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MiraMon help guide
MiraMon main concepts
Program overview
Why MiraMon?
Disclaimer warranty
Trademarks
Considerations about software
Considerations about hardware
MiraMon products and license types: registration, purchase and download
MiraMon products and license types
How to register at MiraMon
Buy / download MiraMon products
Installation and uninstallation of MiraMon
Installation
Uninstallation
Program limits
Program settings
MiraMon general visualization characteristics
Main window
Cursors
Raster display
Vector display
Scales of vector file visualization
How to move inside the client area
Synchronize all MiraMon sessions
Visualization of the layer in the legend
MiraMon reference handbook
File menu
Open favorites
Open recent
Open
Open map
Open raster
Open vector
Open layer in spatial database source
Open Internet resources
Close
Save map
Save raster/WMS or WMTS as raster
Save palette or symbolization table
Internet/Intranet map publishing
Import
Rasters
TXT (ASCII) -> IMG
E00 (Export ArcGIS/ArcInfo) -> IMG
BMP -> IMG
JPEG -> IMG/BMP
JPEG2000 -> IMG, JPG, RGB
MrSID -> IMG/JPG
ECW -> IMG/JPG
RST -> IMG
HDF -> IMG
IMG (Idrisi) -> IMG
LAN/GIS (Erdas 7.4) -> IMG
CEOS (Landsat,...) -> IMG
NDF (Landsat,...) -> IMG
JPEG2000 (Sentinel) -> IMG
SPOT (TIFF+dimap) -> IMG
TIFF, GeoTIFF -> IMG
GRD (Surfer) -> IMG
PGM/PPM -> IMG
CTL (GrADS) -> IMG
RF (Zebra) -> IMG
RAW -> IMG
Vectors and tables
DBF, Access, etc -> PNT
DXF -> VEC
DGN -> MMM (PNT, ARC/NOD, POL)
SHP (Shapefile ArcGIS/ArcView) -> PNT, ARC/NOD, POL
E00 (Export ArcGIS/ArcInfo) -> PNT, ARC/NOD, POL
ArcSDE -> PNT, ARC/NOD, POL
Oracle SDO (DSN) -> PNT, ARC/NOD, POL
LAS (Lidar) -> PNT
CDF (NetCDF) -> PNT
GML (Geography Markup Language) -> MMM
VEC (Idrisi) -> VEC
VEC (Idrisi) -> PNT, ARC/NOD, POL
GPS -> PNT, ARC/NOD
GPX (GPS eXchange Format) -> MMM (PNT, ARC/NOD)
KML i KMZ (Google Earth) -> MMM (PNT, ARC/NOD, POL)
GeoJSON -> MMM (PNT, ARC/NOD, POL)
CSV -> DBF
Export
MiraMon Map
MMM -> EMF/WMF (metafiles)
Rasters
IMG -> TXT (ASCII)
IMG -> BMP
IMG/BMP -> JPEG
IMG, JPG, RGB, MrSID, ECW -> JPEG2000
IMG -> RST (Idrisi-32)
IMG -> IMG (Idrisi)
IMG -> LAN/GIS (Erdas 7.4)
IMG -> TIFF, GeoTIFF
IMG -> GRD (Surfer)
IMG -> RAW
Vectors and tables
PNT -> DBF (x,y,z)
PNT, ARC, NOD, POL, VEC -> DXF
PNT, ARC/NOD, POL -> SHP (Shapefile ArcGIS/ArcView)
PNT, ARC/NOD, POL -> E00 (Export ArcGIS/ArcInfo)
PNT, ARC/NOD, POL -> VEC (Idrisi)
PNT, ARC/NOD, POL -> GML (Geography Markup Language)
PNT, ARC/NOD -> GPX (GPS eXchange Format)
MMM, PNT, ARC, POL -> KML, KMZ (Google Earth)
MMM, PNT, ARC, POL -> GeoJSON
VEC -> DAT (Surfer)
DBF -> CSV
Print
New MiraMon session
Command window (system symbol)
Exit
Edition menu
Copy to clipboard
Digitize/Edit vector
Edit vector attributes
Show the Digitize/Edit toolbar
Undo
Unnail last vertex / Cancel command
Connect upon previous vector
End object
Change digitizing attribute
Copy object and attribute
Copy object (current attribute)
Close polygon
Highlight copied objects
Coordinate entry via keyboard
Options for digitizing vectors
End digitizing/editing
Edit vector
Build topology
Simplified mode
Points
Arcs/Nodes
Polygons
Polygon labelling
Graphical objects labelling
Topology testing
Eliminate micropolygons
Generation of labels within a polygon
View menu
Redraw
Periodic layer redraw
Special
Image enhancement
Modify layer order and properties
Change color palette/symbolization table
Selection color
Background color
Reference grid
Meridians and parallels graticule
Zoom menu
General overview
Define window
Zoom by coordinates
Go to coordinate
Zoom in (+)
Zoom out (-)
Pan
Zoom by scale
Previous view
Whole view
Define new whole view
Zoom to selected
Synchronize all MiraMon sessions
Numerical zoom
Information menu
Get raster/vector information
Pre-info box (vectors)
Open database table
Query by attributes (where is...)
Selection: cancel, statistics, export
Measure distance, perimeter, area
ANSI/OEM character set
Show coordinates and colors
Show legend
Modify layer order and properties
Legend defaults
Show GPS track
GPS tracking parameters
Current reference system
Opened maps
Opened rasters
Opened WMS layers
Opened vectors
Opened palettes and symbolization tables
Advanced options
Tool menu
Universal Geospatial Metadata Manager
Introduction
What is GeM+?
Background
Normalization of GeM+
Special features of GeM+
General Characteristics
Structure and operation of GeM+
What type of information may be documented?
Obligatory sections and keys
Metadata files: supported formats
Information refering to each entry
GeM+ Entries
General view
Identification
Dataset Title
Alternate Title
Overview
General Data
Summary
Coordinator
Promotor
Editor
Distributor
Layer creation date
Layer update date
Technical Aspects
File type
Layer size
User size
User size description
Data model
Object type
Number of objects
Disk Location
Alternative location
Alphanumeric database
Alternative alphanumeric database
Comments
Columns
Rows
Platform and instrument information
Mission
Mission name
Platform name
Platform short name (acronym)
Platform serial number
Instrument name
Instrument short name (acronym)
Image
Scene Type
Orbit or path number
Scene number
Final scene number
Approximate scene number
Sensor optical center position and attitude
Position
Value (X, Y, Z)
Origin
Attitude
Value (yaw, pitch, roll)
Origin
Horizontal reference system
Equal to dataset reference system
Focal and Principal Point
Focal Distance
Value
Origin
Image Principal Point of Symmetry
Value (X, Y)
Equal to dataset reference system
Horizontal reference system
Origin
JPEG Quality
Scanning resolution (DPI)
N. of cycles
Cycles
Arc Source
Spatial Reference System
Horizontal Reference System
Type
Description
Units
Resolution
Resolution units
Equivalent scale
Cell size
Quality
Extent
Description
Calculated scene centre
Nominal scene centre
Minimum X
Maximum X
Minimum Y
Maximum Y
Thematic information
Metadata structure
Common Metadata
Selected element metadata
REL Files
Structured Vectors
Non-structured Vectors
Rasters
Related tables
Functions provided
REL Files
Structured Vectors
Non-structured vectors
Rasters
Related tables
Quality
Lineage
Description
Source
Description
Process
Organisation
History
Purpose
Date
Tolerances
Name
Value
Quality Parameters
Parameter
Indicator
Measure
Type of values
Measurement value
Measurement units
Metadata export
Generation of templates
Generation of templates Glossary
Metadata file format anb table relations file format
Sections and keys of the REL file (REL4 format)
Table of correspondences (1-4 format)
Metadata standards and pre-standards
Standards Information
Table of equivalences
Syntax parameters
Glossary
Raster and vector calculator/reclassifier
Layer crossing
Buffer and distances map generation
File maintenance
MMZ compression and uncompression
Creating a new raster
IMG files conversion and compression/uncom
Automatic generation of polygon labels
Obtaining points from &DBF table, Access, etc
Automatic generation of maps and cartographic series
Obtain points from polygon labels
Emancipate polygons from arcs
Conversion of MiraMon layers from format 1 to format 4
Convert or mark ANSI/OEM
Spatial data management
Layer clipping
Layer mosaicking
Joining two or more vector files
Erasing micropolygons
Vector entities scalling and shifting
Raster fitting to another raster
Raster densifying and dedensifying
Change pixel size on rasters (multiples)
Alphanumerical databases
View and edit Databases Tables
Databases Tables management and maintenance
Selection of a subset of vector entities
Field statistics
Statistics of record groups
Terrain interpolation and analysis
Thiessen polygons generation
Variogram representation and modeling
Interpolation from point data, lidar
Contour line generation from DTM
TIN models generation
DTM densifying
DTM error detection
Obtain 3D vectors from DEMs
Topographic profiles generation
Compute slope, aspect, etc
Compute solar radiation
Hillshading maps generation
Visibility analysis
Compute solar position
Obtain Digital Illumination Model
Obtain Digital Shadow Model
Regions from poinat occurrences
DTM error detection
Generation of 3D perspectives
Distance and network analysis
Buffer and distances map generation
Network analysis (paths)
Least cost path analysis
Modelization
Multivariant regression
Logistic regression
Rank of cell values in a raster
Geometry
Geodetic calculator
Change of Geographic Reference System (projection, datum, etc)
Converting VEC to control points (COR)
Polynomial corr. (rasters and vectors)
Satellite orthoimage generation
Orthophoto generation
Convert Deg, Min, Sec to Deg/Rad
Image radiometry
Compute solar position
Obtain Digital Illumination Model
Obtain Digital Shadow Model
Radiometric correction
Convert Deg, Min, Sec to Deg/Rad
Image classification
Unsupervised classification
Hybrid classification
Generation of error matrices
Selective Filter
Image processing
Histogram
Dilation of pixels in raster files
Selection of a subset of raster cells
Statistical data of a raster
Images correlation
Spatial autocorrelation analysis (Moran)
Color space transformations (24->&8, HSI)
Vegetation indices
Principal Components Analysis
Tasseled Cap Transformation
Histogram optimization (global, local)
Filter
Selective Filter
Generation of error matrices
Computing of SPI and SPEI drought indices
Calculation of the Terrestrial Connectivity Index
Cartographic generalization
Raster
Indiscriminate generalization
Selective generalization
Vector
Polygon dropping
Raster-vector conversion
Rasterization of points, lines and polygons
Vectorization of thematic rasters
GPS
GPS data capture in real time
Import from GPS to MiraMon
Import from GPX (GPS eXchange format) to MiraMon
Help menu
MiraMon manual
Configure parameters
Working directory
Show tool bar
Menus
About MiraMon
MiraMon videotutorials
Appendices
MiraMon raster formats description
MiraMon vectors formats description
MiraMon maps (MMM, MMZ and MMZX) and templates formats description
MMM maps
MMZ maps
MMZX maps
MiraMon templates
MiraMon databases
Access to databases with MiraMon
What is ODBC and how does it work?
Limitations of the DBF format and the need for an extended DBF
The 'extended DBF' format
Transformation from an extended DBF to a classic DBF
MiraMon symbolization
General concepts of MiraMon symbolization
MiraMon symbolization tables
MiraMon cartographic series
Cartographic series symbolization
Cartographic series metadata
MiraMon horizontal reference systems. Geodesic tables and files
Horizontal reference system
Geodesic tables and files
MiraMon support modules
Cartography on Internet with MiraMon
Corporate management of MiraMon.par
MiraMon collection of favorite maps
What is a MiraMon collection of favorite maps?
Creating MiraMon collections of favorite maps
Query by toponym or coordinate
MiraMon complementary concepts
Reading files directory
Absolute and relative paths
The title bar of MiraMon
Command line parameters
Miscellanea