Spatial Manager User Guide v4.0

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Spatial Manager- version 4.0

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File: Prepared by:
Spatial Manager v. 4.0 User Guide Pano Voudouris
Manual Name: Reviewed by:
Spatial Manager User Guide Marc Kratzschmar
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1.0 Colin Stewart
Date of Issue: Product Manager:
October 2006 Marc Kratzschmar
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CONTENTS
Quality Assurance Statement ......................................................................................................... 2
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 6
Notation and symbology ............................................................................................................. 6
How selections work in Spatial Manager .................................................................................... 7
Map Management Functionality .................................................................................................. 7
Improved display of asset layers................................................................................................. 8
Integrated Gazetteer ................................................................................................................... 8
Advanced tools for editing datum layers ..................................................................................... 8
Groups of Datum Elements Form ............................................................................................... 8
Groups of Groups form ............................................................................................................... 9
Asset editing ............................................................................................................................... 9
Street Gazetteer editing .............................................................................................................. 9
Spatial Data Manager and Spatial Manager Functionality Matrix ............................................... 9
ArcView terminology ................................................................................................................. 11
The Spatial Manager User Interface .............................................................................................. 13
Spatial Manager Toolbar........................................................................................................... 13
Connecting to the database ...................................................................................................... 15
Using the Table of Contents ......................................................................................................... 17
exor Groups tab ........................................................................................................................ 17
Exor Extents Tab ...................................................................................................................... 26
Searching for records using the Search/Add Dialog ................................................................. 29
Using Spatial Manager Forms ...................................................................................................... 32
Forms Navigation ...................................................................................................................... 32
Drop-down list fields.................................................................................................................. 32
Setting Preferences ...................................................................................................................... 34
General Preferences ................................................................................................................. 34
Displaying network and asset data ............................................................................................... 36
Adding network layers to the map............................................................................................. 37
Adding the Nodes Layer to the map.......................................................................................... 37
Adding Asset Layers to the map ............................................................................................... 37
Adding Exor themes to the map................................................................................................ 37
Set Active Date ......................................................................................................................... 38
Displaying Projected Data......................................................................................................... 38
Retrieving information about your data........................................................................................ 40
Find Records Using the Query Dialog....................................................................................... 41
Select Exor Features tool.......................................................................................................... 41
Displaying Record Attributes..................................................................................................... 42
Using the Identify tool ............................................................................................................... 43
Using the LRM Tool .................................................................................................................. 44
Using the Locate LRM Tool....................................................................................................... 46
Shape Properties tool ............................................................................................................... 47
Zoom to XY ............................................................................................................................... 47
Editing Datum Network Elements ................................................................................................. 50
Creating new datum elements ...................................................................................................... 51
Edit Tools .................................................................................................................................. 54
Copy Trace Settings ..................................................................................................................... 57
Defining the matching columns ................................................................................................. 57
Attribute Transfer .......................................................................................................................... 62
Using the Attribute Transfer Settings dialog window................................................................. 62
Using the Attribute Transfer Tool .............................................................................................. 63

Using the Attribute Transfer button ........................................................................................... 64

Reshape Datum Element.............................................................................................................. 66
Reshape tool............................................................................................................................. 67
Snapping ................................................................................................................................... 68
Merge Elements............................................................................................................................ 70
Merge button ............................................................................................................................. 71
Replace Elements......................................................................................................................... 73
Replace button .......................................................................................................................... 73
Recalibrate Element...................................................................................................................... 76
Recalibrate Element button....................................................................................................... 77
Shared Reshape ........................................................................................................................... 80
Close (End-date) Element............................................................................................................. 82
Closing elements ...................................................................................................................... 83
Split Element................................................................................................................................. 84
Split Element tool ...................................................................................................................... 85
Split Element at Node tool ........................................................................................................ 86
Shift Asset..................................................................................................................................... 88
Shifting assets along an element .............................................................................................. 89
Undo ............................................................................................................................................. 91
Editing network node locations ..................................................................................................... 92
Close Nodes ................................................................................................................................. 93
Transaction History ....................................................................................................................... 94
Datum Elements Form .................................................................................................................. 95
Datum Elements form field definitions....................................................................................... 95
Snapping options dialog................................................................................................................ 99
Snapping Preferences ................................................................................................................ 100
Editing Groups of Datum Elements ............................................................................................ 102
Group of Datum Elements Form ................................................................................................. 103
Group Panel Detail.................................................................................................................. 104
Attribute Tab Details ............................................................................................................... 105
Members Tab Details .............................................................................................................. 106
Additional Data Tab Details .................................................................................................... 110
Groups of Datum elements toolbar ......................................................................................... 111
Extending routes ......................................................................................................................... 118
Creating new Groups of Datum Elements .................................................................................. 120
Splitting Linear Groups ........................................................................................................... 120
Merging Linear Groups ........................................................................................................... 121
Editing Groups of Groups............................................................................................................ 122
Group of Groups form ................................................................................................................. 123
Group Panel............................................................................................................................ 124
Sub Groups Panel................................................................................................................... 126
Attributes Tab.......................................................................................................................... 128
Additional Data Tab Details .................................................................................................... 128
Creating new Groups of Groups ................................................................................................. 130
Closing a Group of Groups ......................................................................................................... 131
Reclassify Elements.................................................................................................................... 132
How Reclassify works ............................................................................................................. 132
Changing the Admin Unit ........................................................................................................ 134
Renaming an element ............................................................................................................. 135
Change the Start/End Nodes of an element ........................................................................... 137
Working With Network Extents.................................................................................................... 139
Creating an extent from the selected network elements ......................................................... 140
Creating partial extents ........................................................................................................... 141
Adding members to Network Extents...................................................................................... 143
Editing Asset Records.................................................................................................................. 145

Asset Attributes form................................................................................................................... 146

Creating new Assets ................................................................................................................... 150
How To create a new Asset .................................................................................................... 150
Edit Asset Locations ................................................................................................................... 153
Relocating a point asset.......................................................................................................... 153
Relocating a continuous asset ................................................................................................ 154
Creating off-network assets ........................................................................................................ 157
Editing off-network assets........................................................................................................... 159
APPENDIX A- Flexible Attributes ................................................................................................ 160
APPENDIX B- Additional Data ..................................................................................................... 161
APPENDIX C- Server-Side Dynamic Segmentation ................................................................... 163

CHAPTER
1
Introduction
This chapter introduces this document and Spatial Manager, the Exor desktop
GIS-based network and asset editing environment. It also discusses
differences between Spatial Manager and Spatial Data Manager.
It is divided into the following sections:

• Spatial Manager User Guide
• Introduction for Spatial Data Manager Users
Spatial Manager (SM) is a client-server, network and asset editing application

fully integrated with the Exor Spatial Services and Linear Referencing
Engine modules. The client component of Spatial Manager has been
developed based on ESRI® ArcGIS® 9.1 –ArcMap application, utilizing the
advanced graphic editing functionality and user interface that ArcMap offers.
This document provides detailed instructions for using Spatial Manager,

including many examples. It includes the following chapters which are based
on typical Spatial Manager user tasks:
• This introduction
• The Spatial Manger User Interface
• Displaying Network and Asset Data
• Retrieving Information About Your Data
• Editing Datum Network Elements
• Editing Groups of Datum elements
• Editing Groups of Groups
• Working with Network Extents
• Editing Assets
Notation and symbology

Paragraphs that contain general information or tips to help you perform a task
more easily will have an information icon next to them as shown.
Paragraphs that contain important information on how to perform a task or

things you need to look out for will be symbolized in blue, bold font with an
exclamation mark icon next to them.
Paragraphs that reference topics or functionality only available in other

highways modules will be symbolized with a 'launchpad' icon.

How selections work in Spatial Manager

In ArcMap (and therefore Spatial Manager) there is no concept of an 'Active
Theme'. When you use the Select Feature tool from the ArcMap tool bar,
features from ALL 'Selectable' layers will be selected. By default all layers are
selectable when they are added to the Spatial Manager TOC.
If you want to select features from a single layer you must specify only this
layer as 'selectable' by selecting Selection->Set Selectable layers from the
ArcMap menu. Selecting features from a single layer only, is especially useful
when creating Network Extents.
For example, when creating a Network Extent from the selected set of datum
elements, if both the datum and group layers are added to the map, then
using the select tool will select both datum AND group elements. Setting the
Group layer as 'unselectable' (unchecking the check-box next to the layer
name in the Set Selectable layers dialog) will cause only features from the
datum layer to be selected.
Another way of to have the same effect is to make the layer 'invisible' by
unchecking the check-box next to the layer name in the [Display] tab.
Map Management Functionality

Spatial Manager is an extension to ESRI ArcMap software which provides
extensive desktop GIS functionality, including many tools to manage the way
that information is displayed on maps in the on-screen map view and in
printed map layouts. To find out more about this functionality see ArcMap
documentation.

Introduction For Spatial Data Manager Users
Spatial Manager replicates much of the functionality of Spatial Data Manager

2.x and 3.x and provides many additional functions. One of the major
differences between Spatial Data Manager and Spatial Manager is that
Spatial Manager is a standalone application which incorporates network
and asset editing functionality previously found only within form-based
exor modules.
Key advantages of Spatial Manager over Spatial Data Manager include:

• Improved display of asset layers
• Integrated gazetteer
• Advanced tools for editing datum layers
• Group of Datum Elements form
• Group of Groups form
• Asset editing
• National Street Gazetteer editing
Improved display of asset layers

Asset layers are now stored as persistent data in Oracle tables as Exor
database server now provides routines for server-side dynamic segmentation
Integrated Gazetteer
Network Groups and Extents are displayed in a tree view next to your map at
all times so you can navigate through your network with the click of a button.
Advanced tools for editing datum layers

A new set of tools dramatically improves the user experience. Examples
include:
• Creating multiple new elements without the need to commit them
individually
• Combined tool to Reshape/Replace/Recalibrate a datum element
• 'Sticky' tolerance tools.
• Enhanced Network Navigation
• Context-sensitive menus enable users to pan and zoom to any part of
the network
• A Datum Elements form to update the attributes.
Groups of Datum Elements Form

Spatial Manager provides functionality to edit groups of datum elements
directly through its interface. For example you can now create new groups or
close existing groups, or even add members to groups by selecting them from
your map, using Spatial Manager's Groups of Datum Elements form.

Groups of Groups form

You can now create new Groups of Groups or edit existing ones by using
Spatial Manager's Groups of Groups form.
Asset editing
Create new assets by simple digitization along any route or datum element or
Edit existing ones using the Assets form.
Street Gazetteer editing

Spatial Manager functionality has been used to provide an application
designed to maintain NSG street network data. This is called Street
Gazetteer Manager and is described in its own user documentation.
Spatial Data Manager and Spatial Manager Functionality Matrix
The table below provides compares user interface controls in Spatial Data
Manager and Spatial Manager.
Spatial Data Manager Spatial Manager

GIS button in Launchpad N/A. Spatial Manager is a
standalone application. Double-click
on the ArcMap icon to startup. Use
the [Connect] menu option to
connect to the database
Add Exor theme menu option Right-click on Asset Type from the
tree view->Display Layer
Add Linear Group Right-click on Group type from the
tree view->Display Layer
Create new element tool Click on Create new element button
(free-hand tool) and then select the 'free-hand' tool
Trace tool Click on Create new element button
and then select the tracing tool
Split tool Split Element tool
Split at Measure button Split Element at Node tool
Merge button Merge button
Replace button Replace button
Recalibrate button Recalibrate Element button
Shift tool Shift tool
Reshape Selected Reshape button. Then use the edit
Element/Save Reshaped feature tool. You can also Replace,
Element/Cancel Reshape Recalibrate and edit vertex points
menu options from the Reshape dialog
Add Control Point While in reshape mode, right-click
on the shape and Select
[Properties]
Edit Control Point While in reshape mode, right-click
on the shape and Select
[Properties]

Network Edit Setting dialog Use the Snapping Preferences and

Snapping Options dialogs
Reverse Route menu option Right-click on the Route name in the
Exor Groups tree
Create network Extent/Create Click on the Create Network
Partial Network Extent menu Extent/Create Partial Extent buttons
option on the Network Extents tab
Edit Network nodes buttons Move Network Node button
Undo You can undo operations on the
current date
Unsplit button Undo button
Unmerge button Undo button
Unreplace button Undo button
Unclose button Undo button
Display Distance Points From the Display Tab, right-click on
the layer name, and Select
Properties. Then Select the
[Hatching] tab.

ArcView terminology
This topic has been adapted from the ArcGIS on-line help. For more
information about comparing ArcView GIS 3 and ArcGIS® 9.x please refer to
the ArcGIS® 9.x documentation.
The table below compares the terminology used to describe core ArcView
GIS 3 and ArcGIS® 9.x.
ArcView 3.x ArcView 9.x

Project Map document
Theme Layer
View, View frame Data frame/Data View
Table of contents Table of contents
Layout Layout, Layout view
Projection Coordinate system
Hotlink Hyperlink
Charts Graphs
Avenue™ scripts Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
macros
Select by Theme Select by Location
SQL Select Select by Attributes
Active theme Selectable layers (Each tool presents
a list of layers to use.)
AVL (legend file) Import symbology from layer file
Feature table Recordset
Spatial join Join by Location
Legend Frame Insert Legend
North Arrow Frame Insert North Arrow
Table Frame Add table to layout (Table menu)
Scale Bar Frame Insert Scale Bar
Picture Frame Insert Picture
DDE OLE
Symbol window Symbol Selector
Symbol files Styles
Promote Selected Open Table for Selected
Multiple layouts Multiple documents
Database theme Geodatabase layer
CAD Reader CAD layer
Grid theme Raster layer
Image theme Raster layer
Image catalog Raster catalog
TIN theme TIN layer
Feature theme Feature layer
Convert to Shapefile Data>Export
Add theme Add data
Extensions Extensions and toolbars
Brightness theme (ArcView Transparency
Spatial Analyst)
Blurb/Callout tool Text Callout tool
Add/Remove field Properties>Fields (ArcCatalog) or
Table window (ArcMap)

Create index Properties>Fields (ArcCatalog)

New shapefile New shapefile (ArcCatalog)
Sort Table window>column (right-
click)>Sort
Summarize Dissolve Wizard
SQL Connect Add OLE DB Connection
(ArcCatalog)
View (Avenue) FocusMap (VBA)
Application (Avenue) Mxapplication (VBA)

CHAPTER
2
The Spatial Manager User
Interface
This chapter introduces provides an overview of the Spatial Data Manager
user interface.

• Spatial Manager Toolbar
• Connecting To The Database
• Using the Table of Contents
• Searching For Records Using the Search/Add Tab
• Using Spatial Manager Forms
• Setting Preferences
Spatial Manager Toolbar
The Spatial Manager toolbar is displayed by right clicking at the area above
themap and legend frames and selecting the Spatial Manager Toolbar from
the drop-down list. Alternatively, you can display the toolbar by selecting
[Tools]-> [Customize] from the main ArcMap menu.
Figure 1 - Select the exor Spatial Manager toolbar from ArcMap Customize Dialog

The Spatial Manager dockable toolbar is displayed by right clicking at the

area above the map and legend frames and selecting the Spatial Manager
Toolbar from the drop-down list. Alternatively, you can display the toolbar by
selecting [Tools] -> [Customize] from the main ArcMap menu.
Figure 2 – Spatial Manager Toolbar
The Spatial Manager toolbar contains:

• Drop-down Exor Menu
• Drop-down Edit Tools
• Other Exor tools and buttons
Drop-down Exor Menu

Drop-down ‘Exor Menu”. The menu options are the shown in the table below.
Connect/Reconnect Connects to the exor database. If

already connected this option will
change to ‘Reconnect’ in case the
connection has been dropped for any
reason
Edit Asset Locations Edit the location of the highlighted
asset(s)
Transaction History Displays a dialog containing a list of all
transactions within the current ArcView
session
Preferences Displays the preferences dialog
Snapping options dialog Displays the Snapping dialog
Reclassify Elements Displays the Reclassify Form
Remove Preferred LRM Removes the Group Type set as
Preferred LRM
Attribute Transfer Displays the Attribute Transfer settings
Settings dialog
Copy/Trace Settings Displays the Copy/Trace settings dialog

Help Displays the Help file

About Displays the About Dialog
Drop-down Edit Tool

Drop-down ‘Edit Tool’. The menu options are the shown in the table below.
Freehand Draw Default. Manually digitize new shape

Trace Copies selected feature from another
layer
Edit Feature Realign selected feature by moving
vertices
TraceCopy Trace and copy attributes
See the Edit Tools section for more information.
Other Exor Tools and Buttons

Next to the menu, there are a number of tools and buttons grouped by type of
function. These are listed here along with the in the Section in which each is
discussed.
Tool or button User Guide Section

Create New Element Creating new datum elements
Merge Elements Merge Elements
Split Element Split Element
Split Element at Node Split Element at Node
Close Element Closing elements
Replace Element Replace Elements
Recalibrate Element Recalibrate Elements
Shift Assets Along Element Shifting assets along an element
Reshape Element Reshape Datum Element
Shared Reshape Tool Shared Reshape
Move Network Node Editing network node locations
Close Node Close Nodes
Create Asset Creating new Assets
Create Distance Break Distance Breaks
Undo Editing Operation Undo
Select Exor Features Select Exor Features
Identify Using the Identify Tool
LRM Tool Using the LRM Tool
Shape Properties Shape properties tool
Zoom to XY Zoom to XY
Set Active Date Set Active Date
Attribute Transfer Tool Attribute Transfer
Attribute Transfer Button Attribute Transfer
Connecting to the database
Before you can use Spatial Manager you must to connect to the database.
Clicking on the [Connect] button on the Spatial Manager menu will display
the log on dialog box. The box will contain three entries:

• User name
• Password
• DB instance
Once the required information is entered, the S menu and toolbar will
become available. The connection parameters can be saved as default using
the check-box.
Figure 3-Login dialog
When you connect, the Groups and Extents tabs will be populated.

Using the Table of Contents
Once connected to the database the Table of Contents to the left of the map
view is used to manage data. Table of Contents or TOC functions are
discussed in this section.
exor Groups tab
The [exor Groups] tab is added to the TOC frame in the left-hand side of the
ArcMap window and shows a tree view of network and asset hierarchies
defined in Exor Network and Asset metadata model. It also offers search
facilities. The tree view can be considered as the Spatial Manager 'engine'.
Most Spatial Manager functionality is available by right-clicking items in the
tree view. The tree view is available only after the user is logged in.
The image below shows the initial display of the [exor Groups] tab listing all
the types of Exor spatial features that can be displayed.
Figure 4—exor Groups tab initial view
Search Tree area

The Search Tree Area consists of a Search Entry box, and the [Search]
button .
Use the Search Entry box and the Search button to search through the tree
view. Note that the tree view is created dynamically and therefore you can

only search for items that have already been added to the tree displayed. For
example, typing 'ABC' in the text box and clicking the binoculars button will
find any items in the tree containing OR starting with this string. Clicking
the button again will find the next entry.
Note: Wildcards are not allowed
Sort button
Click on this button to sort any child elements below the currently selected
tree node. Note that the button will be disabled for the top tree nodes (Base
Datum Types, Asset types, Linear Network types, Non-Linear Network types
and Exor Themes)
Groups Tree View

The top level in the tree hierarchy lists five types of records:
• Base Datum Types—Datum Layers defined in the Metamodel.
• Asset Types—All the asset types and associated asset layers defined
in the metadata model
• Linear Network Types—Linear Groups of Datum elements and
associated group layers
• Non-Linear Network Types—Group of Groups and non-linear group
hierarchies.
• Exor themes – Any other theme type defined in the GIS Themes—
GIS0010 form
To refresh the tree view, right-click on an empty area and select the [Refresh]
menu option.
Base Datum Types sub tree

Clicking on the [+] sign next to the Base Datum type tree node will expand the
tree to reveal a list of Datum Network types and the Datum Layers defined
for each network type.
For example, in the image shown below for the Network Type RR Section (ID:
RR) there is a datum layer defined called CENTRE LINES. And for the
MRWA DATUM (MDAT) there is a datum layer defined called MDAT
SECTIONS.
Datum network types with no spatial representation will not be shown in the
tree view.

If the Datum Layer is being displayed in the Data View a globe icon will be
displayed next to the layer name. If the layer has not been added to the map
view the globe icon will be displayed with a red 'x'
To learn how to create new network types please refer to the Network
Types—NM0002 form
Right-clicking on a Base Datum Layer name will display a context-sensitive

menu with the following options:
Menu options for Datum Brief Description

Layers
Display Layer Displays the Datum Elements
layer in the map view
Remove Layer Removes the layer from the Data
view tree
Add Network Nodes Adds the associated Network
Nodes layer for the selected
datum type
Query Layer Displays the Query dialog
Attributes Displays the Group of Datum
Elements form for any datum
elements currently selected from
the Datum layer in the Data View.
If no elements are selected a
warning message will be
displayed
Linear Network Types Subtree

Clicking on the [+] sign next to the Linear Network Types tree node will
expand the tree to list the Linear Network Types and the corresponding
Group Layers defined for each network type.
Right-clicking on a Linear Network layer name will display a context-sensitive

Menu options for Group Description

Layers

Display Layer Displays the Group layer in the map

window
Remove Layer Removes the layer from the Data
view tree
Create New Group Will display the Group of Datum
Elements form to create new Group
Search/Add Routes Displays the Search dialog
Add to Tree Adds any selected group features to
the groups tree under the layer
name labeled by the Label field in
the GIS0010 Form-GIS Themes
Remove All Removes all Groups currently added
to the tree view
Zoom to All Zooms to the extent of all groups
that are currently added to the tree
view
Query Layer Displays the Query Dialog
Attributes Displays the Group of Datum
Elements form for any groups
currently selected from the Group
layer in the Data View. If no groups
are selected a warning message will
be displayed.
Set As Preferred LRM Will set the Preferred LRM in the
database
If the Group Layer is being displayed in the Data View a globe icon will be
displayed next to its name. If the layer has not been added the globe icon will
be displayed with a red 'x'
The Preferred LRM will be displayed in red when connected to the database
if one is set. If a preferred LRM is set the LRM tool will display all asset
locations against this LRM.
To learn how to create new network types please refer to the Network
Types—NM0002 form
Linear groups can be selected and added to the TOC Tree View.
Figure 5 - Linear Group Types and Layers tree view
Groups of datum elements are displayed with a 'route icon' next to them

Right-clicking on the name of a group will display a context-sensitive menu

with the following options:
Menu options Description

for Groups of
Datum
Elements
Zoom Will Zoom to the extent of the route and will
draw the route shape dynamically from the
underlying datum elements. This shape will
not be persistent and will disappear when the
user next pans or zooms.
The datum layer will need to be present. If not,
a message will inform the user that the route
cannot be created.
The route layer need not be present.
Flash Will flash the shape of the group. This shape
is not persistent and will disappear when the
user next pans or zooms.
Select Will select (highlight) the group shape
Show details Displays the attribute details for the selected
group.
Attributes Displays the Group of Datum Elements form
for the group
Remove Group Removes the Group from the tree
Locate LRM Pans and zooms to a user-specified location
along the linear group
Tools This is a cascading menu, containing the
following route management functions:
• Resequence
• Rescale
• Reverse
• Close Group
• Route Check
• Route Details
Note that any route editing from this menu

(e.g. Rescale or Reverse) will be committed to
the database. If the Group is non-linear these
options will be disabled.
Clicking on the [+] sign next a route will list its member elements.
Figure 6 – Linear group tree view detail
You can sort the list of member elements by Seq no, Unique name, SLK
(Route offset) or Description by clicking on the relevant field name.
Datum elements are displayed with a 'road’ icon next to them.

Right-clicking on a Datum Element name will display a context-sensitive


for Datum
elements
Zoom Zooms to the extent of the currently
selected datum element. This shape will not
be persistent and will disappear when the
user next pans or zooms. The datum layer
must be present otherwise a message will
inform the user.
Flash Flashes the currently selected datum
element. This shape will not be persistent
and will disappear when the user next pans
or zooms. The datum layer must be
present. If not, a message will inform the
user.
Select Selects the record
Show Details… Displays the attribute details for the
selected datum element.
Attributes Displays the Datum Element form for the
datum elements currently selected in the
Data View. If no elements are selected a
warning message will be displayed.
Tools This is a cascading menu, containing the
following functions:
• Local Rescale
• Close Membership
Note that using these edit options will

directly commit any changes to the
database.
Non-Linear Network Types Subtree
The Non-Linear Network Types subtree contains all the Groups of Groups
and non-linear Groups of Datum elements defined in the database. Clicking
on the [+] sign next to the Non-Linear Network Types tree node will expand
the tree and list the Network Types for Groups of Groups or Groups of Datum
Elements as defined in the Network Metamodel.
To learn how to create new group types please refer to the Group Types—
NM0004 form
Click on the [+] sign next to a Network Type to reveal the group type and its
member groups. In the image shown below, COUNTY (CNTY) is the Network
Type, County (CNTY) the Group Type having as members the groups CU,
AP, AT, etc.
Figure 7 - Non linear Group tree view detail

Right-clicking on the group type will display a context-sensitive menu with the
following options:
Menu options for Description

Non-Linear
Group Types
Display Layer Displays group layer on the map
Remove Layer Removes the layer from the data view
Create New Group Displays the Group of Groups form to create a new
Group
Search/Add Displays the search dialog window
Groups
Add to Tree Adds any selected group features to the groups tree
under the layer name labeled using the Label field
defined in the GIS Themes—GIS0010 form
Query Layer Displays the query dialog window
Attributes Displays the Group of Groups form for any groups
currently selected from the group layer in the data view.
If no groups are selected a warning message will be
displayed.
Right-clicking on the name of a Group of Groups will display a context-

sensitive menu with the following options:


for Groups of
Groups
Highlight Group Pans and zooms to the group extent.
Note that this function navigates down to the

datum level through the network hierarchy. The
time it will take for the function to complete, will
depend on the number of member groups and
the number of member datum elements for
each group. Note also that the datum layer will
need to be displayed in the Data View.
Attributes Displays the Group of Groups form for the
currently selected group.
You can navigate through the groups of groups hierarchy down to the datum
element level by expanding the tree further.
Asset Types Subtree
The subtree contains all the Asset types defined in the database.
Clicking on the Asset types tree node will expand the tree to list all the Asset
Types as defined in the asset metadata.
To learn how to create new asset types please refer to the Asset
Metamodel—NM0410 form

Figure 8 - Asset Types and Layers tree view
Click on an Asset Type to expand the tree to reveal the Asset Layers defined
for the Asset Type. There are no menus defined for Asset Types.
Right-clicking on the Asset Layer will display a context-sensitive menu with

the following options:

for Asset
Layers
Display Layer Adds the Asset Layer to the Data View
Remove Layer Removes the Asset layer from the Data View.
Query Layer Displays the Query Dialog
Attributes Displays the Assets form for any assets
currently selected from the layer in the Data
View. If no assets are selected a warning
message will be displayed.
Exor Themes Subtree

This subtree contains all non-network, non-asset type layers defined in the
exor database e.g. Structures, Accidents, Defects, etc. The tree length will
depend on the number of exor modules that are installed and you have roles
for in your database.
When clicking on the [+] sign next to the Exor themes tree node the name of
the exor products you have installed will be displayed (e.g. 'Accidents
Manager'). You can then expand the tree further to reveal the layers defined
for each product. An example of the Exor Themes subtree is shown below:

Right-clicking on the Layer name will display a context-sensitive menu with

the following options:

for Exor
Themes
Display Layer Adds the Layer to the Data View
Remove Layer Removes the Layer from the Data View.
Exor Extents Tab
Like the [exor Groups] tab, the [exor Extents] tab is part of the TOC frame in
the left-hand side of the application window. It is only available when the user
is logged in and the initial view displays a tree with all the available Network
Extents defined in the Exor database.
There are there two buttons at the bottom of the tab: [Create New Extent]
and [Create Partial Extent]. An example of the Extents Tab is shown below.

Figure 9-The exor Extents Tab
Right-clicking on a Network Extent name displays a context-sensitive menu


for Network
Extents
Zoom Zooms to the Minimum Bounding Rectangle
(MBR) of the extent
Flash Flashes the MBR of the extent
Add Members... Adds the currently selected datum elements or
groups to the extent
Remove Removes the Extent and all its members
Click on the [+] sign next to the extent's name to reveal the datum elements
or Groups it consists of.
Clicking on the [+] sign next to a Datum element will display the following
information:
• Network Type
• Total Length of Element

• Begin M & End M: The Begin and End measures of the Datum
Element belonging to the Network Extent.
If the datum element or LRM is 'wholly' contained with the extent the end
measure will always be the same as the Length value. If only a part of the
datum element or LRM is contained within the Network Extent (partial
extents) the Begin and End M values will reflect the 'chunk' of the element
that is contained within the Extent. An example is shown in the figure below.
Right-clicking on a Datum Element Name displays a context-sensitive menu


for Datum
Elements
Zoom Zooms to the extent of the currently selected
datum element. This shape will not be
persistent and will disappear when the user
next pans or zooms.
The datum layer must be present. If not, a
message will inform the user.
Flash Flashes the currently selected datum element.
This shape will not be persistent and will
disappear when the user next pans or zooms.
The datum layer must be present. If not, a
message will inform the user.
Select Selects (highlights) the datum
Remove Removes the currently selected datum element
from the Network Extent (if it is not
contained within a parent group)
Show Details Displays the attribute details for the selected
datum element.

Right-clicking on a Datum Element Name displays a context-sensitive menu


for Groups of
Datum
Elements
Zoom Zooms to the extent of the route and will draw
the route shape dynamically from the
underlying datum elements. This shape will not
be persistent and will disappear when the user
next pans or zooms.
The datum layer will need to be present. If not,
a message will inform the user that the route
cannot be created.
The route layer need not be present.
Flash Flashes the shape of the group. This shape is
not persistent and will disappear when the user
next pans or zooms.
Select Selects (highlights) the Group
Remove Removes the currently selected group from the
Network Extent
Show Details Displays the attribute details for the selected
datum element.
Locate LRM Pans and zooms to a user-specified location
along the linear group
Searching for records using the Search/Add Dialog

You can use the Search/Add dialog window to search for Groups of Datum
elements and add them to the tree view. Open the Search/Add Dialog
window by right clicking on the Network Type (Group Layer) that it belongs to.
You can use the Simple Search tab to search for a group based on a single
attribute or the Advanced Tab for searching based on multiple attributes.
Figure 10-Simple Search Tab

To search for a group based on a single attribute:

• Select the column you want to search on from the [Search Column]
drop-down list. The list will display all the attributes for the group as
defined in the Network Metamodel.
• Type in the value in the [Search String] text box. (You can use the “%”
character as a wildcard e.g. %Street%. Remember that the search is
case-sensitive.)
• Click on the [Query] button. This will retrieve all the groups satisfying
the query and display them in the data grid.
• Click on any of the Groups listed to select it. Keep pressing the [Shift]
button while clicking to select a range of groups. Press [Ctrl] and click
to make multiple selections.
• Click on the [Add] button to add the selected groups to the tree view.
• You can click on the [Zoom] button to zoom to the selected groups.
The Show SQL button will display a window with the current SQL clause as
shown in the example below:
Remember that adding records to the tree view does not mean that they will
automatically be displayed on the map.

Figure 11-Advanced Search Tab
The Advanced Search Tab enables you to search for groups based on
multiple attributes. The top paned will display a list of all flexible attributes for
the specified groups as defined in the Network Metamodel. . Attributes
derived from a domain will be displayed as drop-down lists.
To search based on multiple attributes type in the value(s) you want to search
for and press the [Query] button to retrieve all the groups satisfying the
selection criteria.
You can then click on any of the Groups listed to select it. Keep pressing the
[Shift] button while clicking to select a range of groups. Press [Ctrl] and click
to make multiple selections.
Click on the [Add] button to add the selected groups in the tree view under the
layer name labeled by the Label field in the GIS Themes—GIS0010 form.
You can click on the [Zoom] button to zoom to the selected groups.

Using Spatial Manager Forms
Spatial Manager provides a number of forms for editing your network and
asset data.
• Create new Datum Elements form
• Datum Elements form
• Group of Datum Elements form
• Group of Groups form
• Assets form
These forms share some common characteristics. Each form is comprised of

a number of text and list-box fields that can contain data. These fields:
• Can be 'display only' or 'updateable'.
• Can display a list of values (drop-down lists)
• May contain default values.
• May validate the format and content of data entered
Each of these forms is divided into two frames. The top frame contains the
standard attributes for the selected network or asset object and the bottom
frame contains user-defined flexible attributes.
Forms Navigation
To set the focus in a particular field either click in the field with the mouse or
use the <Tab> button. When using the <Tab> button you will have to press
<Enter> before you start typing in the field.
To move to the next field when in the flexible attributes frame use the up or
down arrows.
Drop-down list fields

These fields will contain a list of predefined values (e.g. Admin Units,
Domains, etc). There are three ways to select a value from the list:
Start typing it in and the list will display the first available value.
Press <Enter> to display the description for the value if one exists.
OR
Click on the down-arrow in the right-hand side of the list to display the drop-
down list

OR
Click on the button on the left hand side to display a separate 'Find' dialog
to search for a value using wildcards
To select a value, highlight it in the list and click on the [OK] button.
To search for a value type it in the Find text box and then click on the
'Binoculars' button. You can also use wildcards. For example, typing 'High%'
will return all values starting with this string as shown in the screenshot
above. Note that you can search on either the 'Code' or the 'Meaning' fields.
When a flexible attribute value is derived from an auto-inclusion you can

either type in the value in or use the button. No drop-down list will be
displayed.
If you type in an incorrect entry an error message will be displayed like the
one shown below:

Setting Preferences
You can open the [Preferences] dialog window from exor Menu->Preferences.
Use this dialog window to change various application options. It is divided
into four tabs:
• General
• Snapping
• Logging
• Live Update
Snapping preferences are described in the Snapping Preferences

section.
Live Update is not used in this version.
General Preferences
Figure 12-General Preferences tab
Mandatory Field Color

Controls the background color of mandatory attributes in the different dialogs.
Edit Layer Color

Controls the color the temporary layer will be displayed in during the Create
New Element, Reshape, Shared Reshape and Move Nodes functions

Highlight Color
Controls the color network elements will be displayed when you zoom to them
from the Groups Tree
Zoom Buffer
This is the additional extent that the map will zoom to when selecting the
Zoom functions from the Groups or Extents Tab. A Zoom Buffer of 0% will
cause the map to zoom at exactly the geometry's extent. A Zoom Buffer of
100% will cause the map to zoom to an extent double the size of the
geometry.
Logging Preferences
Figure 13-Logging tab
Using this tab you can enable error logging and set the path and filename of
the error log. By default the error log file is named SpatialManager.err and is
located under the <Spatial Manager_install_folder>\Logs folder. For support
purposes it is strongly recommended to always have error logging enabled.

CHAPTER
3
Displaying network and
asset data
This chapter discusses the map display of asset and network records in
Spatial Manager. It is divided into the following sections:
• Adding network layers to the map
• Adding the Nodes Layer to the map
• Adding Asset Layers to the map
• Adding Exor themes to the map
• Set Active Date
• Displaying Projected Data

Adding network layers to the map
To add a network layer to the map (this applies to datum, linear and non-
linear network layers):
• Right-click on the layer name in the tree view to bring the context
menu
• Select Display Layer
The layer will be added to the map.
The following naming conventions are used:

Linear Group Layers:
[V]_NM_NLT_<NW_TYPE>_<GRP_TYPE>_SDO[_DT]
Non-linear Group Layers:
[V]_NM_NAT_<NW_TYPE>_<GRP_TYPE>_SDO[_DT]
Adding the Nodes Layer to the map
The node layer contains the spatial representation of all the start and end
nodes for a specified datum network type. To display the network nodes for a
datum layer:
• From the [exor Groups] tab, select the [Base Datum Types] node and
click the [+] icon to expand the tree.
• Right-click on the layer name
• Select [Add Network Nodes] option from the popup menu
• The nodes layer will be added to your map.
Adding Asset Layers to the map
Select the [Asset Types] node from the [exor Groups] tab and click the [+]
icon to expand the tree.
All available Asset types defined in the system will be listed. If you have the
required privileges for the Asset Type a [+] sign will be displayed next to the
Asset name. Click on the [+] sign to reveal the spatial layer defined for this
asset type.
Right-click on the layer name and click the [Display Layer] option.
The asset layer will be displayed in your map.
Adding Exor themes to the map
An 'Exor theme' is defined as a non-network, non asset types defined in the

exor database i.e. Defects, PEM, Structures, Accidents etc. You can only
display Exor themes as read-only layers in Spatial Manager. There are no
tools or forms to edit records for exor themes.

To display an exor theme:

• Click on the [Exor Themes] in the Groups Tree view and click the [+]
icon to expand the tree.
• Click the [+] again on the Product you require (e.g. Maintenance
Manager, Accidents Manager, etc) to reveal the available layers for the
product. Note that only Exor Products for which you have roles will be
displayed.
• Click on the layer to select it.
• Right-click and select [Display Layer] from the popup menu.
The layer will be drawn in the map window.
Set Active Date
All features are shown on the map as they were or will be on the selected
active date. The default active date is the current date. You can use the in-
built calendar from the Spatial Manager toolbar to select different dates to
view the database. The Calendar will always indicate the selected Active
Date.
Figure 14 - Setting the Active Date
If the active date is not the current date all network editing tools except the
undo button will be disabled. Both the Groups and Extents tab in the TOC
frame will reflect the effective date e.g. a group will only be displayed in the
Groups tree if it has been created on or after the effective date.
Displaying Projected Data
Spatial Manager will normally display layers in the same coordinate reference
system as they are maintained in the Exor database. You can view data in
other projections in order to view it together with other spatial data or so that
you do not have to use degree measures for data stored in geographic
coordinate reference systems.
There are two ways to change the projection used by the map window. One
is to add a first spatial layer to the map that has an established projection.
The Spatial Manager data frame will automatically be set to the coordinate
reference system of the first data set that is added. This will establish the
coordinates and map units.

The other is to use the projection tab in the Data Frame Properties form to
select a Coordinate System.
Figure ?? – The Coordinate System tab in the Data Frame Properties form
Select [Data Frame Properties] from the [View] Menu to open the Data Frame
Properties form.

CHAPTER
4
Retrieving information
about your data
This chapter describes ways to use Spatial Manager to interact with and get
information about the data in the Exor database. It consists of the following
sections:
• Find Records Using the Query Dialog
• Seeing Record Atrributes
• Using the Identify Tool
• Using the LRM Tool
• Using the Locate LRM Tool
• Shape Properties Tool
• Zoom to XY

Find Records Using the Query Dialog

The Query Layer dialog window enables users to query any Exor asset,
network, or background layers from Spatial Manager. The Spatial Manager
Query function is an alternative to the default ArcMap 'Select By Attributes'
function.
The Query dialog is accessible in the context-menus for Datum, Group and
Asset layers.
Generally, the functionality required is for a user to be able to search a spatial

layer by multiple attributes have the result highlighted and zoom the map to
the extent of the result set.
The dialog displays all the flexible attributes in their corresponding user-
defined names as defined in the inventory and network metadata models.
Figure 15-Query Layer dialog window
To Query the attributes of a layer:

• Right-click on the layer name in the Groups Tree and select [Query
Layer]. The Query Layer dialog will display. Enter the values you want
to search on.
• Click on the [Query] button. Spatial Manager will pan and zoom to the
extent of the features satisfying the criteria entered. If no features are
found the following message will be displayed:
Select Exor Features tool
Figure 16 –Select Exor Features tool

The Select Exor Features tool has been added to Spatial Manager to enable
users to select and zoom to records like streets that consist of more than one
spatial feature, including non linear network elements.
This provides way to display an entire street or other without having to do a

query, which might difficult as there are no attributes on the street that
indicate what street its on.
To use the tool first select a layer from exor Groups tree. Then click on the
Select Exor Features tool. The tool will not work for any other layer, and will
allow you to select features only from the selected layer. If the selected layer
is a group layer then the tool selects all the members of the group that the
selected features belong to. If you select a single route, then the function
works on the parent. When the tool is deactivated then the layer's previous
selectable state is restored.
You can select features with the tool either by clicking on the feature or
dragging a rectangle, in which cased the tool will select all the features within
the area of the rectangle.
If you have the shift key pressed then the tool will append the new selection
to the existing one, and not create a new selection.
If you have Ctrl Key pressed then the tool will zoom to the selected features.
The Exor Select Features tool behaves differently for different record types:
• Datum Network Elements
• Assets
• Linear Groups
• Non Linear Groups
Datum network elements

If the selected record is Base Datum Types then the Exor Select Features
tool will select ALL the features that belong to the network
Assets
If the selected record is if an Asset Type selected then the Exor Select
Features tool will select only the assets of that type that are clicked on or are
within the dragged rectangle (as long as the layer is set to be visible).
Linear Network Types (Linear Groups)

If the selected record is a Linear Group Type record then the Exor Select
Features tool will select all of the members that belong to the selected group.
Non Linear Network Types (Non Linear Groups)

If the selected record is a Non Linear Group Type record then the Exor Select
Features tool will select all of the members that belong to the selected group.
Displaying Record Attributes
You can open a form showing the attributes of one or more selected records
by right-clicking on the layer name for the record in the Table of Contents and
selecting the [Attributes] option from the popup menu (as long as at least one

network element or asset has been selected in the map). Depending on the
type of layer you select you can display the attributes form for:
• Datums (see the Datum Elements Form topic)
• Groups of Datum Elements (see the Group of Datum Elements Form
topic)
• Groups of Groups (see the Group of Groups form topic)
• Assets (see the Asset Attributes form topic)
If an asset type has been defined as a ‘Foreign Table’ (i.e. it is based on data
from an external database), the [Attributes] option for this asset type will
display a read-only view of the attributes for the foreign table asset. An
example is shown below:
Figure 17 –Foreign table attributes form
Notes on Foreign Tables

'Foreign Table' is the term given to an Asset Type in the Exor
metadata model which points to data held in a third-party
application and not data which is held within the Exor
database.
The third-party application may be another Oracle Database

or any other Application which Oracle can access though such
means as an ODBC link.
'Foreign Data' may be integrated with other data held within

the Exor database or even data held in another 3rd Party
system, with the Exor system acting as a central Hub.
For more information on Foreign Table assets please refer to

the Asset Manager User Guide
Using the Identify tool
Figure 18 –Identify tool

The Spatial Manager identify tool is accessible on the Spatial Manager

toolbar. (It is not the same as the ArcMap Identify Tool which is on the
ArcMap Tools toolbar.)
To use it, click on the tool and then select one or more network elements or
assets and the identify window will open.
The identify tool window will display attribute information for all network or
asset layers.
Using the LRM Tool
Figure 19 –LRM Tool button
The LRM tool enables you to click on a datum element or a linear group
shape, and retrieve the offsets at that location defined in the different LRMs
used. The LRM tool window displays the LRM locations using a tree structure.
An example is shown in the illustration below:
Figure 20 -LRM Window
Note that a Preferred LRM must be set to display the Assets
Right-clicking on the offset value will display the following options in the
context-sensitive menu:
Flash Location This will flash the location

Draw Graphic This will draw a green diamond on the location
Label Location This will create a callout to display information

about the route or asset along that location.

Figure 37 displays the callouts created for a
datum and asset offsets

Figure 21 - Labeling LRM locations
Using the Locate LRM Tool
This is the reverse functionality of the LRM tool and enables you to zoom to
part of a route. The option is accessible from the context-sensitive menu for
Linear Groups.
To display the Locate LRM dialog:

• Make sure that the route you are interested in has been added to the
Groups Tree in the Table of Contents
• Select the route you are interested in from the Groups Tree
• Right-click and select [Locate LRM]. The Locate LRM dialog will be
displayed.
• Type the [From] and [To] values along the route you want to zoom to
and click on the [Find] button
Figure 22 -Locate LRM dialog
The data grid in the lower panel will display the Route Name, Min and Max
Measure values of the route and the 'From' and 'To' measure values you

entered. Highlight the route and right-click on it. A drop-down menu will
display with the following options:
Flash Route Will flash the selected datum or Group

Zoom to Route Will zoom to the extent of the selected datum or
Group
Shape Properties tool

The shape properties tool provides you with a visual representation of the
vertices of a datum element, group or asset shape.
To view the vertices of a shape:

• Click on the Shape Properties tool
• Click in the map (Data View) to select the shape
• The Shape Properties dialog will be displayed
Figure 23-Shape Properties dialog
The left panel of the dialog displays the number of parts in the shape. The
right panel will list the X, Y and M coordinates of each of the shape’s vertices.
Click inside the left panel and use the up and down arrows to loop through the
vertices of the shape. A green rectangle will appear along the shape
representing the selected vertex.
Zoom to XY
Use the [Zoom to XY] tool to center the Spatial Manager map on a
geographic coordinate. Click on the [Zoom to XY] button and a dialog

window will be displayed containing two text boxes for the X and Y
coordinates to be entered.
Figure 24-Zoom to XY Dialog

The values will default to the current map center. Click the [OK] button, to pan
to the input coordinates at the current scale. You can also add markers at the
current coordinates by clicking on the [Add Marker] check-box. This will
expand the dialog and will display a list with some additional buttons to
manage your markers. You can use markers to pinpoint a point of interest or
use them to digitize a new datum between two known locations.
Figure 25-Zoom to XY Dialog with Markers
The Marker names will default to 'MARK<xxx>' where 'XXX' is a sequential

number starting from 1. To rename the marker either click once to select it
and then click again to edit it, or click both mouse buttons at the same time.
A number of tools buttons to the right of the list of markers are described
below.
Zoom to Selected Marker

The map window will pan the location of the map to the selected marker. You
can also zoom to the selected marker by double-clicking on it.
Zoom to All Markers

Will pan and zoom to the extent specified by all markers in the list
Delete Selected Marker

Will remove the selected marker(s) from the list and the map
Delete All Markers

Will remove all markers from the list and the map


CHAPTER
5
Editing Datum Network
Elements
This chapter discusses the editing of datum network elements using Spatial
Manager.

• Creating new datum elements
• Edit Tools
• Copy Trace Settings
• Attribute Transfer
• Reshape Datum Element
• Merge Elements
• Replace Elements
• Recalibrate Element
• Shared Reshape
• Close (End-date) Element
• Edit measures on vertices
• Split Element
• Shift Asset
• Shifting assets along an element
• Undo Edit
• Editing network node locations
• Close Nodes
• Transaction History
• Datum Elements Form
• Snapping options dialog
• Snapping Preferences

Creating new datum elements
To create a new datum element, select the Datum Element Type in the Table
of Contents and click on the [Create New Element] button in the Spatial
Manager toolbar. This will cause the Create New Element dialog to be
displayed. You can now use various Edit tools to create the new element.
Note that the Create New dialog will be automatically minimized while
digitizing the new datum. If you are using the free-hand draw tool to
digitize the element you can press <Ctrl> when you double-click to
finish digitization and restore the Create New dialog window.
At this stage the Groups and Extents tabs will be locked.
Clicking on the create New Feature button will create a temporary shapefile
called exor_edit_layer.shp in the user's $TEMP folder. The shapefile will be
used to store the new features geometries until the user commits the
changes.
If you want the new element to be snapped to existing datum elements or

other layers on the map you can set the Snapping Environment. You can set
the Snapping Tolerance using the Preferences dialog.
Network Elements can only be snapped to start or end nodes of

elements that share the same node type.
If the new datum element intersects an existing one, the system will detect
this and will ask you whether you want to continue:
Use any standard ArcGIS editing functionality when creating a new element:
For example, you can either digitize the element free-hand or copy (trace) it
from selected features on a different or the same layer. Any linear layer can
be used for tracing whether it’s a shapefile, Arc/INFO coverage or ArcSDE
feature table.
Note that Spatial Manager does not allow the creation of multi-part
datum elements
Once you complete digitizing the new element, the Create New Elements
dialog will be populated. If the datum element has snapped to an existing
node, the NODE_ID will be highlighted in red in the Create New Datum form.
You can digitize more than one element at a time. All newly digitized
elements will
be displayed in the left data grid as shown below. Clicking with the mouse on
one of these elements will flash the corresponding shape on the map.

Figure 26 - Create New Datum Element Form
To assign the newly digitized feature to an existing record you can check the
[Assign to existing element] check box and then click on the Search button,
to display a list of all network datum elements that do not have a spatial
representation.
The right-hand side of the dialog consists of two frames. The top frame will
contain all the standard attributes to create the logical element. Mandatory
ones are listed below:
Admin Unit
Listbox containing the allowed Admin Units for the Network Type
Description
Enter the description of the new datum element here
Start Date
This field will default to today’s date. Click on the down arrow next to the field
to display the popup calendar that can be used to select an alternative date.
Figure 27 - Calendar pop-up

Length
This field will default to the map length of the digitized element. If the layer is
projected the map length converted in distance units You can edit this value
to the measured length if different from the map length.
These attributes will need to be populated by the user, as they are

mandatory. Mandatory attributes are highlighted in a different color. The
mandatory color can be changed from the Preferences dialog.
Node panel
This panel will display the start and end node Ids and coordinated for the new
element. This panel is read-only. To change the start or end node of an
element after commit you will need to use the Reclassify form
Flexible attributes panel

The bottom frame will be populated automatically with the flexible attributes
depending on the network type.
The Flexible Attributes panel will also display any Primary Additional
Attributes that have been defined. Primary additional attributes will be
displayed in the [Flexible Attributes] tab in the forms with a (+) sign in front of
the attribute name.
For more information on Primary and Non-Primary Additional Data, refer also
to APPENDIX B- Additional Data.
Additional Data Tab Details

Supplementary information relating to a Network Element may be added or
maintained using the Additional Data Tab. Additional Data may include such
information as ‘Traffic Sensitivity’ on a Street or any ‘Reinstatement
Designations’ which may apply to a section of Network. The Additional Data
Tab holds information for any non-primary additional attributes that have been
defined for the current network type. For more information on Primary and
Non-Primary Additional Data, refer also to APPENDIX B- Additional Data.
If more than one type of Additional Data has been defined for a Network /
Group Type, the data is displayed in the ‘Display Order’ defined within the AD
Types - NM0700 module.
Figure 28-Additional Attributes tab for Datum Elements

To add a new Item of Additional Data, select the additional data type, right-
click and select 'Append' or press Shift+Insert. A new record will be created in
a tree-like view named <AssetType><REC#>.
Note that only one AD Item of a particular Type may be created if the ‘single
allowed’ flag has been checked for the Network / Group Type and AD Type
combination in the AD Types - NM0700 module.
To remove an existing AD item, select it and right-click and select 'Delete'

from the menu. Alternatively press Alt+Bksp
Delete button
Pressing this button will delete the currently selected datum in the data grid
Commit
Will commit the new datum(s) in the database. If an error occurs a message
box will display the error.
Cancel
Will cancel the operation
Help
Will display the help file for the Create new Datum topic
Edit Tools
You can use four different editing tools to create new datum elements:

• Free-hand draw
• Trace
• Edit vertex
• Trace/Copy tool
Free-hand draw
• Select the free-hand tool (this is the default tool when creating a new
datum element)
• Click on the map to digitize the feature's vertices.
• When finished, double-click on the last vertex or right-click anywhere on
the map and click Finish Sketch. You can press <Ctrl> when double-
clicking to automatically restore the Create New dialog window.
• The datum geometry is created on your map.
Tips
If you want to snap to an existing datum element open the
Snapping dialog (exor menu -> Snapping...) and make sure
you the [Ends] check-box is selected for the datum layer (top
panel). If an existing node is found, its ID will be highlighted
in red in the Create new Datum Element form. When
snapping is on, always make sure that the element has
snapped to the correct node by checking the red-highlighted
node id.
If you want to create more that one datum elements which

will be connected open the Snapping dialog (exor menu ->
Snapping...) and make sure you the [Ends] check-box is
selected for the exor_edit_layer layer (bottom panel)
Trace tool
Select the features that you want to trace. Click here for more information on
How selections work in Spatial Manager
Click the tool palette drop-down arrow and click the Trace tool.
Click to start tracing.
Click to stop tracing.
When you are finished tracing, you can double-click to finish the sketch.
Tips
You can Press the O key to set an offset value. Type an offset
value and press the Enter key. Setting an offset value is
optional. If you want to trace directly on top of existing features,
enter a value of 0.
If you traced too far or have traced the wrong direction, move
the mouse backwards over what you have traced.
If you have clicked to stop the trace, click Undo to remove all
vertices added during the trace.

Edit feature tool

You can use this tool after you digitized or traced a new datum element to re-
align it by moving its vertices or the whole shape.
To move a vertex:
• Click on the Edit Feature tool. The vertices will appear on the new
shape. Move the mouse over a vertex and click and drag it to a new
position.
To add a vertex:
• Move the pointer to where you want the vertex added and right-click
• Select [Insert Vertex].
• A vertex is added to the sketch.
• When you are finished modifying the line, right-click over any part of
the sketch and click [Finish Sketch].
To remove a vertex:
• Position the pointer over the vertex you want to delete until the pointer
changes.
• Right-click and click [Delete Vertex].
• The vertex is deleted from the edit sketch.
• Right-click over any part of the sketch and click Finish Sketch.
Copy/trace tool
Note: Before you use the Copy/Trace tool you need to define the Copy
Trace Settings
• Click the tool palette drop-down arrow and select the Copy/Trace tool.
• Click to select the feature to trace along. If your datum network type
has an auto-included parent and the parent group does not exist,
Spatial Manager will prompt you to create the Group.
• The Group form will display and will be automatically populated from
the attributes of the tracing layer as defined in Copy Trace Settings
• Click again on the feature and start tracing the new datum. Press F2 to
stop tracing
• The Datum Elements form will display. The form will be populated from
the attributes of the tracing layer as defined in Copy Trace Settings
• Fill in any other attributes as required and press [Save] to save the
new datum.

Copy Trace Settings
When tracing a new datum element, the Spatial Manager 'Copy/Trace’ tool
provides the functionality to transfer attributes from the traced feature to the
new datum and automatically populate the associated Datum elements form.
Before you can use this tool you will need to define the attribute mappings
between your tracing shapefile and the datum layer.
Defining the matching columns

Click on the datum layer in the tree view
From the exor Spatial Manager menu select ->Copy/Trace Setting
The Copy/Trace Settings Wizard will be displayed
Figure 30-Copy/Trace Settings-Source Layer Selection
Select the shapefile or coverage you want to use as the tracing layer by
selecting it from the [Tracing Layer (Source)] drop-down list.
If your shapefile contains admin unit codes, select the column that contains
the Admin Unit field - otherwise leave it blank
Click on [Next] If your datum network type contains a column that is auto-
included in a parent group, the [Auto-inclusion Mappings] dialog will be
displayed. From this dialog you can define the mappings between the
columns in the parent Group Type and the fields in the tracing layer. An
example screenshot is displayed below.
Note that the fields displayed in the dialog window shown below may differ
from your configuration.

Figure 31-Copy Trace Settings-Auto inclusion Mappings
If no auto-inclusion column is defined you will be prompted to define the

attribute mappings between your datum network type and the tracing layer.
Define the matching fields from the shapefile by selecting the relevant fields
from the drop-down lists under the [Tracing Layer Field]. Note that the
[Separator] and [Format String] are read-only and are defined based on the
network metadata model for the specified datum.
Figure 32-Copy Trace Settings-Define Mappings
Press on the [Try It!] button will display a dialog to select a Sample record.

Pressing on OK will retrieve the values from the column you specified and
format them according to the format string and concatenate them to a single
string. This is to ensure that the values from the shape file are of the correct
format.
Click on [Next] to display any remaining attributes for the parent group which
are not part of the unique key to match with the fields from the shapefile.
Figure 33-Copy Trace Settings-Additional Attribute Mappings
In this example, we associate the GOV_LEVEL shapefile source field to the

NE_OWNER column in the datum network type.
Click on the [Add] button to match the two fields and click [Next]. The
<Datum_Layer> Attribute Mappings dialog will display

Figure 34-Copy Trace Settings-Additional Attribute Mappings
This dialog will help you specify the Attribute Mappings between the Datum
and Tracing Layers. On the left-hand side the dialog will display the fields
from the ‘Source Layer’.
On the right-hand side of the dialog, the ‘Target Layer’ will ALWAYS be the
datum layer (currently selected in the tree view).
The list for the target layer will display ONLY the Description and any non
auto-included attributes.
The Source Layer ID combo box will display all the attributes from the source
layer.
To set the attribute transfer mappings:
Select a field from the source layer and the corresponding field in the target
layer (datum) to which the source value is to be copied.

Click on the [Add] button to add the selected pair of field names to the
‘Matched fields’ list at the bottom of the dialog.
Repeat the previous two steps for each field to be copied.

Click on the ‘Save Settings’ checkbox if you want the system store this
information (datum layer and matched fields) in the current .mxd document to
use in future sessions.
Click on the [Finish] button to exit the Wizard.

Attribute Transfer
The Attribute Transfer Mapping functions support the interactive transfer of

attributes between features. The source layer can be any linear shapefile or
coverage. The target layer will always be a datum layer. The Attribute
Transfer Mapping dialog box enables you to set the source and target layers
and specify which fields to use as criteria for the attribute transfer.
Once you have identified the common fields in the source and target layers,
they can be matched. These matched fields will define which attributes are
transferred when using the Attribute Transfer tool or the Attribute Transfer
button.
The Attribute Transfer tool enables you to interactively transfer the attributes
of a feature from the source layer to target datum element feature. This
transfer is based on matching the fields that are specified in the Attribute
Transfer Mapping dialog box.
Use the Attribute Transfer tool to select a source feature followed by a target
feature.
When the transfer is complete, verify the target feature’s attributes using the
Identify tool.
Using the Attribute Transfer Settings dialog window

Select the [Attribute Transfer Settings] menu option from the exor menu. The
menu option will only be enabled if the datum layer is selected from the tree
view in the Group Tab.
The Attribute Transfer Settings dialog window will be displayed:

Figure 35-Datum Attribute Transfer Settings
On the left-hand side the dialog will displays any ‘background’ (i.e. non-exor
maintained) LINEAR layer as the ‘Source Layer’ and all its fields.
On the right-hand side of the dialog, the ‘Target Layer’ will ALWAYS be the
datum layer (currently selected in the tree view). The list for the target layer
will display ONLY the Description and any non auto-included attributes.
The Source Layer ID combo box will display all the attributes from the source
layer. This value will only be used in the confirmation dialog after completing
the attribute transfer
To set the attribute transfer mappings:

• Select a field from the source (background) layer and the
corresponding field in the target layer (datum) to which the source
value is to be copied.
• Click on the [Add] button to add the selected pair of field names to the
‘Matched fields’ list at the bottom of the dialog.
• Repeat the previous two steps for each field to be copied.
• Click on the ‘Save Settings’ checkbox if you want the system store this
information (datum layer and matched fields) in the current .mxd
document to use in future sessions.
• Click on the [OK] button to close the form.
Using the Attribute Transfer Tool

• Select the datum layer from the tree (or makes sure its selected)

• Click on the Datum Attribute transfer tool in the Spatial Manager

toolbar
• The system checks if the attribute transfer settings have been defined
by ‘reading’ the current mxd document. If no settings can be found a
warning message will display.
• Click on the source feature in the shapefile or coverage. The feature
will flash and a line is displayed from the source feature to the end of
the cursor. A message will also appear in the status bar, similar to:
‘Retrieved Source attributes’
• Click on the target feature (element) in the datum layer. You can also
transfer attributes to multiple features by holding down Shift while
selecting the target features. If you do a multiple target feature
selection, right-click to finish.
• The Commit Attribute Transfer dialog will display with the value(s) to
be transferred for confirmation of the transfer. A sample dialog is
shown below (depending on attribute mappings) :
Figure 36-Commit Attribute Transfer
Click on Commit to confirm the transfer
Using the Attribute Transfer button

The Attribute transfer button work very similarly to the previous tool. In this
case, you can pre-select the source and target features and click on the
button to transfer the attributes rather than doing the transfer interactively
To use the button:

Click on the datum layer name on the tree to select it.
Select (highlight) the source feature in the source layer
Select (highlight) the feature(s) in the datum layer
Click on the Datum Attribute transfer button in the Spatial Manager toolbar
The Commit Attribute Transfer dialog will display with the value(s) to be
transferred for confirmation of the transfer.
Click on Commit to confirm the transfer

Reshape Datum Element
To reshape an element you must first select it and then click on the [Reshape]
button . The Reshape Element dialog window will be displayed, listing the
selected elements on the left.
Figure 37-Reshape Element dialog window
You have three options when reshaping an element:
Simple geometry reshape

This is when you only want to change the shape of the element without
changing the length or maintaining the history of the element. Leave the
[Replace] and [Recalibrate] boxes unchecked to do this.
Recalibrate
This is when you want to change the measured length of the element being
reshaped. Check the [Recalibrate] box to do this. The [From Chainage]
and [Distance to End] text boxes in the [Reshape parameters] panel will be
made active so that you can enter the required parameters.
Replace
Checking this box will cause the [Effective Date] and [Element name] text
boxes to be activated along with any flexible attributes that are defined. If the
[Recalibrate] box is also checked the new element will be recalibrated as
well.

Reshape tool
When you click on the Reshape tool, the vertices along the selected element
will be displayed.
Figure 38 - Vertices along an element
The end vertex will always appear in red. You can move the vertices to re-
align the element using the [Edit Feature tool] from the Spatial Manager
toolbar
Figure 39 - Moving a vertex
Right clicking on a vertex or along the digitized line will display the context-
sensitive menu with additional options for editing the vertices:
Figure 40 -Vertex editing context menu
Use the Properties option to change the measure values for the vertices

You can amend any intermediate vertex measure values. Spatial Manager
will not allow the editing of Measure values for the first or last vertex. If you
change an intermediate vertex with a value larger than the next vertex, the
system will automatically update the subsequent vertices accordingly.
Move Start/End Nodes

If this box is checked (which it is by default) then if you move the start or end
vertex of the datum geometry the corresponding node will move as well.
Snapping
You may also want 'snap' the reshaped element to an existing element and
hence replace its start or end node. To do this, first off all make sure you call
the snapping dialog from the Exor menu and set it to snap to the ‘Vertex’ in
the nodes layer (which is automatically displayed when you click on the
reshape button) and click the [OK] button as shown below
Figure 41-Set snapping on to the nodes layer

Now click on the start or end vertex and drag it on top of the new node you
want to snap it one. As soon as you release the button a drop-down menu will
display with the following option as shown in the figure below:
Move Start or End Node here
It will just move the existing Start or End node of the reshaped datum to the
new position.
Dissolve node to (<node_id)>
It will replace the start or end node of the reshaped element with the
<node_id> it snapped to. The original node will remain.
Note that the Node layer must be selectable to ‘Dissolve Nodes’
Dissolve node to (<node_id)> and Close (start)End Node

This is the same as the option above but in this case it will also end-date the
existing node if it’s not an ‘orphan’ (i.e. not the start or end node of a different
element).

Merge Elements
Merge enables two connected Network elements-either datum or Linear

Groups- (i.e. ones that share a common Node Point) to be ‘merged’ to form a
single new Element.
When the elements are merged the resulting single element may ‘inherit’ the
Network Attributes of the first Network Element if the ‘Inherit’ field has been
selected for the Attribute in the Type Columns window of the Asset
Metamodel--NM0410 module for the Datum Network Type being merged.
The order of the elements being merged (which is first and which is second)
is determined automatically by the system using the element's connectivity.
This can be expressed as follows: 'The first element is connected by its end
node to the start node of the second element'
The values for any Network Attributes that not flagged as ‘Inheritable’ can be
entered for the new element which created as a result of the Merge operation
using the ‘New Element’ panel at the bottom of the form.
If the Network Type of the selected Datum Network element enables the
entering of the Unique reference, a field will also be displayed to enable the
User to enter the Unique reference of the new Element.
Note that this panel will not be shown if all the displayable Network
Attributes of the selected Network Type are flagged as ‘inheritable’ and
the Unique reference is populated automatically.
The new Element will retain the Group memberships of the ‘First’ original
Element. The sequence within any linear Groups of which the ‘Merged’
Elements were members and the SLK of the new Element along with
Intersection Leg numbers will be derived from the Original Merged Elements.
Assets located on the Merged Elements will be ‘relocated’ and referenced

relative to the new Element.
The following validation will be carried out when Elements are merged:
• The start/end date of an Elements membership of a Group has not
changed since the selected date.
• Any Items have not been placed on the Elements to be Merged since
the date selected as the Merge Date
• Both elements should have the same direction (i.e. the end vertex of
the first element must be coincident with the start vertex of the second
element). If the elements are in different direction one of the elements
geometries will be 'flipped' in memory before performing the merge.
You can decide which element to flip using the Merge Conflict
Resolution dialog:
Figure 42-Merge Conflict Resolution dialog

• If the elements share the same direction and but the vertices are not
coincident, a warning dialog will inform you.
• The are no Defects on an ‘open’ Works Order located on the affected
Elements
• The User must have Role and Admin Unit based access to all
Inventory
• Items located on the affected Element, or by flagged as an
‘Unrestricted’ User in the HIG1832 – Users module.
• The Network Types and Group Types (when Merging Linear Groups)
must be the same
• The Admin Unit of both Elements must be the same
• Where used, the sub-class of the 2 Elements must be the same
• Groups which are a parent in a Network Type Inclusion (Autoinclusion)
cannot be Merged
All violations of the above validation checks will be reported on the screen. A
failure of any validation check will result in the prevention of the process
taking place.
Merge button
Follow the instructions below to use the Merge button to merge two elements:
• Using the [Select Feature] tool from the ArcMap toolbar select the first
element. Holding the [Shift] key down select the second element.
Both elements will now be highlighted
•
• Click on [Merge] button in the Spatial Manager toolbar.

• The Merge Elements dialog window will be displayed. The dialog will
show any non-inheritable flexible attributes defined for the element's
network type as defined in the Network Metamodel form-NM0002, the
node to merge on, and the effective date. You can change the
effective date of the merge by clicking on the down arrow to display
the pop-up calendar.
Figure 43 - Merge Elements dialog window

Effective Date
The default value will be today’s date. You can right-click on the down arrow
next to the date field to display the popup calendar and enter an alternative
date
Merge on Node
This list box will display the shared node for the elements to be merged. If the
elements are connected at two nodes (as in the case of roundabouts and
circles), this list will display both of the node ids. Select the node you want to
base the merge on from this list
Swap Merge Elements

When merging two elements, the elements being merged are end-dated
(closed) and a new single element created. The new element maintains the
'standard' attributes of the 'first' element as it appears on the left side of the
dialog. If you want the new element to maintain the attributes of the element
listed 'second' in the Merge Elements form click on the [Swap Merge
Elements] button to change the merge order.
Enter any required flexible attributes for the new merged element.
Press on [Save] to execute the merge.

Replace Elements
When a Replace Operation is carried out all assets and other ‘events’
associated with the Element are transferred to the new Element created as a
result of the Replace operation. The new Element will adopt the same
naming convention as the selected Element (or the Unique Reference may be
manually entered if the Network Type for the datum element allows it).
The new Element will ‘inherit’ any Network Attributes and Group
memberships of the ‘Replaced’ Element.
The Replaced Element is end–dated, thus ensuring a full historical record is

kept of the Network.
Note that the Network and all associated Asset records may be
displayed as they existed prior to the Replace operation by setting the
‘Effective’ date, in the User Preferences window, to a date which
precedes the Replace operation.
This functionality could be used to re-digitize a badly digitized Element or

used in conjunction with a Recalibrate operation to remodel a piece of
Network after some minor re-alignment has taken place.
This would be beneficial, as the ‘Replaced’ Element would be retained for

historical purposes.
The Asset records and other Events on the new Element could then be
recalibrated using the Recalibrate button to change the Element length and
event locations as required.
The following validation will be carried out when an Element is replaced:

• The start/end date of the Elements membership of a Group has not
changed since the selected date.
• Any Items have not been placed on the Element to be replaced since
the date selected as the Replace Date.
All violations of the above validation check will be reported on the screen.
A failure of any validation check will result in the prevention of the process
taking place.
Replace button
To replace an element select it first and press the [Replace Elements] button
from the edit toolbar. The replace dialog will appear and minimize
automatically.
If more than one datum element is selected a dialog will display containing a
tree view listing the Unique Names of the selected elements:
Figure 44-Select Feature dialog

Clicking on an element Name will flash the relevant feature on the map.
Double-clicking on an Element name or pressing the [OK] button will close the
selection window and restore the Replace Element dialog:
Figure 45-Replace Element dialog window
Element name
Enter the Unique Element reference of the Element to be Replaced.
Note that if any of the ‘displayable’ Network Attributes of the selected

Element Network Type are ‘non inheritable’ or the ‘Pop Unique’ flag in
Unchecked in the Network Types module, the Attributes and/or Unique

Reference will be displayed in a panel at the bottom of the form, where

the appropriate value(s) may be entered.
Start Date (Required)

Enter the date at which the Replace operation is to be effective.
This will become the Start Date for the new Element created as a result of the
Replace and the membership date for all Groups of which the new Element is
a member.
To conduct the Replace operation, press the [Save] button on the form.
Any linear Groups of which the Replaced Element was a member may
need to be ‘Resequenced’.

Recalibrate Element
If since the time of the initial survey, the length of the Element and hence the
location of the inventory or other objects located within the extent of the
Element is found to be incorrect you can recalibrate the Elements length.
This will enable you to either increase or decrease the length of an Element.
All the Inventory and other objects located along the element (e.g. Accidents)
will move in proportion to the change in length.
Note that no history is recorded of the Original Element Length or event

locations subsequent to a Recalibrate operation.
If history is required a Replace Operation should first be carried out on the

Element and the ‘new’ Element subsequently ‘Shifted’.
The following rules apply to Inventory Items and other events located on an
Element when a Shift or Recalibrate Operation is carried out:
• If Inventory runs to the end of an Element a Shift or Recalibrate

operation should maintain the Inventory location at the end of the
Element, i.e. not cause an ‘overhang’. The start of the Inventory will be
Shifted or Stretched according to the defined parameters.
• If the Inventory is not located at either the start or end of the Element
the Shift or Recalibrate will operate at both the start and end of the
Inventory Item.
• A Shift is not allowed if it would result in the start or end of an
Inventory Item would be located beyond the end of the Element.
• A Shift is not allowed if it would result in a continuous Inventory Item
having a Zero length.
• If an Item spans the entire length of an Element a Shift or Recalibrate
operation will maintain this relative location.
The following figures show an example of two Recalibrate operations carried

out on a Datum Network Element and its effect on events located on the
Recalibrated Element.
Figure 46 - Element and assets before a recalibrate
The first Recalibration Operation will shorten the Element Length by 10m to
an overall Length of 90m.

Figure 47 - Assets after recalibrate-Shortening the element's length
The second Recalibration Operation will stretch the Element Length by 5m to

an overall Length of 95m, but only from an offset of 30m.
Figure 48 - Assets after recalibrate-Extending the element's length
Recalibrate Element button
To recalibrate an element the user will need to select it and press the
[Recalibrate Element] button from the edit toolbar.
The Recalibrate dialog will appear and minimize automatically.

If more than one datum element is selected a dialog will display containing a

Double-clicking on an Element name or pressing the [OK] button will close the
selection window and restore the Recalibrate Element dialog:

Figure 50 - Recalibrate Element dialog
Original length
This read-only text box contains the original measured element length
From Chainage
Mandatory text box. Defaults to 0.
Distance to End
You will need to type here the new element length. This is a mandatory field
When the [From Chainage] text box loses focus the [Distance from End] value
gets recalculated as [Original Length]-[From Chainage].
For example: Original length= 911.44 m, From Chainage=10, -><User tabs>-
>Distance from End=901.44
You can then change the Distance from End value to the new value. So if in
this case, changes it to 902, the overall length will be extended by 0.56m, to
become 912.
The dialog will also check to establish whether the new length is equal to the
original length. In this example, if you did not change the [Distance from
End] value from 901.44, a warning message will be displayed.

Shared Reshape
This tool should only be used for error correction. Shared reshape only
operates on the geometry of the selected datums and does NOT
maintain any history.
You can change the geometry of connected datum network elements by

using the [Shared Reshape] tool. To use the tool, click on the elements
intersection. If the elements do share a common vertex, all connected datum
elements and their common vertex will be highlighted as shown below. You
can then click and drag the vertex to the new location.
Figure 51 - Shared Reshape
By default the Shared Reshape function will also move the shared network
node.
Uncheck the [Move Shared Node] box if you don’t want the shared node to
be moved to the new location.

Figure 52 - Shared Reshape dialog

Close (End-date) Element
When an Element is closed, it is End-Dated and removed from the current

view. To view the an End Dated Network Element set the ‘Effective Date’ in
the Spatial Manager toolbar to a date which precedes the Close Operation.
Asset records on a Closed Network Element will either be End-Dated (if the
‘Replaceable’ flag is selected for the Asset record Type in the Inventory
Types Module), or the location references will be End Dated and the Asset
record will remain open, but no longer ‘pinned’ to a Network (if the ‘End
Location Only’ flag is set in the Inventory Metamodel’ form).
If an Asset record is only partially located on the ‘Closed’ Network Element,

only the Location reference relative to the Closed Element will be end dated
and not the Asset record itself.
Consider the example below:
A continuous Asset record has been located over the entire extent of Route
A123, Elements 1, 2 and 3. Its location relative to the Route would be as
follows.
Unique Start End

A123/1 0 3.5
If Element A123/2 was subsequently Closed (note that this will cause a
discontinuity along the Route which may be ‘bridged’ by using a Distance
Break) the location relative to the Route would now as be as follows:
Unique Start End

A123/1 0 1.1
A123/3 2.4 3.5
The following validation checks will be carried out when you close an
element:
The start/end date of the element’s membership of a group has not changed
since the selected date.
Inventory has not been created or deleted since the selected date.

Closing elements
To close (end-date) elements you will need to select them and press the
[Close Element] button from the edit toolbar. If no elements are selected a
message will display. Otherwise the Close Dialog will be displayed:
Figure 53 - Close Elements dialog
The dialog contains only the Effective date, which defaults to today's date.
The Effective Date is mandatory.

Split Element
Network Elements (Datums or Linear Groups) may need to be ‘Split’ in order

to carry out some network maintenance operations. For example, a new route
may be added to a network, which does not start at an existing Intersection.
To ensure network connectivity is maintained, an Element may need to be
split to create a new Node Point at which the new Intersection will be formed.
When an Element is split the resulting two new Elements created as a result
of the Split operation may ‘inherit’ their Network Attributes if these attributes
are flagged as inheritable for the specified network type. The values for any
Network Attributes not flagged as Inheritable can be typed in the flexible
attributes panel in the Split Element Form for each of the two new Elements.
Note that this panel will not be populated if all the displayable Network
Attributes of the selected Network Type are flagged as inheritable.
The new Elements will retain the Group memberships of the original Element.
The sequence within any linear Groups of which the ‘Split’ Element was a
member of and the SLK of the new Elements along with Intersection Leg
numbers will be derived from the Original Split Element.
Assets located on the Split Element will be re-located and referenced relative
to the new Elements.
The figure below shows an example of the Locations of a continuous Asset

record on an Element (M037/165-S) before a Split operation and the resulting
Locations after the Split.
Note that the Network and all associated Asset records may be
displayed as they existed prior to the Split operation by setting the
‘Effective’ date, in the User Preferences window, to a date, which
precedes the Split operation.
The following validation will be carried out when an Element is split:

• The start and end dates of an Element’s membership of a Group has

not changed since the date selected for the split.
• No assets have been located on the Element to be Split since the date
selected as the Split Date.
• All violations of these validation checks will be reported on the screen
and will prevent the split from taking place.
At this point it will be useful to explain the differences between start and end
nodes in the Network Manager database, and the start and end vertices of a
geometric line.
A vertex is the point of intersection between two straight lines and is the way
the geometry was initially digitized. Whereas vertices are internal to the
geometry itself, network nodes define the logical connectivity of network
elements and exist as records in the NM tables. In many cases Network
nodes are defined by their X, Y coordinates. The physical location of nodes
does not always have to correspond to the start or end vertex of the element's
geometry.
This is especially useful in the case of divided highways or when we want to

avoid further data segmentation. As long as the 'logical connectivity' is there,
the system will work as expected. The illustration below shows an example of
a divided highway.
Two different tools are provided in the Spatial Manager toolbar for splitting
elements: The Split Element tool and the Split Element at Node tool which
are discussed in the paragraphs below
Split Element tool
Figure 54 - Split Element Tool
To split an element using the mouse:

• Select the Datum or Linear Group Layer from the tree view
• Select the Split Element tool. The Split Element form will be displayed.
• You can call the Snapping dialog to set the Snapping environment.
For example, if you want to split a datum element where it intersects
with another linear feature from another layer set the snapping
environment so as it snaps to the 'Ends' or the 'Vertex' of the
background layer.
• Click along the element to be split

• The Split Element dialog will display fields where the Effective Split
Date and measure value of the Split point may be specified. The split
measure (‘Split at’ text box) value will default to the measure point
where you clicked. You can edit this value by typing it in. Note that the
'Split Node' text box is blank as a new node will be created.
Figure 55 - Split Element dialog window
The split element form will be displayed in a second panel, any flexible
attributes as defined in the Network Metamodel. A units indicator that
denotes the units that the element is measured in, is displayed next to the
Split value entry box .
Clicking on the drop-down arrow in the Effective date textbox will display
the Calendar pop-up window to change the effective date for the split.
Press [Save] to split the element.
Split Element at Node tool
Figure 56 - Split Element at Node Tool
Use the Split Element at Node tool to split an element using an existing
network node:
Add the Node Points layer on the view by right-clicking on the relevant datum
layer and selecting the [Add Network Nodes…] option. A new layer will be
added to the map representing the start and end nodes for the Roads network
type.
Select the Node at which to split the element

Select the element to split.

Press on the [Split Element at Node] button from the Spatial Manager
toolbar. The Split element dialog will be displayed, where the Effective Split
Date and measure value of the Split point may be specified. The 'Split Node'
text box will display the node to be used for the split.
Figure 57-Split Element at Node dialog window
The split element form will be displayed in a second panel, any flexible
attributes as defined in the Network Metamodel for the current network type.
Next to the Split value entry box a units indicator will be displayed to denote
the units the datum elements are measured in.
Clicking on the drop-down arrow in the Effective date textbox will display
the Calendar pop-up window to change the effective date for the split.
Press [Save] to split the element.

Shift Asset
A Shift Operation on a Network Element enables the locations of all events

placed on the Element to be moved from a specified offset by entering an
adjustment length. This adjustment length may be positive, e.g. 10 or
negative e.g. –20. When a Shift Operation is carried out it DOES NOT
change the Element Length and no history is kept of the event locations prior
to the Shift. If history is required a Replace Operation should first be carried
out on the Element and the ‘new’ Element subsequently ‘Shifted’.
The following rules apply to assets and other events located on an Element
when a Shift Operation is carried out:
A Shift is not allowed if it would result in the start or end of an Asset record
would be located beyond the end of the Element.
A Shift is not allowed if it would result in a continuous Asset record having a
zero length.
If an Item spanned the entire length of an Element a Shift operation would
maintain this relative location.
The following figures show an example of a 2 Shift operations carried out on a

Datum Network Element and its effect on the assets (events) located on the
Element.
Figure 58-Location of assets/events along a datum element before and after a shift

Shifting assets along an element

To perform a shift of assets along an element:
• Select the [Shift Assets] tool from the edit toolbar
• Click along the element where he wants the shift to occur.
• The Shift dialog will be displayed. If more that one element is selected
along the tolerance a dialog will be displayed for the user to select.
The Shift Dialog accepts two parameters:
From Chainage
Will default to the measure value at the point of the user's click. It specifies
the offset from which the Shift Operation will be carried out.

Shift value
You enter the adjustment value here.

Undo
Undo enables you to reverse previous editing operations carried out on a

Network Element (i.e. Unsplit, Unmerge, Unclose, and Unreplace). This
should only be used as an ‘Error Correction’ tool, i.e. to restore the Network to
its original state.
When an Undo operation is carried out, no history is kept of the new Element
created from the erroneous edit operation. All ‘event’ or ‘object’ locations
(e.g. an Asset record or Accident Item) and Group memberships for the
originally Replaced Network Element will be reinstated.
You can undo previous editing operations by selecting a single element and
pressing the [Undo] button from the Spatial Manager toolbar. The system will
check the edit history and inform the user of the allowed undo function
along the element.
Note that only the last editing operation will be allowed to be undone. If for
example you split an element and then replaced it, you must first undo the
replace and then undo the unsplit to reinstate the network
The figure below shows an example of the Undo Editing Operation dialog
for an Unsplit.
Figure 59-Undo Dialog window (Unsplit)

Editing network node locations
You might require a network node to be moved to a different location (not

necessarily at the start or the end of an element). To do this follow these
steps:
• Add the network nodes theme. This menu option is accessible from
the context menu (right-click) of the datum layer.
• Select the node(s) you want to move
• Click on the [Move Nodes] button. The Move Nodes dialog will be
displayed and the Edit Feature tool will be activated.
Figure 60-Move nodes dialog
• Set the Snapping environment as required to snap to existing layers

• You can now select each node in turn from the dialog and using the
Edit Feature tool, click and drag it to the new location. Once finished,
click the [Save] button to send the changes to the database

Close Nodes
The close Nodes button enables you to end-date orphan nodes (nodes that
are not attached to a datum element) or nodes that are attached to end-dated
datums.
To close a node:
• Select (highlight) the nodes you want to end-date
• Click on the [Close node] button in the Spatial Manager toolbar. The
Close Node dialog will be displayed
Figure 61-Close Nodes dialog
• Click on the [Save] button to end-date the node

Transaction History
The transaction History option is accessible from the drop-down menu in the
Spatial Manager toolbar. It lists all the editing operations occurred within the
current Spatial Manager session and a textual description. An example is
shown below:
Figure 62-Transaction History window
Select an editing operation from the list to display the textual information for
this task in the Task Description panel.
Double-click on the entry to zoom to the corresponding element(s).

Datum Elements Form
The Datum Elements form is used to view and edit Datum Network Elements
information for updateable fields, e.g. ‘Description’, or flexible attributes not
used in the prescribed naming convention for the Element.
The form is displayed by:

• Selecting the [Attributes] option in the context menu (right-click) of a
datum layer
• Selecting the [Attributes] option in the context menu (right-click) of an
element name displayed in the Groups tree.
Figure 63-Datum Elements Form
Datum Elements form field definitions

Type (Read only)
The Network Type for the currently selected datum element will be displayed
in this field. The Network Type description will be displayed in the adjacent
field.
Unique (Read only)
Each datum element must have a unique reference. If the Network Type
selected has been flagged as automatically generating the unique reference,
(by checking the ‘Pop Unique’ option in Network Types--NM0002 based on
the attribution of an Element or set up using the Type Columns window of
Network Types--NM0002), the reference will be displayed once all of the

appropriate Attribute values have been added. If this is not the case, the
Unique reference will be displayed in the flexible attributes panel as shown in
the above figure.
Group Type
Not used. Displayed for backward compatibility purposes only.
Admin Unit (Read only)

The Admin Unit of the element will be displayed in this field. Only Users with
sufficient Admin Unit security levels will have access to the Element
Description (Required)
You can edit the description for the datum element. A maximum of 80
characters is allowed.
Start Date (Read only)

The date from which the datum element is valid.
End Date (Display Only)

If a datum element has been ‘Closed’, the date on which it was closed, i.e.
End Dated’ will be displayed. Datum elements are end-dated using the Close
button in the Spatial Manager toolbar
Note that end-dated datums may be viewed by setting the Active Date to a
date which precedes the End Date of the element
Length (Read Only)

Displays the measured length of the Datum Element.
Note that the Length can be amended using the Recalibrate Element tool
Start Node (Read Only)

Displays the Start Node of the Datum Element.
The Node Description, Easting and Northing Grid References will be
displayed in the adjacent fields.
End Node (Read Only)

Displays the Start Node of the Datum Element.
The Node Description, Easting and Northing Grid References will be
displayed in the adjacent fields.
Record Navigation
The record navigation controls will only be displayed if you have called the
form from the [Attributes] option in the Datum layer context menu. You can
use the arrow buttons to navigate through the selected datum elements.
OK button
If you have made any changes to the element attributes, pressing the OK
button will display a dialog asking you whether you want to commit these
changes to the database.

Cancel button
Closes the form and rolls back any changes.
Help button
Displays the online help for this topic.
Load Selected
Will refresh the Datum Elements form to display the currently selected Datum
Element
Flexible Attributes tab

The flexible Attributes defined in the Network Types metadata Network
Types--NM0002 for the selected Network Type are displayed. The attribute
values should be entered as required. Mandatory attributes are highlighted.
Note that only those attributes flagged as ‘Displayed ?’ in the NM0002

form will be shown.
the attribute name.
Member of tab
Figure 64- Members of Tab
The 'Member of' displays a read-only data grid listing all the groups the datum
is a member of.


a tree-like view named <AssetType><REC#>.


Snapping options dialog
This dialog controls the snapping behavior when editing datum elements.
You can access it dialog from exor Menu->Snapping during an edit operation.
Figure 67-Snapping options
The dialog consists of two panels. The top panel will display the active layer
and any other network layers that are already displayed and it can snap on
with an [Ends] check box (start or end of elements). Network Elements can
only be snapped to start or end nodes of elements that share the same
node type. Creating and editing new elements graphically is applicable to
datum network elements and LRMs (extend route).
The bottom panel will display the exor_edit_layer which is a temporary

shapefile used for editing purposes only and any other background layers the
user can select to snap to.
If you create a 'chain' of new network elements you will need to check
the [End] checkbox for the exor_edit_layer. This will cause Spatial
Manager to snap to the start or end node of the existing new element
and not create separate nodes for each new element.
Snapping to background layers will have no effect on the element's

connectivity. Users can select to snap to Vertices of background layers
([Vertex] check box), Edges ([Edge] check box) or only at the Start or End of
the geometries ([End] check box)

Snapping Preferences
You can access this dialog from exor Menu->Preferences
The Snapping tab controls determine the snapping parameters for Spatial
Manager:
Snap On Split
When this option is checked (this is the default setting) and the [Split] tool is
used to split an Element at the point where the user selects, the resulting
Node Point created as a result of the Split operation, will attempt to 'Snap' to
an Element within the [Snapping Tolerance] specified in the ‘dialog.
Figure 68-Split operation with the [Snap on Split] option on
When the option is unchecked and the Split tool is used, the resulting Node
Point created as a result of the Split operation will be created at the exact
point where the user selects.
The selected Element will be split, at an offset that perpendicularly bisects the
Element and the Node Point.
Figure 69-Split operation with the [Snap on Split] option off
If more than one Element is found within the tolerance, a dialog will be
displayed for the user to select the element to split. Clicking the [Flash]
button will flash the highlighted element. Clicking on [OK] will select the
element to split.
Figure 70-Select Element dialog
Automatic Snapping
If this option is checked while users digitize a new element, the element's
geometry will be 'magnetized' to the start/end nodes of neighboring
geometries as specified in the Snapping options dialog
If the option is unchecked, Spatial Manager will attempt to snap to

neighboring geometries as soon as the user completes the digitization.
Snapping tolerance
This is where users can set the search radius for snapping to geometries. The
snapping tolerance units can be set as either Pixels or Map Units. The
snapping tolerance is used in a number of editing functions like creating new
datum elements, shared reshape and split.
CHAPTER
6
Editing Groups of Datum
Elements
This chapter describes the process of editing groups of datum elements. It is
divided into the following sections:
Group of Datum Elements Form
This form is used to create new Groups and maintain existing Groups of
Elements.
To display the form:
• Select the [Attributes] option in the context menu (right-click) of a
group layer
group name displayed in the Groups tree.
• Select the [Create New Group] option in the context menu (right-click)
of a Group Type displayed in the Groups Tree. For more details on
how to create new Groups please refer to Creating New Groups of
Datum Elements.
Figure 71-Group of Datum Elements form
The form contains two tabs: The Members tabs where the member elements
for the group are displayed and the Attributes tab which contains the flexible
attributes (if any) for the group.
Group members will be added automatically if the Network Type for the
selected Group Type has been defined as the ‘Parent’ Network Type in
the Type Inclusion window of Network Types – NM0002 and the Auto
Include flag has been selected for a Datum Network Type.
Groups may be ‘Linear’ and used as a Linear Referencing method, in which

case the member Elements of the Group will be ‘sequenced’ to establish their
relative position in the Group and hence enables displacements to be
calculated. Groups may also be used to describe ‘un-sequenced’ collections
of Elements to model such features as Interchanges, Administrative Areas or
Inspection Routes.
If a Group contains ‘partial’ Elements, i.e. an Element is not wholly contained

within the group, the Group Type selected must be Flagged as to allow Partial
Elements.
Group Panel Detail

The Group Panel will display the standard attributes for a group i.e. Group
Type, Admin Unit, Unique etc.
Unique (Read-only)
It displays the Unique reference for the Group of Datum Elements. If the
Network type for this group has been defined as not automatically generating
the unique key, the value for the Unique field will also be displayed in the
Flexible attributes panel
Note that care should be taken if the Unique reference of a Group is to be
wholly contained within part of the Unique Element reference to ensure that
the String Length specified for the attribute column, e.g. NE_GROUP, is of
sufficient length to contain the Unique of the Group.
Description
Enter a description for the Group. A maximum of 80 characters is allowed.
The Group description will be displayed along with the Group Unique and
Group Type when using the Gazetteer.
Group Type
Displays the Group type for the currently selected group. The Group Type
description will be displayed in the adjacent field.
If the form has been called from an existing group, this field will be read-only.
When creating a new group, press the button next to the field to select a
Group type. Only Group Types associated with the Network Type will be
listed.
The Group Type description will be displayed in the adjacent field.
The Network Type associated with the selected Group Type will be displayed
in the ‘Network Type’ field.
The Units of Measurement associated with the Network Type which in turn is
associated with the Group type selected will be displayed in the ‘Units’ field.
Network Type (Read Only)

Units (Read Only)

The Units of Measurement associated with the Network Type which in turn is
associated with the Group type selected will be displayed in the ‘Units’ field.
Displays the date from which the Group of Elements is effective.
When creating a new group this field will default to today's date. To change
the date click on the down arrow and select the required date from the
calendar.
Admin Unit (Required)

Displays the Admin Unit for the Group. If the form has been called from an
existing group, this field will be read-only.
When creating a new group, click on the button next to the field to select the
required Admin Unit for the Group. Only Admin Units of the Admin Type
associated with the Network Type used when defining the Group Type of the
selected Group of Elements will be displayed in the list of values.
Only Users with sufficient Admin Unit privileges will be permitted to use the
Group.
End Date (Read-only)

This field is non-updateable. To End-date (close) the group you need to use
the Close button. Click here for more information on Closing a group.
Record Navigation
The record navigation controls will only be displayed if you have called the
form from the [Attributes] option in the Group layer context menu. You can
use the arrow buttons to navigate through the selected group elements.
Attribute Tab Details
The flexible Attributes for the Network Type selected as defined ‘Type
Columns’ window Network Types - NM0002 will be displayed.
Note that only those attributes flagged as being ‘Displayed ?’ will be

shown.
The attribute values should be entered or amended as required if they are not
part of the unique naming convention used for the group. Mandatory
attributes are highlighted.
the attribute name.
Members Tab Details
The Members panel is used to display and maintain the member Datum
Elements of the Group. Group members may be added, using the [Add
Members] button. Click here for more information on how to Add Datum
Element members
If the Group is a ‘Partial’ Group, i.e. at least one of the member Elements is
not wholly contained within the Group, the extent of the Datum Element which
is contained within the Group may be defined by updating the ‘Start’ and/or
‘End’ fields for the ‘partial member’.
Partial Groups of Elements may be created by specifying the ‘Start’ and ‘End’
measures (relative to the Element) of the portion of the Element which is
contained within the Group. If the Element is not wholly contained within the
Group the ‘Part’ flag will be automatically set to indicate that the Element is
only partially contained within the Group. The extent of the Element included
will be displayed in the ‘Length’ field.
Partial Groups may contain a mixture of Elements which are either wholly
contained within the Group or only partially contained within the Group.
The Group Type selected for the Group must have been flagged as
‘Partial’ in Group Types – NM0004.
If the Group Type of the selected Group has been flagged as ‘Exclusive’
in Group Types – NM0004, a Network Element may only be a member of
one Group of the selected Type. For example, if a Network Element may
only be a member of one Route Group the exclusivity flag should be
checked. If this exclusivity rule is broken when Group members are
being added to a Group an error message will be displayed.
The following information is displayed for each member Element:

• Sequence Number
• Element Unique
• Start Node
• End Node
• Start Offset (relative to the Datum Element)
• End Offset (relative to the Datum Element)
• Partial Element indicator
• Length (the extent of the Element contained within the Group)
• Offset measure /SLK (Linear Groups only)
• POE – Point of Equation indicator
• Cardinality indicator
• Membership Start Date
• Membership End Date
Sequence
If the selected Group is ‘Linear’ and therefore member Elements are
connected via shared Nodes Points or by means of Distance Breaks the
Elements will be ‘sequenced’ to establish their relative position in the Group
and hence enables displacements to be calculated. The Sequencing of
Member Elements will be in accordance with any Type Subclass rules defined
for the member Datum Elements in the Network Types form.
Unique (Required) List, Nav

The Unique reference of the member Element will be displayed.
Start Node (Display Only)

The Start Node of the selected Network Element will be displayed.
End Node (Display Only)

The End Node of the selected Network Element will be displayed.
Start (Updateable)
This field displays the start position, relative to the member Element, of the
extent of the Element which is contained within the Group. For non partial
groups this value will always be ‘0’. For Partial Groups this value may be
updated.
End (Updateable)
This field displays the end position, relative to the member Element, of the
extent of the Element which is contained within the Group. For non partial
groups this value will always equate to the Element length. For partial
Groups this value may be updated.
Part. (Read only-Checkbox)

If the Group is a ‘Partial’ Group and the selected member Element is not
wholly contained with the Group, i.e. the ‘Start’ or/and ‘End’ fields have been
amended, the system will automatically ‘check’ this partial indicator.
Length (Display Only)

The total Length of the extent of the member Element contained within the
Group will be displayed.
Offset/SLK (Straight Line Kilometre) (Linear Groups Only)

The offset value for the start of each member Element will be displayed. This
value is the measured distance value of the start of the Element, relative to
the parent Group in increasing measure from its start. The SLK calculation
rules will be dependant on any precedence set by the sequence number of
the Type Subclass’s defined for the Datum Network Type in Network Types –
NM0002.
POE (Point of Equation indicator)

If a Point of Equation exists at the Start Node of an Element (the End Node if
the member Element is not in the Cardinal direction of the Route) the type of
POE will be indicated in Red.
A POE is a discontinuity in the measured distance of a Route at a known
point on the ground, i.e. a Node point, and can either be a GAP or an
OVERLAP. Points of Equation may be created as a result of the Network
operations needed to model a Road Realignment or as a result of a ‘Shift’ or
‘Recalibrate’ operation. Points of Equation may be removed by ‘Rescaling’
the Route. This will cause the Route SLK values to be recalculated based on
the current Element lengths.
Consider an example:
The figure below shows an existing Route and a proposed realignment
scheme. When the realignment is modeled in the database it will cause a
Point of Equation (a GAP) at the Start of Element 4, as the new Element
length will be less than that of the existing Element length.
The following table shows the Element Length and Route Offset prior to the
Realignment
Element Length Route Offset

1 950 0
2 1080 .95
3 1600 2.03
4 680 3.63
5 2200 4.31
To remodel the
Network to account for the Realignment of the Route, Element 3 will be End-
Dated and a new Element (6) will be added in its place. The length of the
new Element will be 950m. This will cause a GAP POE of 0.65 m at the Start
of Element number 4. The following table shows the Element Length and
Route Offset after the Realignment.
Element Length Route Offset

1 950 0
2 1080 .95
3 950 2.03 (Gap of .65m)
4 680 3.63
5 2200 4.31
To display the POE details select the Element on which the required POE
exists and select the ‘Node Details’ option from the context menu (called by
clicking the Right Mouse Button). The Node Details window will be displayed.
An example is showing in the figure below:
Figure 72-Node details dialog
Asset records or other database objects may not be located on a POE.
C (Cardinality Indicator)
If a member Element is in the Route Cardinal Direction, i.e. the Element is
increasing in measure value from its Start Node to its End Node in the same
direction as the increasing measure of the Route from its Start, this box will
be checked.
Enter the Date from which the Element is a member of the Parent Group. If
the Group is a Parent in a Type Inclusion for a Datum Network the Start Date
will be automatically populated as the date the Element record was created.
If the Group is ‘Rescaled’ the Start Date will be set to the Date the Rescale
operation took place.
End Date (Optional)
Enter the Date from which the Element is no longer a member of the Group.
If the Group is a Parent in a Type Inclusion for a Datum Network, the member
Elements will be End Dated if the Parent Route is Closed using the [C] –
Close Route facility.
End Membership
Clicking this button will end-date the membership of the currently selected
element, so the element will no longer be a member of the Group. If the
Group is a Parent in a Type Inclusion for a Datum Network, the member
Elements will be End Dated if the Parent Route is Closed using the Close
Route button
Add Members
If elements are selected from a datum layer, this button will add them as
members to the group. A dialog listing the currently selected datum elements
will be displayed to confirm the adding of the member elements as shown
below.
Figure 73-Add Members dialog
Only datum elements with network types allowed in the specific group
will be allowed.
OK button
If you have made any changes to the element attributes, pressing the OK
button will display a dialog asking you whether you want to commit these
changes to the database.
Cancel button
Closes the form and rolls back any changes.
Help button
Displays the online help for this topic.
Load Selected
Will refresh the Group of Datum Elements form to display the currently
selected Group Element.

Figure 74-Additional Data tab for Group Elements
click and select 'Insert' or press Shift+Insert. A new record will be created in a
tree-like view named <AssetType><RECx>.
Figure 75-Insert Additional Data

Groups of Datum elements toolbar

The Group of Datums form includes a toolbar which contains tools for the
following functions:
• Rescale
• Resequence
• Reverse
• Local Rescale
• Add Distance Break
• Close Group
• Route Check
• Route Details
• Each of these functions is discussed in the next paragraphs.
Rescale
A Rescale operation on a Group will cause the route offset measurements to
be recalculated. The offset value is the measured distance value of the start
of the Element, relative to the parent Group in increasing measure from the
Route Start point. The offset calculation rules will be dependant on the
precedence set by the sequence number of the Type Subclass’s defined for
the Datum Network Type.
When the Rescale button is pressed on the toolbar, the Rescale Group dialog
will be displayed as shown above. The value entered in the ‘Offset’ field, will
be the value used for the offset value for the first Element in the Group, e.g. if
a value of 10 was entered, the offset of the first member Element would be
10. All other offsets will be based on this start offset. Rescaling a Group will
remove all POE’s.
If the Group being Rescaled is a ‘Circular’ Group, i.e. the Start and End of the
Route occur at the same Node Point, for example at a Roundabout, a dialog
will be displayed as shown below asking the User to select the Starting
Datum Network Element. Once this is done pressing the [OK] button will
enable the Rescale operation to continue.
Figure 76-Circular Group dialog-Rescale

NEW SCREENSHOT
When a Group is Rescaled, the Group membership Start Date will be ‘reset’
to the date of the Rescale operation.
Note that a complete history is kept of Group Memberships and associated
offsets etc. To view the membership details at a Date use the built-in Active
Date calendar from the Spatial Manager toolbar.
Resequence
If the Group is a ‘Linear’ group, pressing the Resequence button will cause
the Group members to be Resequenced in increasing distance value from the
Start of the Route in accordance with any Type Subclass rules defined for the
member Datum Elements.
If the Group being Resequenced is a ‘Circular’ Group, i.e. the Start and End
of the Route occur at the same Node Point, for example at a Roundabout, a
dialogue will be displayed as shown below asking the User to select the
Starting Datum Network Element. Once this is done pressing the [OK] button
will enable the Resequence operation to continue.
Figure 77-Circular Group dialog-Resequence
NEW SCREENSHOT
Local Rescale
If the Group is a ‘Linear’ group, the offset values for individual Element may
be recalculated by a Local Rescale operation. To carry out a Local Rescale
operation select the required Element and press the [Local Rescale] button
on the toolbar. The offset values for any subsequent Elements will be
unaffected by a Local Rescale. If the select Element contained a Point of
Equation, this will be removed for the selected Element, but will be ‘moved’ to
the next connected Element.
Reverse Route
Reversing a route will cause all the datum elements that comprise a route
(linear group) to change direction. The functionality is also accessible as a
dynamic menu option from the context menu in the Groups tab.
The reverse route function will reverse the order of the member elements of
the route.
Distance Breaks
A Distance Break is a point of discontinuity in a physical Route. They exist in

order to enable logical connectivity over a physically discontinuous network.
Discontinuities may occur at a ‘staggered’ Intersection or ‘Common’ Routes
as displayed below for example.
Common Element(Shared Distance break provides

by 2 routes) connectivity for Road 2
Distance Breaks are displayed in the Groups of Datum Elements form. Their
appearance is similar to that of a Network Element in that they have a Unique
Reference, a Start and End Node, a Length measure and a Route offset, but
as they are not physical entities on a Network, no objects, e.g. Asset records,
may be located on them.
Distance Breaks can be identified on a Route by means of the naming

convention they adopt. For example, a Distance Break added to a Group
called the H777 will have the following name:
DB_H777-8 where ‘DB’ stands for ‘Distance Break’, H777 is the Unique
Route reference on which the Distance Break exists and ‘8’ is the occurrence
of Distance breaks on the route network.
Distance breaks on a Route group will normally have a Length of ‘0’ meters.
This will enable the route offset or displacement values for the Route to be
derived as if no discontinuity existed. If Distance Breaks are added to an
Inspection Route group for example, they may have a measured value, as the
‘Break’ in the Inspection Route must still be driven or walked. This will enable
the route offset or displacement values for the Route to be derived, based on
the actual route driven or walked.
The Start Offset or displacement of each Element within a Group will have
been derived based on the Route connectivity and the member Element
Lengths.
When a Distance Break is added, the Group must be re-sequenced

using the [Resequence] button on the Form
This will order the member Elements correctly within the Route.
You can add a distance break either from the Group of Datum Elements form
or by digitizing the break on the map
To add a Distance Break from the Group of Datum Elements form
Press the [Add Distance Break] button on form toolbar.

The Add Distance Break dialog box will be displayed as shown below.
Figure 78-Add distance break dialog
Enter the following details.
Start Node (Required) List

The Start Node of the Distance Break needs to be entered here. Depending
on the currently selected member element in the Groups form this value will
default to the End node of the selected datum element. To change this you
can click on the button next to it to display a list of available nodes.
The list of all of the Node Points will be displayed, along with the associated
Intersecting Road Names, which are located on the selected Route. This will
ensure that the Distance Break cannot span multiple Routes or Network
Types.
End Node (Required) List
The End Node of the Distance Break needs to be entered here. Depending
on the currently selected member element in the Groups form this value will
default to the start node of the next element. The list of values will display all
of the Node Points, along with the associated Intersecting Road Names,
which are located on the selected Route. This will ensure that the Distance
Break cannot span multiple Routes or Network Types.
Length (Required)
Enter the required length of the Distance Break. This will default to ‘0’

Enter the Group membership Date of the Distance Break. This will default to
today's date. You can click on the down arrow to select a date from the
calendar.
To add the Distance Break to the Route press the [Add] button on the Dialog
box.
The Distance Break will be added with a ‘0’ Sequence Number.

To ‘Resequence’ the member Elements within the Route group, press the
[Resequence] button on the toolbar.
This will order the member Elements and Distance Break within the Route by
cardinality and connectivity.
If required the Offset or displacement values for the member Elements can be
recalculated by using the Rescale button.
To add a Distance break by digitizing
Select the linear group you want to add a Distance Break to from the tree
view in the Groups tab.
Click on the Add Distance break tool from the Spatial Manager toolbar .
Spatial Manager will zoom to the selected group.
Digitize the start and end positions of your distance break. You will notice that
your cursor will snap to start or end points of the route.
The Add Distance Break dialog will appear. The start and end nodes in the
dialog will correspond to the nodes you have snapped to.
You can now follow the same steps as above.
Close Group
Figure 79-Close Group dialog
The [Close Group] button enables an entire Route or Group of Elements to be

Closed. When the button is pressed the ‘Close Route’ dialog will be
displayed as shown above.
If the selected Group is of a Type whose associated Network Type has

been defined as a ‘Parent’ in a Type Inclusion record for another
Network Type in Network Types-NM0002 each of the member Elements
will also be End Dated. If this is not the case the member Elements may
be End Dated by selected the [Close Member Elements] checkbox.
End Dating Datum Elements in Non–Parent Groups, will cause a

discontinuity in the connectivity of the Parent Route Group. This
connectivity may be re-established by using Distance Breaks.
Any Asset records which are located on the Closed Route will either be ‘End
Dated’ if the Asset record Type has been flagged as ‘Replaceable’ in the
Inventory Metamodel – NM0410 form, or the Asset record Location will be
End Dated if the ‘End Location Only’ flag has been checked, leaving the
Asset record ‘Open’.
A Route cannot be ‘Closed’ (End-Dated) if any Asset records which are either
wholly or partially located on any member Elements are of an Inventory Type
which HAS NOT been flagged as ‘Replaceable’.
The date on which the Route is to be Closed may be entered in the ‘Effective
Date’ field.
To Close the Route press the [Close] button. A warning message will be
displayed to the User. To cancel the Close operation, press the [No] button
or [Yes] to proceed.
A message will be displayed when the operation is complete.
Only Users who have been flagged as ‘Unrestricted’ in HIG1832 – Users

may carry out a Network Close operation. If a 'restricted’ User attempts
this operation a message will warn the user.
Route Check
The Route Check function enables physical breaks (not POEs or Distance
Breaks) to be detected on a Route. If ‘breaks’ are detected the message
below will be displayed.
Figure 80-Route check information dialog
Breaks may be ‘bridged’ by use of Distance Breaks.
Route Details
The Route Details function displays a dialog with the following information
about the selected groups
• Start Route offset
• End Route Offset
• The true Route Length of the route
• The total route length in datum units
The Route Details dialog is shown below:
Figure 81-Route Details dialog

NEW SCREENSHOT
Extending routes
Extending routes enables the creation of a new datum network element at the
start or end of the Parent Group by snapping it to a datum element, which is
already a member of the Group. Note that the parent group MUST be a
Linear Group Type.
The function will only be available if a route is selected in the [exor Groups]
tab in the TOC.
Extending will automatically set snapping on. When you snap to an existing
datum, the standard attributes for the new network element, for example
Network Type, Admin Unit and Description, will be derived from the snapped
datum.
Any Flexible Attributes that have the ‘Inherit’ flagged set in the Type Columns
window of Network Types - NM0002 will also be derived from the selected
Element. If these are used as part of the prescribed naming convention for
the Network Type, the Unique reference of the Element will be automatically
populated when the remainder of the field values have been entered.
Any non inherited Flexible Attributes values may also be entered.
To extend a route:
• Make sure you datum layer is displayed and visible in the map
window.
• Add the route you want to extend in the tree view. For more
information on how to add Routes to the tree view see the Search/Add
Routes topic.
• Click on the route to highlight it. The [Create new element] button
will get enabled in the Spatial Manager toolbar. Click on it and follow
the same steps as for when creating a new datum element.
• After pressing [Save] the Extent Route dialog will be displayed. The
dialog will display all the routes the snapped datum is a member of (if
any). Check the routes you want to extend with the new datum.
Note that any routes which are part of an auto-inclusion will be

automatically checked and read-only.
Figure 82-Select Route dialog
You will only be allowed to extend routes by a single element at a time. If you
attempt to create a second element, a warning dialog will display as shown
below:
Figure 83-Extend Route warning
Creating new Groups of Datum Elements
To create a new group of Datum Elements:

• Select the group type from the Groups tree
• Right-click on the group type and select the [Create New Group]
option from the context menu.
• The Group of Datum Elements form will be displayed with the
[Attributes] tab open. Mandatory attributes will be highlighted.
• The members tab will be disabled until all mandatory attributes are
entered.
Figure 84- Creating a new Group of Datum Elements
Enter all the required attributes.
If the Network type for this group has been defined as not automatically
generating the unique key, the value for the Unique field will also be
displayed in the Attributes panel
Click on [Save] to save the changes.
The Member Tab will be enabled and displayed to add members to the group.
For more information on how to enter attributes and adding members to a

Group see the Group of Datum Elements Form section
Splitting Linear Groups

Splitting linear groups works identically to datum elements split. Please refer
to the Split section in this document
Merging Linear Groups

Merging linear groups works identically to datum elements split. Please refer
to the Merge section in this document
CHAPTER
7
Editing Groups of Groups
This chapter discusses editing Groups of Groups.
Group of Groups form
The Group of Groups form is used to create and maintain Network Groups
which have other Network Groups as members.
To display the Group of Groups form:

group layer
group name displayed in the Groups tree.
• Select the [Create New Group] option in the context menu (right-click)
of a Group Type displayed in the Groups Tree. For more details on
how to create new Groups please refer to Creating New Groups of
Groups.
• The form contains two tabs: The Members tabs where the member
elements for the group are displayed and the Attributes tab which
contains the flexible attributes (if any) for the group.
Figure 85-Groups of Groups form
Consider the example Group Hierarchy in the Figure below:
Figure 86-Group Hierarchy example
In the Group Hierarchy shown Datum Elements have been grouped to form
Groups of Sections. These may be linear or non linear. These Groups of
Sections have been further Grouped to form Groups of Groups. For example,
Datum Elements have been grouped together to form a Regional Route
(Group Type REG-). All of the Regional Routes within a discreet Region have
been further Grouped to form a Group of Groups which represents ALL
Regional Routes within a given Region. This Group of Groups is named
Region (Group Type REG) within the diagram. This enables an entire Region
to be selected as a Region of Interest for reporting or querying.
In this example, several of the Network Groupings contain multiple Groups of

Group levels culminating in a Group of Groups which represents All network
of the associated type. For example, the Groups of Groups named All
Regions (LG) (Group Type ALL) represents ALL Local Roads.
Sub Groups will be added automatically if the Network Type for the
selected Group Type has been defined as the ‘Parent’ Network Type in
the Type Inclusion window of Network Types – NM0002 for a Network
Type associated with a Group of Sections.
Group Panel
The Group Panel displays the standard attributes for a group i.e. Group Type,
Admin Unit, Unique etc.
Unique (Read-only)
It displays the Unique reference for the Group of Group. If the Network type
for this group has been defined as not automatically generating the unique
key, the value for the Unique field will also be displayed in the Flexible
attributes panel
Note that care should be taken if the Unique reference of a Group is to be
wholly contained within part of the Unique Element reference to ensure that
the String Length specified for the attribute column, e.g. NE_GROUP, is of
sufficient length to contain the Unique of the Group.
Description
Enter a description for the Group. A maximum of 80 characters is allowed.
The Group description will be displayed along with the Group Unique and
Group Type when using the Gazetteer.
Group Type
Displays the Group type for the currently selected group. The Group Type
description will be displayed in the adjacent field.
When creating a new group, press the button next to the field to select a
Group type. Only Group Types associated with the Network Type will be
listed.
The Group Type description will be displayed in the adjacent field.
The Units of Measurement associated with the Network Type, which in turn is
associated with the Group type selected, will be displayed in the ‘Units’ field.
Network Type (Read Only)


Displays the date from which the Group of Elements is effective.
When creating a new group this field will default to today's date. To change
the date click on the down arrow to select the required date from the
calendar.
Admin Unit (Required)

Displays the Admin Unit for the Group. If the form has been called from an
existing group, this field will be read-only.
When creating a new group, click on the button next to the field to select the
required Admin Unit for the Group. Only Admin Units of the Admin Type
associated with the Network Type used when defining the Group Type of the
selected Group of Elements will be displayed in the list of values.
Only Users with sufficient Admin Unit privileges will be permitted to use the
Group.
End Date (Read-only)

This field is non-updateable. To End-date (close) the group you need to use
the Close button. Click here for more information on Closing a group.
Sub Groups Panel

The Sub Groups panel is used to add member Groups to, or End Date
member Groups from the selected Group of Groups. Sub Groups may be
added as members of a Group of Groups automatically if the Group of
Groups has been defined as a Parent in a Network Type Inclusion. For more
information on Autoinclusion refer to the Network Manager System Admin
Guide. You can add new members using the [Add Members] button
Figure 87-Sub-Groups panel
Unique (Required) List

Enter the Unique of the Group to be added as a Sub Group. The list of
allowable Groups will be restricted to those Groups of the Group Type defined
in the Group Relations Panel of the Group Types - NM0004 module for the
selected parent Group Type.
Description (Display Only)

The description of the member Sub Group will be displayed.
Group Type (Display Only)

The Group Type of the member Sub Group will be displayed.

Enter the Date from which the Sub Group is a member of the Parent Group of
Groups. If the Group of Groups is a Parent in a Type Inclusion for the Sub
Group the Start Date will be automatically populated as the date the Sub
Group record was created.
End Date
Groups which are no longer members of the selected Group of Groups may
have their Group Membership end dated by pressing the [End Membership]
button. This will display a pop-up calendar which will default to the system
date as the End Date for the membership record. This date may be amended
if required.
Note that if the Sub Group is a member of the Group of Groups by virtue of a
Network Type Inclusion, the membership cannot be End Dated and the [End
Membership] button will be disabled. The End Date field is also made non-
updateable. The membership will be End Dated only when the member
Group is End Dated.
End Membership button

Clicking this button will end-date the membership of the currently selected
sub-group so it will no longer be a member of the parent Group.
If the Group is a Parent in a Type Inclusion for a Datum Network, the member
Elements will be End Dated if the Parent Route is Closed using the Close
Route button
Add Members button

If the Sub Group is a member of the Group of Groups by virtue of a
Network Type Inclusion, you will not be allowed to add members to the
group.
The functionality of this button will depend on the type of the Sub-Group
Elements.
If the sub-group panel contains Groups of datum elements:

• Add the relevant Group of Datum elements to your data view.
• Click on the Add Members button. Spatial Manager will display a list
containing all the selected sub-group elements.
• Click on [OK]
The group elements will be added to the Sub-Groups panel
Only Sub-groups of the Group Type defined in the Group Relations Panel
of the Group Types--NM0004 module for the selected parent Group Type
will be allowed. If none are selected the message below will be displayed.
If the sub-group panel contains Groups of Groups:

• Click on the [Add Members] button
• A list with the available child groups will be displayed. The list of
allowable Groups will be restricted to those Groups of the Group Type
defined in the Group Relations Panel of the Group Types--NM0004
module for the selected parent Group Type.

Figure 88-Add group members dialog
•Select one or more child groups to add as members to the parent

Group by clicking on the check-boxes next to the group name.
• Click on [OK]
The group elements will be added to the Sub-Groups panel
Attributes Tab
The flexible Attributes for the Network Type selected as defined ‘Type
Columns’ window Network Types - NM0002 will be displayed.
Note that only those attributes flagged as being ‘Displayed ?’ will be shown.
The attribute values should be entered or amended as required. Mandatory
attributes are highlighted.

a tree-like view named <AssetType><RECx>.

Help button
Displays this help topic
Creating new Groups of Groups
To create a new Group of Groups:

•
• Select the group type from the Groups tree
• Right-click on the group type and select the [Create New Group]
option from the context menu.
• The Group of Datum Elements form will be displayed with the
[Attributes] tab open. Mandatory attributes will be highlighted.
• The Sub Groups tab will be disabled until all mandatory attributes are
entered.
Figure 89-Groups of Groups form-Creating a new Group
• Enter all the required attributes. If the Network type for this group has
been defined as not automatically generating the unique key, the
value for the Unique field will also be displayed in the Flexible
attributes panel
• Click on [OK] to save the changes.
• The Sub-Groups tab will now be enabled. For more information on
how to add Sub Groups see the Add Members button section.
Closing a Group of Groups
Groups of Groups may be closed by using the [Close Group] in the form.
This feature is only available to Users who have been flagged as
'Unrestricted' in the Users - HIG1832 module (refer to the General System
Admin Guide).
When the close Groups of Groups button is pressed, a Close dialogue
window will be displayed as shown in the figure below.
Figure 90-Close Groups of Groups dialog
When a Group of Groups is Closed (End Dated), the closing of member

Groups will cascade down through the Group Hierarchy, closing each
member Group, which is a member of the parent Group by virtue of a
Network Type Inclusion. This will continue until the Autoinclusion 'chain' is
broken. This could potentially cascade down to the Datum Element level,
therefore End Dating the Datum Elements and all Assets, etc located on the
affected Datum Elements.
Two additional check boxes are provided to cater for the optional Closure
(End Dating) of Groups and Datum Elements within the selected Group
Hierarchy which are not 'children' within a Network Type Inclusion
(Autoinclusion).
Close Member Groups
If this option is selected then any Sub Groups within the Group Hierarchy
which do not exist within a Network Type Inclusion (AutoInclusion) will also be
End Dated. If this option is not selected the [Close Datum] checkbox will be
disabled.
Close Datums
This option is only available if the [Close Member Groups] check box has
been selected and Datum Elements exist within the Group Hierarchy. If
selected, any Datum Elements which do not exist within a Network Type
Inclusion (Autoinclusion) but are members of a Group within the Hierarchy
which is to be End Dated will also be Closed.
If Datum Elements are End Dated any Asset records which are located on the
Closed Elements will either be ‘End Dated’ if the Asset record Type has been
flagged as ‘Replaceable’ in the Inventory Metamodel – NM0410 module, or
the Asset record Location will be End Dated if the ‘End Location Only’ flag
has been checked, leaving the Asset record ‘Open’.
Reclassify Elements
The Reclassify functions supported in the current version of Spatial Manager

are:
• Changing the Admin Unit of a Datum or Group Element.
• Renaming of datum and group elements. An entire Route or Group
may be renamed by selecting the required Route or Group and adding
a new Route or Group Name in the Unique field.
• Changing the Start or End Node of an existing Datum or Group
Element
You should use the Reclassify Form - NM0220 in the highways

application to gain access to the remaining reclassification functions
(Change Group/Network Types)
How Reclassify works

When an Element is Reclassified a new Element is created with a Unique
Reference derived from the values added for the Network Type Attributes and
all Group memberships of any Groups of which the Element was a member
are amended accordingly. A full historical record is retained of the Element(s)
/ Route Reclassified and can be viewed by using the ‘Effective Date’
functionality.
Validation is carried out on Asset records, which are located or partially
located on any Elements which are Reclassified. If an Item of Inventory is
wholly located within the extent of an Element which is being reclassified, the
location of the Item will be updated to reflect the ‘new Element, providing that
the Inventory Type may be located on the Network Type associated with the
‘new’ Element. If this is not the case the Asset record will be ‘End Dated’ if the
Inventory Type has been Flagged as ‘Replaceable’ in Inventory Types –
NM0410.
The figure below provides an example on a scenario relating to inventory

locations when reclassifying elements:
Figure 91-Reclassify scenario
Items of 3 different Types have been located on the Route. PAOR and ADMA
are continuous whilst GRID is a point Item. The table below shows the
Inventory locations for the Route Item Route Start End
Part of the Route is to be Reclassified as a Local Route. The new local Route
will encompass Elements M999/3-S and M999/4-S. These Elements must be
Reclassified to change their Network Type and Attribution values. All Item
Types have been defined as ‘Replaceable’ and the ADMA and GRID Item
types have been defined as being allowed to be located on both Classified
Routes and Local Routes. Inventory Type PAOR is only allowed to be located
on Classified Routes.
The Inventory locations after the Reclassify operation has been conducted
are as follows:
Note that only users who have been flagged as ‘Unrestricted’ in HIG1832 –
Users may carry out a Network Close operation. If a 'restricted' user
attempts this operation an error message will be displayed.
To reclassify an element:
• Select the datum or group layer that you want to reclassify from the
tree view
• Use the [Select Feature] tool from the ArcMap toolbar and click and
drag to highlight the element you want to reclassify. For more
information on selections, see also the How selections work in Spatial
Manager section.
• Select the [Reclassify Element] option from the SM menu. If more
than one network element is selected a dialog will display containing a
• Double-clicking on an Element name or pressing the [OK] button will

close the selection window
• The Reclassify Element Wizard dialog will display
• Select the required reclassification function and press [Next]
Changing the Admin Unit

To change the Admin Unit, select the [Change the Admin Unit] radio button
Figure 93-Reclassify Form-Change Admin Unit Step 1
The first screen will display the read-only details of the element to be
reclassified. Click on [Next]
Figure 94-Reclassify Form-Change Admin Unit Step 2
Select the new Admin Unit from the drop-down list.

Click on [Finish] to complete the Reclassify.
Renaming an element
To rename an element, select the Rename Element radio button
Figure 95-Reclassify Form-Rename Element
reclassified. Click on [Next]
Figure 96-Reclassify Form-Rename Element Step 2
This screen is divided in two panels. The top panel will display as read-only
the flexible attributes, which are part of the Unique key of the element.
The bottom panel will display the same information. Change the displayed
values to define the new unique values for the element. Click on [Finish] to
complete the Reclassify.
Change the Start/End Nodes of an element

Select the [Change Start/End Nodes] radio button from the Reclassify form.
Figure 97-Reclassify form-Change Start/End nodes
reclassified.
Click on [Next]
This screen is divided in two panels. The top panel the current Start and End
nodes.
The bottom panel will display the same information in an editable format.
Enter the new start or end node id as required. Alternatively, click on the
buttons next to the node descriptions to select the corresponding node from
the map.
Figure 98-Reclassify-Changing Start/End nodes
If when selecting from the map, more than one node is selected a drop-down
list will be displayed which will list all the selected nodes as shown below:
Figure 99-Reclassify-Select node
Select the new node from the list. This will populate the reclassify form with
the selected node id and description.
Click on [Finish] to complete the Reclassify function.
CHAPTER
8
Working With Network
Extents
Network Extents can be used widely throughout the Exor product set for
viewing and querying data or for locating assets on a Network. A Network
Extent may contain Network Elements from different Group Types or different
Network Types depending on its intended use.
This chapter describes how to create and edit Network Extents using Spatial
Manager.
Creating an extent from the selected network elements
Network Extents can be created by selecting a set of Elements and clicking

on the [Create New Extent] button.
A Network Extent may be ‘exclusive’ to the User that creates it, or may be
made ‘Public’. If ‘Public’ is made the Owner of a Network Extent then all
Users will have access to it.
A Network Extent can be created for a Network as it was at any date by

setting the ‘Effective Date’ field in the User Preferences form.
The [Create New Extent] button is available from the Network Extents tab in
the TOC. It can be used when there are records selected from any of the
network layers in the map view. It displays a dialog window for the name,
description and owner of the new extent to be entered.
If you only want to add elements from a single layer (datum or group) turn any
other layers of and then use the select feature tool to select the elements.
See also the How selections work in Spatial Manager topic
Figure 100-Create Network Extent dialog
Name
Enter the name of the new extent
Description
Enter a description for the new extent
Owner
This combo box will only accept the current user name or 'PUBLIC'. If the
Owner is defined as PUBLIC all users will have access to this Extent.
An extent created this way will always contain the full length of each of the
selected elements.
Creating partial extents
Use the [Create Partial Extent] button at the bottom of the Network Extents
tab in the TOC to create partial extents.
Clicking on it will launch the Create Network Extent Wizard, which is

described below.
Create Network Extents Wizard - Step 1
Figure 101-Create Network Extent Wizard-Step 1
You will need to select whether to use a selected graphic or an existing map
layer to define the extents. If no graphic is selected, this option is disabled.
Spatial Manager only allows a single graphic to be used as the 'cookie-

cutter' to define the Network Extent. If more that one graphic is select a
message will inform you.
Figure 102- Create Network Extents Wizard Step - 2
If you have selected the [Use layer] option, a list of available polygon layers
will be displayed to select from. The list will contain layers that are currently
displayed in the map window. When you select a layer, the [Field Name]
combo box will be populated with the character fields available in this layer.
The [Owner] combo box will only contain the user name you are logged in as
and 'PUBLIC'. If the Owner is defined as PUBLIC all Users will have access to
this Network Extent. An example is shown below.
When using a layer, multiple network extents will be created one for each
polygon record. The name and description of the extent will be taken by the
specified field names.
If you have selected the [Use Graphic] option, this step will display the
[Name], [Description] and [Owner] for the new extent.
Figure 103-Create Network Extents Wizard -Step 3
The last step will display a brief description of the settings chosen by the user.
You can go back to change the settings, or click [Finish] to create the extent.
Note that if the ‘cookie-cutter’ polygon (either a feature from a polygon layer
or a polygon graphic), intersects any network elements more than once the
following warning will be displayed:
If you click on [Yes], the extent will be created, but without the multiple-
intersecting elements. Clicking on [No] will cancel the Create Extent
operation.
Adding members to Network Extents
To add members to a Network Extent:

• Select the datum elements or Groups from the Data view you want to
add as members
• Click on the Extents Tab
• Select the Extent Name from the tree view
• Right-click on the name and Select [Add Members]
• The dialog window shown below will be displayed listing all the
currently selected datum elements or groups in the Data View
• Check/Uncheck the elements you want to add. By default all selected
elements will be checked. You can use the [Flash] button to highlight
an element or group.
Figure 104-Add members to Extent dialog
• Click on [OK]. If the elements have been added successfully, the

following dialog will be displayed:
CHAPTER
9
Editing Asset Records
This chapter describes how to edit asset records using Spatial Manager.

• Asset Attributes Form
• Creating New Assets
• Editing Asset Locations
• Creating Off Network Assets
• Editing Off Network Assets
Asset Attributes form
This form is used to enter new, modify existing or End-Date (close) existing
items of inventory.
The form can be displayed by:
• Selecting the [Attributes] option in the context menu (right-click) of an
asset layer when asset records have been selected on the map.
• After selecting the [Create Asset] tool in the Spatial Manager toolbar.
For more details on how to create Assets please refer to Creating New
Assets.
Note that Asset records may also be ‘End Dated’ by some Network
editing operations and when adding ‘Exclusive’ Asset Types.
Figure 105-Asset Attributes form
This form enables individual asset records to be entered or the defining

characteristics of the asset record held as ‘flexible attributes’ to be
maintained. Cross Attribute Validation may also be imposed by defining the
appropriate rules in the Cross Attribute Validation Setup--NM0550 form.
Asset records that are ‘End-Dated’ are NOT deleted from the Exor database;
instead they are ‘hidden’ from normal display. Closed Asset records may be
viewed by setting the ‘Effective Date’ in the User preferences window to a
point in time when the required Asset record was not End-Dated
Inventory Locations are displayed relative to the Route(s) and Datum

Elements on which the Inventory is placed on the Route and Datum Tabs
respectively.
A single Asset record may span multiple Routes or Groups.
Any changes made to an asset record after it has been entered into the Exor
database are recorded and can be reported on to provide an audit trail of
Inventory updates or changes.
Type (Display Only)

The Asset record Type description will be displayed.
XSP (Display Only)

If an XSP has been enter for the Asset record in the ‘XSP’ field on the Asset
records window the XSP description for the Inventory Type (as defined using
Inventory XSPs - NM0306) will be displayed.
Detailed XSP (Optional)

This field is only used for UKPMS condition data.
Surveyed By (Display Only)

If this asset record was loaded onto the system as a result of a DCD
inspection the Inspectors initials will be displayed, otherwise the field will be
auto populated with the text ‘No DCD Inspector’.
Admin Unit (Required) (List)

Enter the Admin Unit code for the Admin Unit to which this Asset record
‘belongs’. Only Users who have been granted access to this Admin Unit area
in Users – HIG1832 will have access to this Asset record. Asset records
having different Admin Units of the same Admin Type and at the same level
within an Admin Unit hierarchy may not overlap on a given Element. If when
the Item location is entered the system detects this conflict, a message will be
displayed preventing the placement of the Item.
The List Of Values is restricted to those Admin Unit areas of the Admin Types
associated with the Network Types on which Asset records of this type may
be located. Inventory Types are associated with Network Types using the
‘Networks’ window on form Inventory Types – NM0410. Admin Types are
associated with Network Types using Network Types - NM0002.
Notes (Optional)
Enter any notes required. A maximum of 40 characters is allowed.
Length (Display Only)

If the Asset record is ‘Continuous’ and is located on a network, the length of
the Item will be automatically calculated and displayed. The unit of
measurement used to display the length will be determined by the unit
defined for the Datum Network type on which the item is located.
Start Date (Required, Default)

The date the Asset record was loaded onto the system will be displayed. If
the Asset record is entered manually the default is the system date.
Note that once the Asset record is saved to the database the Start Date
in non updateable.
End Date (Optional)

To effectively remove the Asset record from the system, enter an End Date.
‘Closed’ Asset records may only be viewed by setting the ‘Effective Date’ date
in the User Preferences window, to a date when the Asset record was ‘Open’.
Flexible Attributes
The defining attributes and their current values for the Asset record will be
displayed here. These will have been previously set up using Inventory
Metamodel - NM0410. Mandatory attributes will be highlighted.
If Cross Attribute Validation Rules has been defined for an Attribute using
Cross Attribute Validation Setup – NM0550 and the data entered is invalid the
appropriate Error message will be displayed.
Asset Locations Tabs

The Route and Datum Tabs are used to display the location(s) of an Asset
record on a Network relative to the Route(s) (linear groups), member Datum
Elements and Groups (non linear) on which it is located.
The Network Type, Group Type, Group Description and Unit of Measurement
are displayed for the currently selected record in the [Route] tab.
The Unit of Measurement displayed will be in accordance with the Unit
defined for the Group Type or Datum Type Network on which the item is
located.
The [Groups] tab displays the name (Unique) and Description of any non-
linear Group of Sections (e.g. Town) the asset is located against.
Figure 106-Asset Location Tabs
If the Product Option 'INVRTETAB' is set to 'Y' the Route Tab will be the
default display tab, otherwise the Datum Tab will be defaulted.
If the Asset record is ‘split’ and contains a break, or the Datum Network
Element(s) belongs to multiple Linear Groups, the Route Tab will display the
Start and End Offsets, relative to the Route, of each ‘chunk’ of the Asset
record.
Right-clicking on a location record will display a popup menu from where you
can select, Zoom or display the Attributes form for the specified network
element
Figure 107-Popup menu for asset locations
The locations tabs will be blank if the asset does not have a network location.
Creating new Assets
This topic describes the process of creating new assets that are located on
the network. For off-network assets please refer to the Create off-network
Assets topic.
How To create a new Asset

Make sure the asset layer you want to add to is displayed. For more
information on how to display asset layers click here.
Display the route or datum layer you want to locate your asset against. For
more information see Adding network layers
Select the route or datum layer from the Group tree
Click on the Create Asset tool in the Spatial Manager toolbar.

The Select Asset window will be displayed. Select the asset type you want to
edit.
Figure 108-Select Asset Layer dialog
• Click back to your map (Data View) to select the route you want to
locate the new asset against. The route will be highlighted and a
floating window will be displayed showing the current offset along the
route. Move along the route to find the required location for the start
position of your new asset.
Figure 109-Creating a new asset –Selecting the element
• Click on the start position and start tracing the new asset along the
selected route. The shape of the asset will be displayed in red.
Figure 110-Creating a new asset-Tracing
• Click on the end position.
• The Assets form will be displayed. Mandatory attributes will be

highlighted.
Figure 111-Creating a new asset-Asset dialog
If the asset has been traced against a route, only the Route Tab in the
Asset Locations tab will be enabled.
Note that if you digitized the new asset in the reverse direction (start offset >
end offset) Spatial Manager will 'swap' the start and end offsets. You can edit
the start and end offset fields to the exact value you require.
Edit Asset Locations
This functionality is available from the [Edit Asset Location] option in the
Spatial Manager toolbar menu. The option will be available when records
from an asset layer or layers are highlighted (selected).
The user will first need to select the asset to edit from the Select Asset
window. The dialog will list any asset layers that satisfy the following criteria:
• Have been added to the map
• Have selected features
• Can be located along the currently selected Datum or Group Network
type as defined in the Inventory Metamodel - NM0410 form
• Are flagged as ‘Updatable’ in the GIS0010-GIS Themes form.
Figure 112-Select Asset dialog
Clicking on the [Flash] button will flash (blink) the selected asset. Double-
clicking on an item in the list or clicking on the [OK] button will pan & zoom to
that asset.
Selecting [OK] will close the dialog and select the asset for editing.
Once an asset has been selected a modeless window will be displayed to

define the new location. Locations will be retrieved against the currently
active datum layer or LRM.
Relocating a point asset

To relocate a point asset:
• Using the ‘Select feature’ tool click-and-drag in the map to select the
asset you want to change its location.
• Click on the tree view to highlight the Datum or Route layer name
• From the SM menu, select [Edit Asset Location…]. The select asset
dialog will display. Select the Asset layer you want to edit and click on
[OK]. The following dialog will display:
Figure 113-Editing the location of a point asset
• Click on the Set Start radio button and click along the active network
layer to define a new position. The system will attempt to find the
closest element to the click location using the predefined search
tolerance. The dialog will be populated with the selected element and
offset. You can edit the [Offset] and [Effective Date] values as
required. Note that XSPs cannot be defined as they are currently
carried in the asset record. [Element] and XY entry boxes will be read-
only
• Click on [OK] to commit the new location
Relocating a continuous asset

To edit the location of a continuous asset:
• Using the ‘Select feature’ tool click-and-drag in the map to select the
asset you want to change its location.
• Click on the tree view to highlight the Datum or Route layer name
• From the SM menu, select [Edit Asset Location…]. The select asset
dialog will display.
Depending on which layer (datum or linear group) is highlighted in the tree

view, you now have two options:
Locate against a datum layer

If the datum layer is highlighted the following dialog will display:
Figure 114-Editing the location of a continuous asset
• Click on the [Set Start Location] radio button

• Click along a network element to specify the start location for the
asset. A green rectangle will appear at the click point to specify the
start position.
• Select the [Set End Location] radio button
• Click along a network element to specify the end location for the asset.
A red rectangle will appear at the click point to specify the end
position. These steps can be repeated as often as needed.
• When you are happy with the start and end elements and offsets click
on the [OK] button. This will bring a dialog containing a list of all the
Groups passing through the Start and End Points
Figure 115-Selecting an LRM to locate a continuous asset
Highlighting each Group will cause the new shape location to flash. Double-
click on the Group to zoom to that location.
If the route selected does not contain any sub-classes (e.g. does not contain
divided highways), the sub-class drop-down list LOV and the
[Exclusive]/[Ambiguous] radio buttons will be disabled. You can accept the
default effective date (today) or change it using the build-in calendar
Click the [OK] button to commit the new location to the database.
Locate against a linear group layer
• If a route layer is highlighted, the mouse cursor will change to a cross-

hair. Click along the route where you want the asset relocated.
• Trace the new location for the asset. Refer also to Creating new
assets section for more details on tracing.
• Click to end the trace. The Relocate Asset dialog will display
NEW SCREENSHOT ??
Figure 116-Relocate asset along linear group
• If the route selected does not contain any sub-classes (e.g. does not
contain divided highways), the [Sub-class] drop-down list and the
[Exclusive]/[Ambiguous] radio buttons will be disabled.
• Click on OK to relocate the asset
Creating off-network assets
Off network assets are defined as those assets in the exor database that do
not -necessarily- have a network location i.e. they have their own,
'independent' shapes. The geometries of these assets can be points, lines or
polygons.
Te process to create and edit them resembles that for datum elements. This
section describes the steps to create and edit/reshape a polygon asset. The
same process applies to either lines or points.
Note that for an asset to be classed as 'off-network' it must be flagged as

'Independent' and 'Updateable' i.e. the Dependency field must be set to 'I' and
the [Location Updateable] check-box must be checked in the GIS0010-GIS
Themes form.
To create a new off-network asset (in this example a polygon type):

• Select the layer name from the [exor Groups] tab. The [Create New
<layer_name>] button will be enabled in the Spatial Manager toolbar.
• Click on the [Create New <layer_name>] button in the SM toolbar
• The Asset Attribute form will be displayed
Figure 117-Off-network Asset Attribute s
NEW SCREENHSOT
• Minimize the dialog for now to digitize the new polygon.
• Start digitizing the geometry of the new polygon on the map. Double-
click to finish.
• Bring back the Asset form and enter the attributes as required
• Press [Save] to save your changes.
Editing off-network assets
You can change an off-network asset attributes by selecting (highlighting) the

asset in the map and then calling the Assets form. For more information on
how to edit asset attributes please refer to the Asset Attributes form topic.
Since the geometries of the off-network assets are -as their name implies-
independent on the underlying network shape you can also edit their
geometries by simply reshaping their shapes, very similar to the way the
Datum Element reshape works.
To edit the location or shape for an off-network asset:

• Click on the Asset layer name in the tree view.
• Select (highlight) the feature in the asset layer you want to edit.
• Click on the [Reshape] tool . The asset attributes form will be
displayed and the vertices that make up the geometry will appear.
To move any of the vertices hover your mouse over them and click-and-drag
to move the vertex to a new location.
To move the whole shape to a different location, hover your mouse over the
shape where no vertices exist, click and drag the shape to the new location.
The vertices will disappear. Click on the Edit Feature tool -which will already
be active- to make them appear again.
APPENDIX A- Flexible
Attributes
Flexible attributes for each network type are defined using the Network
Types-NM0002 module in highways.
Flexible attributes allow for the handling of different types of network or Linear
Referencing Systems. This could include, for example, Road, Rail, Ferries,
Drainage, Rights of Way, Pipelines, and Utility Networks. Many Road
Transportation agencies may use one Network type for Primary and one
Network type for secondary roads. Such users are then free to expand the
system and use Network Manager to maintain other networks they require
such as Rail, Drainage and electrical.
The ‘Basic’ Network Type will be flagged as being a ‘Datum’. Network

Elements of this type must have a Start Node and End Node and a Length
associated with them.
Datum Network types will also be flagged as being ‘Linear’. This Linear
Datum concept underpins the Linear Referencing System and allows for
Multiple Linear Referencing methods.
This datum will provide direction and connectivity to enable Network Manager
to derive each of the linear referencing methods required. The user can then
assign Linear Referencing Methods as views or layers on this datum.
In North America for example, this will enable a LRS to be developed that
conforms to the NCHRP 20-27 model.
In the UK, this allows for the storage and manipulation of National Street
Gazetteer (NSG) data.
Different naming conventions for different Network Types can be catered for,
by using the flexible attribution available within the NM0002 form. These
Network Type names may be free text entries or may be derived, based on,
for example, ownership and route membership. Unique values for Element
numbers may also be generated automatically from internal system
‘sequences’.
Each Network Type may have a property of Inclusion. This is the

Inheritance of Group membership based on the association of a member with
the ‘parent’ group via a common network Attribute, Unique Name, Admin Unit
etc.
Multiple Type Inclusions are also permitted whereby a Network Element, or

Group may be automatically included in more than one ‘parent’ Group.
When a Network Type Inclusion is applied to a Datum Network Type, any

Network Elements of the Network Type will be automatically included as
members of its parent group(s). If the ‘parent’ group is a Linear Group,
connectivity rules will be used to derive the Elemental offsets or
displacements along the Route. Note that the ‘parent’ Network Type
specified in a Type Inclusion for a Datum Network Type may be the Network
Type associated with a NON-Linear group.
Network Type Inclusions may also be defined for Network Types associated
with Network Groups, whereby a Group is automatically added as a member
of another Network Group, thus forming a Group of Groups.
If when creating a new Network Element or Group which has a ‘parent’ Type
Inclusion defined, the ‘parent’ group does not already exist, it may be created
automatically by the system if the [Auto-Create] checkbox on the [Type
Inclusion] panel is selected for the appropriate Network Type inclusion.
When creating an Element of this Network Type via the Elements – NM0105
module a List of Values will be provided for the Attribute which has been
defined as the Child Column in the Network Type Inclusion.
If the parent Group does not yet exist the List of Values may be cancelled and
the appropriate value added for the Attribute. The value entered will follow
and formatting rules specified in the ‘Format’ field of the Type Columns panel.
When the Element is saved the Parent Group will be created with the Group
Unique being derived from the value entered for the ‘Child’ Attribute.
The parent network type and ‘parent/foreign’ keys used to establish the
network association are defined using the ‘Type Inclusion’ window.
Each Network Type may be sub-defined by adding a Network Type

Subclass. These
Subclasses may be used as part of the Network Type naming convention and
in establishing the connectivity along the ‘parent’ route group.
For example, a Road Network Type of Classified Roads may have these
Network Type Subclasses:
• Single
• Left
• Right
This would define whether a Network Element of this type was a Single
carriageway, the Left side of a dual carriageway or the Right side of a dual
carriageway. Network Type Subclasses are set up using the [Type
Subclass] window.
Network Types may be added for use when creating new Network Element
Group Types which have differing naming conventions, Units of measurement
or in the case of non-linear groups, have no unit of measurement e.g. a group
based on a geographical region.
APPENDIX B- Additional Data
Base Datum Network Types or Group Types may have Additional Data
associated with them in order to provide extra Network Attributes and/or to
‘tag’ relevant data to a Group or Base Datum. This mechanism is used to
provide the additional attributes required on RMMS Maintenance Sections

within the UK and Associated Street Data (ASD), e.g. Reinstatement
Category or Traffic Sensitivity on Level 1 Streets within the National Street
Gazetteer. Additional Data is held internally as Asset Data and therefore an
appropriate Asset Type must be defined with the relevant attributes using the
Inventory Metamodel – NM0410 module (refer to the Asset Manager System
Admin Guide for details). When defining the Associated Data Asset Type(s)
the following rules must be observed:
• The Asset Type Category must be ‘G’ – Additional Data

• The Admin Type of the Asset Type must be the same as the Admin
Type of the Network Type / Group Type to which it will be associated
• A User must have NORMAL Role based and Admin Unit based
access to the Asset Type in order to create a Network Element with
AD
Additional Data falls into 1 of 2 categories, namely ‘Primary’ and ‘Non-

Primary’. Primary AD is treated as additional attributes of the Network or
Group to which it is associated and is maintained along with the actual
Network Attributes on the ‘Attributes’ Tab of the relevant Form. Only a single
Primary AD Item, i.e. one set of attributes, will be created for a Group or
Network Type. This will be created automatically be the system when a new
Group or Network Element of the type associated with the AD Type is
created. Primary additional attributes will be displayed in the [Flexible
Attributes] tab in the forms with a (+) sign in front of the attribute name.
Non Primary Additional Data may be used to associated ‘events’ or other

information with a Network Element or Group. For example a ‘Street’ may
have many associated ‘Reinstatement’ or ‘Special’ Designations. Each of
these ‘event’ types would be held internally as a different Asset Type and
associated with the appropriate Network Type and or Group Type
combination. If a Network Type or Group Type is only permitted a single
record of a particular Associated Data Type, this may be enforced by
checking the ‘Single Row’ check box. Non Primary AD is maintained using the
‘Additional Attributes’
Tab on the appropriate Form. An example is shown below:
APPENDIX C- Server-Side Dynamic

Segmentation
When adding asset layers ('exor Themes') in Spatial Data Manager, the asset
geometries were created on the fly. This caused some performance
implications when the Asset views contained large volumes of data. With
Spatial Manager, the geometric representation of the assets (their shapes) is
stored as persistent data in Oracle Spatial tables.
These shapes are initially created when loading the data in, as part of the
implementation process using server-side dynamic segmentation routines.
Database triggers ensure referential integrity between the spatial and attribute
data so as if the location of a feature changes, its spatial representation will
also change. This is illustrated in the figure below:
Figure 118-Server-side dynamic segmentation
The shapes of linear groups are also stored as persistent data in Oracle
Spatial tables. Linear group shapes are created at implementation time, given
the datum elements spatial representation is present.
Consider the following example for a route that consists of only two datum
element members. The route membership information held for this route is
shown below:
ROUTE_ID DATUM_ID BEGIN_MP END_MP START_NODE END_NODE LENGTH

A1 001 0 50 10 20 50
A1 002 0 45 20 30 70
This table shows that route A1, consists of two datum elements 001 and 002.
Element 001 is wholly contained within the route since its begin_mp value at
0 and its end_mp value 50, equal to its length.
Element 002 is only partially contained in the route since its end_mp value is
45, having a total length of 70. Schematically, this can be represented as
follows:
Figure 119-Route A1 and its member datum elements
Assuming that the shapes of elements 001 and 002 are present when this
route is created, NM3 will create the spatial representation for this route and
create a spatially enabled Oracle view by joining the route attribute table with
the spatial table containing the geometry of the route:
The major advantage of 'encapsulating' editing and dynamic segmentation

functionality and data into the server is that the same calls can then be used
by different applications and the same data can be served to a variety of
different clients.
Table of Figures
Figure 1 - Select the exor Spatial Manager toolbar from ArcMap Customize Dialog........................ 13
Figure 2 – Spatial Manager Toolbar ................................................................................................. 14
Figure 3-Login dialog ........................................................................................................................ 16
Figure 4—exor Groups tab initial view .............................................................................................. 17
Figure 5 - Linear Group Types and Layers tree view........................................................................ 20
Figure 6 – Linear group tree view detail............................................................................................ 21
Figure 7 - Non linear Group tree view detail ..................................................................................... 22
Figure 8 - Asset Types and Layers tree view.................................................................................... 25
Figure 9-The exor Extents Tab ......................................................................................................... 27
Figure 10-Simple Search Tab ........................................................................................................... 29
Figure 11-Advanced Search Tab ...................................................................................................... 31
Figure 12-General Preferences tab .................................................................................................. 34
Figure 13-Logging tab....................................................................................................................... 35
Figure 14 - Setting the Active Date ................................................................................................... 38
Figure 15-Query Layer dialog window .............................................................................................. 41
Figure 16 –Select Exor Features tool ............................................................................................... 41
Figure 17 –Foreign table attributes form........................................................................................... 43
Figure 18 –Identify tool ..................................................................................................................... 43
Figure 19 –LRM Tool button ............................................................................................................. 44
Figure 20 -LRM Window ................................................................................................................... 44
Figure 21 - Labeling LRM locations .................................................................................................. 46
Figure 22 -Locate LRM dialog........................................................................................................... 46
Figure 23-Shape Properties dialog ................................................................................................... 47
Figure 24-Zoom to XY Dialog ........................................................................................................... 47
Figure 25-Zoom to XY Dialog with Markers ...................................................................................... 48
Figure 26 - Create New Datum Element Form ................................................................................. 52
Figure 27 - Calendar pop-up............................................................................................................. 52
Figure 28-Additional Attributes tab for Datum Elements................................................................... 53
Figure 30-Copy/Trace Settings-Source Layer Selection................................................................... 57
Figure 31-Copy Trace Settings-Auto inclusion Mappings................................................................. 58
Figure 32-Copy Trace Settings-Define Mappings............................................................................. 58
Figure 33-Copy Trace Settings-Additional Attribute Mappings ......................................................... 59
Figure 34-Copy Trace Settings-Additional Attribute Mappings ......................................................... 60
Figure 35-Datum Attribute Transfer Settings .................................................................................... 63
Figure 36-Commit Attribute Transfer ................................................................................................ 64
Figure 37-Reshape Element dialog window ..................................................................................... 66
Figure 38 - Vertices along an element .............................................................................................. 67
Figure 39 - Moving a vertex .............................................................................................................. 67
Figure 40 -Vertex editing context menu ............................................................................................ 67
Figure 41-Set snapping on to the nodes layer .................................................................................. 68
Figure 42-Merge Conflict Resolution dialog...................................................................................... 70
Figure 43 - Merge Elements dialog window...................................................................................... 71
Figure 44-Select Feature dialog........................................................................................................ 73
Figure 45-Replace Element dialog window....................................................................................... 74
Figure 46 - Element and assets before a recalibrate ........................................................................ 76
Figure 47 - Assets after recalibrate-Shortening the element's length ............................................... 77
Figure 48 - Assets after recalibrate-Extending the element's length................................................. 77
Figure 49-Select Feature dialog........................................................................................................ 78
Figure 50 - Recalibrate Element dialog............................................................................................. 79
Figure 51 - Shared Reshape............................................................................................................. 80
Figure 52 - Shared Reshape dialog .................................................................................................. 81

Figure 53 - Close Elements dialog.................................................................................................... 83
Figure 54 - Split Element Tool .......................................................................................................... 85
Figure 55 - Split Element dialog window........................................................................................... 86
Figure 56 - Split Element at Node Tool............................................................................................. 86
Figure 57-Split Element at Node dialog window ............................................................................... 87
Figure 58-Location of assets/events along a datum element before and after a shift ...................... 88
Figure 59-Undo Dialog window (Unsplit) .......................................................................................... 91
Figure 60-Move nodes dialog ........................................................................................................... 92
Figure 61-Close Nodes dialog .......................................................................................................... 93
Figure 62-Transaction History window.............................................................................................. 94
Figure 63-Datum Elements Form...................................................................................................... 95
Figure 64- Members of Tab .............................................................................................................. 97
Figure 67-Snapping options.............................................................................................................. 99
Figure 68-Split operation with the [Snap on Split] option on ........................................................... 100
Figure 69-Split operation with the [Snap on Split] option off ........................................................... 101
Figure 70-Select Element dialog..................................................................................................... 101
Figure 71-Group of Datum Elements form...................................................................................... 103
Figure 72-Node details dialog ......................................................................................................... 109
Figure 73-Add Members dialog....................................................................................................... 109
Figure 74-Additional Data tab for Group Elements ......................................................................... 110
Figure 75-Insert Additional Data ..................................................................................................... 111
Figure 76-Circular Group dialog-Rescale ....................................................................................... 112
Figure 77-Circular Group dialog-Resequence ................................................................................ 113
Figure 78-Add distance break dialog .............................................................................................. 114
Figure 79-Close Group dialog......................................................................................................... 116
Figure 80-Route check information dialog ...................................................................................... 117
Figure 81-Route Details dialog ....................................................................................................... 117
Figure 82-Select Route dialog ........................................................................................................ 119
Figure 83-Extend Route warning .................................................................................................... 119
Figure 84- Creating a new Group of Datum Elements.................................................................... 120
Figure 85-Groups of Groups form................................................................................................... 123
Figure 86-Group Hierarchy example............................................................................................... 124
Figure 87-Sub-Groups panel .......................................................................................................... 126
Figure 88-Add group members dialog ............................................................................................ 127
Figure 89-Groups of Groups form-Creating a new Group .............................................................. 130
Figure 90-Close Groups of Groups dialog ...................................................................................... 131
Figure 91-Reclassify scenario......................................................................................................... 132
Figure 92-Select Feature dialog...................................................................................................... 134
Figure 93-Reclassify Form-Change Admin Unit Step 1 .................................................................. 134
Figure 94-Reclassify Form-Change Admin Unit Step 2 .................................................................. 135
Figure 95-Reclassify Form-Rename Element................................................................................. 135
Figure 96-Reclassify Form-Rename Element Step 2 ..................................................................... 136
Figure 97-Reclassify form-Change Start/End nodes ...................................................................... 137
Figure 98-Reclassify-Changing Start/End nodes............................................................................ 138
Figure 99-Reclassify-Select node ................................................................................................... 138
Figure 100-Create Network Extent dialog....................................................................................... 140
Figure 101-Create Network Extent Wizard-Step 1.......................................................................... 141
Figure 102- Create Network Extents Wizard Step - 2..................................................................... 141
Figure 103-Create Network Extents Wizard -Step 3....................................................................... 142
Figure 104-Add members to Extent dialog ..................................................................................... 143
Figure 105-Asset Attributes form .................................................................................................... 146
Figure 106-Asset Location Tabs ..................................................................................................... 148
Figure 107-Popup menu for asset locations ................................................................................... 149

Figure 108-Select Asset Layer dialog ............................................................................................. 150
Figure 109-Creating a new asset –Selecting the element .............................................................. 150
Figure 110-Creating a new asset-Tracing....................................................................................... 151
Figure 111-Creating a new asset-Asset dialog ............................................................................... 151
Figure 112-Select Asset dialog ....................................................................................................... 153
Figure 113-Editing the location of a point asset.............................................................................. 154
Figure 114-Editing the location of a continuous asset .................................................................... 154
Figure 115-Selecting an LRM to locate a continuous asset............................................................ 155
Figure 116-Relocate asset along linear group ................................................................................ 155
Figure 117-Off-network Asset Attribute s........................................................................................ 157
Figure 118-Server-side dynamic segmentation .............................................................................. 163
Figure 119-Route A1 and its member datum elements .................................................................. 163
Index
Add, 17, 150 Database, 15
Add Exor Theme, 37 Date, 70, 82
Add Members, 128 Datum, 66, 88, 150
Adding, 37 Datum Element, 44
Asset Layers, 37 Datum Elements, 17, 51
Exor Themes, 37 Datum Network, 17, 70, 160, 162
Network Layers, 37 Datum Network Type, 160, 162
Network Type Subclass, 160, 162 Type Inclusion, 160, 162
Nodes Layers, 37 Datum Types, 17
Adding members, 143 DB, 15, 17
Admin Unit, 51, 118, 160, 162 Define ROI, 26
Allows Delete All Markers, 47
Multiple Linear Referencing, 160, 162 Delete Selected Marker, 47
ArcView Terminology, 11 Digitise, 51, 55
asset, 17, 88, 150 Digitize, 51, 55, 99
Asset Attributes form, 146 Display Layer, 17
Asset Layers, 17, 37, 150 Displaying Projected Data, 38
Asset Locations, 150, 154 Distance Breaks, 113
Asset Metamodel, 17 Document Details, 2
Asset record, 84 Edit Feature tool, 55, 92
Asset records, 70 Edit location, 154
Asset Types, 17 Edit Tool, 15
Assets form, 150 Edit Tools, 55
Attribute Transfer, 62 Editing, 92
Attribute Transfer button, 64 effective date, 70
Attribute Transfer Tool, 63 Effective Date, 38
Attributes, 42 Element, 17, 88, 143
Auto-Create, 160, 162 Elements, 26, 38, 99, 100, 118, 160, 162
Base Datum, 17 End Membership, 128
Calendar, 38 End Points, 154
Child Column, 160, 162 End-date, 82
Close, 82 error, 35
Close Dialog, 82 Error logging, 35
Close Groups, 128 errors, 35
Close Nodes, 93 esu, 66
Closing elements, 83 Exor Groups, 37
Collection exor Groups tab, 17
linear features, 154 Exor Menu, 14
color, 34 Exor Theme, 37
colour, 34 exor_edit_layer, 51, 55
Connecting, 15 extend, 118
Contents, 17 extend route, 118
Context-sensitive, 17 Extending, 118
Coordinate Reference System, 38 routes, 118
Create Asset, 150 Extent, 34, 140, 141
Create New Element, 34, 51 Extents, 38
Create New Element dialog, 51, 118 Extents Wizard, 141
Create New Extent, 26 Find Records, 41
Create New Feature, 51 free-hand, 51, 55
Create New Group, 17 Functionality, 9
Create Partial Extent, 26, 141 General Preferences, 34
Creating new Assets, 17, 150 geometry, 66
GOG, 123 Parent Group, 160, 162

Group, 17, 70, 150, 154 Pixels, 100
Group Hierarchy, 17 Point, 99, 100
Group of Groups, 123 Point assets, 154
Group of Groups form, 123 Preferences, 34, 35, 100
Group Type, 17 Preferred LRM, 17
Groups, 38, 84 Projections, 38
Groups Tree, 17, 150 PUBLIC, 141
Highlight Color, 34 Query Layer, 41
history, 94 Query Records, 41
Identify Tool, 43 Recalibrate, 34, 66
Inherit’, 70 Recalibrate Element, 76
Inventory Metamodel, 70 recalibrate measures, 34
Labeling, 44 replace, 66
LRM, 44 Replace Elements, 73
Layer Color, 34 reshape, 66
Linear, 17 reshape datum element, 66
Linear Datum, 160, 162 Reverse, 17, 150
Linear features, 99, 154, 160, 162 ROI, 26
Linear Groups, 17, 46, 140, 154, 160, 162 Setting, 26
Linear Network, 17 Route, 154
Linear network element, 70, 84, 100 Route Offset, 17
Linear Referencing Method, 17, 44, 99 Route Tab, 150
Locate LRM, 46 SDM, 9
Locate LRM dialog, 46 Search button, 17
Login dialog, 15 Seeing Record Attributes, 42
LRM Tool, 44 Select Exor Features, 41
LRM window, 44 Set, 51
LRMs, 17, 44, 99 Snapping, 51
Labeling, 44 Snapping Environment, 51
Map Units, 100 Set As Preferred LRM, 17
Measure, 51 Set Effective Date, 38
measures, 34 Shape Properties tool, 47
member, 17, 143 Shapefile, 51
Menus, 17 Shared Reshape, 34, 80
Merge, 70 shift, 88
Merge dialog, 70 shift assets, 88
Merge elements, 70 Sketch, 55
Move Network Node, 92 snap, 99, 100
Move Nodes, 92 Snapping, 99, 100
Network, 17 Snapping parameters, 85, 86
Network Element Group Types, 160, 162 Spatial Data Manager, 9
Network Extent, 26 Spatial Manager, 9, 15
Network Extent Wizard, 141 Spatial Manager Identify Tool, 43
Network Extents, 140, 141, 143 Spatial Manager menu, 15
Network Groups, 160, 162 Spatial Manager Toolbar, 13
Network Layers, 37 SpatialManager.err, 35
Network node locations, 92 Split, 84, 85, 86, 91
Network Type, 84, 118 Split at measure, 86
Network Types, 17 Split at Node, 86
New Groups, 17 Split button, 84
NM0410, 70 Split Date, 84
Node, 51, 70, 99, 154 Split Element, 84
Nodes Layers, 37 Split Element at Node tool, 86
Offset, 55, 150, 154 Split Element dialog, 85, 86
Split Element Form, 84

Split Element tool, 85
Split tool, 84, 85
Start Element, 154
Start Element Offset, 154
Start Offset, 150
Subtree, 17
Table of Contents, 17
TOC, 17
Tolerance, 51, 100
Toolbar, 13
Trace, 51, 55, 150
trace tool, 55
Transaction history, 94
Tree, 17
Tree View, 17
Type Inclusion, 160, 162
Unclose, 91
Undo, 91
Undo Dialog, 91
Undo Editing Operation dialog, 91
Unique, 17
Unique name, 17
Units, 17, 51
Unmerge, 91
Unreplace, 91
User Interface Controls, 9
vertex, 66, 70, 99
vertices, 66, 70, 99
XSPs, 154
XY, 154
XYs, 154
zoom buffer, 34
Zoom to All Markers, 47
Zoom to Selected Marker, 47
Zoom to XY, 47

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Spatial Manager (SM) is a client-server, network and asset editing application

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How selections work in Spatial Manager

Map Management Functionality

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Introduction For Spatial Data Manager Users

Spatial Manager replicates much of the functionality of Spatial Data Manager

Key advantages of Spatial Manager over Spatial Data Manager include:

Improved display of asset layers

Advanced tools for editing datum layers

Groups of Datum Elements Form

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Groups of Groups form

Street Gazetteer editing

Spatial Data Manager and Spatial Manager Functionality Matrix

Spatial Data Manager Spatial Manager

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Network Edit Setting dialog Use the Snapping Preferences and

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ArcView 3.x ArcView 9.x

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Create index Properties>Fields (ArcCatalog)

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It is divided into the following sections:

Spatial Manager Toolbar

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The Spatial Manager dockable toolbar is displayed by right clicking at the

Figure 2 – Spatial Manager Toolbar

The Spatial Manager toolbar contains:

Drop-down Exor Menu

Connect/Reconnect Connects to the exor database. If

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Help Displays the Help file

Drop-down Edit Tool

Freehand Draw Default. Manually digitize new shape

See the Edit Tools section for more information.

Other Exor Tools and Buttons

Tool or button User Guide Section

Connecting to the database

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Using the Table of Contents