A geographical schema is a set of topographic data describing geographic features and free-form data related to these features. The data can be grouped into logical series.
You can use a geographical schema independently (a Geographical schema document), or you can embed it into a spreadsheet document. In the latter case you can specify a spreadsheet area for embedding a geographical schema. Also, the geographical schema can be located in the form. In the latter case, the source data is set up and prepared during configuration.A geographical schema contains geographic objects, which are usually grouped by type or by several attributes using layers.
Layer. A set of geographical objects grouped by some attribute. For example, the Rivers layer contains objects describing the geometry of rivers in the region, and the Districts layer contains a description of city districts.
Layer object. An elementary object describing topological data of a specific geographic feature. For example, it can describe the contours of a region.
Objects are divided into the following classes:
- Point object. An object that can be represented as a point. For example, cities can be represented as point objects on a large-scale map.
- Multipoint object. An object that can be represented by multiple points. For example, cities in a region can be grouped by population, each group represented by a multipoint object.
- Polyline object. An object that can be represented as a line. For example, a river or a highway.
- Polygonal object. An object that defines some area. For example, Nebraska state can be represented by a polygonal object.
Series. Free-form data grouped by some attribute. For example, annual sales by region.
Series value. A value of a data series associated with a specific object. For example, for the "Annual sales by city" data series, a series value is the sales amount for a particular city in a particular year.
Shapefile. A file of topological data created using software of the ESRI ArcGIS family. It can contain data linked to topological features. Each file contains a single layer. A geographical schema can read such files as layers.
Attention! 1C:Enterprise does not provide tools for creating shape files.
A geographical schema is a rectangular area that contains a plot area, a title, and legends.
You can move or resize areas, specify area properties, or hide areas (except for the plot area). When you resize a geographical schema, the areas are resized proportionally.
Plot area. Contains coordinate axes and visual data.
Title area. Contains the schema title.
Legend area. Contains the descriptions of map symbols.
6.1. Creating geographical schemas
To create a geographical schema, on the main menu, click File – New. In the document type selection dialog box, click Geographical schema.
To add a geographical schema to a spreadsheet document, on the main menu, click Table – Pictures– Geographical schema.
6.2. Saving geographical schemas
To save a geographical schema to a file, on the main menu, click File – Save. Then specify the file name and path.
Documents of Geographical schema type are saved to .geo files.
6.3. Customizing geographical schemas
The customization consists of defining the topological objects that will be linked to data, the formats specific to various areas, and their dimensions and positions.
If a geographical schema is embedded into a spreadsheet document, you can import a Geographical schema document from the disk using the Read command from the property palette.
To clear a geographical schema, use the Clear link.
To manage layers of a geographical schema, use the Settings link. This opens the layer settings window.
Fig. . Geographical schema. Layer settings
Use the toolbar buttons to add, edit, and delete layers.
When you add a layer, a layer selection dialog box opens first, and then a layer import options window (see the figure).
In the window, specify the layer name to be displayed in the schema, the data series to be imported, and data series names and display types.
Each topological object on a geographical schema has a Value property. It stores free-form data that can be used to identify an object.
In the Layer import options window, each object value is filled with some data series value. To import values, select the Fill the "Value" property of layer objects check box and specify the source series.
Once you have selected the layers, you can customize them.
Layer properties include:
- Text. A free-form layer description.
- Data source organization. The data source (if the layer uses a data source). For details, see the section describing the spreadsheet document editor.
- Visibility. Shows whether a layer is displayed.
- Enable selection. Shows whether interactive selection of layer objects is allowed.
- Start of scale range. The minimum scale at which the layer is displayed.
- End of scale range. The maximum scale at which the layer is displayed.
Series properties include:
- Text. A free-form text describing the series.
- Format. Data display format.
- Display type. Series display type. Series values can be:
- Hidden
- Displayed as text
- Displayed as a histogram
- Displayed as circles where circle sizes depend on values
- Displayed as circles where circle colors depend on values
- Displayed as circles where circle hues depend on values
- Displayed as a pie chart
- Displayed as a picture
- Base color. The color that is used in Histogram mode to display sized circles, hued circles, or pie charts.
- Text color. The text color.
- Text font. The text font.
- Text orientation. The text angle.
Point and multipoint object properties include:
- Drawing style. Shows whether an object is displayed as a marker, a custom character, or a picture.
- Color. The object color (for markers and characters).
- Marker. The marker type.
- Font. The character font.
- Character. The character that represents the object.
- Picture. The picture that represents the object.
- Base point. The point in the picture that is used as the reference point.
Polyline object properties include:
- Color. The line color.
- Line type. The line type.
Polygonal object properties include:
- Color. The fill color.
- Border color. The border color.
6.3.1. Customizing legend items
To customize legend items, select the legend area and then, in its property palette, click Settings. This opens the following dialog box.
Fig. . Specifying legend item settings in a geographical schema
You can manage the items using command bar buttons. When you add an item, a list of layers is displayed first, and once you select a layer, a list of series is displayed.
Select a series and specify its settings.
6.3.2. Specifying geographical schema object properties
Once you have imported layers into a document, you can customize the properties of individual objects. To do so, double-click an object. This opens the object properties dialog box.
Fig. . Main properties of a geographical schema object
On the Main tab, specify the basic object properties.
The Data tab contains a list of series, their drawing types, and their values.
Fig. . Data of a geographical schema object
On the Drawing tab, specify the object formatting.
Fig. . Formatting of a geographical schema object
6.4. Specifying geographical schema properties
6.4.1. Specifying appearance properties
Transparent. Shows whether the background is transparent.
Background Color. The background color.
Scale Keeping. The geographical schema scale.
Available options include:
- All data. Scale data to fit the visible area.
- Specified by scale. Specify scale explicitly.
- Specified area. Specify area to be displayed.
- Scale. The scale for data to be displayed in Specified by scale mode.
- Projection. The geographic projection used to display the geographical schema.
- Latitude Offset. The latitude offset for the origin of coordinates, in degrees.
- Longitude Offset. The longitude offset for the origin of coordinates, in degrees.
- Show Coordinates. Shows whether the pointer coordinates are displayed in the status bar. This property is unavailable for some projection types.
- Left. The left border of the specified area, in decimal degrees. This property is available if you select the Specified Area scale mode.
- Bottom. The bottom border of the specified area, in decimal degrees. This property is available if you select the Specified Area scale mode.
- Right. The right border of the specified area, in decimal degrees. This property is available if you select the Specified Area scale mode.
- Top. The top border of the specified area, in decimal degrees. This property is available if you select the Specified Area scale mode.
- Title. Shows whether the title area is displayed. This property is available if the geographical schema is located in a spreadsheet document or a form.
- Legend. Shows whether the legend area is displayed. This property is available if the geographical schema is located in a spreadsheet document or a form.
6.4.2. Specifying series properties
This category is available if a geographical schema is embedded into a spreadsheet. The properties in the category allow you to set the data source for the layer.
Active layer. The layer that uses the data source.
Content type. The data source organization type.
Two data placement options are available: in rows and at intersections.
| Object 1 |
Data Series 1 |
Value 1 |
| Object 2 |
Data Series 2 |
Value 2 |
| Object 3 |
Data Series 3 |
Value 3 |
| Object 4 |
Data Series 4 |
Value 4 |
| Object 5 |
Data Series 5 |
Value 5 |
| Series 1 |
Series 2 |
Series 3 |
Series 4 |
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| Object 1 |
Value 1 |
Value 1 |
Value 1 |
Value 1 |
| Object 2 |
Value 2 |
Value 2 |
Value 2 |
Value 2 |
| Object 3 |
Value 3 |
Value 3 |
Value 3 |
Value 3 |
| Object 4 |
Value 4 |
Value 4 |
Value 4 |
Value 4 |
Data range. A spreadsheet document data range used as a data source.
6.5. Specifying geographical schema title properties
These properties are available if the geographical schema is located in a spreadsheet document.
6.5.1. Specifying appearance properties
Text. The title text.
Font. The title font.
Title color. The title text color.
Alignment. The title text alignment.
Border. The title area border type.
Border color. The title area border color.
Transparent background. Shows whether the title area has transparent background.
Background color. The title area background color.
6.6. Specifying geographical schema legend properties
These properties are available if the geographical schema is located in a spreadsheet document.
6.6.1. Specifying appearance properties
Font. The legend font.
Color. The legend text color.
Border. The legend area border type.
Border color. The legend area border color.
Transparent background. Shows whether the legend area has transparent background.
Background color. The legend area background color.
Ruler. Shows whether a ruler is displayed in the legend area.
Legend items. To customize the legend items, click Settings. This opens the Legend items dialog box.
Fig. . Legend item customization dialog box
Data series. The data series linked to a legend item. To add a series, click the Add button on the toolbar, select a layer, and then select a series.
Picture. The legend item picture.
Sample text. The legend item text.
Sample font. The legend item text font.
Sample color. The legend item text color.
Caption text. The description text.
If a legend element is linked to a data series and the legend item text is not specified, the data series text is displayed instead.
6.7. Using search and replacement
All the text properties (Text, Format, Caption text, Sample text, Title) and their text values support text search and replacement (see section "" on page ).
To view and edit the object values, use the Object properties command in the context menu of a geographical schema object.