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Note that Geomedia version 02.00.31.26 or higher is needed for the application to work. If you have older versions of Geomedia, download the appropriate hot fixes from the Intergraph Mapping/GIS Support webpage. 

• Download and unzip the package GMMITOrtho.zip. Make sure the option "use folder names" is checked in your zip program.

 
• Go to the folder where you extracted the files and run the MITOrthoInstall batch file.This batch file assumes that the Geomedia program directory is in your path. If you have the Geomedia Programming Utilities installed, you can use the add Sample Command option and install the orthoPost and pickServer commands.

1. Open a workspace in Geomedia. 
2. From the Tools menu, select Customize. Under the Toolbars tab, select Custom. 
3. If the installation procedure was successful, you will see the following two buttons at the end of the buttons list 
•    , corresponding to the orthoPost command 
•   , corresponding to the pickServer command. 
4. Drag both of these buttons to any toolbar.
   

1. For this first version of the application, you MUST set the coordinate system of the current workspace according to the following table. The FAQ gives instructions on how to do this.

 

Image source	Projection
ortho.mit.edu/nsdi	Massachusetts State Plane meters, Mainland zone, NAD83
coast.mit.edu	Massachusetts State Plane meters, Mainland zone, NAD83
ortho.edc.uri.edu	Rhode Island State Plane (ft)
silo.mit.edu	UTM (?)

2. You may also need to refresh the map view display after any operation involving zooming in, panning, etc. 

• Both commands only work when a MapWindow is active. 
• Click on the pickServer  button to choose an MITOrthoServer as the source for your orthophotos. You can experiment using the following servers. For more MITOrthoServers, refer to the MITOrtho homepage. 

 
• ortho.mit.edu/nsdi: Boston metropolitan area 
• silo.mit.edu: portions of South Dakota
• coast.mit.edu: Massachusetts coast 
• ortho.edc.uri.edu: Rhode Island

• Click on the orthoPost  button to bring the orthophoto that covers the geographic extent of the current view. 

• In case you get the error "cannot find msinet.ocx" when clicking on the world button, download the ocx package. Unzip it to c:\windows\system (for windows 95 and 98) or c:\winnt\system32 (for windows NT).