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inserting a jpg with the mapiinsert command

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 15:17:40 GMT

I’m having trouble with simply inserting a jpg with the mapiinsert command...and not sure how to use the other files that download from the national map viewer. Thanks,

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Pointdump — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 10:21:30 GMT

Mike,

Welcome to the Autodesk Forums!

You'll definitely want to start a new thread for your question.

Dave

Re: inserting a jpg with the mapiinsert command

AllenJessup — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 15:22:04 GMT

You should have gotten a .JPW (JPEG World) file in the download. That file should be in the same folder as the .jpg prior to insertion. If you still have trouble. Post with details on what goes wrong with the insert and which tiles your downloading from national map.

Re: inserting a jpg with the mapiinsert command

mikeshick — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 18:33:44 GMT

I'm not sure what you mean by posting a new thread. My thread is new 🙂 Please clarify.

Allen, regarding files downloaded, maybe I downloaded the wrong data, but here if a view of what I received:

http://gofile.me/2Lpxp/JOGswTKOe

Re: inserting a jpg with the mapiinsert command

AllenJessup — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 18:46:57 GMT

Sorry. That link is blocked by our firewall.

Re: inserting a jpg with the mapiinsert command

Pointdump — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 18:50:57 GMT

Mike,

The Discussion Administration pulled your post off another thread and made it a shiny brand new thread with a new title.

As for your jpg, which one do you want to put in a drawing?

Dave

Re: inserting a jpg with the mapiinsert command

mikeshick — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 18:58:24 GMT

Any one of the folders has a jpg that was downloaded via national map viewer.

Re: inserting a jpg with the mapiinsert command

mikeshick — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 19:07:39 GMT

See if a couple of samplers come through.

Re: inserting a jpg with the mapiinsert command

Pointdump — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 19:27:50 GMT

Mike,

Working OK for me. Be sure to start with a Metric Drawing and assign it a UTM83-10 Coordinate System. MAPIINSERT will drop one of those JP2 images in right on the chile.

Dave

Re: inserting a jpg with the mapiinsert command

AllenJessup — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 19:29:57 GMT

I was also able to insert the JP2 file. Make sure the JPW file is in the same folder and set the coord system as Dave said.

Re: inserting a jpg with the mapiinsert command

mikeshick — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 20:04:26 GMT

thanks, guys. Pardon my ignorance, but how did you know of the coordinate system UTM83-10 metric...and where do you see the jpw file. Finally, can you explain what you are doing with the jp2 file?

Re: inserting a jpg with the mapiinsert command

AllenJessup — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 20:14:05 GMT

I don't know how Dave did it. But I opened the 10SGD.prj file in notepad and read it from there.

There are 2 files a J2W and a JGW that go with the two flavors of rasters.

I created a new drawing and set the correct system. Then typed MAPIINSERT, browsed to the folder I had unzipped the files into, selected the JP2 file and hit OK. The image above is a screen shot of the contents of the folder I unzipped the files to. BTW The 2 red blobs to the left indicate raster files.

The folder contains everything from an ESRI project and not all pertains to brining a raster into Civil 3D.

Re: inserting a jpg with the mapiinsert command

mikeshick — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 20:25:36 GMT

Ah, I see the jgw, but in previous email and I've used before you mentioned the jPw. Thank you,

Re: inserting a jpg with the mapiinsert command

AllenJessup — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 20:45:51 GMT

Sorry. Age is catching up to me a little faster that I'd like.

Re: inserting a jpg with the mapiinsert command

mikeshick — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 21:25:36 GMT

My hat is off to you. I'm getting older every day, too...and feeling it 🙂

Thanks for all your help.

Re: inserting a jpg with the mapiinsert command

Pointdump — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 21:26:15 GMT

Mike,

"...how did you know of the coordinate system UTM83-10 metric..."

I did same as Allen. Always look for a PRJ or World File to find out what Coordinate System the data is in.

PROJCS["NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_10N",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",DATUM["D_North_American_1983",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-123.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

Now on to the other data. You can make a surface in C3D with either the ArcGrid (ADF) data or the IMG data, but the GridFloat folder has ESRI proprietary files in it that won't work in C3D without using third-party software to "convert" into something useful.

Dave

Re: inserting a jpg with the mapiinsert command

mikeshick — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 22:30:17 GMT

Thank you, Dave. How do you view the data in the prj or world files?

Also, is there a convenient way to translate the data into another coordinate system? Say, nad27 in feet?

Re: inserting a jpg with the mapiinsert command

Murph_Map — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 22:36:06 GMT

@mikeshick wrote:
Thank you, Dave. How do you view the data in the prj or world files?

Also, is there a convenient way to translate the data into another coordinate system? Say, nad27 in feet?

I'm not Dave, but you can read the prj or world files with a standard text editor or Notepad.

The only way to translate the image to another coordinate system is with Raster Design or using the Map3D tools to attach and query a dwg is inserted into but that does not change the image only the dwg that it is in.

Re: inserting a jpg with the mapiinsert command

Pointdump — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 22:44:27 GMT

Mike,

"How do you view the data in the prj or world files?"

Open any PRJ or World File with any text editor.

"Also, is there a convenient way to translate the data into another coordinate system? Say, nad27 in feet?"

No easy answer here. Depends on the data and how you bring it in to AutoCAD. Sometimes it's not possible in C3D and you have to resort to third party software, like QGIS, Microdem, MapWindow, GeoViewer, OpenEV, Global Mapper, etc...

Dave