Global Mapper v21.0 is Now Available!
Blue Marble Geographics is pleased to announce the availability of the official Global Mapper v21.0 release for download at
http://www.bluemarblegeo.com/products/global-mapper-download.php.
New in v21.0
Significant New Features
- The Global Mapper MangoMap Extension. This new data sharing tool allows users to publish maps to MangoMap online map site directly from Global Mapper. The MangoMap Extension allows users to quickly and easily share online maps in a new and powerful way.
- Global Mapper Mobile 2.0. The Mobile 2.0 release for iOS and Android features many free updates and a new Pro version available for purchase. Features include streaming online data, expanded projection support (for packages exported from Global Mapper 21), many UI enhancements,
- Improved feature label creation and management including assigning labels to their own layer and individual label editing and moving.
- Improved layer management with target layer selection now available in all vector feature creation dialog boxes
- New tool for identifying local peaks and depressions in a terrain layer
- New tool for recording a fly- and walk-mode path in the 3D Viewer as a line feature, which can be used to create a fly-through recording
- Improved layer template creation for form-based data collection. This is especially useful when collecting data in the field on Global Mapper Mobile/li>
- Keyframe animation allowing the display of a sequence of layers to visualize change over time
- New option to calculate Strahler's stream order as part of watershed analysis
- New function to add a specified slope to vector features
- New option to create a textured 3D model from terrain and draped imagery
- New option to allow the export of Global Mapper Mobile package files (for use in Global Mapper Mobile) in the current display projection (requires Global Mapper Mobile 2.0)
LiDAR Module Features
- Automatic identification, reclassification and extraction of utility poles from a point cloud layer
- New masking option in the Pixels-to-Points tool to eliminate uniform background colors from images. This is especially useful when attempting to process oblique images that contain sky.
- Reorganized Pixels-to-Points dialog box with larger Image Preview window.
- Improved orthoimage and point cloud quality when created from a mesh (3D Model) during the Pixels-to-Points operation using the 'High' quality setting.
- New option in the Pixels-to-Points tool for orthorectifying each camera image.
- New function for displaying the approximate ground coverage polygons for selected images in the Pixels-to-Points tool.
- Support for deriving image locations (EXIF information) from external text files such as those reported from RTK or PPK
- New Pixels-to-Points option for harmonizing colors in input images that have inconsistent contrast to produce better reconstruction results
- New tool for panning the Image Preview in the Pixels-to-Points dialog box by dragging with the middle mouse button
- New Pixels-to-Points tool for identifying images that may contain ground control points based on their location
- Speed improvements when gridding LiDAR with large gaps and when selecting large numbers of LiDAR points with the Digitizer Tool
New in v20.1
Significant New Features
- New option to allow zooming in the Path Profile view
- Support for setting the projection to use at startup
- Option to display legend within the Path Profile view when multiple terrain layer lines are rendered
- New Digitizer tool for closing gaps between adjacent area or line features
- Dramatically faster viewshed calculations on computers with multiple cores
- Significant speed improvements loading and working with workspaces, GMP files, and any vector data with attributes
- Support for downloading vector features from Esri RESTful data sources
- New format support including OpenFlight, HEC-RAS raster and vector formats, and more
LiDAR Module Features
- LiDAR toolbar option to query points by distance from points of a specified classification or from vector line features
- Tool for selecting LiDAR points above or below a line drawn in the Path Profile view
- New option to apply thinning to selected points, to thin by retaining every Nth point, and to control whether to mark thinned points as deleted or move them to a new layer
- EDIT_LIDAR and DEFINE_LIDAR_FILTER script commands that allow editing of points based on their proximity to other LiDAR points and/or line features
- New option to quickly select points by classification in selected LiDAR layers
New in v20
Significant New Features
- A new tool for creating a 3D point cloud from a mesh or 3D model
- A new free flight mode for navigating in 3D
- Eyedropper tool for selecting a color directly from a raster image in the map view
- Dramatic speed improvements for the load time of many vector formats such as shapefiles
- Expanded support for Windows Tablet and touch screen computers
- New Map Layout options including legend filtering and creating a map book from selected features
- Improvements to Vector display in 3D including smoothness of movement on large datasets
- Streamlined licensing process
LiDAR Module Features
- New tool for creating a 3D model surface from selected LiDAR points
- Support for spatially thinning Lidar point clouds
- New tool for gridding LiDAR Data by Classification
- New option to create higher quality orthoimage during the Pixels to Points process by creating the image from the 3D mesh rather than the point cloud
- New option to extract buildings from LiDAR as 3D models rather than 3D vector areas
New in v19.1
Significant New Features
- New option to perform multivariate queries of vector data attributes using a wide variety of expressions and functions
- Consolidated attribute management with the Attribute Join and Calculate tools incorporated in the Attribute Editor window
- Expanded drag-and-drop window docking, now supporting the Graph window, Map Layout Editor, and secondary 2D Views
- Enhanced 3D Viewer, allowing the user more precise control over the process of zooming and panning
- Support for reading and writing LAZ (LasZip) files with the LAS 1.4 fields
- Support for batch converting between 3D model formats (i.e. Blender, Collada DAE, OBJ, Sketchup, etc.)
- New option to capture the linear path of a profile line or perpendicular profiles as 3D vector line features
LiDAR Module Features
- New function in the Pixels-to-PointsT tool for creating a 3D mesh (3D model) with photo textures in OBJ or GMP format
- New option to import Ground Control Points from a file or a loaded point layer in the Pixels-to-Points tool
- New option when exporting a point cloud to GMP to export to sort the data by the 2D position. This improves the processing speed when re-imported
New in v19
Significant New Features
- New Attribute Editor, replacing the old vector search function. In addition to querying, this tool now allows for spreadsheet-style editing of feature attributes in a dockable window
- Improved hillshade rendering with an interactive tool for dynamically positioning the light source using real time click and drag control
- Drag and drop docking for 3D, Path Profile and Attribute Editor windows
- Many new online data sources for the U.S. and Canada including many individual states and provinces
- New option to limit the extent of terrain data displayed in the 3D Viewer based on the geographic extent of the 2D map
- Several new built-in raster calculation functions including Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) and Advanced Vegetation Index (AVI)
Scripting Changes
- Script commands that take a source FILENAME now support multiple FILENAME parameters for the command to match multiple filename masks
- Improved handling of local files when loading a moved workspace. Local files at or under the workspace folder will be preferred to explicit file paths in the original workspace folder
- Redesigned Scripting Reference Guide offering easy access to script parameters
New in v18.1
Significant New Features
- New option to freeze the 3D View when zooming and panning the 2D map
- Significantly improved usability/speed of model and raster display in 3D View
- Faster loading and display of vector layers
- Support for many new formats, including LandXML(export), RMaps/MBTiles (import), BPF Lidar (import), Autodesk FBX (import/export), and GSF (import)
- New online data sources including General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO)
- New option to apply a bank angle value and variable velocity to each flight segment with creating a 3D fly-through
- Support for calculating cut-and-fill volume results for multiple line features at once
- Map draw can now be paused when mouse wheel is scrolled
- New option to derive range ring radius from an attribute
- New tool for calculating color statistics in a raster layer within an defined area
Scripting Changes
- New command for for measuring the volume between two surfaces CALC_VOLUME_BETWEEN_SURFACES
LiDAR Module Features
- New LiDAR QC tool for comparing point cloud elevations with known elevations at control points and for adjusting the point cloud elevations to match
- New option to visualize and filter LiDAR point clouds by density
- New tool for adding colors to a point cloud from a gridded layer (eg, NDVI, land cover)
New in v18
Significant New Features
- Redesigned user interface with new button graphics and fresh new logo
- Dramatically improved 3D Viewer with high performance, asynchronous, multi-threaded, 3D rendering boosting display speeds and data resolution
- Full range rendering of LiDAR and raster/ terrain data with "infinite view" display and dynamic detail as the 3D View is zoomed and panned
- Display of multiple surfaces in the 3D View and "mole's-eye" view for a subterranean perspective
- Improved 3D vector selection capability and measuring tools
- Twelve new 3D point styles including utility pole and push pin as well as improved 3D point style assignment and management
- Significantly improved display and export of large raster and terrain files
- Updated toolbars providing convenient access to advanced Digitizing and Analysis functions
- Toolbar customization allowing buttons to be assigned to or removed from each toolbar, which can now be docked on the side or bottom of the map view
- Selectable themes providing a variety of window colors and styles
- Redesigned dockable Overlay Control Center with layer tree view and streamlined access to layer options and metadata
- Updated Configuration dialog box with intuitively organized settings and preferences layout
- Support for importing and exporting OGC GeoPackage format files
- Support for importing PDF files as vector layers (lines, points, and areas) rather than as a raster image
- New Floating Single User License option allowing a single user to easily move a license between desktop and laptop computer
LiDAR Changes
- Enhanced 3D View supports display of an entire point cloud regardless of size
- Improved building extraction with 3D vector features created for floor, wall, and roof areas
Many other enhancements and bug fixes were made as well. See the What's New page at http://www.bluemarblegeo.com/products/global-mapper-new-features.php for a complete list of changes.
As always, upgrades and new licenses can be purchased from the Purchase page at http://www.bluemarblegeo.com/products/global-mapper-purchase.php.