Overture supports many popular formats for vector and line data. Vector data is stored in the Vectors data source collection.

The quickest way to load and visualize point data is by adding a vector map. Now you can add a vector provider by selecting "Vectors from File" from the Add selector:

The new Vectors from File provider has a property called Filename. Edit this property by pressing the ... (ellipsis) button and browsing to the vector file you wish to import:

` If the file loads successfully, the Status property will say "Valid", but if it does not, the status field will contain an error message.

Once the file is loaded successfully, click OK to accept the new vector provider. This will return you to the properties for the vector map itself. Pressing the Show On Map button will make the vector map visible and move the map pane to show the complete dataset:

Once the vector data is loaded, the data can be formatted by changing the map properties. Press the Help button (next to the Show on Map button) for more information.

Organization

Overture maintains a separation between the data (in this case the vector file) and the visualization component (in this case a vector map) to allow the user to add multiple map views for a single vector data source.

Vector data sources can also be transformed into other data types for visualization and network planning purposes.