Feature Representation

In addition to the generic FME feature attributes that FME Workbench adds to all features (see About Feature Attributes), this format adds the format-specific attributes described in this topic.

Built-in Fields  
Field Name Description

gcm_x_value

Stores the x-coordinate for the feature. if you wish to use this field directly, you will need the map precision to determine the actual value stored. It is always better to interrogate the geometry of the feature directly if you want to find the x or y coordinates of the feature.

gcm_xp_value

Stores another x-coordinate. For a line, these would be the two end-points of the feature. As with the X field, this must be combined with the map precision to yield an accurate value.

gcm_y_value

Stores the y-coordinate, in the same way as the gcm_x_value field stores the x-coordinate

gcm_yp_value

Stores the y-coordinate. This is analogous to the gcm_xp_value field.

gcm_angle

Determines the angle of the object in tenths of a degree used for symbols and text features)

gcm_length

Gives the pre-computed length of the feature.

gcm_surface

Stores the precomputed area of the object along with the units used.

gcm_class_name

Stores the unmodified value for the name of the class

gcm_subclass_name

Stores the unmodified value for the name of the subclass

gcm_identifier

Stores the invariant identifier for the map object. It will be a unique value within a map

gcm_name

Stores the name of the map object. For text objects, this field stores the displayed text string

A user-defined field may be of any type specified in the DEF section.

As noted earlier, two features that are of the same type and subtype share all the same fields, and only their values for these fields and their geometries may differ.

It should be noted, however, that there is no requirement that a user-defined field be assigned to each feature. So, a given feature may fail to have a value for a given field. Within FME, we represent an attribute that is null by not setting such an attribute.

In some cases, it may be that a user-defined attribute will clash with a GeoConcept built-in field name. In such cases, the user-defined attribute is renamed until there is no such clash of names.

For example, if you define an attribute “Name”, this is likely to collide with the built-in “Name” attribute in GeoConcept. If you actually wish to modify the Name built-in field in the GeoConcept map, you may do so by using the format attribute gcm_name, and assigning it whatever value you wish.

In addition to these, there is a set of reader-only attributes relating to the appearance of the object in GeoConcept. FME has limited support for appearances. They are not available on the writer, and all objects will have the default appearance for their class/ subclass that the destination map provides.

Arrow Field Attributes

For map objects containing an arrow, the following attributes define its characteristics. All arrow attributes have integer values. The gcm_arrow_s_value is a reserved value for GeoConcept whose value may change based on GeoConcept.

Built-in Fields  
Field Name Description

gcm_arrow_s_value

Provides the “s” value for the arrow. This is a reserved attribute.

gcm_arrow_colour_red

Provides the “red” value for the arrrow.

gcm_arrow_colour_green

Provides the “green” value for the arrrow.

gcm_arrow_colour_blue

Provides the “blue” value for the arrrow.

gcm_arrow_angle

Provides the angle of the arrow’s head.

gcm_arrow_fill_percentage

Provides the percentage fill of the arrow.

gcm_arrow_length

Provides the arrow length.

gcm_arrow_thickness

Provides the arrow thickness.

gcm_arrow_flags

Provides the flags set on the arrow.

gcm_arrow_number_of_segments

Provides the number of segments that comprise the
arrow.

Text Feature attributes

Text features in GeoConcept can have their appearance described in a number of ways. The following set of attributes specifies that appearance.

The attribute gcm_textAppearance.font specifies the name of the font (as a string). The font size is described by the attribute gcm_textAppearance.fontSize, and is restricted to an integer value. The strikeout, italic, underlined and framed properties of the text are given by the respective attributes below, and are Boolean values.

Built-in Fields  
Field Name Description

gcm_textAppearance.font

Provides the text feature’s font.

gcm_textAppearance.fontSize

Provides the text feature’s font size.

gcm_textAppearance.fontStyleStrikeOut

Specifies if the text feature is styled “strikeout”

gcm_textAppearance.fontStyleItalic

Specifies if the text feature is styled “italic”

gcm_textAppearance.fontStyleUnderlined

Specifies if the text feature is styled “underlined”

gcm_textAppearance.fontStyleFramed

Specifies if the text feature is styled “framed”

General Appearance Attributes

These attributes provide information on the appearance for each object. In each case, the values are integers which reflect an index into a table within the source GeoConcept map.

Built-in Fields  
Field Name Description

gcm_appearance_flag

Provides the flags on the appearance.

gcm_appearance_primary_
colour

Provides the primary color on the appearance.

gcm_appearance_secondary_
colour

Provides the secondary color on the appearance.

gcm_appearance_pattern

Provides the appearance pattern on the appearance.

gcm_appearance_primary_
width

Provides the primary width on the appearance.

gcm_appearance_icon

Provides the icon value for the appearance.

gcm_appearance_symbol

Provides the symbol value for the appearance

gcm_appearance_visibility

Provides the visibility of the appearance

gcm_appearance_properties

Provides the properties on the appearance.

gcm_appearance_kind

Provides the appearance kind.