===== Getting started with the MM ArcGIS Plugin =====

The goal of this exercise is to demonstrate to the user how to use the ArcGis Plugin, to connect to a publication and use the available tools for viewing, navigation and measuring.


  * Relevant for : ArcGIS plugin 
 
===== Preparations =====

=== Reference documentation ===

  * [[180:products:mm_plugin_arcgis|]]
  * [[180:products:3dm_publisher_demonstrator|]]


=== Preceding Exercises ===  

 [[exercises:desktop:flash_webclient|]]

=== Resources ===

  * demo.optech.maverick, from https://demo.orbitgt.com/3d_mapping 


===== Exercise =====
Connect to the Orbit Demonstrator, Load publication, display point cloud. Measure and save the results, visualize metadata. 

  * Connect to the Orbit Demonstrator 
  * Load publication\\ Choose publication demo.trimble.mx8.essen_4326.
  * Overlay point cloud \\ Display the overlaid pointcloud on the imagery.
  * Measurements \\ Measure two areas, one using triangulation and one using the pointcloud. 
  * Copy measurements  \\ Save the measured areas as objects in ArcGIS.
  * Show metadata\\ Display the metadata for the currently opened panorama.



===== Results =====

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