AIMS 2017 - new error message

After updating from AIMS 2013 to AIMS 2017 no raster images were shown. Any preview in Studio triggered the following error message in the log file:


<2016-09-07T08:33:35> 3752 Ajax Viewer 10.99.66.114 Administrator
Error: Stilisierung von folgendem Layer fehlgeschlagen: Luftbild_1pro
Ausnahmefehler in FDO-Komponente aufgetreten.
Ausnahmefehler in FDO-Komponente aufgetreten.
'FdoATILSession::GetImage': Funktion kann aufgrund eines ungültigen Wertes für Eingabeparameter 'fileDescriptor' nicht ausgeführt werden. (Ursache: , grundlegende Ursache: 'FdoATILSession::GetImage': Funktion kann aufgrund eines ungültigen Wertes für Eingabeparameter 'fileDescriptor' nicht ausgeführt werden. )
StackTrace:
- MgMappingUtil.StylizeLayers() Zeile 899 Datei e:\build\2017\re_ims2017_46_1-6376417\ent\os\server\src\services\mapping\MappingUtil.cpp  


This message was new to me and hadn't occurred with AIMS 2013.

Also, "Testing connection" always returned "OK" for our raster file data source. The raster file data source uses an ALIAS which points to a shared network drive.

Problem was, that AIMS 2017 was running under local user account. In order to access the network drive AIMS service needs to run under different user account. 

AIMS 2017, SP1

ECW file header

There is a tool by Intergraph/ERDAS for modifying ECW headers called "ECW Header Editor". If you need to apply a new insertion point you can just open the ECW file, enter the new coordinates and save the changes back to the file.

Command line version is available as well. The tool is part of a package called "Apollo Essentials".

Current download URL : 

http://download.intergraph.com/downloads/erdas-apollo-essentials---image-web-server-2011-utilities-version-11.0.4

LV95 Reference frame - world files for raster

If you need to transform world files as part of the the reference frame change (LV03 --> LV95) - I have written a small tool which does the transformation, either by performing a transformation using REFRAME or by performaning a simple translation. Let me know if the tool would be helpful - I can send it by email.

Map workflow - separate files for specific area

Situation: ca 7000 tiled raster files in one folder but only a subset for a specific area is required, SHP file containing tiles and filenames and SHP file with area of interest available

raster tiles (green), area of interest (blue)

workflow:

1 - load both SHP files into Map
2 - spatial query to select tiles for area of interest

raster tiles for area of interest

3 - export attribute data for selection

shp with tiles (selection for area of interest) - export attribute data (filenames) 

4 - open attribute data in Excel
5 - extract exact filename with Excel and add addtional parameters (DOS commands), as result you need something like this: 

... copy 6895_2595_r3x.tif c:\temp\dom copy 6895_2600_r3x.tif c:\temp\dom copy 6895_2605_r3x.tif c:\temp\dom ...

further processing in Excel

6 - copy result into new textfile, save as BAT file into folder with raster files and execute



What happens if you do not have a SHP file containg tiles and filenames?

This might be an option to create one with Map:

- load raster files into Map (command: _mapiinsert), choose option to show frame only (do not load thousands of raster files, only let Map display the frames)

_mapiinsert - show frames only

- add AutoCAD layer with image frames to DisplayManager (query current drawing)

- add a label to the newly add layer, choose ".IMAGENAME" as label text

label added to iamge frames - path to file is used as text

- export as SHP (command: _mapexport), export option "Text" : you will get a Point SHP with text insertion points as points and label text as attribute

- use point shape for spatial query