Lab 9: Creating an offline map provider

In the following steps, you will create an offline map provider based on an online map provider. 

1. Double click the Map Providers button. 

2. Click the Add New button to create a new Map Provider.

3. Enter Ex_Off_Sample in the field Name

4. Click the Enabled button.

5. Click the Offline button.

6. Enter 15 in the Order Field.

7. Enter C:\GISIZECache in the field URL/Cache path.  

8. Select Online Map Provider in the Offline Map Source field. 

9. Select OpenStreetMap in the Online Map Provider field. 

10. Enter 6 in the Offline zoom levels field.  

11. Click the Select Area button to open the Area Selection dialog box. 

12. Select an area for the Spain country holding the ALT key.

13. Click Save and close button.  

14. Click Generate cache and accept to save the configuration and create the cache for this map provider.

The Generating Vectorial Provider Cache dialog box appears and shows the creation progress. This will take a few minutes. 

13. Click the Close button when the process finished.

14. Open the Runtime Preview tool to see the new map provider.

Import the Offline Map Provider Ex_Off_OpenStreetMap_Madrid located in your training files folder Lab 07 - Creating an offline map provider to see an offline map provider with more zoom levels cached. 

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