Learn how to use AI in iXGIS to draft Raster Calculator and Field Calculator formulas, including suitable use cases, prompt writing tips, review points, and practical examples.
This article introduces the data download tools currently available in iXGIS, along with downloadable imagery, administrative boundary, land cover, soil, terrain, and climate datasets, helping users quickly decide which tool to use and what data can be downloaded.
Learn how to use POI Search in iXGIS, including search ranges, result display, map positioning, saving results, usage limits, and suitable scenarios based on the Tianditu place-name search service.
Learn how to use the Locate feature in iXGIS, including coordinate input methods, map picking, address display, usage limits, and how address information is sourced from the Tianditu reverse geocoding service.
Hillshade is a common terrain visualization technique in GIS. It simulates terrain brightness under sunlight from a DEM so relief is easier to read. This post explains how to configure hillshade in iXGIS.
This article introduces commonly used global terrain datasets, their sources, download methods, and how to download and use terrain data in iXGIS.
This article introduces commonly used global land use and land cover datasets, their sources, download methods, and how to download and use land use data in iXGIS.
Introduces sources of global vector data and download methods. For domestic administrative boundary vectors in China, it is recommended to use administrative boundary data from Tianditu; iXGIS already provides a Tianditu download tool.
The national public-version 11,000,000 scale. The overall currency of the dataset is 2019. The data uses the China Geodetic Coordinate System 2000, the 1985 National Height Datum, and geographic coordinates.
A map review approval number is a unique number granted after a map has passed technical review and administrative approval by the competent natural resources authority responsible for surveying, mapping, and geographic information before public release. It usually consists of a province abbreviation or national marker, review category code, year, and sequence number, such as Yue GS (2025) No. 001. Obtaining the approval number means the map complies with the requirements of the Regulations on Map Management, the Measures for Map Review Management, and other regulations regarding content correctness, scale accuracy, and handling of confidential information.