Bugs We’ve Found
Have been talking to a few people about creating a centralized place to place general comments about bugs and other GeoMedia issues. I guess this is as good a place as any…so post away!
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July 12, 2007 at 6:54 pm
[...] Bugs We’ve Found [...]
July 13, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Here’s an issue we’ve been struggling with forever: in GeoMedia and GeoMedia Pro (6.00.34.97) on XP we intermittently see odd behavior in the Layout window. Obects don’t move or they move slowly, they disappear, and there is just a lot of unexpected behavior. A check of system resources shows no unusual consumption of CPU or memory. Other workspaces using the same database connections don’t have similar problems and the problems are not apparent in the map window which seems to rule out network latency.
I’m just wondering if others have seen similar problems and looking for ideas of other things to check.
Todd
July 14, 2007 at 7:08 pm
I notice what I think is the same thing on occassion - especially with text. It seems like some text objects become “corrupted”. They appear in the layout window but they can’t be selected or if they can be selected, although they appear in one place, it seems like they’re actually “virtually” in another place.
To get around this issue in the past, I attempt to delete the text, do a “Save As” (to hopefully compress or clean-out the corruption), and then close GM. I also make sure it’s not running in the background (even after it’s been closed) using the task manager.
After all of that, I typically reopen the workspace, place new text in the layout window, and move on. Thankfully it doesn’t happen too much.
Have you experienced this? Is this like what you’re describing?
In the end, I think it’s just corruption with the .gws.
Thoughts?
July 24, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Has anyone ever received a Catastrophic Failure when trying to add a legend entry in GeoMedia? One of my users is getting this message on a new workstation with a freshly loaded copy of GeoMedia Pro. I would appreciate any suggestions. The actual error message states: “PProService Automation Error Catastrophic Failure”. Thanks.
October 4, 2007 at 7:31 pm
Vicky Gallardo from the City of San Jose pointed out an interesting bug today. Apparently when using the GeoMedia Metadata Catalog Editor (formerly known as SMMS), it’s not working with the Oracle ODBC driver version 10.02.00.02 against an Oracle-based metadata catalog. Apparently this is available on the Oracle web site. However the version that comes on the Oracle Client 10g CD works fine. FYI - The version on the Oracle Client CD is 10.02.00.01.
December 20, 2007 at 8:44 am
Our GIS team has experienced a multitude of the Geomedia Pro programming bug errors. Some days, over 50% of our production time is spent overcomming the prgrams inherent code defects. The program is less trouble prone now than version 5, or early version 6, but some longstanding issues still haunt us.
We have been through a variety of various new powerful workstaions and OS over the years - makes no diff.
Here are a FEW of the problems we face using GeoMedia Professional over the years.
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Thematic Ranges Functionality (version 6+)
- Prior version 5 thematics are now “broken”.
- Re-creating the thematic results in Legend that no longer reflects logical range values.
- Thematic Range entry is no longer logical or intuitive.
- Long_Integer attributes values are now overlooked.
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Layout Window Problems (all versions)
Various Layout Window\Graphic Legend problems:
- “Convert Legend to Graphics” alters symbology
- Layout windows become unstable after several minutes.
- Graphical Objects rescaled or moved may rescale far-outside the scale box
- Graphical Objects rescaled or moved may disappear and won’t reappear until “fit”.
- Graphical Objects become non-selectable
- Copy and Paste functions perform poorly
- Occasional application error messages when attempting to copy (Cntl-C) object in layout window.
Layout window has been troublesome along these lines since 2001 (version 5.0), but seems to have worsened in GMPV6. Been thru two new high-end workstations since GMPV5. Computer makes no difference. Currently running Win XP SP2, but problems also occurred with Win NT4. Problems duplicate-able on other workstations in dept.
* Problems NOT specific to a particular computer, user, file, program version, display driver, or Windows version.
* Problems have existed since GeoMedia 5.0. Still has not been fixed.
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Memory Problems (all versions)
- Description: Despite having completely closed-out of GeoMedia Professional, “Geomedia.exe” often remains listed (active) in the Windows Task Manager Processes tab. This interferes with Windows log-out and also holds onto system RAM.
* Problems NOT specific to a particular computer, user, file, program version, display driver, or Windows version.
* Problem has existed since GeoMedia 5.0. Still has not been fixed.
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Buttons & Toolbars (all versions)
- Toolbars and Buttons randomly jump around, disappear, move, change, resize, etc…
- Something called “Ribbon Bar” (?) randomly appears and resizes, and will not go away. Sometimes stays on screen even after program is closed.
* Problems NOT specific to a particular computer, user, file, program version, display driver, or Windows version.
* Problems have existed since GeoMedia 5.0. Still has not been fixed.
We have reported all of these issues over the years and are still hoping that oneday Intergraph will hire Microsoft and\or Google to gut GeoMedia’s old code and correct these issues.
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January 3, 2008 at 8:52 pm
I have seen a LOT of the problems that Patrick has detailed. The problems are unfortunately untraceable to one trigger event, so of course Intergraph cannot assist with troubleshooting. The most frustrating for me are the Layout window issues and Buttons & Toolbar issues. We experience so many problems that rebuilding a GeoWorkspace from scratch has become a routine endeavor….
January 24, 2008 at 12:05 am
HI
I have some very kind problem on some of our workstations.
We use geomedia Pro 6.0 on a Citrix Server. On some workstation we can’t use the color-palette when we want to change the color of the text or the lines in the layout-window. If we click on the button, the color-palette is opening, but closes itself imedeately, so we can’t choose the color.
I knwo we can do this over charcteristics, but it’s very anoying.
On the workstations we have XP professionals Service 2 with all updates. On some workstations it works correctly.
I have testet: it does not depend of the user. If I change to a computer which is working, I also can work with my login.
Has anyone a solution?
Christopher Wyss
January 25, 2008 at 12:13 am
I have found a solution for my problem with the color palette. A Citrix problem.
Charge and install a new Client
January 29, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Hello everyone..
Can anyone tell me why the WebMap Publisher Administrator fail to load in Geomedia Pro v6?..I’d register the webmap pub admin at the “Register Administrator at Geomedia”..i also had un install webpub and install it back,and also had applied the latest hotfixes #9..but the weird things is when I install geomedia ver6.00, the webmap publisher administrator tool works well.Is there’s any hotfixes for geomedia pro version 6? Thanks in advance!
February 6, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Yes, there are many hotfixes for GM Pro. You need to check the Intergraph web site. The rule of thumb is that Intergraph releases a hotfix for both GM Pro and GM Standard. It’s not always the case, but it’s worth assuming that you’ll have a GM Pro hotfix when you have a GM Std hotfix.
March 14, 2008 at 8:56 am
Hey guys - I just thought I’d share something on Webmap. I’ve been using it a lot lately. Jeff did I miss it or maybe you could set up a webmap specific area?
So in case anyone is wondering, webmap (definitely webmap pub) does NOT support spatial queries. I.e., if you set up a spatial query using the query tool in webmap pub, it won’t work. So something simple like:
“select zone_desc_id from gis_admin.planning_zones_active a, gis_admin.active_parcels_apn b
where b.APN = ‘033102140′ and sdo_anyinteract (a.GEOMETRY, b.GEOMETRY) = ‘TRUE’;”
Works in sqlplus but fails if you do something similar in the query window in webmap pub. I filed a ticket with INGR and specifically the response was it’s not supported due to the use of ODBC connection.
Maybe you all knew this….oh, well, anyway! I’m trying to find a way to get ‘map characteristics’ as a query or click result in webmap. (That’s right, kind of like what we wanted to do for IDTSMaps in San Jose…but in webmap).
March 18, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Pete,
Glad to see you’re reading the site. It’s all one site - so no special place for GMWM. I’ve gotten Oracle-based spatial queries to work through WebPub. I haven’t tried it in 6.0, but was working fine before that. In fact I have a intersection query working in a webpub environment at CSJ. You might want to talk to Harsh and see if he can give you any hints. I’m not running a WebPub site right now, so I’m not going to be of much use on the topic until later this year when I get my site finalized…
Jeff
March 23, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Hi!!, congratulations, you blog is very interesting, especially for people that work with geomedia, one question, do you have something about Movile Viewer????, i want to work with this soft and i want some tutorials about it.
March 24, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Gianella,
Thanks for the kind words. Glad you find it to be a good resource!
Mobile Viewer? Do you mean GeoMedia Viewer? If not, are you talking about the G/Technology software? If you’re talking about G/Tech, I can do some research, but no, I don’t use the software personally so I wouldn’t have any training material.
Let me know.
Jeff
March 27, 2008 at 8:42 am
Does GeoMedia 6.1 uses multi-link fusion to resolve a specific distance range threshold for definite and possible matches when conflating features.
March 27, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Marshall,
I think I understand your question. GeoMedia 6.1, no. GeoMedia Fusion 5.2, 6.0, or 6.1, yes.
April 15, 2008 at 6:09 pm
I am having a strange problem with Webmap Pro/Webpub. I am teaching a Webmapping class this semester. (See http://webmap.cadgis.lsu.edu). I have about 30 students who are attempting to use Webpub to create webpub map sites. Each student has his own webpub folder and metadb. However, a number of them are getting permission denied errors when attempting to connect to the Webpub application through Geomedia. Error seems to be coming from WPAdministrator. Some of the messages have “Test 10″ added to them. Has anyone seen this behavior?
I know this is an odd request since not many managers have so many users attempting to use Webpub all at once on different metadb databases. Each users is connecting to his own Access warehouse for data.
-Farrell
April 15, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Farrell,
Is the error at the metadb side or at the application side? In other words, in the admin, when you connect to the site, which option (webpub site or metadb location) is giving you issues?
Are you running on Windows 2003 server?
Thinking it might be a IIS issue??? Maybe too many Access connections at the metadb level.
I’m assuming you have Oracle or SQL Server running. Perhaps you could create 30 schemas in Oracle as opposed to 30 Access metadbs. That might be a simpler way to go. You should be able to get it up and running even with Oracle XE in a matter of a few hours…probably a lot faster if you could reverse engineer the schema and get scripts for the tables created.
Give me a call at 408.279.7833 if you want to discuss this further.
Hope this helps.
Jeff
April 18, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Jeff,
The error occurs on the client when the user tries to connect to the application. The administrator form in Geomedia allows the user to enter the folder and metadb, but when the user clicks okay, the error appears. Stranger still is that the administrator continues to function and allows the user to add themes, add maps, update legends, etc. except when the user clicks okay, there is an error message about unable to process updates.
I have 30 metadbs. Each student has his own metadb. This problem could be some kind of limit on the number of Access connections, but the only limit I have seen on the web is the number of connections to a single Access database.
I am running with Windows Server 2003, IIS, and Webmap/Webpub with the latest hotfix.
April 23, 2008 at 6:18 am
Hy,
one question regarding functional attribute and area. Why is a difference in area in general tab properties of object and in functional attribute created from input geometry? Is there some logical explanation, or is it a bug?
April 23, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Grey,
They are one in the same. The area functional attribute is there because you can do a lot more with it. For instance, you can nest the area in another function, perform math on the function, put the area into an attribute of the feature, etc. The functional is designed for an entire feature class or query. The Area tab is designed just for one feature in a feature class.
If you’re getting different results, you’re most likely not using the area function completely correctly. You need to make sure to format the area in the correct units…that’s most likely your issue.
Jeff
April 24, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Can U gave me example how to correct use functional attribute for area?
April 24, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Grey,
Sure. AREA(Input.Geometry, ProjectedMeas, SquareMile)
I built this against the USSample data set - against the states feature class.
If I set the View > Geoworkspace Coordinate System to Square Miles and then compare to my functional attribute result, they are the same.
You can play with the units by looking at the Constants Category in the functional attributes dialog.
June 27, 2008 at 5:42 am
Hi!
I have problem with PositionalTolerance in C#.
I need change it, but next code:
using AdvGeoMathSvc = Intergraph.GeoMedia.AdvGeoMathSvc;
AdvGeoMathSvc.AdvGeoMathService oAdvGMathSvc = new AdvGeoMathSvc.AdvGeoMathService();
oAdvGMathSvc.PositionalTolerance = 0.2;
not changed value.
How to do it?
July 17, 2008 at 3:00 pm
I have several large GeoMedia 6.0 workspace templates that I have made and use on a regular basis. I have on several occasions tried to update these by removing large sets of queries and legends. After updating I have noticed that these workspace templates did not seem to load any faster and their file sizes would not reduce as much as I thought they should. I thought this was odd so one day I took one of my larger templates that was about 7MB in size and just deleted everything from it and saved the file. This new totally blank workspace file size was about 3MB, which is still very large, and the loading speed was not much better. So I then tried this on all my templates and had the same problems. Now I no-longer update these templates due amount of memory usage they require, so if I have to update I basically have to make a new template. It would be great if knew where this excess information is being stored and how can I get these particular workspace templates to stop processing it? Is this thing something that I am doing when I am making these templates, if so how can I avoid it?
July 17, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Daniel,
Have you tried a “Save As” as opposed to a save. This should work better for you.
Jeff
July 21, 2008 at 9:49 am
When I use Insert Area Feature command with the option point by point + Continue Geometry, in order to insert holes inside the main polygon, GeoMedia automatically checks the position of the holes. I can’t insert any hole overlapping the lines of the main polygon.
However, if I do the same using a different option, (i.e. place by rectangle, etc.) GeoMedia doesn’t check whether the lines of the polygons overlap each other. Therefore, I can introduce holes overlapping any other line.
July 23, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Marta,
That sounds like a bug. Have you filed that with Intergraph?
Jeff