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This documentation relates to the GO Loader v1.8 Early Access Program (EAP) only.
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GO Loader 1.7

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GO Loader 1.8.x Documentation

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This draft documentation is under development and is reviewed in-line with GO Loader Early Access releases, ahead of the GO Loader 2.0 full release.

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GO Loader Background

The GO Loader product range is made up of the following components, enabling you to load data into your database of choice:

GO Loader Desktop - configuration of the transformations required for data loading into your database (Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL server 2008 etc).

GO Loader Agent - enterprise data loading service.

Loading XML? - We have opened up GO Loader to load XML, as well as the geographic extension (GML).

 

Further product information is available on GO Loader pages of the Snowflake website.

Installation Guide

Before using GO Loader, you will need to download an installer from the Snowflake Customer Portal support website. The GO Loader Installation Guide explains how to do this as well as set up licences and install (or uninstall) the software.

User Guide

The GO Loader User Guide covers the loading of GML datasets so if you are specifically loading Ordnance Survey (OS) datasets then please also refer to the GO Loader OSMM Cookbook (see below).

If you are new to GO Loader, the GO Loader User Guide will be the best place to start with which covers background and advanced concepts and includes a Getting Started with a Worked Example section. 

The Physical Database Organisation section introduces you to other concepts that you may find useful: tablespaces, partition maps, primary geometry and spatial clustering. 

Database Archiving covers the concepts behind change only update data (currently this is specifically OS MasterMap data). 

You can also post-processing tools use when linking GIS to your database and using other data specific post-processing tools.

The GO Loader Reference Guide provides a knowledge base of what each button and menu option does and is useful as a reference, for the experienced GO Loader User.

GO Loader Agent User Guide

Audience:

This document is intended for end users who have an existing understanding of and experience in using GO Loader Desktop and who want to progress to the next stage of loading; using GO Loader Agent for batch loading. 

Batch Data Loading:

The Running Agent in Batch Mode section covers bulk loading using GO Loader Agent.

Agent Commands covers the list of GO Loader Agent commands available including call examples.

Using Tools with Agent covers the post processing tools that can be used with GO Loader Agent.

 

Working with data:

Ordnance Survey MasterMap Data

If you are loading OS MasterMap data, the GO Loader OS MasterMap Cookbook is for you. It includes details for setting up your GO Loader project and performing an initial load of the data. The cookbook additionally explains how to load Change Only Update (COU) data and make use of your data archives.

OS MasterMap Data Load Summary acts as a good reference to give you a reminder of the MasterMap data loading steps. The Database Archiving explains how to make best use of the archives generated when loading COU data.

Post-Processing Tools

  • The ITN Tool User Guide explains how to run this post-processing tool which processes the OSMM ITN Road Network and RRI themes.
  • The FVDS Tool User Guide explains to run this post-process tool which processes the Feature Validation Data Set (FVDS) - if you have ordered that with your OSMM data.
  • The GIS Registration Tool User Guide explains how to run this post-process tool after data load using GO Loader. If you are connecting to ESRI or MapInfo GIS, you will find the GIS Registration Tool invaluable.  

OpenStreetMap (OSM) Data

 

 

Read the OpenStreetMap Data overview for more information about OSM and how you can use GO Loader with it. Using the OpenStreetMap Project Template runs through the process of setting up a project specifically for OSM data from a standard template. 

You may need to split your raw data into smaller more manageable files in which case OpenStreetMap Splitter provides useful background information.

OpenStreetMap Workflow runs through the process of loading OSM data. 

Use the OpenStreetMap Geometry Tool to create geometries in your database to view in a GIS.

Release Notes

The GO Loader release notes provide background information to Snowflake Softwares development process and provides explanatory information on what is included in our release notes.

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