Viewing SmarterWX information in an external GIS application

SmarterWX allows you to display data in external GIS applications that support the GeoServices REST Specification, such as ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Pro. The SmarterWX GIS API is expected to be called by an application that understands how to work with token-based security with GeoServices REST services. The explanation below is of a technical nature and is intended […]

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Using Third-Party Authentication Providers

You can configure SmarterWX to use your organisation’s own identity provider for single sign-on. SmarterWX can be configured to work with a SAML 2.0 compliant identify provider such as Microsoft Active Directory Federation Server (ADFS). When your users attempt to sign-on to SmarterWX they will be redirected to your organisation’s identity provider where they will be authenticated. […]

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Publishing – Analysis Review

On completion of the analysis step you will be presented with a view similar to the one shown below. This is a summary of what will be created if you choose to publish data. At this step your uploaded data is still private and the table is giving you an indication of the impact should you go ahead […]

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Publishing – Project Upload Method

When uploading new data there are a number of options presented. (NB If this is the first time you are loading data or you do not have any data in your current live data, you will only see load new or I don’t have any options). Choose the option that matches your objective: – Copy […]

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Publishing – Project Data File Selection

After you have selected your projects load option (e.g. Add New, Merge with Live) you will be shown the data file selector. Click on the cloud to open a file dialog or drag your file onto the cloud from your file explorer. Once you have selected the file you must choose the file format (e.g. […]

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Publishing – Editing Project Data

You can edit data after it’s been uploaded by selecting the “Make Changes” button. This will take you to an editing environment where you can change the fields of any of your projects. (NB you cannot change the unique ID of a project or update the geometry through the editor – upload a new file if […]

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Publishing – Exclusion Zone Data File Selection

After you have selected your exclusion zones load option (e.g. Add New, Merge with Live) you will be shown the data file selector. Click on the cloud to open a file dialog or drag your file onto the cloud from your file explorer. Once you have selected the file you must choose the file format […]

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Publishing – Editing Exclusion Zone Data

You can edit data after it’s been uploaded by selecting the “Make Changes” button. This will take you to an editing environment where you can change the fields of any of your exclusion zones. (NB you cannot change the unique ID of an exclusion zone or update the geometry through the editor – upload a new […]

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Publishing – Exclusion Zone Revision Options

Once you have uploaded data, or started to edit any existing dataset, you will be shown options for what you want to do with the data. You can either return to the data load step, manually edit the data in your dataset or progress on to the next step (choosing matching rules). The most common […]

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Publishing – Opportunity/Conflict Matching Rules

The matching rules tell SmarterWX how you would like it to find opportunities and exclusion zone conflicts for your organisation. These rules will be applied to all projects and exclusion zones in your dataset against all live data that has been published by other organisations. The opportunity rules define how two projects will be classified […]

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