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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I would like a pdf map, that contains all the submaps
on their own layers, and with offsets and previews visible.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I have been trying to make sense of –map-level as it
relates to exporting map outputs, and referring to the Therion Book.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>• map-level <number> </span></font><font size=1
face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>◃</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> valid only when a map is selected.
Determines the level at<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>which map expansion for atlas export is stopped. By
default 0 is used; if ‘basic’ is<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>specified, expansion is done up to the basic maps.
Note: Map previews are displayed<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>only as specified in maps in the current map-level.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>So as documented it seems to apply only to atlas
exports, however as discussed previously on this forum it is useful in map
exports as it can place each submap on it’s own layer in the resulting pdf
file. This is what I would like to achieve, however doing so has the
disadvantage of hiding offset passages (and their previews). The preview
hiding is hinted at in the Therion Book, but not the offset hiding.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>So experimenting…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:yellow'>select SpanishParrotPlanMap -map-level
0</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>…selects only the top level map for export and
results in a pdf with 3 layers, preview above, SpanishParrotPlanMap and preview
below. Because I have specified an offset below in one of the sub-maps, the
preview below layer contains the shaded passage shape, and the map-connection
points are displayed in the SpanishParrotPlanMap layer.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>This seems to be exactly the same as the default
behaviour resulting from…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:yellow'>select SpanishParrotPlanMap</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> #ie
no map-level specified.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The above are the pdf map characteristics I want, but
in addition, sometimes, I want a layer for each submap.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:yellow'>select SpanishParrotPlanMap -map-level
1</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>… should perhaps achieve what I want, but I find I
have no offset and no preview below. I do however have a layer for each submap
as well as empty layers for preview above and below.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>So lets try selecting both flavours of the map…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:yellow'>select SpanishParrotPlanMap -map-level
0</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:yellow'>select SpanishParrotPlanMap -map-level
1</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Some improvement. I have an offset, and map and
submap layers in the pdf, ordered according to the order of my select
statements. BUT the preview layer is empty and the map-connection point dashed
lines to not display.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Other variants I tried…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:yellow'>select SpanishParrotPlanMap -map-level
1 -map-level 0</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>…this only creates output based on the last –map-level
statement. So it should probably throw a warning or error.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:yellow'>select SpanishParrotPlanMap -map-level
0, 1</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> # causes error<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:yellow'>select SpanishParrotPlanMap -map-level
0 1</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> # causes error<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:yellow'>select SpanishParrotPlanMap -map-level
[0 1]</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> # causes error<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>So is there a way to specify the creation of a pdf
layer for each submap, while retaining the preview, offset and map-connection visibility?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>As an aside, in 2011 I requested an easy toggle for
offsets. <a
href="http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.therion/2759/match=offset">http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.therion/2759/match=offset</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>It would seem that the current behaviour of –map-level
can be used to achieve this for exported maps. Not sure how it affects
exported atlas, but I’m not going to worry about that until another day.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Bruce<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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