Downloading Tenements for GeoMap Projects - Changes

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Changes to the Download Names and Updating Tenements for the Tenements ESRI shapefiles used in GeoMap Projects

Training Video Explaining the Changes to the Tenement Download Links

Process of downloading your Tenements

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Changes to the Download Names and Updating Tenements for the Tenements ESRI shapefiles used in GeoMap Projects

Only Relevant to GeoMap Users!!!

Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMIRS) have changed their download link for downloading the Tenement Shape Files from Data and Software Centre and changed the name of the ESRI shapefiles for Current and pending tenements from "tenements.shp" to "CurrentTenements_shp".

This will have a number of impacts on you.

• If you are downloading tenements to a specific folder on your PC and your GeoMap project is looking for a "Tenements.shp" file to include in the tenements layer in your GeoMap projects it will simply add the last file with that name in the project – so your Projects will be out of date.
• You will need to change EVERY Project to include the new tenements shapefiles which are called "Current_tenements.shp" now
• You will then need to reconfigure that CurrentTenements.shp layer to the colours and Information you require.
• If you use our APP - the “Download Tenements” APP provided at Seminars from Gold Prospecting WA. Then you will need to upgrade it to "DownloadTenements.v3"

STOP PRESS. - We represented this to APLA and the Department of Mines and the upshot is that the DMIRS will enable the download of tenements.shp as well as the NEW currenttnements.shp until the end of March 2018 so both the V2 and V3 of our APP will work until then. However you need to change your GeoMap Projects to ensure that your Projects are pointing to the currenttenements.shp so they are automatically updated when you download Tenements from the DMIRS Data and Software Centre

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2.0 - Process of Downloading your Tenements

(2) The tenements shapefile download Folder we use at Geomap training and standard folder setups for adding Tenements to projects is C:/GeoMapData/Tenements/tenements.shp. YOU may have your tenements files in a different folder on your PC.

(3) The Shapefile "Tenements.shp" WILL WORK - but will be OUT OF DATE - in your projects so you need to add a new layer of tenements "Current_Tenements.shp" to your GeoMap Projects.

(4) You obtain the new download "CurrentTenements.shp" ESRI Shapefiles from DMIRS Data and Software Centre – IN THE SAME WAY you obtained the "Tenements.shp" file, but it is now called "CurrentTenements.shp".

(5) You will need to ADD a new TENEMENTS layer EVERY project you want to change AND Browse to C:/GeoMapData/Tenements/CurrentTenements.shp (or the folder you store your tenement shapefiles in for GeoMap; Projects) TO ADD THE CURRENT UP TO DATE TENEMENTS.

(6) Remove the Old Tenements layer and configure the new "CurrentTenements" layer to the colours and types of information you want.

Training Video Explaining the Changes to the Tenement Download Links

Change of Tenements ESRI Shapefiles Download Area - VIDEO Instructions to Fix this Issue

PDF Document on the Changes to Tenement Download Links

This change to the download of Tenements used in GeoMap projects was undertaken by DMIRS without any prior consultation or advice to APLA and Prospectors.

However after representation to DMIRS Stephen Bandy, a long time supporter of Prospectors, has provided a change in their methods and a parallel link so that our

download APP for tenements will work with the old and the new files at Least until March 2018. Thanks Stephen.

You may be interested in the changes to DMIRS advices about change and they are outlined on this page in the DMIRS Data and Software Centre in the Whats new Tab.

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