Background maps are the backdrops that are displayed in the Spatial/Geospatial tab in ProjectWise Explorer. They are used as maps over which the document and folder spatial locations are drawn.

You can create two types of background maps:

• Spatial background maps are the basic maps that have been created with ProjectWise Spatial (the basic spatial functionality provided by ProjectWise Design Integration Server).
• Geospatial background maps are more advanced maps that can feed from Oracle Spatial, DGN, SHP, WMS, etc. richer data much faster. These maps are created with Bentley Geo Web Publisher. In order to take advantage of geospatial background maps, Bentley Geo Web Publisher must be installed and configured. Then from the Background Map Engine Settings Dialog , the Geo Web Publisher Server address has to be specified.