====== Accessing Resources ======


===== About Resources =====

==== Resource and Dataset ====

  * In Orbit GIS, all spatial data is referred as a "Dataset"
  * The physically file is referred as a "Resource".

==== Vector and Raster data ====
  * Resources can hold vector data, image (raster) data or both.
  * See Orbit GIS [[orbitgis:introduction:orbit:formats|supported storage formats]].
  * See [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_information_system|Wikipedia : Data representation Vector and Raster]].

==== Resource Locations ====
  * Resources can be located locally, on the network or on the web.
  * Select resources using [[.:resource_browser|the resource browser]].
  * Orbit GIS can overlay resources from different locations in a single view (geofusion).

===== The Resource Browser =====
See [[.:resource_browser|the resource browser]].
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Use the resource browser to find and select resources to add to your view (workspace).

==== Accessing local resources ====
See the resource browser : [[.:resource_browser#local file system|local file system]].
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You can add a file of various storage formats to view in Orbit GIS. Browse you computer local and network folders dynamically. You can enter a URL or UNC to access remote filesystems.



==== Accessing EOS corporate resources ====
See the resource browser : [[.:resource_browser#eos corporate resource|eos corporate resource]].
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In networked and corporate environments, the EOS Registry provides a central address to access resources located anywhere on the corporate network. You can access files on drives you technically have no access to, or to remotely stored data in relational databases without having a connection to that database.

To add an EOS registry resource, you require the presence of the EOS system. 
  * See [[http://www.orbitgis.com/index.php?c=products/prod_server.htm|www.orbitgis.com EOS]].
  * See [[eos:index|EOS Documentation]]

==== Accessing web resources ====
See the resource browser : [[.:resource_browser#web resource|web resource]].
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Orbit can dynamically and directly access EOS Web resources. To add a web resource to your view, you can connect to any remote EOS system.