Many thanks to everyone who replied on this topic.
Annette
--- In [email protected], "peter laulund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> The best way to do things like this is to create a databse
(dbf,csv, mdb,..)
> contaning a collum / attribute and a key collum (leve) and then use
a
> @Relate() to join the attriubtes onto the features.
>
> This way you dont have to hardcode a lot off stuf in the workespace
and when
> you have to change the data and add a level #36 all you have to do
is add a
> new row in the database.
>
> I always try to use this approach in my mapping files - let the
mapping file
> do the logick and putt all 'metadata' in a databse, the advantage is
> 1. it simplifys the mapping file / workspace
> 2. adding new featues is esay ( just add a new reccord )
> 3. cheking and validating the metadata is esay when you have them
in one
> place, and can use the tools i a databse to do this
> 4. some time you can reuse the db for more than one project
>
> I normaly use a dBase file, i workes farst with FME and you can
edit it in
> MapInfo, ArcView, ..., but any database will do.
>
> For one project i have databses with 30-40 collumns and 300 rows
and it work
> like a dream:-)
>
> Peter Laulund
> National Survey and Cadastre, Denmark
>
> >From: "annettefarrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [email protected]
> >To: [email protected]
> >Subject: [fme] idgs - associate constants with all levels.
> >Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 18:25:57 -0000
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >My destination dataset has 35 levels.
> >I was to associate the same constant values with the following
> >attributes for each level idgs_colour, idgs_type, idgs_weight,
> >idgs_style.
> >
> >Is there a quick way of doing this.
> >
> >I notice if I select a level, and the constants that are connected
> >to, I can make a copy and paste the feature maintaining the
constants
> >connected to the new level.
> >
> >That's fine if you haven't already got all the levels set up.
> >
> >Any thoughts?
> >
> >thanks
> >
> >A
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