Announcement: 9iAS MapViewer & Map Definition Tool

Just to let everyone know that the first product release of
the Oracle 9iAS MapViewer is now available for download at
the following site:
http://otn.oracle.com/software/products/spatial/content.html
Important note:
Included in the downloadable MapViewer kit is a Map
Definition Tool that lets you visually create/manage
enterprise wide mapping symbols and rules. This tool however
is still in beta status. Please report all problems, bugs
and suggestions regarding this tool here at the Oracle
Spatial discussion forum.
Thanks,
Oracle MapViewer Development Team

Hi Andrejus,
there is a new tool coming (MapBuilder) that will allow users to create MapViewer metadata for all Spatial models. A preview version will be available on OTN (no dates yet). We'll let users know when it is available for download.
Thanks.
Joao

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Map Definition Tool support in MapViewer 10.1.2

Hello,
What about Map Definition Tool support in AS MapViewer 10.1.2? We have used this tool with MapViewer 9.0.4, but after update to 10.1.2 it seems that there is no way to use Map Definition Tool.
So, if Map Definition Tool is not supported in new release, may be Oracle will introduce some alternative tool?
Thanks,
Andrejus Baranovskis

Hi Andrejus,
there is a new tool coming (MapBuilder) that will allow users to create MapViewer metadata for all Spatial models. A preview version will be available on OTN (no dates yet). We'll let users know when it is available for download.
Thanks.
Joao

I can't start Map Definition tool!!!

I download map definition tool!! and run it :
java -jar mapdef.jar
and i recevie a error message:
Failed to load the Main - Class manifest attribute from mapdef.jar
Please help me!

Hi,
This error is produced, because mapdef.jar was compiled with different version of JVM than yours.
I can advice you to use newest Oracle tool for map data management - Oracle MapBuilder. You can download it from this page: http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/mapviewer/index.html
Regards,
Andrejus

Visualizing maps with the Map Definition Tool

Right. I am totally confused with this. I am trying to get the map definition tool working so that I can visualise some map data stored in my database. I downloaded the mapdef.jar file from the otn site and first of all it returned a zip file containing a whole load of class files. When I downloaded it a second time it returned the jar file and when I click on that it opens up a blank grey screen. I am going through the mapviewer manual with a fine tooth comb but am still having problems visualizing even a basic map. Mapviewer is working fine but I need to visualise the data rather than just to construct a map conceptually. My host, port, sid etc. details are correct. Can anyone please tell me where do I go from here!

You don't 'install' the Map Definition Tool as such. Its just a standalone jar file. You run it using the batch file - that'll look something like:
java -classpath mapdef.jar;C:\j2ee\home\lib\classes12.jar -Dhost="127.0.0.1" -Dsid="orcl" -Dport="1521" -Duser="scott" -Dpassword="tiger" oracle.eLocation.console.GeneralManager

Why Map Definition Tool says 'cannot make connection'?

Hi, i've tried the Map Definition Tool but i cannot connect to my database. It simply displays 'cannot make connection', which is not that helpful. Is it possible to enable a debug mode or otherwise make this tool more speaking?
I've downloadad this tool from OTN on 12/11/2002 so i think it's up-to-date.
Thanks in advance.
Markus

lj, in your reply to thread 'Map Definition Tool' (Dec 17, 2002 6:42 PM) you stated that JDK 1.3 or 1.2 is needed for the Map Definition Tool to run. I ran the Map Definition Tool with JDK 1.3.1_06 and now it connects to my database!
Unfortunately it bombs when i click one of the items in the tree view, for example 'Styles/Color' (see stack trace below).
Any ideas?
Markus
-->8--
Executing query: select * FROM USER_SDO_STYLES where type='COLOR' order by name
java.sql.SQLException: ORA-00600: Interner Fehlercode, Argumente: [ttcgcshnd-1], [0], [], [], [], [], [], []
at oracle.jdbc.dbaccess.DBError.throwSqlException(DBError.java:168)
at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.TTIoer.processError(TTIoer.java:208)
at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.Oall7.receive(Oall7.java:543)
at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.TTC7Protocol.doOall7(TTC7Protocol.java:1405)
at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.TTC7Protocol.fetch(TTC7Protocol.java:889)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.doExecuteQuery(OracleStatement.java:1681)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.doExecuteWithTimeout(OracleStatement.java:1870)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.executeQuery(OracleStatement.java:538)
at oracle.sdovis.util.DBTable.query(DBTable.java:110)
at oracle.eLocation.console.VisMetaImpl.getStyles(VisMetaImpl.java:308)
at oracle.eLocation.console.VisMetaImpl.getAllStyles(VisMetaImpl.java:287)
at oracle.eLocation.console.JTableStyleModel.reloadStyleData(JTableStyleModel.java:124)
at oracle.eLocation.console.StyleColorPanel$18.componentShown(StyleColorPanel.java:320)
at java.awt.Component.processComponentEvent(Component.java:3599)

Map Definition Tool

Hi there...
i have dowloaded mapdef.jar file, put it in lbs directory, started it using command prompt, so it opened but not connected.
i've tried by clicking 'connect to' button, and tried with different parameters but it still didn't connect.
so, could be any other problem, because these are all the same parameters i have used in mapviewer which works ok?

i've just put ojdbc14.jar into lbs dir and mad def tool started but still not connected. tried to connect once again by 'connect to' button and still no use.
this is the input to start map def tool:
D:\oracle10\product\10.2.0\db_1\lbs\mapviewer\oc4j\j2ee\home>java -classpath D:\
oracle10\product\10.2.0\db_1\lbs\mapdef.jar -Dhost=dean.brozova.multisoft.hr -Ds
id=deantest -Dport=1521 -Duser=scott -Dpassword=a oracle.eLocation.console.GeneralManager
at this moment, this is all that is written in command prompt, the tool is started and status is 'not connected'. after clicking on 'connect to' button and commiting 'OK', following is listed:
[oracle.sdovis.util.Util, WARN] java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/jdbc/Orac
leDriver
at oracle.sdovis.util.Util.connect(Util.java:232)
at oracle.eLocation.console.VisMetaImpl.connect(VisMetaImpl.java:84)
at oracle.eLocation.console.ConnectionPanel.jButtonConnect_actionPerform
ed(ConnectionPanel.java:136)
at oracle.eLocation.console.ConnectionPanel$1.actionPerformed(Connection
Panel.java:64)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:17
86)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton$ForwardActionEvents.actionPerformed(Abstra
ctButton.java:1839)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel
.java:420)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:258
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonL
istener.java:245)
at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:5100)
at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:4897)
at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:1569)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:3615)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:1627)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3477)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:3483
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:3198)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:3128)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:1613)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3477)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:480)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDispatchTh
read.java:201)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThre
ad.java:151)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:145)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:137)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:100)
[oracle.sdovis.util.Util, WARN] connecting to database using jdbc thin driver...
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/jdbc/OracleDriver
at oracle.sdovis.util.Util.connect(Util.java:258)
at oracle.eLocation.console.VisMetaImpl.connect(VisMetaImpl.java:84)
at oracle.eLocation.console.ConnectionPanel.jButtonConnect_actionPerform
ed(ConnectionPanel.java:136)
at oracle.eLocation.console.ConnectionPanel$1.actionPerformed(Connection
Panel.java:64)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:17
86)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton$ForwardActionEvents.actionPerformed(Abstra
ctButton.java:1839)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel
.java:420)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:258
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonL
istener.java:245)
at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:5100)
at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:4897)
at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:1569)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:3615)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:1627)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3477)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:3483
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:3198)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:3128)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:1613)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3477)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:480)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDispatchTh
read.java:201)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThre
ad.java:151)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:145)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:137)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:100)

9iASV2 MapViewer and Map Definition Tool

Please go to the Oracle Spatial OTN page for information, discussion forum and downloads of MapViewer.
any question feel free to email me at [email protected]

Hi Andrejus,
there is a new tool coming (MapBuilder) that will allow users to create MapViewer metadata for all Spatial models. A preview version will be available on OTN (no dates yet). We'll let users know when it is available for download.
Thanks.
Joao

How can I install the map difinition tool?

now I want to install the map definition tool,I have set the classpath in the system variant of Win2000 !such as:%java -classpath d:/oracle/ora90/lbs/lib/mapdef.jar,d:/oracle/ora90/jdbc/lib/classes12.zip.
now how can I view the page for connecting to the database?
thanks for you help!

Thank you,Jurgen;
First,How can I start the map definition tool?
Second,what the url of the page for connecting to the database? For example:my computer name is hehe,what I should to do?My mapviewer is Oracle Application Server 10g (9.0.4) MapViewer,the Map Definition Tool is there download.My os is win2000 server edition!
thanks again!

Oracle 9iAS MapViewer 9.0.4 image problem

I've just installed Oracle 9iAS MapViewer 9.0.4 preview version.
I am using:
Oracle 9iAS MapViewer 9.0.4 Preview Version
Oracle9iAS (1.0.2.2.1) Containers for J2EE
When i receive picture of map there is no objects on it. On J2ee console i can see following error:
Image is not in 8.1 format
Copy of console report is:
D:\Oracle\iSuites\j2ee\home>java.exe -jar orion.jar -config config\server.xml
A nonfatal internal JIT (3.10.107(x)) error 'Relocation error: NULL relocation target' has occurred
in :
'org/apache/crimson/parser/Parser2.maybeComment (Z)Z': Interpreting method.
Please report this error in detail to http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Warning: Error reading transaction-log file (/D:/Oracle/iSuites/j2ee/home/persistence/transaction.st
ate) for recovery: premature end of file
Forced or abrubt (crash etc) server shutdown detected, starting recovery process...
Recovery completed, 0 connections committed and 0 rolled back...
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b\
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Oracle9iAS (1.0.2.2.1) Containers for J2EE initialized
[oracle.lbs.mapserver.core.MapperConfig, INFO] using default config file: D:\Oracle\iSuites\lbs\mapv
iewer\conf\mapViewerConfig.xml
[oracle.lbs.mapserver.core.MapperPool, WARN] destroying ALL mapmaker instances.
[oracle.lbs.mapserver.core.MapperConfig, INFO] Map Recycling thread started.
[oracle.lbs.mapserver.oms, INFO] *** Oracle Map Viewer is successfully started. ***
[oracle.lbs.mapserver.MapServerImpl, INFO] adding a map data src [name=mvdemo]
[oracle.sdovis.CacheMgr, INFO] Setting disk path for cache to: C:\WINNT\TEMP\1\
[oracle.sdovis.CacheMgr, INFO] Java Object Cache opened. Region=Oracle SDOVIS Cache.
[oracle.sdovis.CacheMgr, INFO] max_cache_size=64 M, max_disk_cache_size=512 M.
[oracle.sdovis.ImageCacheMgr, INFO] Setting disk path for image cache to: C:\WINNT\TEMP\1\
[oracle.sdovis.ImageCacheMgr, INFO] MapViewer Image Cache opened. Region=Oracle SDOVIS IMG Cache.
[oracle.sdovis.ImageCacheMgr, INFO] max_cache_size=64 M, max_disk_cache_size=1024 M.
[oracle.lbs.mapserver.core.MapperPool, INFO] added a mapper instance to the pool [data src=mvdemo]
[oracle.lbs.mapserver.core.MapperPool, INFO] added a mapper instance to the pool [data src=mvdemo]
[oracle.lbs.mapserver.core.MapperPool, INFO] added a mapper instance to the pool [data src=mvdemo]
[oracle.sdovis.PredefinedThemeQuery, INFO] Connection is a pre-9i database
[oracle.sdovis.PredefinedThemeQuery, INFO] Connection is a pre-9i database
[oracle.sdovis.PredefinedThemeQuery, INFO] Connection is a pre-9i database
[oracle.sdovis.PredefinedThemeQuery, INFO] Connection is a pre-9i database
[oracle.sdovis.CacheMgr, WARN] oracle.ias.cache.CacheException:
null CacheAccess.get
null exception loading geometry from database: errCount = 1
null
Image is not in 8.1 format
at oracle.ias.cache.CacheInternal.exceptionHandler(Unknown Source)
at oracle.ias.cache.CacheLoader.exceptionHandler(Unknown Source)
at oracle.sdovis.CacheGeometryLoader.load(CacheGeometryLoader.java:79)
at oracle.ias.cache.CacheHandle.findObject(Unknown Source)
at oracle.ias.cache.CacheHandle.locateObject(Unknown Source)
at oracle.ias.cache.CacheAccess.get(Unknown Source)
at oracle.sdovis.CacheMgr.get(CacheMgr.java:182)
at oracle.sdovis.JDBCDataSource4PT.loadFeaturesInWindow(JDBCDataSource4PT.java, Compiled Code)
at oracle.sdovis.JDBCDataSource4PT.prepareFeatures(JDBCDataSource4PT.java:184)
at oracle.sdovis.PredefinedTheme.prepareData(PredefinedTheme.java:79)
at oracle.sdovis.DBMapMaker$LoadThemeData.run(DBMapMaker.java:1143)
[oracle.sdovis.CacheMgr, WARN] oracle.ias.cache.CacheException:
null CacheAccess.get
null exception loading geometry from database: errCount = 8
null
Image is not in 8.1 format
at oracle.ias.cache.CacheInternal.exceptionHandler(Unknown Source)
at oracle.ias.cache.CacheLoader.exceptionHandler(Unknown Source)
at oracle.sdovis.CacheGeometryLoader.load(CacheGeometryLoader.java:79)
at oracle.ias.cache.CacheHandle.findObject(Unknown Source)
at oracle.ias.cache.CacheHandle.locateObject(Unknown Source)
at oracle.ias.cache.CacheAccess.get(Unknown Source)
at oracle.sdovis.CacheMgr.get(CacheMgr.java:182)
at oracle.sdovis.JDBCDataSource4PT.loadFeaturesInWindow(JDBCDataSource4PT.java, Compiled Code)
at oracle.sdovis.JDBCDataSource4PT.prepareFeatures(JDBCDataSource4PT.java:184)
at oracle.sdovis.PredefinedTheme.prepareData(PredefinedTheme.java:79)
at oracle.sdovis.DBMapMaker$LoadThemeData.run(DBMapMaker.java:1143)
[oracle.sdovis.DBMapMaker, INFO] **** time spent on loading features: 10047ms.
[oracle.sdovis.DBMapMaker, INFO] **** time spent on rendering: 343ms
Is anybody acquainted with sollution to this problem?
regards
Joze Miklavcic

Are you using an old database, like 8.1.5 or 8.1.6? If you cannot upgrade to 9i, here is the workaround.
In the mapViewerConfig.xml, add the following line to
the <global_map_config> section:
<performance no_unpickler="true" />
So that it looks like:
<global_map_config>
<performance no_unpickler="true" />
</global_map_config>
Then restart oc4j. By the way, you seem to be using oc4j
1.0.2.2, which is too old for mapviewer to work properly (but it is not the cause for the above issue). Please
upgrade to at lease oc4j 9.0.2.
thanks,
lj

Receiving a "FIXMAPI 1.0 MAPI Repair Tool has stopped working" error

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I attached a screenshot.

Hi,
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[Mail]
MAPI=1
CMC=1
CMCDLLNAME=mapi.dll
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MAPIX=1
MAPIXVER=1.0.0.1
OLEMessaging=1
Save it and quit Notepad, restart the Computer.
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Max Meng
Forum Support
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Is the process definition tool internalitionized?

Specifically, can non-english characters be displayed in the menus, labels, and dialogs of the process definition tool's graphical user interface?

That would be "internationalized".

How to use Custom Tags for Theme and Base Map Definitions

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The XML definition of a theme or base map now supports application-specific
attribute tags. You can use the Custom Tags option in the theme definition in Map
Builder to specify tags and their values, which can be interpreted by your application
but are ignored by MapViewer itself.
I'm able to define a custom tag in Mapbuilder, but how can I use it in my Application?
Thanks.

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Key mapping Generator Tool

Scenario
One customer has two systems: System A and System B in his landscape. System A serves as the central server for item master data management. He maintains the same set of item master data in System B as that of System B manually. Now, the customer wants to use B1i to keep the item master data in System B automatically up to date as that in System A.
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When running the tool I get an exception.
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Dwight

Poor performance in Repository mapping test tool (7.0.12)

Hi,
I'm just looking for some hints for performance tuning the Mapping tool in the Repository. This is our Development machine.
Seems to be significantly worse since upgrade from sps 10 to sps 12.
Every "display queue" / recompile of the map takes almost 5 minutes.
The Java stack currently has about 4gb of heap, abap 1gb. We reallocated a large amount from abap to java which temporarily alleviated the problem (about 60% quicker), but it's back after a few days. There is currently no possibility of adding more memory.
The problem seems to be noticable primarily with the IB, hence I'm looking for any performance tuning tips that would directly affect this. I'm thinking that we need to concentrate on the Java stack. I've looked at note 894509 and SAP NetWeaver Process Integration Tuning Guide and not seen anything directly related at first glance.
I've deactivated end-to-end monitoring.
The only thing that stands out is a significant amount of activity on the disk with the sap/oracledb/oracleexec on it. It's about 9 times greater than the amount of swap. Two processes seem to be regularly at the top of CPU usage dw.sapPID_DVEBMGS14 and /usr/sap/PID/DVEBMG.
Hints and tips appreciated. As I said, hardware changes are not possible at this time.
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Yes, points will be awarded where appropriate.

Are you gacing this issue only when you test the mapping in the IR or even in the runtime?
I have also noticed that mapping test in the tool in IR always take a long time, but as they never reflect the runtime mapping perfromance I have always ignored it.
A few reasons might be,
1. Low RAM on the Machine being used by you.
2. Too Many applications!
Remember you are Connecting to the server from your IR using JWS and so the resources on your machine also matter quite a bit.
If completely off track , ignore the reply.
Regards
Bhavesh

Mapping hardware tools into existing AI tools

I have an interactive board with tools (such as pen or eraser) which I want to integrate with the AI. The typical scenario woulld be as follows: the user lifts the pen from the tray, the pen event will me mapped into selecting Pencil Tool from AI toolbar after which the user can add freehand annotations to the AI document.
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No, there's no example for a pluging listening for external triggers, but I wouldn't be too concerned about that. You'd just need to take one of simpler example plugins (you can probably leave the stuff it does in for now) and then just add your listening code setup to the StartupPlugin() method. Presumably this will involve callbacks of some kind.
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