Property

Description

General

ID

Layer ID.

Name

Name of the layer.

Description

Additional text about the layer.

Tags

Key words or terms associated with the layer. If adding multiple tags, they should be semicolon delimited.

Type

Layer type (e.g., TerraExplorer Project Web, TerraExplorer Project Mobile, Feature Complex, Feature Polygon, Raster Complex).

Data Source

Name of the data source that defines connection information to the layer’s data store, i.e., the physical place where the data is stored. Click View to view or modify the data source properties. See the SkylineGlobe Server usual manual for more information about editing data sources.

Layer Path

Location of the layer file (Read-only). The path is relative to the layer’s data folder.

File Size

Size (Read-only).

Layer Category

Layer categories can be assigned to layers to organize them and make them easier to search. When layer categories are enabled for a site (in SkylineGlobe Server Manager), a category tree displays on the SkylineGlobe Server Layers page, by which layers can easily be filtered according to their assigned category. When a category in the category tree is selected, the layer list is filtered to only show layers in this category. See the SkylineGlobe Server User Guide for more information.

Layer Published

Date and time (UTC +0) the layer was added to SkylineGlobe Server (Read-only).

Layer Modified

Date and time (UTC +0) the SGS layer was last modified (Read-only).

File Created

Date and time file was created.

File Modified

Date and time file was last modified

Coordinate Reference System

Layer coordinate system in WKT format. The equivalent EPSG code, if available, is shown below the WKT.

Bounding Box

The coordinates of a fixed rectangular area within which the loaded feature or imagery layer area is bounded.

The coordinate parameters are as follows:

§  Top Left X and Top Left Y: The coordinates of the top left corner of the required bounding box.

§  Bottom Right X and Bottom Right Y: The coordinates of the bottom right corner of the required bounding box.

Recommended Block Width

Recommended geographic block width of the stream requests that are sent from TerraExplorer to SkylineGlobe Server. Select the block width in meters or kilometers. This field can have a large impact on the performance of both the clients and SkylineGlobe Server.

Maximum Block Width

The maximum size of a client request (larger requests will be rejected by SkylineGlobe Server). Setting this property appropriately prevents an excessively long wait for a client’s request to complete.

Encrypt Data

Select the check box to encrypt saved cache files and blocks transmitted to the client. Only TerraExplorer can decipher this encryption, so no layers that are to be accessed by clients other than TerraExplorer should be encrypted.

Permissions

Owner

Your user name. If you want to modify user properties, click View. Then modify the following properties as required, and click Save:

Note:    The Show User link is only available to administrator users.

§  User Name – User name by which you log in to SkylineGlobe Server (Read-only).

§  Display Name – The name to display in the SkylineGlobe Server user login. This is only the name displayed. To actually log in, the User Name must be entered

§  Active – Select whether user should be active.

§  Expiration Date – Expiration date for the user account (Read-only).

§  Role – User role (Read-only):

§  Viewer – Can list, load and edit, from the client side, all layers for which the user has valid view/edit access.

§  Publisher – In addition to all Viewer permissions, a Publisher can also publish layers to SkylineGlobe Server and manage these layers from supporting clients, e.g., TerraExplorer Pro.

§  Site Administrator – In addition to all Publisher permissions, a Site Administrator can also log in to SGS Manager of a specific site to perform SGS management and configuration activities. This includes management of all the site’s services, data sources, layers, groups/users and some site settings.

§  Super Administrator – A Super Administrator is the only user who can add, delete, and edit properties of server sites. In addition to all Site Administrator permissions, a Super Administrator can also log in to SGS Manager to any of the server’s sites to perform SGS management and configuration activities. This includes management of all the server’s data sources, layers, groups/users, and settings.

§  Site – Server site for your user (Read-only).

§  Group – User group. Users can view / edit layers published by other users in the same user group if the respective view / edit permission for the layer was set to “My Group” or “Everyone”.

§  Password – Type a new password, or click Generate to generate a random one. If you want the user to be required to change the password upon logging in to SkylineGlobe Server, select Change Required.

§  Storage Used – Click Calculate to calculate the amount of data (in GB) you have already uploaded.

§  Max Storage – Select the check box to set a limit on storage for your user, and then enter the storage limit in GB.

§  Max Active Sessions – Select the check box to set a limit on the number of concurrent clients for your user, and then enter the number.

§  Allow Notifications – Select the check box to display a notifications dialog when your user logs in to SGS Manager with information about entities (sites, groups, and users) that have already expired or will be expiring within the next five days.

§  SG Cloud User – Reserved.

View Access

The view permission level for this layer, i.e., the users that have been granted view access (None, Only Me, My Group, or Everyone).

Users with valid view access for a layer can list, view and load the layer (opened from TerraExplorer Pro, TerraExplorer for Web and any WFS/WMS client).

Edit Access

The edit permission level for this layer, i.e., the users that have been granted edit access (None, Only Me, My Group, or Everyone). In addition to loading the layer, users with edit access can also perform layer transactions from TerraExplorer Pro and any WFS-T client.

Note:    Only the user that added the layer and the administrator can modify layer properties.

Cache

Note:    If you want to clear cache for a layer, click Clear Cache.

No Cache

Select the check box to delete any existing cache file and to prevent any creation of a new cache file. Each request from TerraExplorer will stream data directly from the data source.

Note:    This property is only displayed for feature layers.

Cache Path

Location of the layer’s hard disk cache (Read-only).

Note:    If No Cache was selected, this property is not displayed.

Cache Creation Date

Date cache was created (Read-only).

Note:    If No Cache was selected, this property is not displayed.

Meta Tags

View Style

Metadata style format.

Upload

If you want to upload metatags, browse to the required file, and click Upload.