Geographic Determination tab - centrusdesktop - 2024.01

Use the Geographic Determination tab to determine which data layers are available to the Geographic Determination module. You can add data layers that are already in .gsb format, such as the States.gsb and Counties.gsb files. You can also import geocoded tables from database files, and import third-party layer files.

The Geographic Determination tab displays only a Configure button until you specify a file in the Geographic Determination page of the Process Options dialog box.

Adding a Geographic Determination Point file

To add a layer:

1. Click Process on the menu bar from the main Centrus Desktop screen, then select Options.
2. Click the Geographic Determination tab.
3. Click Add Point File. A file selection dialog box appears.
4. Select the file to add and click Open. The added file appears on the Spatial Files for Geographic Determination list.

Adding a Geographic Determination Line file

To add a layer:

1. Click Process on the menu bar from the main Centrus Desktop screen, then select Options.
2. Click the Geographic Determination tab.
3. Click Add Line File. A file selection dialog box appears.
4. Select the file to add and click Open. The added file appears on the Spatial Files for Geographic Determination list.

Adding a Geographic Determination Polygon file

To add a layer:

1. Click Process on the menu bar from the main Centrus Desktop screen, then select Options.

1. Click the Geographic Determination tab.
2. Click Add Polygon File. A file selection dialog box appears.
3. Select the file to add and click Open. The added file appears on the Spatial Files for Geographic Determination list.

Importing a Geographic Determination file

To import a file:

1. Click Process on the menu bar from the main Centrus Desktop screen, then select Options.
2. Click the Geographic Determination tab.
3. Click Import. The Import File Type dialog box appears.
   Note: Geographic Determination requires that all objects in the file be of the same type.
4. Select the corresponding radio button of the file type you want to import. The Importer dialog box appears.
5. Select the radio button corresponding to the file type (shape files or tables files) you want to import.
6. Click the appropriate Browse buttons to select the file to import, and the object file (.gsb) to create.
7. Click the Identifier Field drop-down list to select which field to use as identifier.
8. Click Browseon the Output dialog box to select the object file (.gsb) to create.
9. Select the Enable Buffering checkbox to return any distance values.
10. Select the Create Spatial Attributes checkbox to create attributes with more information about the objects.

    For more information about Spatial attributes, see Spatial attributes.

    Note: If the input file is a proprietary shape file, the file must be a .shp or .tab file. If the input is a table file, the type must be delimited, text, .dbf, or .mdb.
11. Click Import.
12. Click OK. The Available Outputs selection box is populated with the standard Name, Distance, and Direction attributes, as well as the fields contained in your import file (if you imported Spatial attributes). You can now assign any of these fields as output fields.

Removing files

To remove files:

1. Select Process > Options from the main Centrus Desktop menu.
2. Click the Geographic Determination tab.
3. Select the file you want to remove from the Spatial Files for Geographic Determination list and click Remove.