Maps & Coordinates

In this section you will find documentation and other resources to help you make the most of the geographic and other coordinate mapping capabilities of Visokio applications. Freely-installable vector maps are available from the Maps Library.

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Using Visokio Maps- an introductory tutorial covering opening maps, zooming in and out, showing or hiding map layers, using the Map Navigator mini-window, placing markers manually to generate coordinate data, selecting records and viewing details.

Placing Markers- add map coordinates to your data using Omniscope/DataPlayer Studio or FeatureFinder Web by selecting records (rows) and manually placing markers on an open Map View using either Visokio embedded maps, or the Google Maps web service.

Change Projections- map projections define how the designated (X,Y) coordinates in your data are displayed over images and maps embedded in Visokio applications. Visokio applications allow you to re-calibrate or re-define coordinate grids on any kind of map, photo or scanned image you have imported for use as a Map View background.

Working with Google Maps- when connected to the Internet, data sets with suitable coordinates can also be plotted in the Web View using the free Google Maps web service.

Working with Google Earth (experimental)- the free Google Earth application is an extremely useful resource for searching and refining global coordinates, and dynamically displaying points of interest. Omniscope can be used together with Google Earth to compile and publish useful and powerful geo-mapped/locational reference files.