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| =====Overview===== | =====Overview===== | ||
| - | Map Suite WebAPI Edition supports many popular adornments. In this learning sample we will go over some of the most common supported adornment and learn two different drawing styles. | + | Map Suite supports adornments which are graphical items that appear on top of your map and remain in a fixed position even as you pan and zoom. They are often informational, and include things like titles, scale bars, north arrows and legends. This is very helpful to viewers to better understand the context of the map. |
| =====Types of Adornments===== | =====Types of Adornments===== | ||
| - | There are seven types of adornment that are supported by Map Suite Core: Scale Bar Adornment, Scale Line Adornment, Scale Text Adornment,Logo Adornment, Graticule Adornment,Magnetic Declination Adornment, and Legend Adornment. | + | There are seven types of adornment that are supported in Map Suite Core: Scale Bar Adornment, Scale Line Adornment, Scale Text Adornment,Logo Adornment, Graticule Adornment, Magnetic Declination Adornment, and Legend Adornment. |
| - | In this learning sample we will go over some of the most popular types of of adornments: | + | In this learning sample we will go over some of the most popular adornment types: |
| ====Scale Bar Adornment==== | ====Scale Bar Adornment==== | ||
| - | Display scale bars on the map.It show the scale ratio and unit. | + | Display scale bars on the map and shows the scale ratio and unit. |
| <div captionwithborder floatright> | <div captionwithborder floatright> | ||
| {{webapiedition:scalebaradornment.png?300|Border}} | {{webapiedition:scalebaradornment.png?300|Border}} | ||
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| ====Scale Line Adornment==== | ====Scale Line Adornment==== | ||
| - | Display scale line on the map.It show the scale ratio and unit. | + | Display scale line on the map and shows the scale ratio and unit. |
| <div captionwithborder floatright> | <div captionwithborder floatright> | ||
| {{webapiedition:scalelineadornment.png?300|Border}} | {{webapiedition:scalelineadornment.png?300|Border}} | ||
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| ====Logo Adornment==== | ====Logo Adornment==== | ||
| - | The adornment should work for various kinds of logos and allow you to change the position using the AdornmentLayer's properties. | + | Allows you to add logos, images, etc. You can change the position by using the Adornment Layer's properties. |
| <div captionwithborder floatright> | <div captionwithborder floatright> | ||
| {{webapiedition:logoadornment.png?300|Border}} | {{webapiedition:logoadornment.png?300|Border}} | ||
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| ====Magnetic Declination Adornment==== | ====Magnetic Declination Adornment==== | ||
| - | The adornment is used for showing the angle on the horizontal plane between magnetic north (the direction in which the north end of a compass needle, corresponding to the direction of the Earth's magnetic field lines) and true north (the direction along a meridian towards the geographic North Pole). | + | Allows you to add north arrows and can be used for showing the angle of the horizontal plane between magnetic north (the direction in which the north end of a compass corresponds to the direction of the Earth's magnetic field lines) and true north (the direction along a meridian towards the geographic North Pole). |
| <div captionwithborder floatright> | <div captionwithborder floatright> | ||
| {{webapiedition:magneticdeclinationadornment.png?300|Border}} | {{webapiedition:magneticdeclinationadornment.png?300|Border}} | ||
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| ====Legend Adornment==== | ====Legend Adornment==== | ||
| - | Legend adornment can show a variety of custom information. | + | Legend gives context to the user; it describes the features being displayed on the map. |
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| <div captionwithborder floatright> | <div captionwithborder floatright> | ||
| {{webapiedition:legendadornment.png?300|Border}} | {{webapiedition:legendadornment.png?300|Border}} | ||
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| =====A Look at the Code===== | =====A Look at the Code===== | ||
| - | There are two projects in the Visual Studio solution. One is for the Leaflet javascript mapping library and one is for OpenLayers. In each project the AdornmentsController contains the function that loads each adornment type. The functions show how to build a adornment layer.The RefreshAdornmentLayer function and RefreshSchoolPoiLayer function will show two different drawing styles. | + | There are two projects in the Visual Studio solution; one using Leaflet javascript mapping library and the other using OpenLayers. In each project the AdornmentsController contains the function that loads each adornment type. The functions shows how to build a adornment layer. The RefreshAdornmentLayer function and RefreshSchoolPoiLayer function will show two different drawing styles. |
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