Global Mapper Blog

Just annouced this morning is the exciting news that Global Mapper Version 10 has been released!  This has been a much anticipated release for those who follow the Global Mapper Forum and the program updates.  

Maybe you are asking yourself, why should I upgrade?  Here are some of the  improvements and newest features to version 10 of Global Mapper. 

• Added support for importing ESRI personal geodatabase (MDB) files.
• Added support for importing and exporting BigTIFF files.
• Added more control over placement of labels for point features. Now when choosing the font to use for point features, you can also choose where to place the label for the point relative to the point location. An automatic setting will try different locations to try and make the label fit.
• Added support for selecting/changing the layer that features are in when editing existing features and creating new ones with the Digitizer Tool.
• Added KML/KMZ Super Overlay Support! This allows working with huge data sets in Google Earth. The option to automatically grid the data on the KML/KMZ export dialog enables this behavior.
• Added support for creating new feature coordinates based on distance/bearing and/or COGO values from a start location using the Digitizer Tool.
• Added option on the Gridding tab for exports to grid to the currently selected area features. This will create a separate export file for each selected area feature. Naming can be done using the display labels or an attribute of the selected area feature(s).
•  Added options when editing multiple features to rename attributes and also to copy the values of one attribute to a different attribute.
• Added new Coordinate Convertor option under the Tools menu to allow easily converting a coordinate between any two supported projections/datums/units.
• Added ability to Search Vector Data dialog to limit your search to  the existing search results. This effectively allows you to query on multiple attributes/values.
• Added a large collection of new available line styles to use when rendering line features or area feature borders.
• Added option to crop a loaded raster layer to the currently selected area feature to the Cropping tab of the Raster Options dialog accessible from the Overlay Control Center.
• Added support for exporting loaded vector data to the MapInfo TAB/MAP format.
• Added support for exporting loaded 3D line and point data to the SEGP1 format.
• Made automatic collar cropping work for BSB marine charts.
  

You can find more changes by reviewing the "What's New" document that is displayed during install. 

 You can download a trial version of Global Mapper 10 to try some of these features for yourself.  Global Mapper 10 will run along side of any previous version so you can try out new features without the fear of losing data or workflows.

 You can also purchase an version 10 upgrade for only $89 or a full license for only $254 exclusively through Global Mapper Forum.

Global Mapper 10 Full	$254
Global Mapper 10 Upgrade	$89

In case you missed the annoucement yesterday in the forum.  Mike has announced that Global Mapper 10 Beta is now available for download.   This download will run along any currently installed copy of Global Mapper so you don't have to worry about it installing over your current registered copy of a previous version.  

What is so great about Global Mapper 10? Here are just some of the new features:

Coordinate Converter

Convert a single coordinate between any two supported projections

Search in exisiting results

When using the search by  "Attributes, Names and Descriptions" you can refine your search by limiting the new search to the exisiting search results:

 New! Border Styles

You can now add a border style to selected areas and polygons.

 Crop a raster to selected area feature

You can now crop a raster to a selected area or polygon.

There are many other improvements that have been made in Global Mapper 10 Beta and many more to come before the final release.

You can download a copy of Global Mapper 10 Beta here . 

If you would like to go ahead and purchase a version 10 upgrade license you can get one for only $89.   You can also purchase a full licensed copy of Global Mapper 10 for only $254 here.

You tell all your friends at the office about how you love Global Mapper, now you can display your affection for the best GIS program buy purchasing Global Mapper products at CafePress. You can purchase a coffee mug, t-shirt or even a mousepad!

You can visit the store here: http://www.cafepress.com/globalmapper

I plan on adding more products soon. If you have an idea for a phrase or slogan be sure to let me know and I'll add it. The best slogan will win a free Global Mapper upgrade when version 10 is released.

As announced yesterday by Mike in the forum, Global Mapper has announced it's release of Global Mapper version 9.03

Version 9.03 adds many significant improvements.  In fact, in the official realease notes I counted over 60+ improvements to version 9.02. Here is a short list  of some of them:

•  Support for Tiger 2007 files with automatic styling and type assignment
• Added support for loading OpenStreetMap (OSM) and Vulcan3D files.
• Added support for exporting to Delft3D (.ldb), TomTom OV2, and Vulcan3D format files.
  
• Made the Search by Attributes/Name dialog automatically highlight all of the result features that are selected on the map.
  
• Added option to KML/KMZ vector export to make labels for line and area features display on the map in Google Earth.
• Added support for reading the track style information written to GPX files by the ExpertGPS software application.
• Added support for WMS servers using secure HTTP (i.e. https:// addresses).

You can download Global Mapper 9.03 upgrade here  

 And like always, this is a FREE upgrade to those who have a license for Global Mapper 9.   You can upgrade Global Mapper 8 to Global Mapper 9 for only $89.10 or you can purchase a full copy of Global Mapper 9 for only $254.15. 

I have just modified the download section so that even unregsitered users can download files. I'm doing this to encourage everyone to add and submit their files (open source) for everyone to use. I think this is a pretty powerful function of this site and want to really encourage you to submit your files if you have something to share with the community.

If you have an idea for a file you would like to see added, don't be afraid to ask. I'm sure between the 500+ of us, one of us is sure to have it!

Visit our GIS related downloads

If you are having problems with the Global Mapper built-in search feature, I'd encourage you to download the latest Global Mapper build at:

http://www.globalmapper.com/global_mapper9.zip

According to Mike, there have been some very recent changes to the search web server requiring changes to Global Mapper. He has made the necessary changes to Global Mapper and you can download that file and extract it to your current version 9.x.x installation directory.

Also, as a reminder the files included in the link above are not full installation files but simply updates to place on top of your current Global Mapper installation.

I completed a project recently using Global Mapper and thought that you might appreciate seeing how it was done. The project was creating a map comparing the ranges of two different aircraft. With any other program, this might have taken me a while. Not with Global Mapper! I completed this project in under 10 minutes! You can see the tutorial here:

Tutorial 12 - Creating Range Rings and Importing Title Blocks

Mike, the developer of Global Mapper, announced this morning in the forum that he has officially released Global Mapper 9.02!

Amoung the many things added in this release are:

• Exporting any loaded data in MS Virtual Earth
• Added ability to apply elevation values from loaded terrain data to
  point features using a right-click option in the Digitizer/Edit tool
• Added Vertices button to the Feature Info dialog to allow
  displaying and editing the location and per-vertex elevations for
  line and area features and displaying per-vertex time stamps for line
  features.
• Added support for loading German Topo/Elevation maps in MPR/MPH
  format.
• Added ability to batch convert to DTED and raster KMZ formats.

One of the great things about this release, like all recent releases, is the fact that YOU the users of Global Mapper Forum played a large role in the development of these features by requesting and providing feedback directly to Mike (the devloper) So a big thanks goes out to Mike and You!

You can download the latest release here:

http://www.globalmapperforum.com/902

If you have already purchased Global Mapper Version 9 or a previous Version 9 upgrade this current upgrade is FREE! For users of Global Mapper 8 you can upgrade to this version for $99 $89.10 if you take advantage of the 10% discount for registering in the forum.

http://www.globalmapperforum.com/upgrade

Thanks again to Mike for his continual great improvements to an already great program and his outstanding customer support.

Another tutorial added.  This one discusses how to Georectify imagery using Global Mapper.  I also discuss how to import a PDF (indirectly) into Global Mapper.

Love to hear your thoughts and comments.

 Tutorial 8 - Georectifying Imagery 101

One of the newest and neatest features of Global Mapper added to version 9.01 is the ability to export to a Google Maps.

This is an awesome presentation tools when showing off your data. Especially if you client or customer is limited on GIS tools.

You can easily export your data as a Google Maps HTM file and upload the HTM and created folders to your web server. Point your browser towards the file and...WOW! You'll have a customer for life!

You can see the newly created tutorial here:

Tutorial 11 - Exporting To Google Maps

If you have any questions, be sure to direct them to the forum! Thanks.