It's been several years since I wrote any GM scripts and I'm pretty rusty. Thank you very much for any help!

Kind regards,

Kelly

I defined a custom point symbol for fold axis and it does not rotate automatically with DIP. DIP_AZI attributes.

Can you help?

Cheers

Here is my script (the relevant section)

Any help would be appreciated. I'm mainly wondering how the NEW_LAYER_PROJ parameter is meant to be used.

I have a simple global mapper script that import elevation layers from a folder on sharepoint and export elevation of a point layer.

This works fine on my computer but other people can't run the script because the import file path is linked to the sharepoint sync'ed on my computer.

Import line in the code for example:

IMPORT FILENAME="C:\Users\COMPUTER PC ID\SHAREPOINT SITE NAME\FOLDER ON SHAREPOINT\2025 Best Available Bathy.gmp" \

The issue is other people wouldn't have the same COMPUTER PC ID.

I've tried the URL method but it didn't work (maybe due to firewall issues).

Does anyone have a smart way to make the COMPUTER PC ID to automatically be the user's pc ID not fixed to what's in the address?

Thanks a lot guys!

I have tried SET_LAYER_OPTIONS with POLYGON_CROP_FILE but it only seems to crop the raster to a single polygon. I was also not sure if CLIP_COLLAR_POLY could be used.

I am having issues trying to merge all ASCII files in subfolders to then export to the root (master folder) the combined file from each subfolder. I cant use RECURSIVE and the FILENAME_MASK=".." does not seem to work. This code starts to loop over the xyz files then gives the error that no elevation data is present at the export. It then goes back round and tries to loop again and crashes globalmapper if i exit.

DIR_LOOP_START DIRECTORY="%MASTER_FOLDER%*"

  // Loop through Subfolders

  DIR_LOOP_START DIRECTORY="%MASTER_FOLDER%*" FILENAME_MASK=".."

    IMPORT_ASCII FILENAME="%FNAME_W_DIR%" TYPE="POINT_ONLY" FILENAME_MASK="*.XYZ" \

      PROJ_NAME="TM_WGS84" COORD_DELIM="AUTO" COORD_FORMAT="DECIMAL" COORD_ORDER="X_FIRST" \

      INC_COORD_LINE_ATTRS="YES" COL_HEADERS="NO" INC_ELEV_COORDS="YES" \

      CREATE_AREAS_FROM_LINES="NO" SKIP_COLUMNS="0" SKIP_ROWS="0" \

      LINE_TYPE="Unclassified Line Feature" ELEV_UNITS="METERS"

  DIR_LOOP_END

  EXPORT_ELEVATION FILENAME="%MASTER_FOLDER%%FNAME_NO_EXT%_cropped.asc" TYPE=ARCASCIIGRID POLYGON_CROP_NAME="Crop-TSF-Border"

  UNLOAD_ALL

DIR_LOOP_END

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I am running V23.1

I am using the following line of code and on some geotiffs all data outside my polygon crop is empty area (as i want). On others, the geotiff is aligning data as a 0 elevation value outside my polygon crop. Is there a way to force delete areas outside the polygon crop?

EXPORT_ELEVATION FILENAME="%MASTER_FOLDER%%PARENT_DIR%_cropped.tif" TYPE=GEOTIFF POLYGON_CROP_NAME="Crop-TSF-Border" ELEV_UNITS="METER" FORCE_SQUARE_PIXELS="YES" SAMPLE_TYPE="U32" FILL_GAPS="NO" BG_TRANSPARENT="YES"

In the Global Mapper script language reference documentation, I can't find the TYPE abbreviation for exporting in XY Harris Multilayer Text File, as it is possible to do directly in Global Mapper.

Could someone tell me if it's possible to export to XY Harris Multilayer Text File using the Global Mapper scripting language ? If not, is it possible to ask Global Mapper to add this option ? And if so, how ?

Thank you.

Is it possible to get a GMS example for the above

Chop/ Modify Selected Areas with Islands to Remove Islands

function?

I'd like to script it so I can process vector geometry on a repeating basis?

Thanks!

I'm typically using v23.1 but I can use newer if it's required.

I am using 30 arc sec elevation data. It is re-projected to Equirectangular Projection. So the resolution is 927.662 meters. When I attempt to export via the GUI/menu (see picture) I do get a resolution results of 927.661987 meters which is good.

When I import and run the following GM script it results in a resolution of 926.888977 in both X and Y.

Script:

GLOBAL_MAPPER_SCRIPT VERSION="1.00"

EXPORT_ELEVATION FILENAME="C:\GM exports\SRTM 60.00.00 to 50.00.00 -10.00.00 to 0.00.00 30.wrl"\

TYPE=VRML SPATIAL_RES_METERS=927.662 VERT_EXAG=1 LAT_LON_BOUNDS=-10,50,0,60

I have several netcdf files containing data on current direction and speed. When one of these files is dragged into Global Mapper to be opened, a window appears asking you to select the parameters to be displayed (here Speed or Direction or both to be ticked).

I'd like to be able to make a loop that imports several files of the same type but directly displays the two parameters (Speed and Direction) without displaying this choice dialogue box.

I have a lot of files to import. The advantage is to have a loop that opens all the files directly in Global Mapper without having to tick the parameter to be loaded for each file. In a way, you lose the point of the loop and the import automation...

I can't find a function in the documentation that would allow me to do this. Could you help me achieve what I want ?

My script :

GLOBAL_MAPPER_SCRIPT VERSION=1.00

DIR_LOOP_START DIRECTORY="path" FILENAME_MASKS="*.NC" RECURSE_DIR=NO

IMPORT FILENAME="%FNAME_W_DIR%"

DIR_LOOP_END

My issue :

Is there any command or function to the tool "Vectorize Raster"? I can't seem to find anything in documentation for this specific tool.

Thanks

I would like, using the native scripting language, to select features (using a SPATIAL_OPERATION) from a layer and delete them.

As far as I know the SPATIAL_OPERATION can create a new layer.

How can I remove the selected features from the original layer?

Thanks

Giorgio

I have re visited gm 25 and are now running my scripts.

I have loaded all the required data layers into GM25 saved that to a GMW file and now running a directory loop to create mapped geo coordinate areas from the main map, I will include the scripts and commands, 

The loop scripts worked fine in GM 12 , and are working the same with GM 25.1

They are running through the loop and creating zones from the script and saving to a folder, that is great.

There is one issue that I have, when the program runs through a directory loop in Global Mapper 25.1, and that is it is not displaying one overlay that I place over the map all other layers are displaying as they are supposed to. The layer that will not display is the one I load with > Open file at fixed screen location< option

The file is a temperature bar I place to the side of the map as an overlay, this is a .png format image. This displays fine on the map and when I save a raster image in Geo Tiff just running the .GMW  All the layerS are there in the saved geo tiff image.including the temperature bar

But the problem is when I run the directory loop command with the .gms scripts which cut the map into 15 zones, the temperature strip does not appear on any of the maps created from the the .gms scripts in the directory loop command.

This worked fine in v12 but not in v25

I have included the script I use.

DIR_LOOP_START DIRECTORY="C:\Users\64274\Pictures\downloads\AA GLOBAL MAPPER SCRIPT\maps\"

EMBED_SCRIPT FILENAME="map1.GMS"

EMBED_SCRIPT FILENAME="map2.GMS"

EMBED_SCRIPT FILENAME="map3.GMS"

EMBED_SCRIPT FILENAME="map4.GMS"

EMBED_SCRIPT FILENAME="map5.GMS"

EMBED_SCRIPT FILENAME="map6.GMS"

EMBED_SCRIPT FILENAME="map7.GMS"

EMBED_SCRIPT FILENAME="map8.GMS"

EMBED_SCRIPT FILENAME="map9.GMS"

EMBED_SCRIPT FILENAME="map10.GMS"

EMBED_SCRIPT FILENAME="map11.GMS"

EMBED_SCRIPT FILENAME="map12.GMS"

EMBED_SCRIPT FILENAME="map13.GMS"

EMBED_SCRIPT FILENAME="map14.GMS"

EMBED_SCRIPT FILENAME="map15.GMS"

UNLOAD_ALL

DIR_LOOP_END  

GLOBAL_MAPPER_SCRIPT VERSION=1.00

EXPORT_RASTER\

PALETTE=OPTIMIZED\

FILENAME="map1.TIF"\

TYPE=GEOTIFF\

COMPRESSION=LZW\

INC_VECTOR_DATA=YES\

GEN_WORLD_FILE=YES\

SAVE_SCALE_AND_LEGEND=YES\

EXPORT_SCALE=0\

DPI=0\

GLOBAL_BOUNDS=173.80,-35.48,176.00,-34.34\

The command above is the .gms script.

Should I be including anything else?

Thank you very much for help, appreciate it!

I saw a previous post that there is a future version planned that will include script support for Create Rings or Ellipses. Is it planned for the near future? Any development timeline. Currently I am plotting out risks for multiple points is there an alternative that can be used instead to produce ellipses?

SET_BG_COLOR COLOR=(255,255,255)

I reproject my input LCC GeoTiff (that has a background value of 255) to Google's Web mercator.

I use export raster to save the results to a new file.

Then I open the exported image in a 3rd party software and can see two different background values. The original, plus a new outer ring of zeros (0). How do I export the data so that there is only one background value? Also, I can't use the "BG_TRANSPARENT=YES" as that will create an alpha channel--besides the output still has two different values for background (0 and 255) which other basic 3rd party image viewers do not use.

Is there a way around this?

I am stuck at an issue and have been trying numerous things but, I feel as if I am going down the wrong paths so any assistance would be helpful.

In this part of my script, I am attempting to define a bounds poly (to place in a layer in order to reference for cropping later) but I can't seem to figure out how to load said poly into a layer and display it in editor.

Here is my existing method, any pointers would be super appreciated.

// Global Mapper Script to draw a polygon

// Define coordinates

DEFINE_VAR NAME="ULX" VALUE="679994.500"

DEFINE_VAR NAME="ULY" VALUE="3990005.500"

DEFINE_VAR NAME="LRX" VALUE="700005.500"

DEFINE_VAR NAME="LRY" VALUE="3979994.500"

// Define layer name

DEFINE_VAR NAME="LAYER_NAME" VALUE="CropPoly"

//draw rectangle from coords

DEFINE_TEXT_FILE FILENAME="SceneBoundsPolygon"

CLOSED=YES

%ULX%, %ULY%

%LRX%, %ULY%

%LRX%, %LRY%

%ULX%, %LRY%

%ULX%, %ULY%

END_DEFINE_TEXT_FILE

I would like to create a script that prompts the user to select a folder location via a GUI window (open folder location), and then based on that folder location a series of files contained with subfolders get added recursively based on standardized naming conventions.

Any advice?

Thanks,

Craig

I already have a script to generate a DTM for the entire area or within a specified polygon, but I want to make it so it automatically extracts the coordinates of the current view and generates the product accordingly. Here is the script I currently use to generate for the whole area:

GLOBAL_MAPPER_SCRIPT VERSION=1.00 

SET_OPT LIDAR_FILTER="NONE,2" 

GENERATE_ELEV_GRID ELEV_UNITS="METERS" GRID_ALG="BIN_MAX" GRID_BIN_SIZE="5" LAYER_DESC="DSM" NO_DATA_DIST_MULT="0" GRID_SAVE_TIN="NO" GRID_FILL_TO_BOUNDS="NO" GRID_FLATTEN_AREAS="YES" GRID_HEIGHTS_RELATIVE="NO" GRID_USE_CONSTRAINTS="YES" GRID_IGNORE_ZERO="NO" GRID_TYPE="ELEV" SOFT_EDGE_DIST="2"

Additionally, is there a way to assign a keyboard shortcut, such as F2, to instantly execute this script for quicker access? The closest I found is to run the script manually and then use the "Run Previous Script" shortcut.

Maybe I am missing something, but I can not figure out how to export new layers that are split by an attribute

DIR_LOOP_START DIRECTORY="I:\Temp\CSVs" FILENAME_MASKS=*.csv

IMPORT_ASCII FILENAME=%FNAME_W_DIR% TYPE="POINT_ONLY" COORD_DELIM="AUTO" COORD_FORMAT="DECIMAL" COORD_ORDER="X_FIRST" INC_COORD_LINE_ATTRS="YES" COL_HEADERS="YES" INC_ELEV_COORDS="YES" SKIP_COLUMNS="0" SKIP_ROWS="0" ELEV_UNITS="METERS"

Set_Layer_Options FILENAME="%FNAME_W_DIR%.csv" ELEV_FIELD="ELEVATION" ELEV_UNITS="METERS"

Split_Layer Filename="%FNAME_W_DIR%.csv" SPLIT_BY_ATTR="Year"

Export_Vector Filename="I:\Temp\CSVs\%Layer_Desc%.csv" Type=CSV

Unload_All

Dir_Loop_End

The export of the new split vector layers is just the original file. There is no split exports.

I am pretty sure my syntax is incorrect, and something must sit in between Split_Layer and Export_Vector, but I can't figure it out. I really could use some help.

Thanks

Is it possible to script the "Ungroup Multi-Part Polygons Into Separate Areas function (found under Advanced Feature Creation Options).

Thank you!

IMPORT FILENAME="file1.SHP" TYPE=SHAPEFILE

.....editing operations.....

EXPORT_VECTOR FILENAME="file3.SHP" TYPE=SHAPEFILE SHAPE_TYPE=AREAS GEN_PRJ_FILE=YES POLYGON_CROP_FILE="file2.SHP" POLYGON_CROP_USE_ALL=YES

UNLOAD_ALL

The script load a file, do some editing then export it while performing a crop with another file.

Then UNLOAD_ALL and restart from the beginning with anther set of files.

Sometimes the final crop does not work.

But if I extract that portion of the script into a separate file and run it, then it works (so I am not able to replicate the problem and send a request of support to geohelp).

It looks like GM after some time running a script have some problems...memory leak ?

Do you have any suggestion to avoid this?

I also tried reducing the Script size, but it seems a random problem.

Thanks for your help.

Giorgio

how can i use GM script to export (save) shp file attribute (table) to csv

just like the " save to csv " function in attribute Editor

----------------------------------

GLOBAL_MAPPER_SCRIPT VERSION=1.00

UNLOAD_ALL

   IMPORT FILENAME="aaa.shp" TYPE=AUTO  PROJ_FILENAME="aaa.prj"

   EXPORT ????? (i don't know what script should be written here)

UNLOAD_ALL

DIR_LOOP_END

----------------------------------

thanks

suzuki

is there any way to script map layout templates? For example, for any given loaded data set (gmw), i'd like to create a gms (script ) that will ask for a capture date (as variable eg. DEFINE_VAR NAME="CapDate) that will be populated in LAYOUT_ELEMENT as a text, and be part of exported map (PDF). ... it seams that %CapDate% does not work ...

Cheers