Perforce JViews Maps Sample: Symbols on a map

Description

This sample shows how to use SDM symbology (including palettes) inside JViews Maps.

How to Use the Sample

Press the Play button on the simulation toolbar to run the simulation.
You can press Pause at any time to pause the simulation. Press the Play button again to resume the simulation.
You can click the target icon (in the simulation toolbar), then click one of the symbols in the view to start tracking this symbol. In tracking mode, the selected symbol is always in the center of the view, and the view rotates so that the top of the view indicates the direction in which the symbol is going.
You can click a different symbol to track that instead. To exit tracking mode, click an empty zone in the map or click the target icon in the toolbar.
Pause the simulation and resume it by clicking the same button.
Double-click one of the areas of interest to select that part of the map.
Click the map layers tab to access and modify styling and visibility of layers
Change the coordinate system to see the symbols reprojected.
Choose the number of mobiles you want to see on the field.
Choose the simulation acceleration factor from the speed list in the toolbar.
Choose a refresh rate from the fps list. Note that depending on the number of mobiles to display, it might not be attainable.

How to Run the Sample as an Application

This sample can be run as an application. The installation directory contains an executable JAR file, symbolsonmap.jar, that allows you to execute the sample with a double click from a file browser. Note that if you are using Internet Explorer, you can open the installation directory and execute the JAR file from the browser. This technique may not work in other Web browsers.

Alternatively, you can run the sample application from the command line. First check that the Ant utility is properly configured. If not, see the instructions on how to configure Ant for Perforce JViews.

Then, go to the installation directory of the sample and type:

ant run

Topics Covered

Reading Shape files.
Using JViews Maps Beans.
Creating areas of interest.
Creating and animating SDM symbols.

Detailed Description

This sample application creates a basic world map and simulates the animation of JViews Diagrammer symbols coming from a palette.

Installation Directory

The Symbols on a map sample is installed here.