eziLink™ RESULTS Training

Session 1 – Show and Tell

For the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations

Overview of Session

Part 1 – eziLink™ Overview Part 2 – Spatial Manipulation Part 3 – Editing an Existing XML Part 4 – Spatial Only Submissions

eziLink™ Overview

Part 1

What is XML/GML

XML – Extensible Markup Language GML – Geography Markup Language XML/GML – attribute and spatial data in a single file.

XML Schema …

What is eziLink™

eziLink is a tool for development and electronic submission of XML/GML files.

FTA RESULTS WASTE FSP LEXIS

eziLink is not business tool eziLink Validation -> ESF Validation - > RESULTS entry.

Important Features and Tools

Submission Wizard eziLink Submission Form Toolbar Add a Stocking Standards Amendment Adding Additional Opening Items Load Dataset WMS Layer Calculating Areas and Lengths Upload Submission and Get ESF Submission Status Project Directory User Manual

Submission Wizard

eziLink link uses a submission wizard to assemble submission data

Key features for the eziLink wizard Coordinate System – BC Albers ESF Submission Metadata and RESULTS Submission Metadata Key Selection

• Opening Tenure Key• Opening ID Key

Action Codes – Control whether you are inserting, updating, or amending an opening item. Forest Cover and Milestones do not have action codes.

Add Tenure option – populates to multi tenure screen in RESULTS.

eziLink Submission Form

Content Window

Map Window

Attribute Window

Window Configuration

Warning Symbol

Toolbar

New

Load Submission

GeneratePDF

Upload Submission

Search ESF

Fence Zoom Previous

Change Styles

Zoom

Pan Measure Undo Drawing Toolbox

Select Features

Zoom to Full

Extent RedoOutput Window

Get ESF Submission

StatusSave

OpenLoad

DatasetZoom In/Out

Feature Info

Zoom Next

View/Edit Attributes

Add a Stocking Standards Amendment

Use this feature to add stocking standard details to a Silviculture Prescription open or to add an approved variation to the SSID in a Site Plan opening.

To add right click on the applicable Stocking Standards node -> Add a Stocking Standards Amendment…

Adding Additional Opening Items

Used to add multiple RESULTS submission types into one XML

Right Click on the Opening node -> Add Opening Items…

Load Dataset

Use either File -> Load Dataset, Load Dataset Button or Right Click on Working -> Load Data set.

Used to load spatial files into eziLink.

• Shape file• DGN

Add WMS Layer

Allows the user to load, Ortho, Trim and various other WMS layers into eziLink.

To add use either Layer -> Add WMS Layer… or right click on the Working category -> Add WMS Layer…

Calculating Areas and Lengths

Use for calculating RESULTS polygon areas

Tools -> Calculate Areas and Lengths

Upload Submission and Get ESF Submission Status

When the XML is ready, it can be uploaded to the ESF through eziLink. Either by using the Upload button on the toolbar or file -> upload submission.

Once the submission has been uploaded the ESF status can be checked using the Get ESF Submission Status… button or file - Get ESF Submission Status…

Project Directory

Brings XMLs located in one folder into a project directory window. The user can use the project directory window to:

Filter Submissions Batch upload Submissions View status of batch uploaded

Submissions• Accepted• Submitted• Rejected• Not Submitted

To open go to Project -> Open Project Directory…

User Manual

Contains details on every feature of eziLink, as well as a detailed section on spatial data manipulation.

Help -> User Manual…

Fields that will likely be Added to eziLink

Planting Activities Inter-tree Spacing Min. Accept. Inter-tree Spacing Min. Accept. Density Request Key Bid Price Per Tree

Survey Activities No. of Plots Min. Plots per Stratum

Questions

Part 1

Spatial Manipulation

Part 2

Drawing Toolbox

Select Features Select Parts Select LineStrings Move Selected Items

Draw RectangleDraw PolygonDraw LineString Draw Point

Insert Vertex Delete Vertex Move Vertex

Snap Vertices Snap Vertices to Selected Vertex Split LineStringNode LineStrings

Change Styles

Right click on a spatial layer and select Change Styles to:

Change colours Apply colour theming by

attribute Apply labels by attribute Add decorations to line

work (i.e. start and end arrows)

Changing the styles of spatial layers can make them easier to distinguish in the map window.

Tools Menu

Important Features: Union, Bisect and Combine Overlay Geometry Function - Uses various

geometric functions to manipulate spatial

Buffer Validate Selected Layers

Many features in the Tools Menu can also be accessed by right clicking on the map window.

Copying and Pasting to eziLink Layers

Turn off all working and eziLink Layers except the layer you want to copy from.

Right Click on polygon in the map window, Select Copy.

Right click on the opening item. Select Paste Selected Items.

Remember to union if you have more than one feature that needs to be attached to one opening item.

Add New Layer

Spatial editing should not be done on eziLink layers. Spatial editing in eziLink layers can cause the GML to become invalid.

Editing should be done on “working” layers. Either the dataset that is loaded into the submission or by adding a new empty layer to the submission.

Questions

Part 2

Editing an Existing XML

Part 3

Editing an Existing XML

You can use an existing XML as a template to another XML or help to speed up the data entry process. You may choose to edit an existing XML for:

Forest Cover submissions where only a portion was surveyed or treated

Speeding up creation of XMLs where the data is similar.

Important! – Make sure to update the opening key info so that you don’t update the wrong opening. Also make sure to update the spatial attached to the XML.

Questions

Part 3

Spatial Only Submissions

Part 4

Spatial Only Submissions

Opening Definitions Disturbance Activities No spatial only submissions for Forest Cover

Forest Cover updates must be full attribute and spatial updates as this is required for inventory updates via VRIMS

Questions

Part 4