Spectrum Spatial Map Uploader

Available on the Home > Utilities tab of the Spectrum Spatial Analyst Administration Console is a new utility for uploading and creating named resources (maps, layers and tables) in Spectrum Spatial. The utility is run as a tool within MapInfo Professional™. The utility is a pre-requisite for Analyst because it creates Named Layers in addition to Named Maps and Named Tables. A Named Layer for each layer is needed by Analyst.
Note: Since the release of Spectrum Spatial Analyst 12.0 we are only supporting the new map uploader (“Uploader to use with MapInfo Pro version 16 and later”). The previous map uploader (“Uploader to use with versions of MapInfo Pro prior to version 16.”) is no longer supported by SSA. SSA administrators will therefore need to use MapInfo Pro 16 (64 bit) (or later) and the new map uploader.

The map uploader supports the concept of group layers. Layers can be nested into groups and groups can also contain other groups of layers. If layers are grouped in MapInfo Pro then the uploader creates both the named layers and also named group layers in the Spectrum Spatial repository. In SSA we do not support showing layers that are inside a named group layer. Whilst maps containing named group layers can be added to SSA, SSA will only render layers that are at the top level and which are not inside any named group layers. If a name map only contains named group layers at the top level then it will appear empty in the SSA legend with no content.

The figure below provides a high level overview of how the Spectrum Spatial Analyst relates to Spectrum Platform.

Figure: Spectrum Platform