Accessing user Datasets (NL PDOK sample) (AutoCAD) - Spatial Manager Blog

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In this video we will review the tools provided by 'Spatial Manager for AutoCAD' for accessing geographic dataset services, both imagery and vector. This example will use some of the datasets provided by PDOK (Netherlands), where you can find open government data with updated geo-information. These datasets are accessible through many geo webservices
First of all, we will configure some User Background Maps, which are dynamic sets of geographic images, to display on the drawing various BG Maps models from a PDOK large-scale Topography Database (background visualization, pastel style, plan view, etc.)
In this case, the images are served as tiles in WMTS (Web Map Tile Service) format, which is one of the supported formats in ‘Spatial Manager for AutoCAD’ Background Maps, alongside WMS (Web Map Service) and XYZ/TMS (Tile Map Service)
In the video you can see how you can organize User Background Maps by custom Groups, just like the default Background Maps are organized in the application (Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Bing, etc.), and how to take advantage of a map definition to create different variants
In the second part of the video, you can review how to configure User Data Sources (UDS) to access vector datasets on WFS (Web Feature Service) servers and many others. Once a UDS is configured, it is stored in the application configuration to be able to import data sets from the different groups, folders or schemas it contains, just as we import from a file and including the same customization options during the import process
Also, in this example we use one of the vector datasets available in PDOK in order to import Cadastral information
Enjoy the video