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Once again the Global Mapper 3D GIS mapping
software is proving itself to be a very competitive player in the GIS field
with the latest major v7.03 release.
Check for the latest
version.
The v7.03 version rolls out with new support items added and user friendly
options added for more flexibility for the most demanding projects.
Try the new Global Mapper v7.xx mapping software yourself with our Free
Download.
To take advantage of bugs fixed and a little tweaking from
older versions you can upgrade your v6.xx
To v7.xx or v5.xx
To v6.xx at a
significant discount over the full price.
With over 80 new features added or
corrected we
have them shown below.
What's New in Global Mapper Version 7.03 (2/14/2006)
- Added support for loading DGN v8 and later format
files.
- Added support for loading MapTech format files,
including encrypted BSB files and other MapTech topographic maps and
aerial navigation maps.
- Added support for loading Idrisi format raster and
elevation files.
- Added support for exporting loaded vector data to DGN
format files. (Registered Version Only)
- Added support for exporting loaded data to Erdas
Imagine IMG format files. (Registered Version Only)
- Added support for exporting loaded data Idrisi format
files. (Registered Version Only)
- Added support for exporting 8-bit and RGB GeoTIFF files
with LZW compression. LZW compression typically results in much better
compression that the default methods, but may not be supported by all
software applications. (Registered Version Only)
- Significantly improved the display of raster and
gridded elevation data at intermediate zoom levels by always
anti-aliasing the display when not zoomed into the pixel level of the
data and not zoomed out so far that it doesn't matter much. There will
be a slight performance hit for this, but the improvement in display
quality seems worth it.
- Made pressing the ESC key during a draw abort the draw
as soon as possible.
- Improved accuracy of the NAD27 (Canada), AGD66, AGD84,
and NZGD49 datums by using the NTv2 grid shift method for sub-meter
datum transformation accuracy.
- Added generic NAD27 datum that will automatically use
the most accurate local datum conversion based on the location being
converted.
- Added support for the Miller Oblated Stereographic
projection.
- Allowed use of the NZGD2000 datum with the New Zealand
Map Grid projection.
- Made additional datum codes, like those for the NTF
datums, be recognized for GeoTIFF files.
- Made ETRS89 datum be recognized in additional spellings
from PRJ files.
- Corrected small error when transforming the Rome 1940
datum to other datums. format files.
- Added Clarke 1880 (Benoit) as an available ellipsoid
for adding custom datums.
- Added option to the view shed tool to find a view shed
of just where a beam will hit the terrain. A start and end transmission
angle are specified in addition to the transmitter height in order to
find the beam intersection points. (Registered Version Only)
- Added option to the view shed tool to specify a minimum
distance from the transmitter to perform the view shed analysis.
projection. (Registered Version Only)
- Improved loading of DXF files that have features in the
BLOCKS section of the file.
- Prompt users to unload all loaded data when loading
workspace files rather than automatically unloading all loaded data. (Registered
Version Only)
- Added option to batch geocode addresses from a file
from the Search->Find Address menu command. (Registered Version
Only)
- Added support for gridding the export of Simple ASCII
Text, VRML, and Zmap Plus Grid files. (Registered Version Only)
- Added support for reversing the order in which rows and
columns are named when gridding files on export. (Registered Version
Only)
- Made the path profile/line of sight dialog maintain its
size between showings, preventing the user from having to continually
resize it to get the size they want for different path profiles.
- Added option to the Vector Display tab of the
Configuration dialog to allow an arrow to be drawn along line features
in the direction that they travel.
- Fixed scaling problem when exporting vector data to a
raster file using the EXPORT_RASTER command from a script file. (Registered
Version Only)
- Made custom symbols from .ico files draw in their
actual size instead of always using the default system size of 32x32.
- Added new built-in point symbol, "Dot -
Yellow".
- Fixed problems loading some GPS TrackMaker files that
have no waypoints in them.
- Made degree symbols display correctly on Asian versions
of Windows that weren't fixed in the earlier update.
- Fixed problems with render progress on status bar not
working properly with map catalog files.
- Fixed problems with some maps that result in multiple
layers, like ADRG files, in map catalogs.
- Allowed custom per-layer shaders to work properly with
map catalogs containing elevation data.
- Fixed problems with some iso-height area contours not
being generated in some rare cases when generating contours.
- Fixed loading of package files containing elevation
data from workspaces. (Registered Version Only)
- Fixed occasional problems with missing outer row and/or
column of data when exporting a raster or elevation file and cropping to
a selected, rectangular area feature. (Registered Version Only)
- Fixed problems with elevation shading and display of
the elevation legend when negative scaling factors are used on the Alter
Elevations dialog.
- Made up to 3 decimal digits of precision be used when
saving elevation values to many ASCII formats. (Registered Version
Only)
- Added option to remove archive files (like .zip and .tar.gz)
from the list of files to batch convert/reproject by right-clicking on
the batch convert file list and selecting the appropriate option. (Registered
Version Only)
- Added option to add files to the list of files to batch
convert/reproject from a text file containing a list of full paths to
files. To access this option, simply right click on the file list in the
Batch Convert/Reproject dialog and select the appropriate option. (Registered
Version Only)
- Added option to add files to a map catalog from a text
file containing a list of full paths to files. To access this option,
simply right click on the map list in the Map Catalog dialog and select
the appropriate option. (Registered Version Only)
- Corrected half-pixel offset in placement of MrSID files
with embedded coordinate information.
- When exporting Shapefiles, do not export line features
that are at a point (all vertices coincident) or area features that are
a point or a 2-vertex line. (Registered Version Only)
- When exporting Shapefiles, make sure that lines that
get cropped to the export bounds maintain their original direction. (Registered
Version Only)
- Made attributes for which none of the features being
exported have a non-empty value still be exported to DBF files that are
created with Shapefiles. (Registered Version Only)
- Allowed confirmation prompt when closing loaded
overlays from the Overlay Control Center to be disabled so that it won't
be shown again.
- Fixed out of memory errors when zoomed in really far on
some MrSID files.
- Fixed loading of E00 files with empty annotations.
- Made deleted holes in area features not be exported to
DLG-O format files. (Registered Version Only)
- Added support for tracking NMEA GPS devices that use
$EC* sentences rather than $GP* sentences.
- Fixed determination of State Plane projection from
Erdas Imagine .img files that use a negative zone number in the header.
- Fixed problem with STL, 3D DXF mesh, and 3D DXF mesh
exports that would cause a one sample gap between gridded files when
exported. (Registered Version Only)
- Added right-click option to the Search by Attributes
dialog to allow selecting all search results.
- Made files opened by dragging them onto Global Mapper
be added to the list of recently used files under the File menu.
- When dragging multiple files onto Global Mapper to load
them, make the "Use Selected Projection for All" checkbox
option work if the user is asked for a projection.
- Added a registry key to allow overriding where
temporary files, like extracted archive contents and downloaded
TerraServer tiles, are stored. If you create a HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GlobalMapper\TempDir
string value with the folder that you want the temporary files to be
based in, that folder will be used the next time that you run Global
Mapper.
- Added option to save the elevation legend in the main
view to a BMP file by right-clicking on it and selecting the appropriate
option.
- Added option to control whether or not unit labels
(e.g. "m" or "ft") are displayed on the elevation
legend. This setting can be changed by right-clicking on it and
selecting the appropriate option.
- Fixed problem with grid line labels being cropped at
the bottom when footer strings were used during printing.
- Made new Explorer-style dialogs be used for all file
selection.
- Fixed crash when displaying metadata for map catalogs
that contain elevation layers.
- Fixed errors loading some tiled TIFF files with
separated color channels.
- Made dot symbols look better when printed.
- Made the filling in of small gaps work when exporting
DEM files with arc degrees as the current view/export units on the
Projection tab of the Configuration dialog. (Registered Version Only)
- When creating area features from selected line features
with the Digitizer Tool, only prompt for name, attribute, and style
information once, then use that information for all remaining areas
created from the selected lines if no other information is available
from the lines making up the area.
- Made the count of selected features appear in the
status bar when the Digitizer Tool is active and you are not actively
working with the selected features.
- Corrected decoding of New Zealand Map Grid projections
from ECW files. They were being decoded as a closely-approximated
Transverse Mercator projection.
- Fixed loading of some ASRP-format data files.
- Fixed errors loading DLG-O files with area features and
non-contiguous element IDs for lines (these are very rare).
- When exporting DXF format files, made area features be
fully cropped to the specified export bounds rather than just exporting
in whole any area that intersects the export bounds. (Registered
Version Only)
- Fixed ordering of data written to GPX files to make
sure that really picky applications, like Garmin's MapSource, can always
read them. (Registered Version Only)
- Fixed problem when doing multiple line connection
operations from the Search by Attributes dialog that would result in
extra long lines (they would loop over themselves) after the first line
connection operation.
- Made "Longitude of Pole" attributes for Polar
Stereographic projections be saved and read from PRJ files.
- Added support for a BOTTOM_UP parameter in BIL file
headers to specify that the data starts at the lower-left rather than
the top-left. Just add a line with the text "BOTTOM_UP Y" to
the .hdr file to flip the data vertically.
- Added a LAYER_DESC parameter to the GENERATE_CONTOURS
script command to allow the name of the generated contour layer to be
changed from the default. (Registered Version Only)
- Fixed problem with point features getting the wrong
attributes from some E00 files.
- Made holes in area features maintain the descriptions
of their parents when exported to ASCII text files. (Registered
Version Only)
- Allowed minus signs, dollar signs, and underscores to
be used at the start of labels when exporting to DXF format files.
Previously those characters were removed from the start of lines to
prevent errors. Now a space is just inserted before those characters to
get rid of the errors. (Registered Version Only)
- Added support for a LABEL_ON_LINE parameter in ASCII
text files for specifying that labels for a line feature should be
centered on the line. (Registered Version Only)
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