Types for Layer Loading Functions – Global Mapper

The following types are used as parameters and return values in functions related loading layers into GlobalMapper. These types use fixed, numeric constants, which are defined here.

globalmapper.GM_AsciiCoordDelim_t8

Type listing available coordinate delimeters for ASCII import

Values:

GM_AsciiDelim_AutoDetect = 0

GM_AsciiDelim_Comma = 1

GM_AsciiDelim_Whitespace = 2

GM_AsciiDelim_Semicolon = 3

GM_AsciiDelim_Tab = 4

GM_AsciiDelim_NumTypes = 5

globalmapper.GM_AsciiCoordFormat_t8

Type listing coordinate format for ASCII import

Values:

GM_AsciiCoordFormat_Decimal = 0: Raw decimal (i.e. normal number)
GM_AsciiCoordFormat_DDMMSS = 1: Packed degress/minute/second - DDDMMSS.SSSS
GM_AsciiCoordFormat_DDMM = 2: Packed degrees/minutes - DDDMM.MMMM
GM_AsciiCoordFormat_DD_MMSS = 3: Packed decimal - DDD.MMSSSSS
GM_AsciiCoordFormat_ECEF = 4: ECEF coordinates
GM_AsciiCoordFormat_WKT = 5: Well-Known-Text Format
GM_AsciiCoordFormat_MGRS = 6: MGRS / USNG coordinates
GM_AsciiCoordFormat_UTM_K = 7: UTM-K (Korea) Format

GM_AsciiCoordFormat_NumTypes = 8

globalmapper.GM_AsciiCoordOrder_t8

Type listing available coordinate order options for ASCII import

Values:

Ordering flags

GM_AsciiCoordOrder_XFirst = 0
X/longitude/easting first

GM_AsciiCoordOrder_YFirst = 1
Y/latitude/northing first

Special values

GM_AsciiCoordOrder_NumTypes = 2

GM_AsciiCoordOrder_Custom = 0xFF
Custom coordinate order

globalmapper.GM_AsciiImportType_t8

Type listing available import types for ASCII import

Values:

GM_AsciiImport_PointOnly = 0: Create point features for every encountered coordinate
GM_AsciiImport_Vector = 1: Create area, line, and point features
GM_AsciiImport_Elevation = 2: Triangulate and grid point coordinates to generate an elevation grid
GM_AsciiImport_LidarPointCloud = 3: Import as a Lidar point cloud
GM_AsciiImport_DistanceBearing = 4: Import distance and bearing from a start location, creates series of points
GM_AsciiImport_Area = 5: Create area features
GM_AsciiImport_DistanceBearingLine = 6: Import distance and bearing from a start location, creates single line
GM_AsciiImport_DistBearingSegs = 7: Import distance and bearing from a start location, create segment from start point to each point

GM_AsciiImport_LowranceSonar = 8

GM_AsciiImport_EarthExplorer = 9

GM_AsciiImport_SurferBLN = 10

GM_AsciiImport_Delft3D = 11

GM_AsciiImport_AtlasBNA = 12

GM_AsciiImport_NgaRotatedCoverage = 13: NGA rotated coverage CSV from Glenn Steinkamp
GM_AsciiImport_ZmapIsomapLine = 14: ZMap+ (Kingdom) Isomap Line/Contour Format
GM_AsciiImport_DeccWindSpeed = 15: DECC Wind Speed Format (UK/Ireland)
GM_AsciiImport_LandmarkGraphics = 16: Landmark Graphics Format
GM_AsciiImport_AerialFilmworks = 17: Aerial Filmworks CSV File with Video Timestamps
GM_AsciiImport_USGSNatMapCoverage = 18: USGS TNM (The National Map) Coverage File
GM_AsciiImport_NumTypes = 19: Aliases

GM_AsciiImport_LastGenericFormat = GM_AsciiImport_DistBearingSegs

GM_AsciiImport_FirstSpecialFormat = GM_AsciiImport_LowranceSonar

GM_AsciiImport_DistBearingLine = GM_AsciiImport_DistanceBearingLine

GM_AsciiImport_DistBearingPoints = GM_AsciiImport_DistanceBearing

GM_AsciiImport_AreaOnly = GM_AsciiImport_Area

globalmapper.GM_LayerFetchFlags_t32

Settings flags for GetActiveLayers and FilterLayerList

Values:

GM_LayerFetch_IncludeHidden = 0x00000001: Include hidden layers
GM_LayerFetch_SingleUserCreated = 0x00000002: Only return a single user created feature layer
GM_LayerFetch_IncludeFixedScreen = 0x00000004: Include fixed screen location layers
GM_LayerFetch_OnlyElev = 0x00000008: Only include elevation layers
GM_LayerFetch_OnlyRaster = 0x00000010: Only include raster layers
GM_LayerFetch_OnlyVector = 0x00000020: Only include vector layers
GM_LayerFetch_OnlyArea = 0x00000040: Only include layers with area features
GM_LayerFetch_OnlyLidar = 0x00000080: Only include layers with Lidar data
GM_LayerFetch_OnlyLine = 0x00000100: Only include layers with line features
GM_LayerFetch_OnlyMesh = 0x00000200: Only include layers with mesh (3D model) features
GM_LayerFetch_OnlyPoint = 0x00000400: Only include layers with point data (not Lidar)
GM_LayerFetch_IncludeGridLines = 0x00000800: Include grid line layer
GM_LayerFetch_IncludeActiveGPSTrack = 0x00001000: Include the active GPS track layer (if any)
GM_LayerFetch_NoUserCreated = 0x00002000: Don’t include any user-created feature layers
GM_LayerFetch_ExportableOnly = 0x00004000: Only include exportable layers
GM_LayerFetch_ExportableRenderOnly = 0x00008000: Only include layers that can be exported to a rendered image (usually same as GM_LayerFetch_ExportableOnly)
GM_LayerFetch_NoParents = 0x00010000: Don’t include parent layers
GM_LayerFetch_NoRaster = 0x00020000: Don’t include raster layers
GM_LayerFetch_NoVector = 0x00040000: Don’t include vector layers
GM_LayerFetch_NoLidar = 0x00080000: Don’t include Lidar layers
GM_LayerFetch_IncClosingLayers = 0x00100000: Include layers that are in the process of closing (OverlayClosing sent, but not OverlayClosed)
GM_LayerFetch_OnlyPalette = 0x00200000: Only include raster layers based on a palette
GM_LayerFetch_OnlyGrayscale = 0x00400000: Only include grayscale raster layers
GM_LayerFetch_NoGrayscale = 0x00800000: Don’t get any grayscale raster layers
GM_LayerFetch_IncludeMapLayoutIndex = 0x01000000: Include the Map Layout Index overlay
GM_LayerFetch_OnlyAlwaysOnTop = 0x02000000: Only include layers that are always on top
GM_LayerFetch_OnlyFixedScreen = 0x04000000: Only include fixed-screen position layers
GM_LayerFetch_NoAllDeletedVector = 0x08000000: Don’t include vector layers that have all features deleted
GM_LayerFetch_Available = 0x10000000: This flag bit is AVAILABLE for use
GM_LayerFetch_NoOnline = 0x20000000: Exclude layers from on-line data sources
GM_LayerFetch_Reverse = 0x40000000: Reverse the returned list order
GM_LayerFetch_OnlySelectable = 0x80000000: Only include layers that we can select from

GM_LayerFetch_AllLayers = GM_LayerFetch_IncludeHidden

globalmapper.GM_LayerFetchFlagsEx_t32

Extended settings flags for gm_GetActiveLayers and gm_FilterLayerList

Values:

GM_LayerFetchEx_OnlyModified = 0x00000001: Only include modified layers
GM_LayerFetchEx_OnlySaveToOrig = 0x00000002: Only include layers that can save over themselves
GM_LayerFetchEx_IncludeEmptyLayers = 0x00000004: Ok to include layers with no data (used to show newly created layers in a list)
GM_LayerFetchEx_IgnoreAnimateLayers = 0x00000008: Do not filter out any animation layers (remove all the rest)
GM_LayerFetchEx_NoLabelLayers = 0x00000010: Filter out all label layers
GM_LayerFetchEx_OnlyTinLayers = 0x00000020: Only get TIN-face layers
GM_LayerFetchEx_OnlyEditable = 0x00000040: Only get editable layers

GM_LayerFetchEx_Default = 0

globalmapper.GM_LayerFlags_t32

Additional flags for a layer. Defaults should be 0.

Values:

GM_LayerFlags_MeshWireframeOnly = 0x0001: Only render a wireframe for mesh/model features, even when the mesh has a texture
GM_LayerFlags_MeshNoWireframe = 0x0002: Do NOT render a wireframe for mesh/model features when zoomed in on them
GM_LayerFlags_MeshDontInterpolateTextures = 0x0004: If the mesh/model has textures, do NOT use bilinear interpolate to sample the texture image rather than nearest neighbor
GM_LayerFlags_Animate = 0x0008: Is the layer part of an animation set?
GM_LayerFlags_DisableSelection = 0x0010: Do NOT allow features in this layer to be selected
GM_LayerFlags_DisableEdit = 0x0020: Do NOT allow editing featues or data in this layer

GM_LayerFlags_Default = 0

globalmapper.GM_LoadFlags_t32

Flags when loading new layers

Values:

GM_LoadFlags_HideProgress = 0x00000001: Don’t show load progress
GM_LoadFlags_NoProjPrompt = 0x00000002: Don’t prompt the user for unknown projections
GM_LoadFlags_UseDefaultProj = 0x00000004: Use default projection if none provided
GM_LoadFlags_HideWarnings = 0x00000008: Hide any load warnings (load errors will still be displayed)
GM_LoadFlags_HideUnknownPrompt = 0x00000010: Do not prompt the user to select the file type for unknown file formats
GM_LoadFlags_UseDefaultPos = 0x00000020: Use default positioning if none provided (raster files only)
GM_LoadFlags_HideAllPrompts = 0x00000040: Use the default value for any prompts that display during the load
GM_LoadFlags_SkipUnloadAll = 0x00000080: Skip the first UNLOAD_ALL command at the start of a workspace being loaded
GM_LoadFlags_AssumeFileExists = 0x00000100: Assume the file being loaded exists rather than checking for it. This speeds up loads from folders with large numbers of files
GM_LoadFlags_LoadMetadataOnly = 0x00000200: Only load metadata from file
GM_LoadFlags_UseHiddenLayers = 0x00000400: Load hidden layers if not showing layer prompt (i.e. for PDF import)?
GM_LoadFlags_ForceRectify = 0x00000800: Force displaying manual rectification dialog (not implemented yet in SDK)
GM_LoadFlags_IsModelLoad = 0x00001000: This is a load of a 3D model
GM_LoadFlags_NoPicturePos = 0x00002000: Don’t load image with EXIF data as a picture point
GM_LoadFlags_LoadUnknownAsImage = 0x00004000: Force load of raster layer with unknown interpretation as an image layer vs. grid
GM_LoadFlags_LoadUnknownAsGrid = 0x00008000: Force load of raster layer with unknown interpretation as a grid layer vs. image
GM_LoadFlags_OnlyPicturePos = 0x00010000: Only load images with EXIF data as picture points. Fail images w/ no EXIF data.
GM_LoadFlags_NoEmptyError = 0x00020000: Don’t show error message about empty file.
GM_LoadFlags_No3dModels = 0x00040000: Don’t load 3D model layers embedded in GMP files
GM_LoadFlags_UseDefaultLoadOpts = 0x00080000: Use default values for any load options that would generate a prompt (like Lidar load options)
GM_LoadFlags_NoBlendAllowed = 0x00100000: Don’t allow blending this layer with translucent layers drawn over it
GM_LoadFlags_DisableSplit = 0x00200000: Ignore any options that would result in the layer being split on load (i.e. GM_MiscOpt_DGNImportByLevel or GM_MiscOpt_DWGImportByLayer)
GM_LoadFlags_NoWebDownload = 0x00400000: Don’t download any externally referenced files, like symbols for KML files

globalmapper.GM_OnlineSourceType_t

Types of online sources

Values:

GM_SourceType_WMS = 0

GM_SourceType_WMTS = 1: Tiled WMS

GM_SourceType_WFS = 2

GM_SourceType_WCS = 3

GM_SourceType_IntermapWebSite = 4

GM_SourceType_OSM = 5: OSM tile schema
GM_SourceType_TMS = 6: TMS tile schema
GM_SourceType_GoogleMaps = 7: Google Maps tile schema

GM_SourceType_SpatialOnDemand = 8

GM_SourceType_MapMart = 9

GM_SourceType_IntermapGMS = 10: Streaming Intermap terrain

GM_SourceType_DigitalGlobeWMS = 11

GM_SourceType_ServerLimit = 12: Limitations for a particular server
GM_SourceType_WebSite = 13: Just a generic link to a web site (non-streaming)
GM_SourceType_External = 14: External source file
GM_SourceType_GvlfLidar = 15: GVLF Streaming Lidar
GM_SourceType_VWorldDEM = 16: VirtualWorld (WorldWind) DEM
GM_SourceType_GeoPackage = 17: GeoPackage SQLite database (not an online source)
GM_SourceType_MBTiles = 18: MBTiles SQLite database (not an online source)
GM_SourceType_RMaps = 19: RMaps SQLite database (not an online source)
GM_SourceType_REST_FeatureService = 20: Esri RESTful data source, feature service
GM_SourceType_DynamicWFS = 21: Dynamic list of WFS sources
GM_SourceType_DynamicWMS = 22: Dynamic list of WMS sources
GM_SourceType_DynamicWMTS = 23: Dynamic list of WMTS sources
GM_SourceType_MVT = 24: MapBox Vector Tiles online source
GM_SourceType_Entwine = 25: Entwine (EPT) Lidar source
GM_SourceType_DynamicEntwine = 26: Dynamic list of Entwine (EPT) Lidar sources

GM_SourceType_NumTypes = 27