Cut Your Own Map
In Brief
This allows you draw
out an area on an overview map using overlapping rectangles and
then purchase and download it. As you add mapping, the chargeable
price will be updated in real-time from the MapServer.
A Simple Example
For a simple walk through, please follow these
instructions:
1. From the Map Menu on the Anquet Maps Toolbar,
select the Philips GB Map
2. Use Tools->Map Manager to open the Map Manager
3. Having connected
to the Anquet MapServer select the 'Map Store' tab.
4. Select the Map Type that you wish to obtain a price
for from the drop down list.
5. Click on the Define button.
6. Left click on the map, (press and hold the left
mouse button), move the mouse to draw a rectangle, and then release the left
mouse button to finish drawing the rectangle.
7. If you are happy with the area, click the 'Add'
button on the Map Manager. To re-define the area, simply click the
'Re-define' button and drag the area out again as in step 6.
8. Once you have pressed Add, you will see a price at
the bottom of the Map Manager, for that area of mapping in the Map Type that
you chose.
9. The price is dynamic, and is for exactly the area
that you have selected.
10. You can now add more rectangles. As you add more
rectangles, the price will change.
11. When you are happy with the map that you have
defined, use the 'Add to Basket' button to add it to your basket.
12. You can add more maps to your basket, and when you
are ready to purchase the mapping, just enter the Basket tab of the Map
Manager to complete the transaction.
Things to Note
- When you define an area, you can define as
precise as 1km squares.
- When rectangles you have drawn overlap, you only
pay for the overlap area once, not once per rectangle.
- Although in the example above, we drew out our
area on the GB Overview map, we did that, as its a free map that
everyone can download keeping the example simple. You can in fact draw
out the area on any map that you have available on your system. i.e. if
you own 1:50,000 scale mapping, you could draw out an area on that with
which to purchase say 1:25,000 scale mapping.
- The minimum MapServer transaction for Cut Your
Own Map is £10, so it's always worth adding a little more mapping to
make sure you are getting value for money.
- The more of any one map type that you buy at one
time, the cheaper additional kilometres become, so if you are going to
be making multiple purchases, it will be cheaper to make them all at
once in one basket. More can be read about pricing
here.