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 <komponi...@gmail.com> 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 archesproject@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe, > send email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 archesproject@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe, send email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/archesproject/CAGYBTau3SVyLHJkGXNidzTSjnp1NhMYXx%2B5PJzmZ50M9o3SFLg%40mail.gmail.com.
