Application programming interface (API). A set of interfaces, methods, protocols, and tools that application developers use to build or customize a software program.
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Load third-party APIs only when the corresponding map layer is requested?
OpenLayers allows multiple map layers to be hosted on a common platform. If the map application supports a wide variety of maps, say from Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, I find that upon initialization, ...
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Setting up file geodatabase API
Can someone point me to a guide for setting up the file geodatabase API? I'm using Visual Studio Express 2012.
I can deal with writing and debugging the code - I just can't seem to figure out how to ...
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jquery communication with arcgis services
I am working with the ArcGIS JavaScript API for my application. My app users are stored in a table published in a map service. Whenever a user wants to connect to the app, he needs to provide a ...
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Closest set of points to another set of (predefined) points
I have 10 sets of points which I call templates that I have manually classified from 0 to 10. Each point is a X, Y coordinate in a text file. Each template has 5-8 points.
I have new sets of points ...
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How to download GeoTIFFs using the REST API in GeoServer 2.2?
I am using GeoServer (Version 2.2 Git Revision f5b5c35076b52d02eb9cca3fa3232bc17b5f6d80 Build Date 19-Sep-2012 18:33 GeoTools Version 8.2 (rev 704570474295e339c08d1ca140d884f23a8a03a3)) and I've got ...
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GeoServer REST API: Creating Database Data Store does not persist password
I'm passing the XML created by the method below to a GeoServer REST API request that successfully creates a postGIS data store. However, password is not persisted. I have to update the password ...
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Is there an easy common gis abstraction available in .Net
Is there an easy common gis abstraction available in the .Net programming world that cuts the dependency to a concrete gis implementation, e.g. to the esri silverlight/wpf sdk.
... for example ...
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intersect two shape files using QGIS API
I am trying to automate a process of a shape file. We are using google maps engine and we have limitation on number vertices in a shape file. so I am using a grid to split the shape files.
In GUI , I ...
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GeoServer REST API Timeout Error
I'm trying to upload a 20MB shapefile using the REST API, but gets a timeout error. I can upload smaller files without problems.
I'd like to be able to upload a shapefile of any size without ...
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GDAL: add metadata to Bands when creating new GeoTIFF
This is a metadata question :-).
I am processing airborne laser scanning full-waveform data to extract information and I store this information by creating a multiband GeoTIFF using GDAL. I will have ...
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populate a combobox in jsviewer widget
I'm woriking with jsviewer and JSAPI v:2.8. in one of my widgets I have a combobox which I want to be populated once the widget is opened .it should be populated with a field values coming from a ...
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Re-enabling a web service API call that has stopped working unexpectedly
so we have are running an instance of ArcGis Server, and have a handful of services running. These were set up by someone who is no longer working with the company. Some of them are built into ...
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Requesting styled Google Map tiles via URL
I'm not working with the Google Maps API but I'd still like to be able to request styled map tiles. Is it possible to request a styled Google Map tile via a URL similar to the slippy map URL format ...
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Using Bing Maps API in Geoserver OpenLayers Map Application
I am using Geoserver and Openlayers to display several shapefiles in a mapping application. I thought the best way to begin would be to organize the datasets and do a layer preview in Openlayers on ...
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Zooming the selected polygon to the center of .NET WebBrowser control
I have an ArcGIS Server JavaScript API application. I am embedding this page in a .NET WebBrowser Control. The size of the webbrowser control is approximately 300X300 pixel. I have code that query and ...
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Link problem building windows application using QGIS library routines
This is not a plug-in that I am trying to build, but a direct usage of analysis functions within a microsoft dll I am writing. I have sucessfully linked all but one catagory of functions into my ...
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How to migrate from SQL API code to Google Fusion Table API v1
I have a javascript web mapping application code built using previous SQL API which has been deprecated recently. I also used JSON to give back results. Now I want to migrate to new fusion table API. ...
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What happened to the DynamicLayerModel in the Android API?
We were using the Dynamic Layer model from the Alpha API and well, we are updating our large code base and can't seem to find the DynamicLayerModel.
Can someone point to where this went or how to ...
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How to Query Parks in GeoNames and Combine it With a Polygon Layer?
I run a hiking site and would like to get parks where you can at least have a nice walk. That means they should not be playgrounds, stadiums, and probably be bigger than 3 square city blocks at least.
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