Script to load hydrographic data from DNCs (Digital Nautical Charts)
agenteh2o
Global Mapper User
I am hoping someone might be able to help me load the vector hydrographic data from all VPF DNCs (Digital Nautical Charts). Currently I can load the DHT or individual LHTs but the import dialog forces me to manually select the Hydrography check box for each and every subfolder (incl. all harbours and approaches). I am wanting to just batch load only the bathymetric contours from the DNCs of an area. Is this possible? Thanks.
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You would currently need to write a script to do this. You could use the DIR_LOOP_START and DIR_LOOP_END commands to loop over all of the 'dht' or 'lht' files in a directory tree and load them with a LOAD_FLAGS parameter set to just load the Hydrography coverage. The loop could look like the following:
DIR_LOOP_START DIRECTORY="C:\PATH TO FILES" FILENAME_MASKS="DHT"
IMPORT FILENAME="%FNAME_W_DIR%" TYPE="VPF" LOAD_FLAGS="COVERAGES=''HYDROGRAPHY''"
DIR_LOOP_END
Let me know if I can be of further assistance.
Thanks,
Mike
Global Mapper Support
support@globalmapper.com -
Hi Mike,
Thanks for getting back to me... I am still having problems, probably stemming from being a newbie and my lack of scripting experience. Here is the script I used:
GLOBAL_MAPPER_SCRIPT VERSION=1.00
UNLOAD_ALL
DIR_LOOP_START DIRECTORY="G:\MAPS\DNCs\" FILENAME_MASKS="DHT" RECURSE_DIR=YES
IMPORT FILENAME="%FNAME_W_DIR%" TYPE="VPF" LOAD_FLAGS="COVERAGES=''HYDROGRAPHY''"
DIR_LOOP_END
However, when it runs it seems to work. I whirs away and seems to load the data but when it is finished it does not display the data. Do I need to add another command to complete that part? I want to be able to manipulate the data in the main GM window after the script completes. -
OK I figured out a solution... I just added the line:
EXPORT_PACKAGE FILENAME="G:\MAPS\DNCs\Hydrography.gmp"
to the end and then I can load that package after the script has completed. -
Hi again,
I am trying to do the same type of thing with VMAP1 VPF data but I am having issues. I would like to open the "Boundaries" coverages for a bunch of VMAP1 datasets using the above method but I get an error that neither "Coverages" or "Boundaries" are not recognized. When I load some of the data manually and save the workspaces I see the following in the .GMW file:
IMPORT FILENAME="S:\VMAP1\003_1\NOAMER\DHT" TYPE="VPF" LABEL_FIELD="" LOAD_FLAGS="lib_003?4?,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,F"
IMPORT FILENAME="S:\VMAP1\005A_3\EURNASIA\dht" TYPE="VPF" LABEL_FIELD="" LOAD_FLAGS="lib_005a?4?,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"
IMPORT FILENAME="S:\VMAP1\024B_1\EURNASIA\DHT" TYPE="VPF" LABEL_FIELD="" LOAD_FLAGS="lib_024b?8?,,,,,,,1"
... there does not seem to be a consistent way to load the "Boundaries" portions via a script. Any ideas how to script this? -
You can replace the cryptic LOAD_FLAGS with something like LOAD_FLAGS="COVERAGES=''Boundaries''" (to just load the boundaries layer. Note that you use 2 single quote marks (') to get quotes within quoted LOAD_FLAGS field. See the description below (from the SDK) for more information on the recognized values:
You you can specify a comma-delimited quoted list of coverages to load as well as a library name to load if the dht file that you are loading references multiple libraries. For example, to load just the boundary and transportation coverages from a layer, specify a load flags of COVERAGES="Boundaries,Transportation". Note that this will also cause the coverage/tile selection dialog to not be shown. You can also supply a list of FACC codes to load in the extra load string. It's formatted like FACC_LIST="<FACC_Code1>,...,<FACC_CodeN>". Finally, if you just want to load either area, line, and/or point features, you can specify that the other types are to be ignored by adding a substring of format FEATURE_TYPE="AREAS,LINES,POINTS". Just leave out the types that you don't want to load, so to just load lines, you would use FEATURE_TYPE="LINES".
Let me know if I can be of further assistance.
Thanks,
Mike
Global Mapper Support
support@globalmapper.com -
Thanks Mike. I did not notice the single quotes when I did this technique the second time because the first time I copied and pasted and the second I typed it all out. Doh! Your suggestions are all working out well. Cheers.
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