Managing the Mapping Service Configuration
The Mapping Service provides a simplified interface to perform Mapping Service rendering, themes, overlays, and conversions. It provides both simple operations that are more frequently used, or more complex operations that require higher levels of customization. The Mapping Service is configured and managed using Spectrum Spatial Manager. For more information, see Mapping Service in the Services section of the Spectrum Spatial Guide.
To view the Mapping Service settings, on the main menu of Spectrum Spatial Manager, select Services and then Mapping. You can edit the contents of the fields to configure the Mapping Service settings:
Field | Description |
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Image directory | The temporary cache directory for map
images used during SOAP requests for the Mapping Service, when
returnImage is set to false in the request. (You must have access
rights to this directory). Important: If you change this
setting to use an image directory that already contains files or
directories, be aware that those files and directories will be
deleted due to the nature of cache directories. |
Access Base URL | The URL location for the image directory, typically http://hostname:port/rest/Spatial/MappingService/internal/imageCache. This allows map images to be retrieved using HTTP GET. |
Expire images after | Time (in seconds) to wait until the image file is tagged for deletion from the cache. |
Scan image directory for expired images every | The interval (in seconds) that the service scans the image cache for expiring images. |
Any changes you make to the Mapping Service configuration are automatically loaded.
Note: The Mapping Service configuration file MappingConfiguration is
preconfigured and located in the Configuration directory under the
root repository. For example, a default installation will place the Mapping Service
configuration file at http://hostname:port/RepositoryService/repository/default/Configuration/MappingConfiguration.
Although you can use a WebDAV tool such as WebFolders to copy this configuration file
from the repository then upload the modified file, manual editing of this file should
only be done by advanced users who require functionality that is not supported by the
current version of Spectrum Spatial Manager. Unexpected results may occur
when using a manually edited configuration file with Spectrum Spatial Manager.