Hi Robin, I recently wrote up a detailed explanation of creating an overlay layer from a geotiff served through Geoserver: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/archesproject/vaBMwbYp6IY/nqL6xO-PAwAJ
No command line work necessary, all done in the Django admin backend (/admin) of your Arches application. Adam On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 6:35 AM Robin Rönnlund <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Dennis, and sorry for taking a while to respond. I had to get > our technician to set up a Geoserver, which is now done and the GeoTiff is > uploaded. > > I (and the technician!) have some problems understanding the following > steps. I have tried to read the documentation but I don't get that very > well either. Could you please expand? > > I assume that these things have to be handled through the command line > interface, which I'm not very savvy with yet. > > Thanks again, > Robin > > Den fredag 6 mars 2020 kl. 21:53:06 UTC+2 skrev Dennis Wuthrich: >> >> Hi Robin, >> >> Yes, you can add a geoTIFF as either an overlay or basemap to Arches. >> The steps are: >> >> 1. Set up a service for your geoTIFF. There are lots of ways to do this >> (a little googling will reveal plenty of options). One choice is to use >> GeoServer (http://geoserver.org/), an Open Source geospatial server for >> both raster and vector data. GeoServer has excellent documentation, and >> there is a very good step-by-step summary of configuring a service for >> geotiffs. >> >> 2. Once you've set up your service, you'll need to register it with >> Arches. Here's an example of how to define a raster service (in this case, >> served from esri): >> >> { >> "name": "ESRI World Topo", >> "sources": { >> "ESRI World Topo": { >> "type": "raster", >> "tiles": [" >> https://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Topo_Map/MapServer/WMTS/tile/1.0.0/World_Topo_Map/default/default028mm/{z}/{y}/{x}.png >> "], >> "tileSize": 256 >> } >> }, >> "layers": [ >> { >> "source": "ESRI World Topo", >> "type": "raster", >> "id": "agoltopo" >> } >> ] >> } >> >> The key for you will be to replace the "tiles" URL with the proper URL >> for your service. >> >> Once you've defined your service, you can register it with Arches using >> the "add_mapbox_layer" which will look something like this: >> >> python manage.py packages -o add_mapbox_layer -j *path to >> file*/Sausalito.json -n "Sausalito Zoning" >> >> >> - Dennis >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 11:40:30 AM UTC-8, Robin Rönnlund wrote: >>> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I have been informed by several people that it is possible to add a >>> rectified geoTIFF as a map overlay in Arches, but I have failed to find how >>> to do this. Is there a guide that I haven't found, or is this a more >>> esoteric issue? >>> >>> I have a site-plan (georeffed in WGS84) of a particular archaeological >>> site, and we would need it as the local basemap showing where specific >>> archaeological finds have been found. >>> >>> Robin >>> >> -- > -- To post, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe, > send email to [email protected]. For more > information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Arches Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/archesproject/810daa8a-6a8c-4c5f-8110-56f5278f3990%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/archesproject/810daa8a-6a8c-4c5f-8110-56f5278f3990%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- To post, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]. For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arches Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/archesproject/CAGYBTau3SVyLHJkGXNidzTSjnp1NhMYXx%2B5PJzmZ50M9o3SFLg%40mail.gmail.com.
