PlanetGIS User Guide

From PlanetWiki

Preface

1. Introduction to PlanetGIS
2. The PlanetGIS Software Suite
3. Getting Started with this Guide

Part I: Installation, Licensing & Support

1. Installing PlanetGIS
   1. Installation requirements
   2. Source files
   3. Privileges required
   4. Procedure
   5. Updating an existing installation
   6. Software registration
   7. Updating your software
2. Licensing & Support
   1. Technical Support
   2. Licensing

Part II: Tutorial

1. Getting Started with PlanetGIS
   1. Opening a PlanetGIS project
   2. Working with multiple Projects
   3. Opening a PlanetGIS project
   4. Adding spatial information from other GIS programs
   5. Starting from scratch
   6. Viewing raster images in PlanetGIS
   7. Interacting with Google Earth
   8. Exporting spatial layers to other GIS programs
2. Finding your Way Around
   1. The graphical user interface
   2. The main menu & menu bar
   3. The map toolbar
   4. Expanding tabs
   5. View tabs
   6. Locating features
3. Core Concepts
   1. Introduction
   2. What is a feature?
   3. What is a feature class?
   4. What is a display?
   5. What is a view?
   6. What is an attribute?
   7. What is a thematic map?
   8. Summary
4. The Display Manager
   1. Introduction
   2. Adding displays
   3. Toggling visibility
   4. Drawing order
   5. Display Properties
5. Using Styles
   1. Introduction
   2. Selecting and editing styles
   3. Common components of style elements
   4. Pens
   5. Fills
   6. Symbols
   7. Fonts
   8. Ranges
6. Working with Views
   1. Introduction
   2. Creating views
   3. View properties
7. Design Mode
   1. Introduction
   2. Views
   3. Feature classes
   4. Tables
8. Connecting to Information
   1. Introduction
   2. Supported Database Platforms
   3. Setting up a Database Connection
   4. Tables
   5. Fields

Part III: Reference

Part IV: Practical

Part V: Web publishing

Part VI: Component API