Global Mapper v6.06 3D GIS Mapping Software 

features noted here to show the latest and past revisions of the software.

We are proud to announce the latest revision and updates of Global Mapper on 
our New Features page which you'll find many added items, some requested by users, 
along with a few bugs fixed.

If you're interested in upgrading from a registered copy of v5.xx or v6.xx, at a significant discount, please check out our upgrade v5.xx To v6.xx or upgrade v6.xx To v7.xx page  for more details.

What's New in Version 6.06 (1/28/2005)

Added support for exporting loaded data to a Global Mapper package file (*.gmp). 
These files are similar to workspace files except that the actual data is stored in the files.

Package files provide an easy way to pass around lots of data between Global Mapper users with a single self-contained file. 
(Registered Version Only)

Added new File menu command to load all files matching a user-specified mask (or series of masks) under a selected folder on the disk. 

This provides an easy way to load a lot of files that are spread out in a large directory structure.

• Added support for cropping raster and elevation data to a selected area feature on export. (Registered Version Only)
  
  
• Added support for loading ASTER DEM and L1B imagery files in their native HDF file format.
  
  
• Added the ability to load individual frame files from RPF databases like CADRG and CIB. To do this, simply select the frame(s) to load, then select that the type of the file is "Raster Product Format (CADRG/CIB) Frame" if prompted.
  
  
• Added support for loading DIVA GIS grid files.
  
  
• Added the ability to load Erdas Imagine .img files that contain gridded elevation data (previously they were displayed as grayscale imagery).
  
  
• Made double-clicking on a feature in the Digitizer Tool bring up the edit dialog for that feature.
  
  
• Added right-click option to the Digitizer tool to allow creating area features from selected line features.
  
  
• Added right-click option to the Digitizer tool to allow assigning area features to be islands within other, enclosing, area features.
  
  
• Made left clicking without dragging in the Grab-and-Drag controller just recenter on the clicked position.
  
  
• Added option to display line feature labels directly on the line rather than offset a few pixels from it (this option is on the Line Styles tab of the Configuration dialog).
  
  
• Added ability to specify a custom feature separator when exporting simple ASCII text files with vector data (File->Export Vector->Export Simple ASCII menu command). (Registered Version Only)
  
  
• Added support for the Gauss Boaga (Italy) and Greek Grid projection systems.
  
  
• Added support for the GGRS 1987 (Greek Grid), KKJ (Finnish Grid), and Pointe Noire 1948 (Congo) datums.
  
  
• Added support for loading GNIS files with the latest column definitions and pipe-delimited files (GNIS files are available for download at http://geonames.usgs.gov/stategaz/index.html).
  
  
• Enabled option to fill small gaps in data when exporting to non-elevation GeoTIFF files (it was already enabled for elevation exports). This allows gaps up to several pixels in size between or within data files being exported to be filled by interpolating nearby pixels to fill them in. (Registered Version Only)
  
  
• Added option to XYZ Grid export to allow coordinate values to be saved in ECEF (Earth-Centered Earth-Fixed) coordinates. This option is for very advanced users only. (Registered Version Only)
  
  
• Fixed auto-adjusting the contrast for imagery with more than about 4 billion pixels (this is only very large image files).
  
  
• Fixed problem when creating DBF files with elevation attributes that have more than one digit of precision beyond the decimal point. The elevation values were getting truncated oddly in those cases. (Registered Version Only)
  
  
• Made the auto-clip collar functionality work for 3.75 minute DOQs.
  
  
• Made the "Use Selected Projection for All Files" checkbox appear when loading workspace files if the projection could not be automatically determined for all of the files. (Registered Version Only)
  
  
• Allowed DTED files which contain unknown record types after the data and header records to be loaded.
  
  
• Fixed problems loading Limits data like Anchorage areas and marine routes from DNC chart files.
  
  
• Made extended note text associated with features in DNC and S-57 chart files be loaded and added as attributes.
  
  
• Made auto-contrast statistics for raster data be saved in workspace files so that they do not have to be recalculated the next time the data is loaded. (Registered Version Only)
  
  
• Added support for loading extremely large binary ArcGRID files that have the actual data split in to two separate files.
  
  
• Corrected problems with hill shading for very large elevation files (specifically, if the sum of the squares of the pixel width and pixel height was greater than about 4 billion, the hill shading would not work properly).
  
  
• Corrected registration of BIL/GridFloat data that use the XLLCORNER and YLLCORNER fields in the header file (they were stretched in the Y direction by 1 sample).
  
  
• Reduced memory utilization when exporting very large or numerous ECW and/or JPEG2000 files. (Registered Version Only)
  
  
• Added new parameters to the GENERATE_CONTOURS script command to allow specification of the simplification threshold to use (advanced users only) as well as the option to just generate contour lines at a single height (the contour interval value) and to turn off filling gaps in the elevation data used to generate the contours. (Registered Version Only)
  
  
• Added new LAYER_DESC parameter to the IMPORT script command to allow specification of the description to use for a layer in the Overlay Control Center. (Registered Version Only)
  
  
• Added support for exporting Terragen TER files with larger sizes (8197 x 8197 and 16393 x 16393). (Registered Version Only)
  
  
• Allowed cancellation of running scripts and loading workspaces. (Registered Version Only)
  
  
• Fixed problems with the incorrect attribute values being associated with point features in some E00 files.
  
  
• Made the palette-index of the pixel under the cursor be displayed in the status bar when moving your cursor over palette-based Erdas Imagine IMG files.
  
  
• Updated the UNLOAD_LAYER script command so that if an empty FILENAME parameter is provided, all layers created by the script (i.e. generated contour layers) will be unloaded. (Registered Version Only)
  
  
• Added support for forward slash and backslash characters in DMS and DM coordinate strings, such as in ASCII files.
  
  
• Fixed error when trying to edit a newly created attribute value when creating a new area, point, or line feature with the Digitizer Tool.
  
  
• Fixed crash when rectifying BMP files.
  
  
• Fixed recently introduced problem with BMP files saved from the path profile/line of sight dialog being upside down. (Registered Version Only)
  
  
• Improved reprojecting and rendering of vector features in lat/lon coordinates that either cross the anti-meridian (ATM) or use non-standard longitude coordinates (i.e. longitudes from 0 to 360 rather than -180 to +180).
  
  
• Added support for importing ARC entities from DXF files.