GeoGateway enables downloading shapefiles from web servers.  Make maps from scratch.  GeoGateway simplifies the download process, makes it faster and provides a more efficient way to integrate shapefiles and other GIS files into GIS projects.

 

GeoGateway includes two main features:

1 - download shapefiles and related data to a local computer using a menu-driven process

2 - optionally add the downloaded data to an existing or new project (forget the unzipping and related details)

 

MapBuilder. In combination, these features enable development of a GIS project focused on the geographic area and type of geography of interest.

 

Optionally integrate demographic-economic subject matter accessed via CV XE APIGateway and other CV XE resources.

 

Availability

Levels Viewer, 1, 2, 3

All features overview

 

Terms of Use

Shapefiles downloaded using GeoGateway are exclusively for use with CV XE GIS.

 

Usage

Main menu File>GeoGateway

 

Related Information

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Start-up View

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Illustrative Views and Operations

 

Downloading a county by roads (edges) shapefile

Adding the downloaded shapefile as a layer in a new GIS Project

Start CV XE and Close the current project.  Use File>GeoGateway to start GeoGateway processing.

 

Step 1 (with same GeoGateway form open) ... download the shapefile

Dbl-click Travis County, TX in listbox1; available shapefiles appear in listbox2.

Dbl-click EDGES shapefile in listbox2; the File to Download and SaveAs edit boxes are populated.

 

 

Clicking the Download button in the above view will:

•download the TIGER 2017 Travis County, TX roads/edges shapefile to the local folder specified in options settings
•unzip the downloaded zip file to that same folder
•delete the XML file
•delete the downloaded zip file

 

Delete operations are options settings.

 

The shapefile is then immediately ready for use.

 

Step 2 Add the downloaded shapefile to a GIS project (optional)

The Add Layer to Project button becomes active.

Select the Shape Label in the drop-down.  Next click the Add Layer to Project as shown below.

 

Close the GeoGateway form.  We could continue, but in this example the GeoGateway operations stop with one shapefile.

 

The map view now appears as shown below. Zoom-in to the pointer location in the Kansas City area.

 

The next view illustrates ZIP code areas/boundaries (red) with labels.  The Identify tool is used to show a mini-profile of a selected ZIP code -- 64133 -- see pointer.

 

 

 

Related options now available include:

•Save the project and close CV XE (saving a project requires CV XE Level 1, 2 or 3; a project cannot be saved with Viewer)
•Re-start GeoGateway and add other shapefiles to this project.
•Close CV XE without saving the current project (downloaded shapefile remains on local computer).

 

Usage Notes

 

1. Section 1. Select Geographic Scope -- different types of shapefiles available for different types of geography

Use Section 1. Select Geographic Scope to select the U.S., state or county geography.

Dbl-clicking a geographic area select populates Section 2 with the set of available shapefiles.

 

2. Section 2. Select Shapefile -- available shapefiles for selected geographic scope by vintage

In general, only Census 2010 vintage files are available with CVXE Viewer and Level 1 (see all features overview).

Access to other vintages, Digital Map Database and more recent shapefiles are controlled/set by the Vintage and Reference Year.

 

3. National Scope Shapefiles