ImportNTF()

Argument

Contents

filenames

An array of path and file names of the file (volumes) to import, starting with volume 1 and listed in increasing volume order

data_product

The data product to import; one of the following: "ADDRESS-POINT", "BaseData.GB", "Boundary-Line", "Land-Line", "Land-Form PANORAMA Contours", "Land-Form PANORAMA DTM", "Land-Form PROFILE Contours", "Land-Form PROFILE DTM", "OSCAR Asset-Manager", "OSCAR Network-Manager", "OSCAR Route-Manager", "Strategi", "Urban-Areas"

level

level or feature type name, as returned in the levels array from GetNTFInfo (this may be null for some products)

new_db_name

The path and file name of the new geographic file

layer_type

The type of features to import: "Point", "Line", or "Area"

table_name

The path and file name of the new table file

Option

Type

Contents

Label

String

A descriptive label for the geographic file

Layer Name

String

The name of the layer in the geographic file

Median Split

Boolean

If "True" special handling insures that entities which cross the 180 degree longitude line are imported properly; if "False" (the default), no special handling is invoked

Node Layer Name

String

The desired name for the endpoint layer (only when importing a line layer)

Node Table

String

The path and file name of a table to store node attributes (only if layer_type is Line)

Optimize

Boolean

Whether to optimize the geographic file automatically after the import; defaults to "True"

Error Type

Meaning

NotFound

There is no file by this name; or there are no entities in the files of the desired type

Error

The file is not a valid NTF file; the files are out of sequence; or the files are not from the same data series

Function

Summary

GetNTFInfo()

Provides information on a dataset of Ordnance Survey NTF volumes

GetNTFVolume()

Returns information on an Ordnance Survey NTF file (volume)