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====== Share Data ======

You would like to share 3D mapping data and/or reference resources in a publication via:
  * [[2210:products:3dm_cloud|]]
  * [[2210:products:3dm_publisher|]]

You can get data ready for sharing with:
  * [[2210:products:3dm_content_manager|]]
  * [[2210:products:3dm_import_and_upload_tool|]]

==== Prepare the resources ====

Use the Catalog tab and sidebar to keep an overview of your data and to check if the data is ready for sharing.

  - Decide which data you want to share and prepare them properly:
    * [[2210:userdoc:import|Import]] the data in Orbit software.
    * Possibly, you can create vector reference data via [[2210:userdoc:extract|feature extraction]].
  - Add resource to the [[2210:desktop_ext:catalog|Catalog]].
  - Optimize data
    * 3D Mapping run: [[2210:desktop_ext:mapping:manage:imagery|Optimize images]].
    * Reference resources: [[2210:desktop:tools:optimize_data|Optimize]] to an orbit format.
  - Check if resource is ready for upload in the [[2210:desktop_ext:catalog|Catalog]].

==== Merge 3D mapping runs ====

The Orbit team advises having:
  * a maximum of 20 resources in a publication. 
  * the resources at their lowest granularity of how you want to present them to the user in a publication.  

There are three options to merge your 3D mapping data accordingly to the above advice:
  - [[2210:desktop_ext:delivery|Delivery]] extension in [[2210:products:3dm_content_manager|Orbit 3DM Content Manager]]:
    * **When?** Use this option if you don't want to visualize the runs one by one.
    * **What?** Merge several 3D Mapping runs into one large run.
  - [[2210:server:publisher_console:resource_groups|Dynamic resource groups]]:
    * **When?** Use this option if you do want to have the runs separate or if the data is delivered to you one by one, not giving you the option to prepare them all at once; and if the runs represent data in another location. You can interpret this as that the bounding boxes around the runs are (almost) not overlapping.
    * **What?** Dynamic resource groups are resource groups of which the runs are not loaded in all at once at starting up the publication. Only the resources that are within the current view of the publication are loaded in. This increases performance when you have a large number of runs.
    * It's important that the different resources are not all in the same location. Otherwise, you end up in the same situation as with a normal resource group.
    * Using dynamic resource groups wisely, the maximum number of resources is not relevant anymore.
  - Create several publications with fewer resources.

==== Make the resource available in the console of the sharing software ====

  * Upload the resource to the 3D Mapping Cloud using [[2210:desktop_ext:3d_mapping_cloud_upload|]].
  * Add the resource to the [[2210:server:publisher_console:resources|Publisher Console]].