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Table Of Contents
To create a map with styled drawing layers (page 654)
To publish your map (page 1361)
Tutorial
Lesson 3: Get Started
Workflow
Create a Map Start to Finish
GIS Skills
Bring in data from multiple image files to a single layer.
Publish a completed map to a MapGuide server.
Related topics
Overview of the Display Manager (page 634)
Overview of Publishing and Sharing (page 1357)
Converting and Exporting (page 1403)
Map Files and Display Maps
A map file is a drawing that connects to all the sources for your map: geospatial
features, drawing objects, raster images, and attribute data.
Each map file can contain multiple display maps (for printing or for online
distribution), in which you can selectively hide or show items in your map.
Maps exist only as conceptual structures, and are not separate entities or files.
You can apply styles to the items in a display map, based on data, layers, and
other criteria. Changes that you make to the appearance of items in a map do
not affect the actual data in your map file.
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