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The OpenCities Map – Administrator course focuses on setting up and managing the technical infrastructure of an OpenCities Map environment. Participants learn to use Bentley Geospatial Administrator to create XFM schemas, define features, and link them to workspaces. The course also covers property-based symbology, automatic annotations, and database integrations.
OpenCities Map for Administrators is intended for professionals responsible for configuring, managing, and maintaining the GIS environment within their organization. The course focuses on the use of Bentley Geospatial Administrator, the tool that allows administrators to define the structure and functionality of OpenCities Map projects.
With this software, administrators can design XFM schemas, create and manage features, and establish the link between geographic data and its visual presentation. OpenCities Map thus offers a powerful combination of CAD and GIS functionality, enabling organizations to efficiently organize and integrate their infrastructure data.
This course provides participants with the knowledge to set up, configure, and maintain the technical foundation of an OpenCities Map environment, fully tailored to the organization’s specific needs.
Please note! A solid understanding of MicroStation is essential for this course. If you do not have this knowledge, you should first take the MicroStation Basics course.
OpenCities Map – Administrator is the technical configuration course within the Bentley GIS ecosystem. The focus is on using Geospatial Administrator to create and manage XFM schemas. Within these schemas, the administrator defines, among other things, the features, attributes, placement methods, and symbology of objects.
In addition, the course covers exporting schemas to a workspace, setting up property-based symbology and annotations, and establishing database links. Integration with other geographic datasets and the application of “seamless mapping” are also covered.
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Contact usThe first day focuses on working with Bentley Geospatial Administrator and understanding the structure of an XFM project. Participants will learn how to define features, attributes, and placement methods, and how to export them to a workspace. The session will also cover structuring the project environment, managing settings, and preparing data for use in OpenCities Map.
On the second day, the focus is on the visual and functional management of GIS data. Participants will learn how to apply property-based symbology to generate automatic displays and annotations based on attribute values. The session also covers linking features to external databases and using “seamless mapping” to manage large datasets. The day concludes with a hands-on exercise in which participants configure and test a fully functional XFM schema within OpenCities Map.
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This course has been developed for GIS and system administrators who are responsible for the setup, configuration, and technical management of OpenCities Map within their organization. The training focuses on creating XFM schemas, setting up workspaces, managing symbology and annotations, and linking external databases.
OpenCities Map replaces the former Bentley Map management environment and offers a more modern, integrated workflow through Bentley Geospatial Administrator. The course covers topics such as working with XFM schemas, property-based symbology, and database connections. In addition, OpenCities Map supports new GIS formats, cloud integration, and improved management features, making it more flexible and future-proof than Bentley Map.
A basic understanding of database management, file structures, and MicroStation environments is helpful but not required. The course provides a step-by-step guide to configuring OpenCities Map within an existing IT infrastructure, including managing user settings, project structures, and data connections. This will help you tailor the system to best suit your organization.
