georeference: Auto-Register Landsat 5 to a Global Web Tileset ...

24 March 2011
Geospatial Scripting: Auto-Register Images using Web Tileset      TNT 2011

   

The Georeference process in TNTmips includes an Auto-Register procedure to automatically generate hundreds to thousands of control points for an image using a reference image of the same area. This same capability is also available for use in scripts using the TNT Geospatial Scripting Language (SML). MicroImages has provided two sample scripts to demonstrate this capability: one that uses one of the standard web tilesets hosted at the MicroImages website as the reference image, and one that uses a local color-composite raster in a TNT Project File as the reference.

Geospatial Scripting: Auto-Register Images using Web Tileset ...

17 March 2011
Spatial Display: Contrast Enhancement using Local Areas      TNT 2011

   

Aerial and satellite images may include very bright areas (such as clouds, snow) and very dark areas (such as water) in addition to your areas of interest. If these bright or dark areas are extensive, their influence on the brightness histograms for the entire image may make it difficult to design appropriate contrast and color for your areas of interest. The Raster Contrast Enhancement window in TNTmips allows you to design contrast enhancement using the image characteristics of any portion of the displayed image.

Spatial Display: Contrast Enhancement using Local Areas ...

14 March 2011
System: Search for KML Files on the Internet      TNT 2011

   

You can use TNTmips to search the Internet for KML files based on place name, extents, and/or number of elements. Direct use of KML files with a known location is described in the Technical Guide entitled System: Direct Use of KML/KMZ Files. To begin searching the Internet for KML files, open the Select Objects dialog, click on the Web Search tab, then on the KML tab and choose between the Search, Places, Extents, and Elements tabs.

System: Search for KML Files on the Internet ...

7 March 2011
Georeference: Auto-Register SPOT 5 Image      TNT 2011

   

Georeference SPOT 5 imagery with TNTmips' auto-register feature ...

Georeference: Auto-Register SPOT 5 Image ...

2 March 2011
Georeference: Auto-Register Scanned NAPP Aerial Photo      TNT 2011

   

Georeference scans of historical aerial photos with TNTmips' auto-register feature ...

Georeference: Auto-Register Scanned NAPP Aerial Photo ...

24 February 2011
New Features in TNTmips 2011

   

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New Features in TNTmips 2011 ...

18 February 2011
Georeference: Overview      TNT 2011

   

Geospatial data that you obtain for use in your projects may be provided without georeference information or with nominal georeference that may not be accurate enough for your objectives. The Georeference process in TNTmips has been designed with an intuitive and flexible interface to let you efficiently carry out various georeferencing tasks, including:

• georeference spatial objects that have no prior georeference
• improve or replace previous georeference information
• automatically generate many georeference control points for an image using a reference image
• use reference objects in any coordinate reference system
• set up simple georeference for images and implied georeference for geometric objects
• snap control points to elements in a geometric reference object
• snap control points to intersections of a virtual map grid
• import GPS points as control points.

Georeference: Overview ...

16 February 2011
Georeference: Control Point List      TNT 2011

   

The Georeference window includes a control point list interface that has been carefully designed to allow you to easily customize the information being presented to suit your changing georeference tasks. At any time you can vary the columns being shown, sort the list in ascending or descending order using values in any column, and set the residual units and the coordinate precision to show. Coordinate values can be edited directly in the list, and groups of point records can be simultaneously selected to be disabled, enabled, or deleted.

Georeference: Control Point List ...

9 February 2011
Georeference: Auto-Register to Reference Image      TNT 2011

   

Creating georeference control points manually for a large aerial or satellite image to improve its registration to reference geodata can be a time-consuming task. The Georeference process in TNTmips provides an Auto-Register operation that automatically generates hundreds to thousands of control points for an input image using a reference image of the same area.

Georeference: Auto-Register to Reference Image ...

4 February 2011
Bing Maps layers in TNTmips      TNT 2011

   

You now have direct access in your TNT 2011 product to the global map and image coverage provided by Microsoft's Bing Maps. You can directly add these layers (image, image with labels, or roads) to any view window in TNTmips, TNTedit, and TNTview (professional
licenses only).

Flexible Viewing:
    Select using Bing icon on display tool bar
    Add like any other layer in a TNT display
    Combine with other raster or geometric layers
    View in any size, CRS, or differential zoom
    Enter location to "jump to" view
    Add/refresh in seconds via broadband link
    DataTip shows image date

Sample Applications:
    Sketch and save features in geometric object
    Use in spatial editor to create or update elements
    Select control points for georeferencing
    Use as general background location layer in any view
    Include in your layouts and PDF files

Terms of Use:
    Licensed from Microsoft for use in your TNT product
    No extra charge for year 2011
    Not available for use in TNTmips Free
    Can be separately licensed for use in TNTmips Basic

Bing Maps layers in TNTmips ...

27 January 2011
Georeference: Import GPS Control Points from GPX File      TNT 2011

   

GPX (the GPS Exchange Format) is an XML data format for the interchange of GPS data (waypoints, routes, and tracks) between applications. Using the Georeference process in TNTmips you can import GPS points directly from GPX files to use as control points in georeferencing your spatial data objects.

Georeference: Import GPS Control Points from GPX File ...

24 January 2011
Georeference: Choosing a Model      TNT 2011

   

In the georeference process you can choose from a number of mathematical models to compute control point residuals and judge the fit of individual points. These models are coordinate transformations that relate the spatial distribution of control points in object coordinates to their distribution in reference (map) coordinates. Models of varying mathematical complexity are provided to account for different types of spatial distortion that may be present in the object you are georeferencing. Simpler mathematical models may be used to account for relatively uniform distortion, such as shrinkage of a paper map prior to scanning or tilt distortion in an aerial image acquired at an oblique angle to the ground. More complex models can partially compensate for non-uniform, spatially- varying distortion within an aerial or satellite image such as can be introduced by the optics of an imaging system or by terrain effects (relief displacement) ...

Georeference: Choosing a Model ...

19 January 2011
TNTmips 2011 is here!

   

Please download and use the 2011 version of your TNT products.

If you have not ordered your upgrade to this official release version 2011 please contact info@microimages.com for a quotation.

If you have already been using the development version of TNTmips 2011 under your test forward (trial) license it will expire on February 11, 2011.

14 January 2011
Georeference: Simple and Implied      TNT DV2011

   

In some cases you may acquire geospatial data with georeference information only in a nonstandard metadata or other text file that cannot be automatically parsed or used by TNTmips during import. Most often such georeference information is in the form of simple georeference for raster data or implied georeference for geometric objects (see box at top right for definitions). In the Georeference process you can manually enter the necessary parameters that you have derived from the metadata to set up simple or implied georeference for such objects. These operations are integrated into the normal georeference workflow, as described ...

Georeference: Simple and Implied ...

11 January 2011
Georeference: Snap Control Points to Elements or Reference Grid      TNT DV2011

   

The Georeference process in TNTmips provides several different modes for adding or editing control points. These modes are designed to assist you in placing the points.

Several helper modes for placing control points are available, including snapping individual control points to elements in an input or reference geometric object (vector, CAD, or shape). Separate options are available to snap to the nearest line or point and to snap to the nearest line vertex. You can also set up a virtual map grid in any map coordinate system and snap control points to the nearest grid intersection.

Georeference: Snap Control Points to Elements or Reference Grid ...

4 January 2011
Georeference: Multiband and Multiresolution Images      TNT DV2011

   

The Georeference process in TNTmips provides a convenient and flexible interface for georeferencing multiband images, including those that have bands or band sets with differing spatial resolutions. You can simultaneously georeference any set of bands of an image that have the same image dimensions, then simply transfer that georeference information to other bands in the image that have different spatial dimensions and resolution.

Georeference: Multiband and Multiresolution Images ...