Publishing a Map to MapInfo Stratus

1. Open the map inside the map window in MapInfo Professional that you want to publish.
2. Select Tools > MapInfo Stratus Uploader > MapInfo Stratus Uploader.
3. Enter the credentials and select region details supplied by Pitney Bowes Software to login to the MapInfo Stratus Uploader.
4. Select Enable Logging check box to enable service level message tracing for logging. The Log file path text box is now enabled.
5. Enter full path to the file where the log has to be written in Log file path text box or click on the Ellipsis (…) button to select existing directory where log file has to be created. By default, uploader logs the messages to %APPDATA%\MapInfo\Stratus Map Uploader\log\messages.svclog.
   Note: This logging setting will be effective for a single upload only. Enabling logging can make the upload process slow. You should enable it for troubleshooting purpose only as and when required.
   Figure 1. MapInfo Stratus Uploader – Login
   
   
   Note: If you lose any of these details, please contact Pitney Bowes Software Technical Support
6. Click Login.
   The MapInfo Stratus Uploader dialog box appears. Each layer in the current map window is listed in this dialog box.

   Figure 2. MapInfo Stratus Uploader – Map Name
   
   
7. Enter the map name in Map Name text box.
   The name you enter here will be displayed on the legend of the MapInfo Stratus application. If you enter an existing map name and select the Upload check box it will be uploaded. If you clear the check box, only the layers you select in the Map Layers section below it will be uploaded and not the map itself.
8. Click Select All to upload all the layers listed under the Map Layers.
   Note: The account name is displayed above the progress bar.
   Points to Remember

   • For layers which are not already in MapInfo Stratus, the check box will always be selected and that can’t be cleared and the data will be uploaded. When a map layer already exists in MapInfo Stratus, select the Upload check box to determine whether you want to upload that layer again to overwrite the data in MapInfo Stratus.
   • You can include the same layers in more than one map. You only need to upload the data the first time if the data has not changed.
   • Layer types that cannot be uploaded into MapInfo Stratus are indicated with a cross in the Status column next to the applicable layer name. The Upload check box will be disabled.
     Figure 3. MapInfo Stratus Uploader – Status
     
     

     Note: Hover over the name to display text explaining why the layer cannot be uploaded.

   • The following are not supported in tab files:
     • Tables that contain special reserved words in their column names. See Appendix A for a list.
     • Tables that are in an unsupported projection. See Appendix B for a list.
     • Tables that have one or more geometries comprising more than 200,000 nodes are unsupported. To upload such tables you should first use MapInfo Professional to split the geometries into smaller ones so that any individual geometry is under 200,000 nodes. A smaller node count ensures faster performance when rendering maps.
     • Tables files containing the following geometries:
       • Collection (e.g. a geometry comprised of a polygon + a line + a point)
       • Multi-Point
       • Text
       • Ellipse
     Note: A tab file containing a "smoothed line string" will upload successfully but the map will render the line string with no smoothing applied.

To proceed with the upload, close the MapInfo Stratus Uploader, remove all unsupported layers from the MapInfo Professional map window and restart the MapInfo Stratus Uploader.

9. Click Upload to Stratus to publish the map into MapInfo Stratus. During the upload:

• Messages are displayed in the Progress column next to the layer being processed showing the current upload status for that layer.
• At the bottom of the dialog box progress bar indicates the progress of the upload operation and information is displayed about the current processing status.
• You can halt the operation by clicking the Cancel button.

When the upload is complete, it is indicated on the dialog box.

Figure 4. MapInfo Stratus Uploader – Progress

10. Click the Close button to exit.
11. Login to the MapInfo Stratus Administration Console to configure your new map for displaying MapInfo Stratus.
    Note: Maps containing large data sets may take a few minutes after successful upload before they are available in the MapInfo Stratus Administration Console.