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1. Connection Serial Port Connection Port COM1 v Baud Rate 4800 be C Gamin USB Device C Read From File NMEA Format Only Elevation Offset 0 meters Enter the value to add to all elevation values before reporting them This is useful to adjust for vertical datum shifts Information Table of Contents 143 Global Mapper User s Manual If you are currently tracking a GPS device the Information command will display the GPS Information dialog pictured below This dialog displays status information about the current GPS connection as well as the current GPS location in both lat lon and the current global coordinate sytem speed heading and accuracy estimate GPS Information Connection Status 3D Differential Fix Current Location Lat Lon 39 00 59 11 N 94 21 29 12 W Global System 382422 63 431926797 Elevation 368 6 m 1209 3 ft Accuracy EPH 25 ft Current Speed Current Heading 70 mph 350 Clear Tracklog If you are currently recording a tracklog of where your GPS device has been the Clear Tracklog command will clear whatever is currently recorded that has not yet been saved using the Save Tracklog command Record Tracklog The Record Tracklog command controls whether or not a bread crumb trail i e tracklog will be recorded to log where the GPS device has traveled This tracklog can be saved to any of the supported vector export formats The drawing style of
2. specifies that the export should be gridded into multiple tiles with a given number of rows and columns of tiles The value should be specified as number of rows number of columns For example if you want to tile the export into a grid of 8 rows each 4 tiles across you would use GRID_TYPE_ROWS_COLS 8 4 GRID_OVERLAP specifies how much to overlap tiles when gridding an export into multiple tiles This is a percentage value from 0 to 100 and only applies when on of the GRID_TYPE_ parameters is used For example to make your grid tiles overlap by 5 of the grid tile size use GRID_OVERLAP 5 0 The default value is 0 0 meaning that the tiles do not overlap GRID_NAMING specifies how to name tiles when gridding an export into multiple tiles The value should be SEQUENTIAL for sequential numeric naming starting at 1 and SEPARATE for separate prefix appending by row and column For the SEPARATE option use the GRID_NAMING_COLS and GRID_NAMING_ROWS parameters to specify the details of how to name the rows and columns If no GRID_NAMING parameter is supplied the last selected grid naming options selected in the user interface will be used GRID_NAMING_COLS specifies how to name the column portion of grid cell names when using the GRID_NAMING SEPARATE parameter The value of this field is a comma delimited list with the following field values Naming type Can have the following values NUM name using numbers in ascending order amp NUM_REVERS
3. subtracts the values of the second layer from the first and saves the magnitude of the result AVERAGE saves the average of the values from the first and second layers MINIMUM saves the smaller of the values from the first and second layers MAXIMUM saves the larger of the values from the first and second layers e LAYER_DESC specifies the name to assign to the newly generated terrain layer If no layer description is provided the default name of Combined Elevation Grid will be used e ELEV_UNITS specify elevation units to use in new terrain layer FEET export in US feet DECIFEET export in 10ths of US feet METERS export in meters DECIMETERS export in 10ths of meters CENTIMETERS export in centimeters e SPATIAL_RES specifies spatial resolution Defaults to the minimum spatial resolution of the two layers if not specified Should be formatted as x_resolution y_resolution The units are the units of the current global projection For example if UTM was the current global projection and you wanted to export at 30 meter spacing the parameter value pair would look like SPATIAL_RES 30 0 30 0 e GLOBAL_BOUNDS specifies the combine bounds in units of the current global projection There should be 4 values in a comma delimited list following the parameter name The values should be in order of minimum x minimum y maximum x maximum y e GLOBAL_BOUNDS_SIZE specifies the combine bounds in units of the curr
4. Enter the Google Maps API key to include in the generated HTML file You can get one of these from http www google com apis maps signup html yourkeyhere z Tie Image File Format JPG Good for Imagery PNG Good for Scanned Maps and Vector Data Default Background Map Layer Google Maps Satellite Imagery v V Make Image Tiles Transparent PNG Format Only l Save Vector Data if Displayed Note Users without a permanent registration key that export Google Maps tiles will get a large diagonal DEMO symbol across the image Registered users will not see that symbol on their output Export Gravsoft Grid Command The Export Gravsoft Grid command allows the user to export any loaded elevation grid data sets to a Gravsoft Grid format file Table of Contents 29 Global Mapper User s Manual When selected the command displays the Gravsoft Grid Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the grid spacing and vertical units a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export HF2 HFZ Command The Export HF2 HFZ command allows the user to export any loaded raster vector and elevation grid data sets to an HF2 HFZ format file When sel
5. Major line types You can also selectively turn off the display of any or all of the grid line types using the Filter options described above The Distance Scale Display Units options allow for the control of whether or not a distance scale is displayed on the main map when data is loaded and what units the scale will be in if it is displayed The No Scale option causes no scale to be displayed The Metric m km option causes a scale to be displayed using metric units either meters or kilometers as appropriate The Statute ft mi option causes a scale to be displayed using statute units either US feet or miles as appropriate The Elevation Legend Display Units options allow for the control of whether or not an elevation legend is displayed on the main map when elevation grid data is loaded and what units the elevation legend will be in if it is displayed The No Legend option causes no elevation legend to be displayed The Metric meters option causes an elevation legend to be displayed with various elevation values labeled in meters The Statute feet option causes an elevation legend to be displayed with various elevation values labeled in feet If the elevation legend is displayed in the main map view you can right click on it to control various options and also save it to a BMP file The Position Display Format setting controls the format of the cursor latitude longitude position display in the status bar The Area Measure Units setting c
6. PRJ File MV Make Background Void Pixels Transparent Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export RockWorks Grid Command The Export RockWorks Grid command allows the user to export any loaded elevation grid data sets to a RockWorks Grid format file When selected the command displays the RockWorks Grid Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the grid spacing and vertical units a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export STL Command The Export STL command allows the user to export any loaded elevation grid data sets to a STL format file for use with some CAD systems Table of Contents 34 Global Mapper User s Manual When selected the command displays the STL Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the grid spacing and vertical units a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Surfer Grid ASCII Format Command The Export Surfer
7. The Reference Images portion of the Image Rectifier dialog allows the user to view what is currently loaded in the main Global Mapper view and to enter ground coordinates by left clicking on an appropriate place on the view This can be very useful for doing things such as rectifying a satellite photo by clicking on the Zoomed View at a road intersection to select the pixel coordinates then clicking on the intersection of those roads on a vector file loaded into the main view By default when you click near a vector feature in the Zoomed View the location will snap to that vector feature You can disable this behavior by holding down the ALT key when clicking If you hold down the SHIFT key when clicking the clicked coordinates will be rounded to the nearest 30 seconds for arc degree units and the nearest 1000 ground units for other coordinate units Holding down the CTRL key when clicking the left mouse button will cause the Zoomed Image view Table of Contents 81 Global Mapper User s Manual will be recentered on the associated point if there have been enough control points entered to convert the coordinates You can also zoom and pan the Reference Images view in a manner identical to the Zoomed Images view Ground Control Point GCP Entry This portion of the dialog is where you actually enter the ground control points GCPs that define where the image is on the earth Typically you will click a position in the zoomed view to fill in the pi
8. e END_POS specifies the end position for the path profile The coordinates must be given in the current global coordinate system For example if UTM if the current projection you might specify and easting northing as follows START_POS 480000 43 10000 e ADD_LAND_USE_CODES specifies whether to query loaded LULC data sets for the land use code at each point and to include that land use code after the elevation Use ADD_LAND_USE_CODES YES to turn on adding land use codes for each point e APPEND_TO_FILE specifies that the elevations between the start and end locations should be appended to the file specified if it already exists rather than a new file being created e SAVE_DIST_Z_FILE specifies that the output file should contain distance and elevation values rather than XYZ coordinate values Use SAVE_DIST_Z_FILE YES to enable this option GLOBAL_MAPPER_SCRIPT The GLOBAL_MAPPER_SCRIPT must be the first command in the file The only parameter supported is the VERSION parameter Typically the entire command line will look like Table of Contents 161 Global Mapper User s Manual GLOBAL_MAPPER_SCRIPT VERSION 1 00 You can use the following parameters with this command e VERSION specifies the version of the scripting language used This parameter is required You should always use VERSION 1 00 e ENABLE_PROGRESS specifies whether or not any progress dialogs should be displayed while this script is processing This is enab
9. e g Circle Rectangle etc Features Under the Create Area Shapes and Create Line Shapes right click popup menus you will find options to create Arc Circular Elliptical Rectangular and Square area and line features For all of these shape types you click and hold the left mouse button at the center of the feature then drag it until it is of the desired shape For Circular Elliptical features and Arcs the default shape follows a circle and holding down the SHIFT key will dragging will result in an ellipse For Rectangular Square features the default shape is a rectangle and holding down the SHIFT key will force the dragged shape to be square If you hold down the T key when left clicking to start the shape the start point will be treated as the top left corner of the feature rather than the center of the shape feature Once the shape is to your liking release the left mouse button and the Modify Feature Info dialog will appear allowing you to setup the label classification drawing style and attribution for the new feature See Editing Feature Attributes and Drawing Styles for more details Once you have completed have completed creating the shape the Digitizer Tool will remain in the selected shape creation mode so you can simply start drawing a new shape or right click to choose a different mode Editing Existing Features In addition to creating new vector features the Digitizer Tool is also very useful for editing existing vecto
10. export The dialog consists of an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded vector data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export NIMA ASC Command The Export NIMA ASC command allows the user to export any loaded vector data sets toa NIMA ASC format file that can be used on many shipboard radar displays When selected the command displays the NIMA ASC Export Options dialog which allows the user to set up the export The dialog consists of an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded vector data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Platte River File Command The Export Platte River File command allows the user to export any loaded area features to a Platte River Digitizer ASCII format file These files can be used with several applications When selected the command displays the Platte River Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Table of Contents 48 Global Mapper User s Manual The township range section and meridian values saved for each area feature exported are derived either from the attribute values for the area feature or the display label for Survey Sectio
11. for the entire world from Digital Globe GlobeXplorer and AirPhotoUSA as well as seamless USGS topographic maps and satellite imagery for the entire United States as well as high resolution color aerial imagery for select metropolitan areas from TerraServer USA In addition access is provided to several built in WMS OpenGC Web Map Server databases to provide easy access to digitial terrain data and color satellite imagery for the entire world You can also add your own WMS data sources for access to any data published on a WMS server This is an extremely powerful feature as it puts many terabytes of usually very expensive data right at your fingertips in Global Mapper for no additional cost with the exception of access to the un watermarked Digital Table of Contents 11 Global Mapper User s Manual Globe imagery which is not free Note that this feature requires Internet access to work When you select the menu command the Select Online Data Source to Download dialog pictured below is displayed This dialog allows you to select the type or theme of data to download as well as the extents of the data to download You can either select to download the current screen bounds an area to download around an address specify a lat lon bounds explicitly or select to download the entire data source Select Online Data Source to Download Select Data Source Worldwide High Res Imagery from Digital Globe GlobeXplorer amp irPhoto
12. it is kept Generally you should not specify a simplification value as the default value of half of the sample spacing works quite well This is an option for advanced users only GEN_HEIGHT_AREAS generate area features colored based on the current elevation shader in addition to generating contour lines Use a value of YES to enable the generate of the height areas GEN_SPOT_ELEVATIONS generate spot elevations at min max elevations Use a value of YES to enable the generate of min max spot elevation points SINGLE_LEVEL_ONLY specifies that the INTERVAL value is actually a value indicating the only height that a contour should be generated at Use a value of YES to turn this functionality on FILL_GAPS specifies that small gaps in between and within the data sets being used to generate the contours will be filled in by interpolating the surrounding data to come up with an elevation for the point in question This option is on by default specify FILL_GAPS NO to turn off LAYER_DESC specifies the name to assign to this layer If no layer description is provided the default name of GENERATED CONTOURS will be used INC_UNIT_SUFFIX specifies whether or not a unit suffix either m or ft should be appended to the numeric label of generated features By default this is enabled so specify INC_UNIT_SUFFIX NO to turn unit suffixes off This is useful if the data the contours are being generated over doesn t actually represent elevation Table o
13. specifies that small gaps in between and within the data sets being exported will be filled in by interpolating the surrounding data to come up with a color for the point in question This option is off by default specify FILL_GAPS YES to turn it on POLYGON_CROP_FILE specifies the full path and filename of a vector file containing a polygon feature to which the export should be cropped If multiple polygons are found in the specified file the polygon which has the largest intersection with the data to be exported will be used as the crop polygon see POLYGON_CROP_USE_ALL for exception POLYGON_CROP_USE_ALL specifies that if a POLYGON_CROP_FILE is specified that contains multiple polygons the export will be cropped to all polygons in that file rather than just the best fit polygon ONLY_GENERATE_METADATA GEOTIFF JPEG and PNG only specifies that only metadata files like world files TAB files and PRJ files should be created for this file This is useful for things like generating world and TAB files from GeoTIFF files without doing a whole new export Just make the output filename the same as the loaded file to create the metadata for USE_LZW GEOTIFF only specifies that LZW compression should be used for this RGB or palette based GeoTIFF file LZW compression typically results in much smaller files than the default compression but there may be some software packages that do not yet support LZW encoded GeoTIFF files Specify USE_LLZW YES t
14. specify blend mode to use for combining this overlay and any previously loaded overlays NO_BLEND no blending is done this is the default MULTIPLE SCREEN OVERLAY HARD_LIGHT COLOR_BURN COLOR_DODGE DARKEN LIGHTEN DIFFERENCE EXCLUSION e APPLY_COLOR APPLY_COLOR_REVERSE KEEP_RED KEEP_GREEN e KEEP_BLUE e FEATHER_BLEND_EDGES raster only specifies that the layer should be feature blended around one or more ledges This is a numeric bitfield value Add the following values to enable blending on that edge 1 blend top edge 2 blend bottom edge 4 blend left edge 8 blend right edge For example to blend all edges use FEATHER_BLEND_EDGES 15 The FEATHER_BLEND_SIZE parameter is used to specify how many pixels to blend on each blended edge e FEATHER_BLEND_SIZE raster only specifies the size in pixels to use for a blend boundary e FEATHER_BLEND_POLY_FILE raster only specifies that the polygon boundary to feather blend this layer against should come from the specified file e BAND_SETUP raster only specifies what bands of data from the raster file being loaded should be used to populate the red green and blue color channels when displaying the image This is Table of Contents 169 Global Mapper User s Manual useful for multi spectral imagery which may have more than 3 color bands The default band setup will be to use the first three bands as follows BAND _SETUP
15. 34 25 109 0 34 375 108 875 e COLOR_INTENSITY elevation and raster only specifies the color intensity to use when adjusting the brightness of pixels in the overlay Valid values range from 0 to 20 with 0 being completely black 10 being no alteration and 20 being completely white For example to make an image slightly darker you could use COLOR_INTENSITY 7 NOTE This parameter has been deprecated in favor of the COLOR_INTENSITY_FULL parameter e COLOR_INTENSITY_FULL elevation and raster only specifies the color intensity to use when adjusting the brightness of pixels in the overlay Valid values range from 0 to 512 with 0 being completely black 256 being no alteration and 512 being completely white For example to make an image slightly darker you could use COLOR_INTENSITY 200 NOTE This parameter replaces the COLOR_INTENSITY parameter Table of Contents 164 Global Mapper User s Manual e TEXTURE_MAP raster only specifies that this image should be draped over any elevation data loaded before it Use TEXTURE_MAP YES to turn on Anything else turns it off e TRANSPARENT_COLOR elevation and raster only specifies the color to make transparent when rendering this overlay The color should be specified as RGB lt red gt lt green gt lt blue gt For example to make white the transparent color use TRANSPARENT_COLOR RGB 255 255 255 If you do not wish any color to be transparent do not use this parameter Optiona
16. Coloradium Mine Mine Colorado Academy School Colorado Agricultural Canal Canal xl Calearsda Almina Callana C L The Find By Name dialog displays a list of all of the vector features areas lines and or points whose label starts with the search string specified in the Search String field This field can contain the and wildcard characters In addition one can control which vector object types area line and or point to include in the search Double clicking on an item in the list will recenter the view on that object Table of Contents 66 Global Mapper User s Manual The Edit Selected button displays a dialog allowing the user to modify the name feature type and drawing style of any features selected The Delete Selected button will mark all selected features as deleted This dialog is particulary handy with the GNIS Geographic Names database which is freely available for download Search By Attributes Name and Description The Search By Attributes Name and Description command allows for searching for features in all loaded vector data by attribute value name and description type When selected the Search Vector Data dialog is displayed Search Vector Data Types To Search Close IV Areas IV Lines V Points Search Criteria Wildcards and are Allowed in Compare Value Attribute Item Compare Value lt Feature Name gt v f as Text 7 SEARCH Double click on item to recenter map view on
17. Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded vector data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export MapInfo MIF MID Command Table of Contents 47 Global Mapper User s Manual The Export MapInfo MIF MID command allows the user to export any loaded vector data sets to a MapInfo MIF MID format file When selected the command displays the MapInfo Export Options dialog which allows the user to set up the export The dialog consists of a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded vector data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export MatLab Command The Export MatLab command allows the user to export any loaded vector data sets to a MatLab format file When selected the command displays the MatLab Export Options dialog which allows the user to set up the export The dialog consists of an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded vector data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Moss Command The Export Moss command allows the user to export any loaded area and line vector features to a Moss format file When selected the command displays the Moss Export Options dialog which allows the user to set up the
18. Grid ASCII Format command allows the user to export any loaded elevation grid data sets to an ASCII format Surfer Grid file When selected the command displays the Surfer Grid Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the grid spacing and vertical units a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Surfer Grid Binary v6 Format Command The Export Surfer Grid Binary v6 Format command allows the user to export any loaded elevation grid data sets to a binary format Surfer Grid file compatible with Surfer v6 and above Binary format Surfer Grids will be smaller than their ASCII format cousins so if you can use the binary format I would suggest it When selected the command displays the Surfer Grid Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the grid spacing and vertical units a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Surfer Grid Binary v7 Format Command The Export Surfer Grid Binary v7 Format co
19. Lighting 0 00 Dn ait Vertical Exaggeration 3 0 Flat High Hill Shading Shadow Darkness 0 Dark i Light Water Display Show Water on Elevation Data ster Co Water Level 7 Water Transparency 128 Clear Opaque The Shader selection box allows for the selection of the algorithm used to color and shade any loaded elevation data The following shading algorithms are available e The Atlas Shader is the default shader It generally provides good results for any loaded elevation data e The Color Ramp Shader displays ramps color from blue for low elevations to red for the highest elevations by default e The Daylight Shader colors all elevations the same and is only useful when hill shading is turned on e The Global Shader is designed for shading elevation data sets covering large areas of the earth such as Terrain Base and GTOPO30 The results are quite stunning for data sets such as these e The Gradient Shader moderates the color with elevation between the low elevation and the high elevation The actual colors ramped between can be selected on the Shader Options panel e The HSV Shader maps the elevations onto the HSV hue saturation value color space The mapping can be configured on the Shader Options panel e The Slope Shader colors loaded terrain data by the slope of the terrain rather than the absolute elevation This shader allows you to identify the portions of the terrain that are relatively f
20. Manual Global Mapper REGISTERED Ele wew Jools Search GP5 Help aisle ajala Ix RESNE gp Ce 3D Differential Fix Current Location Lat Lon 39 00 41 19 N 94 19 00 72 W Global System 385983 46 4318663 22 Elevatiorc 368 6 m 1209 3 ft Accuracy EPH 25 ft Current Speed Curreri Heading 60 mph 136 fm san wee SE Taylor Rd and 0 0 mi 0 5 mi 1 0 mi 1 5 mi 2 0 mi 2 5 mi e m al F53 PES lt NO LABEL gt Local neighborhood and rural road city street unseparated UTM NAD27 384762 17 4321503 a 39 02 12 74 N 94 Start Tracking GPS The Start Tracking GPS option causes Global Mapper to look for a GPS device attached on the configured serial port see the Setup command and to start displaying the location of the GPS device if found in the Global Mapper display window If a GPS device is found which has a valid GPS fix you will see a triangular vessel appear in the Global Mapper view at the location reported by the GPS device The vessel will point in the current direction of travel as reported by the GPS device Stop Tracking GPS The Stop Tracking GPS command tells Global Mapper to stop tracking any connected GPS devices Keep the Vessel On Screen If the Keep the Vessel On Screen option is checked the main view will automatically pan when the GPS vessel approaches the edge of the view to keep the vessel in the view Mark Waypoint Table of Contents 1
21. Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Table of Contents 28 Global Mapper User s Manual Export Google Maps Tiles Command The Export Google Maps Tiles command allows the user to export any loaded datato JPG or PNG files tiled in the configuration required for display in using the Google Maps interface This command will create both the image tiles and a sample HTML file for displaying the data with the Google Maps interface You can just load the HTML file into your web browser to view the data once the export is over You can also customize the HTML file however you need to When you select the command the Google Maps Export Options dialog pictured below appears allowing you to setup the export This dialog allows you to specify the display name of the map set in your web browser the zoom level setup the Google Maps API key to use the format of the imagery and some additional options There is also an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Google Maps Export Options Google Maps Options Export Bounds Data Set Name Blue Springs DEM Zoom Level Setup Select the resolution to use for the maximum detail level in the exported tiles The default selection will preserve full detail for any loaded raster elevation data set Level 14 9 6 meters pixel v Number of Zoom Levels to Use 5 m Google Maps API Key
22. Saturation Range 1 Cia Shaders Boundary Shader New l Edit Delete x Reverse Colors of Selected Shader Daylight Shader e Surface Color Sets the calculated surface intensity color Gradient Shader e Low Color Sets the lowest elevation value color e High Color Sets lowest elevation range color Slope Shader e Minimum Slope gt Slope Value Allows the user to set the slope at or below which the Minimum Slope Color is used e Minimum Slope gt Color Specifies the color which all parts of the terrain with a slope at or below the Minimum Slope Value will be colored with e Maximum Slope gt Slope Value Allows the user to set the slope at or above which the Maximum Slope Color is used e Maximum Slope gt Color Specifies the color which all parts of the terrain with a slope at or above the Maximum Slope Value will be colored with e Smooth Gradient Specifies that all portions of the terrain with a slope between the Minimum Slope Value and the Maximum Slope Value will be colored with a smooth gradient of colors that vary with the slope from the Minimum Slope Color to the Maximum Slope Color Table of Contents 95 Global Mapper User s Manual e Custom Color Specifies that all portions of the terrain with a slope between the Minimum Slope Value and the Maximum Slope Value will be colored with a single color that can be modified with the Select button HSV Shader e Low Color
23. Select All Features with Digitizer Tool c View Menu Toolbars Status Bar 3D View Background Color Center on Location Properties Q Full View Zoom In Zoom In Micro Zoom Out Zoom Out Micro 0 Zoom To Scale Save Current View Restore Last Saved View d Tools Menu Zoom Pan Grab and Drag Measure Q Feature Info Path Profile LOS Line of Sight View Shed Analysis Digitizer Creating New Features Editing Existing Features Snapping to Existing Features When Drawing Displaying Additional Feature Information Control Center Configure e Search Menu f GPS Menu Table of Contents Global Mapper User s Manual Start Tracking GPS Stop Tracking GPS O Keep the Vessel On Screen Mark Waypoint Vessel Color Vessel Size Setup Information Clear Tracklog Record Tracklog Save Tracklog g Help Menu Online Help User s Group Register Global Mapper Check for Updates Automatically Check for Updates at Startup About Global Mapper 4 OVERLAY CONTROL CENTER a Currently Opened Overlays b Metadata c Options Shapefile Data Options Vector Data Options Raster Data Options Elevation Data Options d Show Hide Overlay s e Close Overlay s 5 LOADING FILES a Loading Multiple Files b Projections and Datums 6 CHANGE DISPLAY CHARACTERISTICS a General Options b Vector Display Options c Area Styles d Line Styles
24. Selected Point Features option will appear on the right click option menu Selecting this option will add an ELEVATION attribute to each selected point feature containing the elevation value at each point location from the top most terrain layer at that location Generating a 3D Path Profile from a Line Feature If gridded elevation data i e DEMs is loaded the Generate Path Profile From Line option will appear when a single line feature is selected Selecting this option will display the Path Profile Line of Sight dialog with a 3D path profile of the elevations under the path that the selected line feature follows Calculating Cut and Fill Volumes for Area and Line Features If you have a single area or line feature selected the Measure Volume option will appear when bringing up the right click menu Selecting this option will allow you to calculate cut and fill volumes either within the selected area or along the selected line feature For more information about this operation see the cut and fill section of the Measure Tool help Working with Feature Measurements i e Length Enclosed Area If one or more area and or line features are selected the Add Update the Measure Attributes of Selected Feature s option will appear when right clicking Selecting this option will add measurement attributes to the selected features that do not already have them or update the measurement attributes of features that do The measure attributes include LENG
25. Specify Individual Grid Cell Width and Height Allows the user to specify the desired width and height in ground units that they wish each grid cell tile to be Every tile will have that width and height which means that the right most column and bottom most row of tiles could go beyond the specified export bounds e Specify Individual Grid Cell Pixel Size Allows the user to specify the desired width and height in pixels that they wish each grid cell tile to be Every tile will have that width and height in pixels which means that the right most column and bottom most row of tiles could go beyond the specified export bounds This option is not available for vector based exports since it does not make sense for those export types Table of Contents 74 Global Mapper User s Manual If the user chooses to breakup the data into a grid then the options in the Grid Naming section will apply and allow the user to control how the individual grid tile files are named The following naming options are available e Sequential Numbering Row Major Order With this option a number starting at 1 for the top left tile will be appended to the selected export filename The number will increase across each row e Separate Row Column Letters or Numbers With this option separate indicators will be appended to the selected export filename for the row and column If letters are selected the letters A Z will be used If more than 27 letters are needed mu
26. Use Source File Name option is selected you can also specify an additional text string to append to each new filename to identify it The Projection section allows the user to choose whether or not each newly created output file should either use the same projection as the file that it was created from Use Source File Projection option or if each file should use a projection specified by pressing the Projection button If the user selects to specify an output projection and they select a zoned projection like UTM or Gauss Krueger they will have the option on the projection selection dialog to have the best zone for the center of the output map automatically used if they select the Automatically Select Best Zone option in the Zone box on the projection selection dialog The Setup Gridding i e Tiling button displays a dialog allowing the user to specify if and how to break up each file being converted into multiple new files This option is only available when converting to a raster or gridded elevation format The Setup Sample Spacing button displays a dialog allowing the user to choose to either keep the sample spacing of source raster and elevation files when converting the selected or to specify a new sample spacing to resample all of the selected input files at when performing the conversion This option is only available when converting to a raster or gridded elevation format The Horz Datum selection allows the user to choose the horizontal
27. a Clamp Out of Bound Values to Valid Range Elevation Units Interpretation METERS 7 This option allows you to reinterpret the raw elevation values stored in the overlay data This option should only be used when the vertical units selected when the overlay was loaded or indicated by the overlay data file were incorrect Use the Elevation Display Units selection on the Vertical Options panel of the Configuration dialog if you just want to change the units that elevation values are displayed in Cancel Apply Help Show Hide Overlay s Toggles whether the currently selected overlays are visible You can also use the checkboxes next to each layer to control the visible state of the overlays Close Overlay s Closes all the currently selected overlays Table of Contents 113 Global Mapper User s Manual 3D View Menu Command The 3D View command in Global Mapper allows registered users to view gridded elevation data and any overlying raster or vector data in a true perspective 3D manner When selected the 3D View command displays a window containing a 3D view of the data in the current Global Mapper view Any imagery or vector data being drawn on top of the elevation grid s in the main Global Mapper view will automatically be draped on top of the elevation data in the 3D View window The image below depicts a sample of the 3D View window displayed using 250K USGS DEM data for Salt Lake City UT overlaid wi
28. a 3D DXF mesh format file DXF_POINT export a 3D DXF point format file ERDAS export to an Erdas Imagine IMG format file FLOATGRID export a Float Grid format file Table of Contents 148 Global Mapper User s Manual GEOSOFT_GRID export to a Geosoft grid format file GEOTIFF export to a GeoTIFF format file GLOBAL_MAPPER_GRID export to a Global Mapper Grid format file GRAVSOFT_GRID export to a Gravsoft Grid format file IDRISI_RASTER export to an Idrisi elevation format file LEVELLER_HF export to a Leveller heightfield file LIDAR_LAS export to a Lidar LAS file MAPMAKERTERRAIN export to a MapMaker Terrain format file ROCKWORKS_GRID export to a RockWorks Grid format file STL export to a STL format file SURFERGRID export to a Surfer Grid format file The FORMAT parameter specifies whether it is an ASCII or binary format Surfer Grid file TERRAGEN export to a Terragen terrain file USGS_DEM export to a native format USGS DEM file e VRML export to a VRML file e VULCAN_3D export to a Vulcan3D triangulation file e XYZ_GRID export to a XYZ Grid file e ELEV_UNITS specify elevation units to use in export FEET export in US feet DECIFEET export in 10ths of US feet METERS export in meters DECIMETERS export in 10ths of meters CENTIMETERS export in centimeters e SPATIAL_RES specifies spatial resolution Defaults to the minimum spati
29. a two color GeoTIFF file with 1 bit per pixel This will generate by far the smallest image but if you source image had more than two colors the resulting image will be very poor By default white will be a value of 0 and black will be a value of 1 but you can reverse this by selecint the Grayscale Min Is Black palette option e Elevation 16 bit integer samples This option generates an elevation GeoTIFF using the currently loaded elevation grid data sets Elevation samples will be stored as signed 16 bit integers There are only a handful of software packages that can recognize a vertical GeoTIFF properly so only use this if you know it works e Elevation 32 bit floating pointr samples This option generates an elevation GeoTIFF using the currently loaded elevation grid data sets Elevation samples will be stored as 32 bit floating point values There are only a handful of software packages that can recognize a vertical GeoTIFF properly so only use this if you know it works When generating a 256 color 8 bits per pixel GeoTIFF it is necessary to select a palette indicates what 256 colors will be used to describe the image being exported The following choices of palette are available e Image Optimized Palette The palette generated will be an optimal mix of up to 256 colors that will closely represent the full blend of colors in the source images This option will generate the best results but can more than double the export time req
30. allows the user to set up the grid spacing and vertical units a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export PNG Command The Export PNG command allows the user to export any loaded data sets to a PNG file When selected the command displays the PNG Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of an Options panel pictured below which allows the user to select whether to export an 8 bit palette based PNG or a 24 bit RGB PNG file as well as other applicable options a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to Table of Contents 33 Global Mapper User s Manual export PNG Export Options PNG Export Options Gridding Export Bounds m File G C 24 bit RGB Larger Size Full Color Palette Image Optimized Palette Sample Spacing X axis 0 000277777777799941 arc degrees Y axis 0 000277777777799941 arc degrees IV Always Generate Square Pixels If you wish to change the ground units that the spacing is specified in you need to change the current projection by going to Config gt Projection Save Scale Elevation Legend Grid if Displayed Save Vector Data if Displayed MV Generate World File NV Generate Projection
31. be in decimal degrees with the datum being the same as the datum that the overlay is in No data outside these bounds will be shown The Crop to Manually Specified Boundary in Native Layer Projection Units option allows you to specify a crop boundary in the native units of the selected overlay When selected this option will display the Customize Collar Bounds dialog pictured above to allow specifying the bounds to crop to The Crop a Specified Number of Pixels Around the Edges of the Layer option allows you to specify a number of pixels to crop of each edge of the selected overlay s The Band Setup tab pictured below is available for some types of imagery with 3 or more bands of data This tab allows you to control which bands of data are used for the red green and blue color bands This is a very useful tool when trying to extract different types of information out of multi spectral imagery Raster Options Display Color Contrast Adjustment Cropping Band Setup Feathering Select which band of data from the image to use for each color channel red green and blue This allows you to analyze multi spectral imagery in many different ways To view just a single band of data set each color channel to come from the same band Red Color Channel Band 3 v Green Color Channel Band 2 Blue Color Channel Band 1 v Cancel Apply Help Table of Contents 108 Global Mapper User s Manual The Palette tab
32. be included as an attribute if the Include attributes from lines with coordinate data option is selected Typically you want to leave this option checked unless you are importing point data in which the 3rd column is an attribute that occasionally contains all numeric values such as well names If you have line and or area data that do not have non coordinate lines separating them but rather are delimited by a change in a particular field column of data you can use the Break Line Area Features on Change in Field option to specify which field use a 1 based index to check for breaking the data into separate line area features Pressing the Select Coordinate Offset Scale button displays a dialog that allows the user to select an offset and scale factor to apply to each coordinate The offset entered will first be added to each coordinate and then each coordinate will be multiplied by the scale factor When generic ASCII text files are imported Global Mapper will scan the attributes associated with each feature and look for any attribute names that are known to it The following is an abbreviated list of attribute names that are currently recognized by Global Mapper when generic ASCII text files are read see the links below the list for more complete lists e NAME or LABEL the value associated with an attribute of either of these names will be used as the feature name e DESC DESCRIPTION LAYER or TYPE the value associated with an attribute
33. be stored in the custom_datums txt file in the same folder as the Global Mapper installation so to share your datums just copy that file to another user s computer If a needed ellipsoid is not built in to Global Mapper use the Add Ellipsoid button to add a new one or Edit Ellipsoid to edit an existing custom ellipsoid definition Table of Contents 98 Global Mapper User s Manual Create New Datum Datum Name BUKIT RIMPAH Abbreviation Optional BUKIT Ellipsoid Spheroid Selection Bessel 1841 Add Ellipsoid Edit Ellipsoid Datum Transformation Method 3 parameter Molodensky Transformation 7 parameter Bursa wolfe Transformation Shifts to WGS84 meters Rotation to WGS84 arc seconds 5 x Shift 1 384 Y Shift 664 Z Shift 48 Scale Correction to WGS84 parts per million Scale ppm l The Planar Units pull down select the ground units to use with the projection The Zone selection allows you to select the zone for use with the UTM State Plane Gauss Krueger and other zoned projections For those projections that require additional parameters to fully define them the Attributes table allows you to enter the values for each applicable parameter You can save the currently selected projection to a PRJ file using the Save to File button Previously saved PRJ files can be loaded using the Load from File button By default the PRJ file will be saved in the newer WKT well known text fo
34. but is not yet supported by all software applications If the application s that you are going to be using the TIFF file with supports LZW using this compression method is definitely suggested If the Generate PRJ File option is checked a describing the projection of the coordinates in the file will automatically be created If the Make Background Void Pixels Transparent option is checked for 24 bit RGB or JPEG in TIFF files an alpha channel will be added to the created GeoTIFF file to indicate which pixels should be treated as transparent Note that this will create a larger file and not all applications will support TIFF files with alpha channels Export Global Mapper Grid Command The Export Global Mapper Grid command allows the user to export any loaded elevation grid data sets to a Global Mapper Grid format file The Global Mapper Grid format is a highly compressed elevation grid format that loads and draws very quickly and requires very little memory If you have a choice for what format to store your gridded elevation data in we suggest using the Global Mapper Grid format When selected the command displays the Global Mapper Grid Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the grid spacing and vertical units a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export
35. button and the Delete Type button allows the user to remove area types that were previously created with the New Type button With the Attributes button you can specify a set of default attributes and values to use for new features of this type created using the Digitizer Tool Configuration Point Styles Vertical Options Shader Options Projection General Vector Display Area Styles Line Styles Area Type National Park Major State Park State Park Park a Edit Type Delete Type Attributes Fill Pattem Solid Fill X Color Border Width fi H Style Null v Color Transparency How See Through is the Area a 00 0 Transparent Opaque MV Show Labels for Areas of This Type Select Label Font Restore Default Style Restore Default Style For All Types Line Styles Table of Contents 90 Global Mapper User s Manual The Line Styles panel pictured below allows the user to configure how lines of a given type will be displayed in Global Mapper The line style width color and label font can be modified on a type by type basis In addition the Show Labels for Lines of This Type When Present option allows users to turn line labels off on a type by type basis The Display Roads As Fat Lines When Zoomed In option allows users to turn on off the fattening of road lines when zoom in tight on them The New Type button allows the user to create a new line feature type and sp
36. choose a new unit using a left click You may continue to change the measurement display by selecting different units The distance will be displayed in kilometers meters miles or feet for a line and in square feet square meters square miles acres or hectares for areas Note that if you place a point along your measurement that you do not want you can press Ctrl Z to remove the last placed point in the measurement You can also save a measurement to a separate feature by right clicking and selecting Save Measurement from the list that pops up You can then export these measurements to new vector files such as Shapefiles or DXF or modify them with the Digitizer Tool There is also an option to copy the measurement text to the clipboard when you right click Global Mapper REGISTERED File view Tools Search GPS Help saam aalala aloja elak Z essre lia GEO NAD83 96 74097857 40 84180457 40 841805 N If you have gridded elevation data loaded under the measurement you can also calculate the Cut and Fill volume either within the measurement area or within some distance of the measurement line To do this simply right click then select the Measure Volume Cut and Fill option that appears Selecting this option will display the Setup Volume Calculation Parameters dialog pictured below which allows you to set up the volume measurement Table of Contents 117 Global Mapper User s Manu
37. commands e Zoom Allows the user to zoom in on a specific point in the display e Pan Grab and Drag Drag the view to a new location e Measure Measures length as well as an enclosed area e Feature Info Chooses an object to display its attributes e Path Profile LOS Generate 3D path profile and perform line of sight LOS calculations e View Shed Analysis Perform view shed analysis using loaded elevation grid data e Digitizer Modify existing vector features and create new ones e Control Center Central control for all loaded overlays e Configure General Global Mapper setup Zoom Tool l The Zoom command selects the zoom tool as the current tool To zoom in on a specific point choose the Zoom tool from the toolbar or Tool Zoom from menu bar A magnifying glass icon should appear on the screen To zoom in left click without dragging the mouse The view is centered on where the mouse was clicked and will zoom in by a factor of two To zoom out right click without dragging the mouse The view will zoom out by a factor of two centered on where the mouse was clicked You can also hold down the Ctrl key while right clicking to restore the view to the last zoomed view Alternately one can zoom in to a user defined rectangle by left clicking and then draging a box while holding down the left mouse button If your mouse has a middle button you can hold it down and drag the map similar to the behavior of the P
38. data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Lidar LAS Command The Export Lidar LAS command allows the user to export any loaded 3D vector data sets like 3D point clouds loaded from other LAS files to new Lidar LAS format files When selected the command displays the Lidar LAS Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Lowrance USR Command The Export Lowrance USR command allows the user to export any loaded vector data sets to a Lowrance USR format file for use in Lowrance brand GPS devices When selected the command displays the Lowrance USR Export Options dialog which allows the user to set up the export The dialog consists of a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded vector data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export MapGen Command The Export MapGen command allows the user to export any loaded vector data sets to a MapGen format file When selected the command displays the MapGen Export Options dialog which allows the user to set up the export The dialog consists of an
39. datum that each newly created output file should use By default each output file will use the same horizontal datum as the source file that it was created off of Alternately the user can specify to have all output files created in NAD27 NAD83 WGS72 or WGS84 with the appropriate offset being applied automatically The Vertical Units selection is present only for some conversions and controls the output elevation units The Palette selection is present only for some conversions and controls the palette if any used in the output files The palette values are defined as follows e Image Optimized Palette The palette generated will be an optimal mix of up to 256 colors that will closely represent the full blend of colors in the source images This option will generate the best results but can more than double the export time required if any high color images are present in the export set If all of the input data is palette based and the combined palette of those files has 256 colors or less then the combined files of the input file will just be used with no additional export time being required e Grayscale Palette This palette consists of 256 scales of gray ranging from black to white e DRG Optimized Palette This palette is optimized for the exporting USGS DRG data The palette consists of only the standard DRG colors e DRG DOQ Optimized Palette As the name suggests this palette is optimized for exporting a mixture of USGS DRG dat
40. depending upon the size of the dataset Download Step 1 Download the Global Mapper software latest version from the Global Mapper website http www globalmapper com by following the Download link on the left side of the main page Step 2 Go to the directory in which you saved the viewer in Step 1 and select the global_mapper8_setup exe icon Step 3 Double click the icon Select YES to install the program Allow the installation to progress normally and select any defaults it asked for Registration You can freely download the latest version of Global Mapper by following the instructions above However without a valid username and registration key several significant functions will be unavailable In particular if you do not obtain a valid registration key for your copy of Global Mapper you will be subject to the following limitations e You will be unable to export data to any format e You will be limited to loading a maximum of 4 data files at a time With the full version you can load any number of data files simultaneously e You will be unable to view loaded elevation data in 3D e You will be unable to load workspaces e You will be unable to do line of sight calculations using loaded elevation data e You will be unable to perform view shed analysis using loaded elevation data e You will be unable to perform cut and fill volume calculations using loaded elevation data e You will be unable to work with map catalo
41. e Point Styles f Vertical Options g Shader Options h Projection Options Table of Contents Global Mapper User s Manual ABOUT THIS MANUAL This manual is for Global Mapper v9 03 Earlier versions of the software may not contain all the features documented here Later versions may contain additional features or behave differently To see the version of your software select Help About Global Mapper from the Menu Bar The demo version contains some but not all of the features available through a registered version of Global Mapper The Global Mapper Web Site found at http www globalmapper com maintains a list of changes and supported formats features links to sample data as well as current information about the Global Mapper software Please refer to this site to obtain the latest copy of the software Earlier versions of the software should be uninstalled Start Settings Control Panel Add Remove Programs before installing later versions System Requirements Global Mapper software is compatible with Windows 98 Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows ME Windows XP 32 and 64 bit versions and Windows Vista 32 and 64 bit versions You may also be able to run Global Mapper on a Macintosh computer using an emulator like VirtualPC Parallels or Boot Camp or on a Linux OS under WINE The minimum system requirements are 32 MB of RAM and 30 MB of hard drive space for the installation Space requirements for the data are typically higher
42. e Automatically Inserting Vertices at Line Intersections Finding Non Connected Line Endpoints i e Connectivity Checks Finding Nearby Points Flattening Terrain Using Area Features Adding Address Information to Points from Nearby Road Features Creating New Features At any time that the Digitizer Tool is active you have the option to create new area line and point features simple by right clicking and selecting either the Create New Area Feature Create New Line Feature or Create New Point Feature options on the popup menu pictured below Any new features created can be exported to new vector files in any of the supported vector export format DXF Shapefile etc Table of Contents 129 Global Mapper User s Manual lt Global Mapper REGISTERED Se File View Tools Search Help Create New Line Feature L a ks Create New Point Feature Show Area and Line vertices at FE j p J ue 250 m 500 m 750 m e l 4 Right Click to Display Option Menu UTM NAD27 387801 1 4319610 9 39 020216 N 94 296035 W Creating New Area Features After selecting the Create New Area Feature popup menu option you can proceed to draw a new area feature with the mouse To draw the feature simple left click at each place that you d like to drop a vertex To finish the area feature right click at the desired location of the last vertex to complete the area You can cancel creation of the new area at any time by pressing
43. e MP_IMAGE_ID POLISH_MP only specifies the image ID value that should be stored in the resultant mp file If you don t specify this value or you specify a value of 0 a new value that has not been used before will automatically be generated e DGN_UNIT_RESOLUTION DGN only specifies the unit resolution to use in an exported DGN file The default is 10000 0 e DGN_GLOBAL_ORIGIN_LL DGN only specifies whether the global origin of the exported DGN file should be set to the lower left of the design plane rather than at the center of the design plane Use DGN_GLOBAL_ORIGIN_LL YES to move the global origin to the lower left e DGN_REPLACE_DARK_ COLORS DGN only specifies whether the color of dark lines should automatically be replaced with white on export to make them more visible on a dark background Use DGN_REPLACE_DARK_COLORS YES to enable this option e OVERWRITE_EXISTING specifies that existing files should be overwritten The default is OVERWRITE_EXISTING YES so use OVERWRITE_EXISTINGE NO to skip exporting files that already exist e SPLIT_BY_LAYER SHAPEFILE only specifies that the export should generate a separate Shapefile for each layer type in the input data GENERATE_CONTOURS The GENERATE_CONTOURS command allows for the generation of contour lines isolines of equal elevation from any or all currently loaded elevation data The following parameters are supported by the command e ELEV_UNITS specify elevation u
44. elevation value in the layer This allows you to vertically scale a layer to match other layers Default to 1 0 no scaling MIN_ELEV elevation only specifies the minimum elevation meters to treat as valid when rendering this layer Any elevations below this value will be treated as invalid and not be drawn or exported MAX_ELEV elevation only specifies the maximum elevation meters to treat as valid when rendering this layer Any elevations above this value will be treated as invalid and not be drawn or exported CLAMP_ELEVS elevation only if a MIN_ELEV and or MAX_ELEV value is specified setting this to YES will make any valid elevation values outside of the specified range be clamped to the new range value rather than treated as invalid VOID_ELEV elevation only specifies the elevation meters to replace any void areas in the layer with If not specified the void areas will be transparent SHADER_NAME elevation only this sets the name of the shader to use when rendering the gridded elevation data for this layer Use this to override use of the shared default shader just for this layer This must be one of the names displayed in the shader drop down in Global Mapper such as Atlas Shader or Global Shader or the name of a custom shader e TRANSLUCENCY elevation and raster only specifies the level of translucency i e how see through the layer is Value values range from 0 to 512 with 0 meaning the l
45. it Name Description COUNTY_L COUNTY_R FR_ADDR A 100th St Local ne Wyandotte Wyandotte 100th S amp N 100th St Local ne Wyandotte Wyandotte 103rd St N 103rd St Local ne Wyandotte Wyandotte 2719 103rd St N 103rd St Local ne Wyandotte Wyandotte 2801 105th St Local ne Wyandotte Wyandotte 105th St Local ne Wyandotte Wyandotte 113th St N 113th St Local ne Wyandotte Wyandotte 114th St Local ne Wyandotte Wyandotte 115th St Local ne Wyandotte Wyandotte 11th t Local ne Wyandotte Wyandotte Edit Selected Delete Selected The Search Vector Data dialog displays a list of all of the vector features areas lines and or points which match the specified Search Criteria The Search Criteria can be applied to any attribute value of the loaded features the display label field or the description type field Comparisons to the Compare Value can be done either textually or numerically For text equal and not equal searches the Compare Value field can contain the and wildcard characters In addition one can control which vector object types area line and or point to include in the search Once you have your Search Criteria set how you want for the search press the Search button to actually perform the search and display the matching results in the results list The results will be sorted in ascending order by the value that was searched on Table of Contents 67 Glo
46. new layer is assigned to the smaller of the value in the first layer and the value in the second layer e Maximum Elevation value in new layer is assigned to the larger of the value in the first layer and the value in the second layer Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to combine terrain layers Generate Contours Command Table of Contents 60 Global Mapper User s Manual The Generate Contours command allows the user to generate equally spaced contour lines from any loaded elevation grid data When selected the command displays the Contour Generation Options dialog pictured below which allows the user to set up the contour generation process Contour Generation Options Contour Options Simplification Gridding Contour Bounds Description GENERATED CONTOURS Contour Interval 5 METERS I Only Generate Contour Lines at Specified Height s Resolution The resolution affects fidelity with which contours are generated Larger numbers result in less detailed contour lines that take up less space Typically youll just want to accept the defaults X axis 30 meters Y axis 30 meters If you wish to change the ground units that the resolution is specified in you need to change the current projection by going to Config gt Projection E Generate Area Features Colored Based on the Current Elevation Shader in Addition to Contours Generate Spot Elevations at Min Max Elevations V interpo
47. of any of these names will be used as the feature description e GM_TYPE the value associated with an attribute with this name or any of the description names listed above will be used to attempt to assign a classification other than the default for each feature The value must match one of the classification names in Global Mapper to work It will also work for user created custom types e ELEVATION HEIGHT or DEPTH the value associated with an attribute of any of these names will be used as the feature s elevation e SYMBOL POINT SYMBOL or POINT_SYMBOL the values associated with an attribute of any of these names will be compared against the names of the symbols available in Global Mapper including any custom symbols If a match is found that symbol will be used for the point feature These attribute names are ignored for line features You can also specify custom dot and square symbol colors and sizes without having to add your own custom bitmaps for those symbols Use names of the form DOT_CUSTOM_ SIZE _ RED _ GREEN _ BLUE and SQUARE_CUSTOM_ SIZE _ RED _ GREEN _ BLUE where the SIZE value is the radius in pixels of the dot or square and the RED GREEN and BLUE values represent the color to use For example to specify a dot symbol of radius 10 pixels with a color or green you would use a symbol name of DOT_CUSTOM_10_0_255_0 Table of Contents 10 Global Mapper User s Manual e COLOR the COLOR attribute should be for
48. of standard deviations from the mean to use ina PERCENTAGE contrast adjustment The default is 2 0 e AUTO_CONTRAST raster only DEPRECATED use CONTRAST_MODE instead specifies whether to automatically calculate and apply a 2 standard deviation contrast adjustment to the image Use AUTO_CONTRAST YES to turn on Anything else turns it off e CLIP_COLLAR raster only specifies whether to clip the collar off of the image The following values are supported for cropping NONE no collar cropping is performed e AUTO automatically remove a USGS DRG style collar or a 3 75 DOQQ collar LAT_LON crop the collar to a a specified set of bounds specified in arc degrees in the native datum of the layer The bounds should be specified using the CLIP_COLLAR_BOUNDS parameter NATIVE crop the collar to a specified set of bounds specified in the native projection system and datum of the layer The bounds should be specified using the CLIP_COLLAR_BOUNDS parameter PIXELS crop a given number of pixels off of each side of the layer The number of pixels to remove from each side should be specified using the CLIP_COLLAR_BOUNDS parameter e CLIP_COLLAR_BOUNDS raster only specifies the bounds of the collar to be clipped off when the CLIP_COLLAR parameter is enabled The coordinates should be specified in arc degrees native layer coordinates or pixel counts as a comma delimited list going west south east north For example CLIP_COLLAR_BOUNDS
49. of the shader to use when rendering elevation data This must be one of the names displayed in the shader drop down in Global Mapper such as Atlas Shader or Global Shader or the name of a custom shader e AMBIENT_LIGHT_LEVEL this sets the ambient lighting level The valid range of values is 0 0 1 0 with smaller numbers meaning completely black i e no light and 1 0 being full lighting e VERT_EXAG this sets the vertical exaggeration to use when rendering elevation overlays This effects the hill shading The valid range of values is 0 0 100 0 e LIGHT_ALTITUDE this sets the altitude angle of the light source that creates shadows on elevation data The valid range of values is 0 0 90 0 with 0 0 meaning a light source at the horizon and 90 0 meaning a light source directly overhead e LIGHT_AZIMUTH this sets the direction angle of the light source that creates shadows on elevation data The valid range of values is 0 0 360 0 with 0 0 meaning a light source from the top of the screen i e north 90 0 meaning from the right i e east etc e ENABLE_WATER this setting controls whether or not water will be displayed on top of elevation values at or below the currently configured water level Use YES to enable water display and NO to disable water display e WATER_COLOR this setting controls the color that water drawn on top of elevation data is rendered in The format of this value is RGB lt red gt lt green gt lt b
50. out by a factor of 2 Zoom Out Micro The Zoom Out Micro command zooms the current view out by a small amount Zoom To Scale Table of Contents 65 Global Mapper User s Manual The Zoom To Scale command zoom the current view to a user specified scale For example to make one inch on the screen be equivalent to 1 mile of ground truth you would enter a scale of 63360 this is the number of inches in a mile Save Current View The Save Current View command saves the current map view bounds The saved view can later be restored by using the Restore Last Saved View command This feature allows you to save a view at one spot then pan and zoom around and load additional data then restore your view to the saved spot in one simple operation Restore Last Saved View The Restore Last Saved View command restore the map view to the location last saved using the Save Current View command Search Menu The Search menu currently provides the following commands e Search By Name e Search By Attributes Name and Description e Find Address Search By Name The Search By Name command allows for searching for features in all loaded vector data by name When selected the Find By Name dialog is displayed Find By Name Search String CALF Types To Search MV Areas V Lines IV Points Name Description Chloride Gulch Valley Chloride Gulch Valley Chloride Mine Mine Chloride Mine Mine Colard Ranch Locale Coloradian Mine Mine
51. pictured below is available for raster image files that use a fixed color palette for display This tab allows you to see what colors are in the palette as well as edit the color and or description of each color in the palette This allows you to easily replace one color with another You can also save the palette to a new file or load an entirely new palette to use for the layer from an existing PAL or CLR file Raster Options Display Color Contrast Adjustment Cropping Palette Feathering Projection WM Pal ix 0 RGB O 0 0 __ Pal Idx 1 RGB 255 255 255 HMM Pal Idx 3 RGB 203 0 23 HMM Pal Idx 4 RGB 131 66 37 a Pal Idx 5 RGB 201 234 157 HM Pal Idx 6 RGB 137 51 128 E Pal Idx 7 RGB 255 234 0 a Pal Idx 8 RGB 167 226 226 a Pal Idx 9 RGB 255 184 184 Ea Pal Idx 10 RGB 218 179 214 E Pal Idx 11 RGB 209 209 209 Pal Idx 12 RGB 207 164 142 Edit Selected Color Edit Selected Label Load Palette File Save Palette File Restore Orginal Palette The Feathering tab pictured below allows you specify that you would like to feather blend the selected overlay s with the underlying overlay s on the specified edges This can be extremely powerful tool for blending imagery maps from different sources and or at different resolution to make the edge between the map sets invisible You can choose to either feather blend around the edges of selected file
52. set of overlays from a particular blend mode setting can often be hard to predict so rather than try to understand what is technically happening for each blend mode it s best to just experiment with different ones until you find one that you like The Hard Light setting seems to work well with satellite imagery overlaid on DEMs but the others can be quite useful as well For example the Apply Color setting is useful for applying color to a grayscale overlay such as using a low resolution color LANDSAT image to colorize a high resolution grayscale satellite image The SPOT Natural Color blend mode combines the color channels in the topmost layer using the common algorithm for generating natural color imagery from images from the SPOT HRV multi spectral sensor Red B2 Green 3 B1 B3 4 Blue 3 B1 B3 4 The Transparent option allows a particular color or colors to be displayed transparently making it possible to see through a layer to the layers underneath For example when viewing a DRG on top of a DOQ making the white in the DRG transparent makes it possible to see much of the DOQ underneath Pressing the Set Transparent Color button allows the user to select the color or multiple colors for palette based files to treat as transparent in the selected overlay s as well as save the palette for palette based files to a color palette pal file If you also check the Make Very Similar Colors Transparent as Well option any color
53. slightly smaller than what is specified in order to achieve this By default the sample spacing is exactly maintained and each grid cell may be slightly larger than specified to maintain an integer number of exported cells Use GRID_KEEP_CELL_SIZE YES to enable GRID_NAMING specifies how to name tiles when gridding an export into multiple tiles The value should be SEQUENTIAL for sequential numeric naming starting at 1 and SEPARATE for separate prefix appending by row and column For the SEPARATE option use the GRID_NAMING_COLS and GRID_NAMING_ROWS parameters to specify the details of how to name the rows and columns If no GRID_NAMING parameter is supplied the last selected grid naming options selected in the user interface will be used GRID_NAMING_COLS specifies how to name the column portion of grid cell names when using the GRID_NAMING SEPARATE parameter The value of this field is a comma delimited list with the following field values Naming type Can have the following values NUM name using numbers in ascending order amp NUM_REVERSE name using numbers in descending order ALPHA name using letters in ascending order 0 ALPHA_REVERSE name using letters in descending order Starting value for numbering or lettering i e 1 or A Prefix string to use before the numeric or alphabetic value Step value for numeric naming default is 1 You can leave values blank if they don t apply or you want to use the default As
54. street city state zip street city state street zip city state zip city state zip Geocode Addresses from File If an address is found that matches the requested location a results dialog see sample below is displayed with the matching location information as well as button to allow creating a new point feature at the address location re centering the map view on the address and copying the address information to the Windows clipboard for easy pasting into another application Table of Contents 68 Global Mapper User s Manual Address Search Result for 1600 Pennsylvania Ave Washington DC ADDRESS 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW CITY WASHINGTON ZIP 20502 0001 COUNTRY US PRECISION address POS 38 53 55 32 N 77 02 14 00 W Create Point From Address Center Map on Address Copy Address Data to Clipboard The dialog also includes a Geocode Addresses from File button that allows you to geocode a bunch of addresses at once The text file that you select to convert can either contain a list of files with addresses in the single line form accepted when searching on a single address or it can be a comma or tab delimited file with named columns like Address City State and Zip see the example file contents below Note that you are limited to about 5 000 address searches within a single 24 hour period Sequence Name Address City State ZIP Phone 1 McPeak Betty North Pole AK 99705 9
55. the DXF files and if so whether you want them represented as TEXT entities in their own layer called FEATURE_LABEL or as DXF attributes The default is to have them included as attributes associated with each feature As some software packages cannot handle attributes in DXF files you may have to switch to a different option with the associated loss of information to get your exported DXF files to work with some software packages The Layer Names section allows you to control how the layer names used in the exported DXF file are generated You can choose to use the feature description feature display label or feature source filename as the layer name in the exported file If you choose to use the display label as the layer name any features that do not have a display label will use the feature description as the layer name in the exported file If selected the Generate Projection PRJ File option causes a projection file describing the ground reference system of the DXF file to be generated in addition to the DXF file itself The PRJ file will have the same name as the DXF file with the prj extension Table of Contents 43 Global Mapper User s Manual If selected the Create 3D Features Using Loaded Elevation Data option will cause any underlying elevation data like DEMs to be used to retrieve elevation values for 2D features being exported and generate new 3D features in the exported DXF file If selected the Generate ECEF Coo
56. the Open ECW File from the Web command displays the Load Image From Web dialog pictured below This dialog allows the user to either select a predefined web link for loading or to enter the URL of any available ECW file served by Image Web Server Load Image From Web Ea Africa Lo Australia perth Cancel sydney Canada ep Cosa H Denmark Finland Ikonos Japan UK Add Link 1941_tenoroc Edit Link Imeter_calif ane 2000_tenoroc Delete Link The tree on the left of the dialog allows the user to select which data file they wish to load Global Mapper comes with several dozen useful links already entered into the tree To access your own ECW image from the web press the Add Link button This button causes the Add New Web Link dialog pictured below to be displayed Add New Web Image x Group Name My Custom Links Description las Vegas NY Cancel Image URL fecwp imaa earthetc com images usa Last eg The Group Name drop list allows the user to select which group if any to place the new link in Any of the predefined groups can be selected or a new group name can be entered Leaving the group name blank will cause the new link to appear at the root level of the tree The Description field is where you enter the human readable description of the link This is what will be displayed for the link on the main dia
57. the export bounds of each image being converted to be clamped to the nearest 3 75 lat lon boundary This can be useful in limited cases such as when reprojecting to geographic arc degrees and the source images had a tiny collar to make the image square in the native projection Convert to Grayscale causes the exported imagery to be generated in only shades of gray Crop to Selected Areas this option specifies that each exported file will be cropped to any area features selected with the Feature Info or Digitizer Tools If this option is selected no output file will be generated for any input file that does not intersect any of the selected crop areas Export Areas Export Lines and Export Points these options respectively control whether area line and or point shapefiles are generated from the source vector data files At least one of these options must be selected Fill Small Gaps in Data this option specifies whether or not small gaps in the elevation or raster file being exported will be filled by interpolating between nearby known values Force Square Pixels in Output causes the newly created files to have square pixels in whatever projection they are created in This allows the files to be used with the widest variety of other software packages many of which do not correctly handle non square pixels Generate Projection PRJ File causes a projection file describing the ground reference system of the output file to be generated
58. the ground control points are provided in This name must have been defined with a prior DEFINE_PROJ command Use this if you want to Table of Contents 166 Global Mapper User s Manual specify control points in a projection other than what you want to define as the native projection for the file Note that you must also explicitly specify the name projection of the file using either the PROJ_NAME PROJ_EPSG_CODE or PROJ_FILENAME parameters e GCP_PROJ_FILENAME specifies the name of the projection prj file that contains the projection definition for the projection that the ground control points are provided in Use this if you want to specify control points in a projection other than what you want to define as the native projection for the file Note that you must also explicitly specify the name projection of the file using either the PROJ_NAME PROJ_EPSG_CODE or PROJ_FILENAME parameters e GCP_PROJ_EPSG_CODE specifies the EPSG code of the projection that the ground control points are provided in Use this if you want to specify control points in a projection other than what you want to define as the native projection for the file Note that you must also explicitly specify the name projection of the file using either the PROJ_NAME PROJ_EPSG_CODE or PROJ_FILENAME parameters e RECTIFY specifies the rectification method to use for rectifying this file Valid value are LINEAR AFFINE POLYNOMIAL and TRIANGULATION If you do not specify a
59. the line feature right click at the desired location of the last vertex You can cancel creation of the new line at any time by pressing the Escape key Note that while drawing the line you can use the Snapping feature to help align the line with existing features Once you ve completed drawing the line the Modify Feature Info dialog will appear allowing you to setup the label classification drawing style and attribution for the line The length of the line feature will be added as a default attribute The units for the length measurement can be modified on the General tab of the Configuration dialog See Editing Feature Attributes and Drawing Styles for more details Once you have completed have completed creating the line the Digitizer Tool will remain in the line creation mode so you can simply start left clicking to draw another line or right click to choose a different mode You can also create new line features from selected area features by selecting one or more areas then right clicking and selecting the Create New Line Feature s from Selected Area Feature s menu command This will create a single closed line feature from each selected area feature Creating New Point Features After selecting the Create New Point Feature popup menu option you can proceed place the point feature by left clicking at the desired location of the point You can cancel creation of the new point at any time by pressing the Escape key You can also u
60. the selected pair to the Windows clipboard treat the value as a web URL and open that location in a web browser or treat the value as a filename either absolute or relative to the path of the source file from which the feature was read and load that file either into Global Mapper or with the program associated with that file type in Windows You can also choose to zoom the main map view to the extents of the selected feature Clicking the Vertices button for line or area features displays the Feature Vertex List dialog pictured below which allows you to view edit and remove the individual vertex coordinates including Z and timestamp values if present for the selected feature The X and Y coordinates are listed in the native projection of the layer and the Z coordinates will have the elevation units defined for the layer on the Projection tab of the Options dialog for the layer You can also easily add per vertex elevation values to features that do not already have them by pressing the Add Elevs button on the Feature Vertex List dialog Table of Contents 119 Global Mapper User s Manual Feature Vertex List Vertex List Double Click to Center View on Vertex z Time 104 90319 39 619260 529 749 02 01 08 19 04 16 104 90317 39 619520 529 139 02 01 08 19 04 17 104 90320 39 619950 528 834 02 01 08 19 04 18 104 90351 39 620270 529 444 02 01 08 19 04 19 104 90388 39 620350 529 749 02 01 08 19 04 19 10
61. the tracklog can be configured on the Line Styles tab of the Configuration dialog Save Tracklog The Save Tracklog command will save the currently record tracklog to a permanent line feature When selected this command will display a dialog allowing you to specify any additional desired attributes and or drawing styles that you would like to associate with the tracklog In addition any extraneous points that do not contribute to the shape of the tracklog will be automatically removed to save space Any saved tracklog features will be added to the user features layer which appears in the Overlay Control Center The saved tracklog features can be exported to any of the supported vector export formats Table of Contents 144 Global Mapper User s Manual Scripting Language Reference Contents e General Overview e Batch Mode Operation e Comments e Commands ADD MEASURE ATTRS Adds Updates Measure Attributes to Features in a Layer COMBINE TERRAIN Combines Two Loaded Terrain Layers to Generate a New Terrain Layer DEFINE PROJ Define a Projection for Later Use EMBED SCRIPT Runs Another Script File Within This Script EXPORT ELEVATION Export Elevation Data to a File EXPORT METADATA Export Metadata for a Layer to a File EXPORT RASTER Export Raster and Elevation Data to a File EXPORT VECTOR Export Vector Data to a File GENERATE CONTOURS Generate Contours from Elevation Data GENERATE ELEV GRID Generates an E
62. to black By moving this slider to the right you can cause shadowing to be capped in high relief areas thus allowing the use of other controls to better bring out detail in low relief areas To enable the display of water on elevation data sets check the Show Water On Elevation Data option The Water Transparency controls the clarity of displayed water if configured to display water Clearer water shows more underlying relief to show through while opaque water allows none The Water Level setting controls the level at which water is displayed The default is set at an elevation of 0 meters above sea level Use this to simulate different flood and sea level change scenarios The Water Color options allows you to set the color of the water The default is blue Shader Options The Shader Options panel pictured below controls options for the display of elevation data using the daylight gradient slope and HSV shaders described above Table of Contents 94 Global Mapper User s Manual Configuration General Vector Display Area Styles Line Styles Point Styles Vertical Options Shader Options Projection Daylight Shader Gradient Shader Low Color High Color j Slope Shader Minimum Slope Slope Value Color l Maximum Slope Slope Value Color Coloring Between Min and Max Slope Values Smooth Gradient Custom Color HSV Shader Low Color Start E Value
63. use the data in software that doesn t recognize embedded positioning information Remove Collar From Image causes the collar of DRG style images to be automatically removed from each image that is converted if collar bounds can be automatically determined Note that some collar may remain in order to make the end result rectangular if the destination projection in not geographic lat lon If you check this option and the file being converted is also loaded in the main Table of Contents 58 Global Mapper User s Manual map view and has some custom collar cropping applied those collar cropping options will be used rather than the automatic DRG style collar setting e Use Big Endian For Elevations causes stored elevations to use the big endian Motorola byte order rather than the default little endian Intel byte order e Use Lossless Compression this option causes the lossless compression method to be used when generating Global Mapper Grid files If it is not checked some minor loss of data in areas of high terrain relief will be allowed in order to achieve a higher compression ratio e Use Other Source Files As Filler causes all selected source files to be loaded and made available during export to fill holes in the main file being converted This is useful when you have a collection of files that are being reprojected and you do not want to have a sliver around the edge of each new file filled with the background color when the source
64. useful for creating an image index as the filename of the layer will also be saved as an attribute of the area feature created from it e Allow Feature Selection from Selected Layer s This option controls whether or not vector features from this layer can be selected using either the Feature Info or Digitizer Tools e Close All Hidden Layers This option causes all layers that are currently marked as hidden i e have their display checkbox unchecked to be closed e Hide All Offscreen Layers This option causes all layers that are currently completely off of the main map view to be marked as hidden i e have their display checkbox unchecked Table of Contents 100 Global Mapper User s Manual e Move Selected Overlay s Up Down These options allow you to modify the order in which overlays are displayed in the main view Create Elevation Grid from 3D Vector Data Selecting the Create Elevation Grid from 3D Vector Data option on the popup menu that appears when right clicking on vector layers in the Overlay Control Center displays the Elevation Grid Creation Options dialog pictured below Using this dialog you can configure how you want the elevation grid to be created using the selected vector data as well as what portion of the selected overlays to use when creating the elevation grid You can also use the Gridding tab to specify that your data should be gridded in sections This makes it possible to grid data sets that are too large
65. user to setup the export The dialog consists of an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Batch Convert Reproject The Batch Convert Reproject command allows the user to easily convert multiple files in one format to another format When the command is selected the user is first prompted to select the file type to convert from using the dialog pictured below Once an input file type is selected another dialog with a list of all compatible export file types is displayed allowing the user to select what type of file to convert the input files to Finally after the input and output file types are selected the Batch Convert dialog pictured below is displayed allowing the user to set up the batch conversion Select File Type to Convert From ACE Alltitude Corrected Elevation Cancel Are Vector Coverage File Arc lInfo ASCII Grid File Arc lInfo Binary Grid File AutoCAD DXF Drawing Interchange File BSB CTM DEM Table of Contents 55 Global Mapper User s Manual Select File Type to Convert To Select Type v Select Type Arc Info ASCII Grid File BIL Band Inerleaved Imagery BIL 16 bit Elevation Samples BIL 32 bit Elevation Samples BIP Band Interleaved Pixel BSQ Band Sequential Imagery DEM USGS ASCII DEM Format Batch Convert Sou
66. will be displayed allowing you to add files to the catalog and control at what zoom level data layers are loaded for display Modify Map Catalog Catalog Description ned_continental_us m Map List Right Click for Map Metadata Display Description N28w108_N30W102 mq N30W108_N32W102 amq When to Display Maps Map Box is of Display Size fi 0 of Display Display Pixel is Less Than Size _ Filename A C Data NED November2004 WesternUS N 281 OF C Data NED November2004 WesternUS N 30W 1 OF N30W 114_N32W108 ama N32W 108_N34W102 ama N32W 114_N34W108 ama N32W 120_N34W114 ama N33W123_N37W120 ama N34W108_N36W102 gmq N34W114_N36W108 ama N34W 120_N36W114 ama N36W 108_N38W102 ama C Data NED November2004 WesternUS N30W 11 C Data NED November2004 WesternUS N 321 OF C Data NED November2004 WesternUS N32W 11 lt C Data NED November2004 WesternUS N 321 2 C Data NED November2004 WesternUS N 331 2 C Data NED November2004 WesternUS N34W 1 OF C Data NED November2004 WesternUS N34W 11 lt C Data NED November2004 WesternUS N 341 2 C Data NED November2004 WesternUS N 361 OF meters per pixel Save As Below a Given Map Scale BANA Between Given Map Scales 1to a and N36W114 N38W108 ama C Data NED November2004 WestemUS N36W 11 Tto 250000 lt gt T Add Files Add Loaded Files Remove Selected Files Add Directory Add Onscreen Files Remove All Files z Show
67. will be marked as transparent and any data under the map will show through When Global Mapper exports loaded vector data to a MP file it will automatically attempt to determine the best type to save in the MP file based on the classification of the feature in Global Mapper If no type mapping is known the name of the assigned Global Mapper classification will be used for the Type value in the MP file If you updated your RgnTypes txt file in your cGPSMapper folder with the type names and the appropriate type number you can make this work as well You can also manually specify the type number to use for a feature by adding an attribute named MP_TYPE with the type value to use as the attribute value If the value that you provide is for a marine type you should also provide an attribute with a name of MARINE and a value of Y You can also override the default type mapping for built in types by adding a default attribute list for the type on the Styles tab of the Configuration dialog Just add a MP_TYPE attribute to the default attribute list for a type to manually specify what type to use in exported MP files for a given Global Mapper type Global Mapper will automatically convert exported data to the appropriate projection and datum for export so that the Polish MP file will be correctly positioned By default this will be lat lon degrees with the WGS84 datum although if you use a template file that specified a different recognized datum Global Map
68. you rectify each image it will get added to the Reference Images view in the Image Rectifier dialog allowing you to select ground coordinates from it for subsequent images This allows you to ensure a good fit between adjacent data files If you selected to save the image s to JPG or GeoTIFF image s the new files will be written after you have rectified ALL of the selected files This is extremely useful as you can setup the rectification parameters for numerous images then let the sometimes lengthy rectification and saving process happen while you do something else All newly rectified files will be created in the same directory as the original images with _tectified appended just before the file extension The original imagery will remain intact and unchanged Image Rectifier Dialog Table of Contents 78 Global Mapper User s Manual E Image Rectifier 039094A3_bluespringsMO TIF File Options Ground Control Point GCP Entry Ground Control Point GCP Projection Pixel fi 096 6876331 96 Easting Lon 34 21 30 90 W Entire Image iit vee Click for Pixel pale Reference Images Load into Main View First Geographic Latitude Longitude WGS84 arc Pizel Y 4031 965044276 y Northing Lat E 02 38 89 N bee Selected GCP Ji Select Projection Ground Control Points Double click click to to Center on GCP Point Name Pixel Pixel Projected Projected Y Longitude Latitude Error Delete Po
69. 0 1 2 Note that not all raster formats support specifying a non default band setup e LABEL _FIELD specifies the name of the attribute field to use as the label attribute for the features in the file e AREA_TYPE specifies the name of the Global Mapper type to use for area features imported from the file e LINE_TYPE specifies the name of the Global Mapper type to use for line features imported from the file e POINT_TYPE specifies the name of the Global Mapper type to use for point features imported from the file IMPORT_ASCII The IMPORT_ASCII command imports data from a generic ASCII text file for later use The following parameters are supported by the command e FILENAME full path to file to load the data from e TYPE type of import that we re doing POINT_ONLY all lines with coordinate data will result in a new point object begin created POINT_AND_LINE both point and line features will be created from coordinate data in the file Line features will be created when coordinate data lines are back to back in the file All individual coordinate lines will result in a point object being created ELEVATION all lines in the file with 3 coordinate values x y and elevation will be used to create an elevation grid The data will be triangulated and gridded automatically resulting in a fully usable elevation grid that can be exported to any of the supported elevation data formats e COORD_DELIM specifies the delimeter
70. 07 488 4879 2 McPeak P Anchorage AK 99501 907 770 2957 3 McPeak Roger North Pole AK 99705 907 488 8823 4 McPeak Allan 1011 McCay Ave Mobile AL 36609 251 633 0931 5 McPeak Bill 395 Dupree Dr Huntsville AL 35806 256 837 2657 6 McPeak Carol 5923 Lumsden Battery Cir Mobile AL 36619 251 661 0989 7 McPeak Dwight 5548 Heath Row Dr Birmingham AL 35242 205 991 8862 8 McPeak Faye 146 Larkin St New Market AL 35761 256 379 5416 9 McPeak Faye 395 Dupree Dr Huntsville AL 35806 256 837 2657 When batch geo coding you can choose to either geocode US addresses against an online database or to geocode to loaded road data instead If you choose to geocode against loaded road data you must already have road data loaded with a known address format like Tiger Line data in the US or data with supported attribute names for addressing information like R FROM_ADR L_TO_ADR R_FROM_CITY L_TO_CITY etc so that the data can be geocoded Once you complete a batch geocode operation the results are displayed in a list in a dialog see sample below The Batch Geocode Results dialog contains buttons allowing you to create new point features from the matched address results or to export the results to a new file Table of Contents 69 Global Mapper User s Manual Batch Geocode Results Sequence Name Address City State ZIP Phone Latitude Longil McPeak Betty North Pole AK 99705 907 488 4879 64 46 31 44 N 147 22 7 McPeak P Anchora
71. 4 2 38 m 0 077 arc seconds Number of Zoom Levels to Use 5 z Tile Image File Format JPG Good for Imagery PNG Good for Scanned Maps and Vector Data MV Make Image Tiles Transparent I Save Vector Data if Displayed Create Filenames for World Wind Java Edition Note Users without a permanent registration key that export World Wind tiles will get a large diagonal DEMO symbol across the image Registered users will not see that symbol on their output Export XYZ Grid Command The Export X YZ Grid command allows the user to export any loaded elevation grid data sets to a comma delimited ASCII XYZ file Each grid point will be represented as follows actual coordinate delimiter is configurable x coordinate y coordinate z coordinate When selected the command displays the XYZ Grid Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the grid spacing and vertical units a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Zmap Plus Grid File Command The Export Zmap Plus Grid File command allows the user to export any loaded elevation grid data sets to a Zmap Plus Grid format file Table of Contents 38 Global Mapper User s Manual When selecte
72. 4 90391 39 619740 531 578 02 01 08 19 04 19 104 90386 39 619230 531 578 02 01 08 19 04 20 104 90387 39 619120 531 578 02 01 08 19 04 20 104 90380 39 618700 532187 02 01 08 19 04 20 anananndcn an LATAN canana NAINA INN ANA Delete Selected Vertices Edit Position Edit Elevation Cancel ome The PathProfile LOS command selects the 3D path profile LOS line of sight tool as the current tool This tool allows you to get a vertical profile along a user specified path using loaded elevation datasets In addition registered users can perform line of sight calculations along the defined path Path Profile LOS Tool To define the path along which to generate the 3D path profile first select the path profile tool as your current tool Press and release the left mouse button at the position where you wish to start the path Move the mouse to the next position that you want to include in the path profile then press the left mouse button again Right click on the last location in the path profile to complete selecting points and display the Path Profile Line of Sight dialog pictured below The Path Profile Line of Sight dialog will appear displaying the 3D path profile of the selected path Any points along the path that did not have elevation data underneath will be treated as an elevation of zero You can also generate 3D path profiles for existing line features by selecting the line feature in the Digi
73. 42 Global Mapper User s Manual Use the Mark Waypoint command to save a point feature at the current GPS location When selected this command will display a dialog allowing you to specify any additional desired attributes and or drawing styles that you would like to associate with the waypoint Any created waypoint features will be added to the user features layer which appears in the Overlay Control Center The waypoint features can be exported to any of the supported vector export formats Vessel Color The Vessel Color command allows you to control what color the GPS vessel is displayed in Vessel Size The Vessel Size submenu options allow you to control how large you would like the GPS vessel to be on screen Vessel Shape The Vessel Shape submenu options allow you to control the shape of the GPS vessel on screen Setup The Setup command displays the GPS Setup dialog pictured below The GPS Setup dialog allows you to tell Global Mapper what port your GPS device is connected to your computer on and what format the GPS device is communicating in Make sure that you have your GPS device set to NMEA 0183 v2 x or Garmin mode There is also an Auto Detect option which will cause Global Mapper to try and automatically determine your GPS device s settings when you start tracking the device You can also specify that you would like to read GPS information from a text file containing NMEA 0183 sentences GPS Setup NMES amp 0183 v2
74. AINTS specifies that 3D line and area features should be treated as constraints breaklines during the gridding process Use GRID_USE_CONSTRAINTS to enable this e GRID_IGNORE_ZERO specifies that features with an elevation of 0 0 will not be used during the gridding process GENERATE_PATH_PROFILE The GENERATE_PATH_PROFILE command allows for the saving of a 3D path profile to an ASCII XYZ file This command uses loaded elevation data to generate a list of the 3D coordinates between two given points in the given elevation units The following parameters are supported by the command e FILENAME full path to XYZ ASCII file to save the data to e ELEV_UNITS specify elevation units to use in export FEET export in US feet METERS export in meters e POINT_COUNT specifies the number of points to generate in the path This must be at least two For example to create 1000 points use POINT_COUNT 1000 You can use the POINT_SPACING parameter rather than this to specify how far apart sample points should be e POINT_SPACING specifies the point spacing in meters to use between sample points along the path For example to create points spaced 10 meters apart use POINT_SPACING 10 0 e START_POS specifies the start position for the path profile The coordinates must be given in the current global coordinate system For example if UTM if the current projection you might specify and easting northing as follows START_POS 480000 43 10000
75. ASURE_ATTRS command allows you to add update feature measure attributes to all of the line and area features in a loaded vector layer The following parameters are supported by the command e FILENAME filename of the layer to update If an empty value is passed in all layers that were created by the script such as those from a GENERATE_CONTOURS command will be updated You can also pass in the value USER CREATED FEATURES when running a script in the context of the main map view or loading a workspace to have the User Created Features layer updated COMBINE_TERRAIN The COMBINE_TERRAIN command generates a new terrain gridded elevation layer by combining two loaded terrain layers through some operation like addition subtraction difference average min max etc The new terrain layer can then be operated on just like any other terrain layer The following parameters are used by the COMBINE_TERRAIN command e LAYER1_FILENAME full path and filename of the first loaded terrain layer to use e LAYER2_FILENAME full path and filename of the second loaded terrain layer to use e COMBINE_OP defines the operation to perform when combining the layers The following operations are supported Table of Contents 146 Global Mapper User s Manual ADD adds the values from the first layer to the second SUBTRACT_SIGNED subtracts the values of the second layer from the first and saves the signed result SUBTRACT_UNSIGNED
76. CII Format Command Export Surfer Grid Binary v6 Format Command Export Surfer Grid Binary v7 Format Command Export Terragen Terrain File Command Export Vulcan3D Triangulation File Command Export XYZ Grid Command Export ZMap Plus Grid File Command e Export Vector Data Export Arc Ungenerate Command Export CDF Command Export CSV Command Export Delft 3D LDB Command Export DGN Command Export DLG O Command Export DXF Command Export Garmin TRK PCX5 File Command Export Garmin WPT PCXS5 File Command Export GOG Generalized Overlay Graphics Command Export GPX Command Export InRoads ASCII Command Export KML KMZ Command Export Landmark Graphics Command Export Lidar LAS Command Export Lowrance USR Command Export MapGen Command Export MapInfo MIF MID Command Export MatLab Command Export Moss Command Export NIMA ASC Command Table of Contents Global Mapper User s Manual Export Platte River File Command Export PLS CADD XYZ File Command Export Polish MP cGPSMapper File Command Export Shapefile Command Export Simple ASCH Text File Command Export Surfer BLN Command Export SVG Command Export Tom Tom OV2 File Command Export Tsunami OVR Command Export WAsP MAP File Command e Export Web Formats Google Maps VE WW etc Export Google Maps Tiles Command Export KML KMZ Command Export SVG Command Export VRML Command Export Virtual Earth Tiles Command
77. D Area Heights to Maintain Area Draw Order Filled Area Translucency 75 Clear 1 Opaque MV Create Compressed KMZ File Recommended Include Attribute Values in Feature Description Hide Point Features by Default When Loading File Display Labels for Area and Line Features The 3D Line Export and 3D Area Export sections allow the user to control whether or not area and line features with elevation values associated with them are drawn at the terrain surface or at the elevation values associated with the feature You can specify whether the elevation values are relative to ground level or sea level if drawing the features above the terrain If area features are drawn above the terrain the Extrude Areas option allows you to control whether or not they will also be extruded which means they will extend back to the terrain surface making them look like solid 3D features If this option is not checked the areas will just be drawn in space as a surface and not a 3D closed object If the Fake 2D Area Heights to Maintain Area Draw Order option is checked exported 2D area features will be assigned fake elevation values in order to attempt to get them to layer properly when displayed in Google Earth This is only necessary if you have overlapping areas that do not display in the correct order without this option checked The Filled Area Translucency section allows the user to control the degree to which filled polygons are see through in
78. E name using numbers in descending order ALPHA name using letters in ascending order 0 ALPHA_REVERSE name using letters in descending order Starting value for numbering or lettering i e 1 or A Table of Contents 156 Global Mapper User s Manual Prefix string to use before the numeric or alphabetic value Step value for numeric naming default is 1 You can leave values blank if they don t apply or you want to use the default As an example to do numeric naming starting at the number 100 increasing by 10 each time with a prefix of DEM you would use GRID _ NAMING_COLS NUM 100 DEM 10 e GRID_NAMING_ROWS specifies how to name the row portion of grid cell names when using the GRID_NAMING SEPARATE parameter See the documentation for the GRID_NAMING_COLS parameter above for details on the format e GEN_3D_FEATURES DGN and SHAPEFILE only specifies that 3D line and point objects should be created in the exported file Set this to YES to cause the the 3D features to be generated Leaving out this parameter or setting it to anything but YES results in the normal 2D objects The elevation stored for each vertex point will be the first of the following that is available The elevation associated with the vertex point in question The elevation associated with the entire area line point being exported For example the elevation of a contour line or spot elevation The first elevation obtained by searching the lo
79. Export World Wind Tiles Command e Batch Convert Reproject e Combine Terrain Layers e Generate Contours Command e Print Command e Print Preview Command e Print Setup Command e Exit Command Open Data File s Command 5 The Open Data File s command allows the user to open additional data files into the main Global Mapper view If no other data is already loaded and the user has not explicitly set a projection the view will adopt the projection and datum of the first data file selected for loading If other data is already loaded the selected data files will be displayed in the current projection datum Note Global Mapper automatically opens files with tar gz extensions without the use of a decompression tool such as Winzip This is particularly useful for SDTS transfers which are typically distributed in a tar gz format Open Generic ASCII Text File s Command The Open Generic ASCII Text File s command allows the user to import data from a wide variety of generic ASCII text formats Selecting the Open Generic ASCII Text File command prompts the user to select the file s to load and then displays the Generic ASCII Text Import Options dialog pictured below This dialog allows the user to specify how the text file s are formatted so that they can be imported Global Mapper supports coordinates in decimal format as well as degree minute and degree minute second coordinates Table of Contents 8 Global Mapper User s Ma
80. F export to an AutoCAD DXF format file GARMIN_TRK exports lines to a Garmin TRK PCX5 format file GARMIN_WPT exports names points to a Garmin WPT PCX5 format file GPX exports line and point features to a GPX GPS eXchange Format file KML export to a KML or KMZ format file LANDMARK_GRAPHICS export to a Landmark Graphics format file LIDAR_LAS export to a Lidar LAS file LOWRANCE_USR export to a Lowrance USR format file MAPGEN export to a MapGen format file MAPINFO export to a MapInfo MIF MID format file MATLAB export to a MatLab format file MOSS export line and area features to a MOSS format file NIMA_ASC export to a NIMA ASC format file PLATTE_RIVER export to a Platte River ASCII Digitizer format file POLISH_MP export to a Polish MP format file SHAPEFILE export to an ESRI Shapefile format file SIMPLE_ASCII export to a simple ASCII text file SURFER_BLN export to a Surfer BLN format file SVG export to a Scalable Vector Graphic SVG format file TSUNAMI_OVR export to a Tsunami OVR format file WASP_MAP export toa WAsP map format file line features only e GLOBAL_BOUNDS specifies the export bounds in units of the current global projection There should be 4 values in a comma delimited list following the parameter name The values should be in order of minimum x minimum y maximum x maximum y e GLOBAL_BOUNDS_SIZE specifies the export bounds in
81. GZ ANTI_ALIAS yY T Generate 50 ft contours from the loaded DEM data GENERATE_CONTOURS INTERVAL 50 ELEV_UNITS FEET Export the contours to a new DXF file The created file will have 3D polyline features for the contours EXPORT_VECTOR FILENAME C DATA EXPORTED DATA CONTOURS DXF TYPE DXF GEN_PRJ_FILE YES Export the contours to a 3D shape file EXPORT_VECTOR FILENAME C DATA EXPORTED DATA CONTOURS SHP TYPE SHAPEFILE SHAPE _TYPE LINES GEN_3D_LINES YES GEN_PRJ_FILE YES Table of Contents 177
82. Global Mapper User s Manual VPF a Vector Product Format file such as VMAP or DNC data e VULCAN_3D a Vulcan3D triangulation file ZMAP_PLUS a Geographix Zmap Plus format file e HIDDEN set to YES to cause this overlay to be hidden from view after it is loaded The default is to show the overlay e ANTI_ALIAS elevation and raster only specifies whether to remove jagged edges by making a subtle transition between pixels Turning off this option helps maintain the hard edges of the pixels as they are rasterized Use ANTI_ALIAS YES to turn on Anything else turns it off e CONTRAST_MODE raster only specifies the type of contrast adjustment to apply to the data NONE no contrast adjustment applied this is the default PERCENTAGE apply a percentage contrast adjustment The CONTRAST_STRETCH_SIZE parameter can be used to override the number of standard deviations from the mean to stretch to MIN_MAX apply a min max contrast stretch stretching the available range of values in each color band to the full range of 0 255 For imagery which contains both black and white this will have no affect e CONTRAST_SHARED raster only specified whether or not the contrast adjustment for this layer will share the adjustment with other contrast adjusted layers in order to ensure a consistent modification across layers Use CONTRAST_SHARED YES to enable contrast sharing e CONTRAST_STRETCH_SIZE raster only specifies the number
83. Global Mapper User s Manual Global Mapper User s Manual Download Offline Copy If you would like to have access to the Global Mapper manual while working offline click here to download the manual web pages to your local hard drive To use the manual offline unzip the downloaded file then double click on the Help_Main html file from Windows Explorer to start using the manual If you would like context sensitive help from Global Mapper to use the help files that you have downloaded rather than the online user s manual create a Help subdirectory under the directory in which you installed Global Mapper by default this will be C Program Files GlobalMapper8 and unzip the contents of the zip file to that directory Open Printable Searchable Copy PDF Format Table of Contents 1 ABOUT THIS MANUAL a System Requirements b Download and Installation c Registration 2 TUTORIALS AND REFERENCE GUIDES Tutorial Getting Started with Global Mapper and cGPSMapper Guide to Creating Garmin format Maps Video Tutorials Supplied by http globalmapperforum com Video Tutorial Changing the Coordinate System and Exporting Data Video Tutorial Creating a Custom 3D Map Video Tutorial Downloading Free Maps Imagery from Online Sources Video Tutorial Exporting Current Zoom Level Using the Screenshot Function Video Tutorial Exporting Elevation Data to a XYZ File Video Tutorial Creating Maps and Overlays for Google Ear
84. I Value to Save in Image option allows you to specify a DPI dots per inch value to save in the TIFF header Some software in particular graphics editing software makes use of this value when sizing TIFF files for printout Specifying the default value of 0 will result in the DPI tag not being saved to the TIFF file at all If the Save Scale Elevation Legend Grid if Displayed option is checked the distance scale elevation legend and coordinate grid will be saved to the GeoTIFF file except vertical GeoTIFFs if they are configured to show up in the main display If the Save Vector Data if Displayed option is checked any loaded vector data that is configured to show up in the main display will be saved to the GeoTIFF file except vertical GeoTIFFs If the Generate TFW File option is checked a TIFF world file will be generated with the same name as the GeoTIFF file with a tfw extension The TFW file is used by software that is not capable of reading the placement of the GeoTIFF file directly from the GeoTIFF header If the Interpolate to Fill Small Gaps in Data option is checked any small areas with missing data will be filled in by interpolating the surrounding valid data This is useful for filling small gaps between adjacent tiles or small holes in elevation data If the Use LZW Compression option is checked the image data will be compressed using the LZW compression algorithm This generally results in the best compression for TIFF files
85. Manual The Grid Display options allow for the control of whether or not grid lines are displayed and if so what projection they will be in The No Grid option is the default and causes no grid lines to be displayed or exported The Lat Lon Grid options causes a grid to be displayed along even latitude and longitude lines The Global Projection Grid option causes a grid to be displayed in the currently selected global i e display projection which can be modified on the Projection tab The Grid Spacing section allows you to specify whether to allow Global Mapper to automatically determine a good grid spacing to use or to specify a custom grid spacing If the Show All Grid Lines Regardless of Zoom Scale option is checked all grid lines will always be shown rather than the default behavior of only major grid lines being displayed when zoomed way out and the more minor grid lines only showing up as you zoom in If the Extend Grid Lines Beyond Loaded Data Bounds option is checked the generated grid lines will extend a little bit beyond the bounds of the loaded data Otherwise the grid lines will stop at the edge of the smallest bounding box encompassing all loaded data files If grid lines are being displayed the grid lines can also be exported to any of the supported vector export formats The color and style of the grid lines can be modified on the Line Styles tab by modifying the styles for the Grid Line Grid Line Minor and Grid Line
86. Map Bounding Boxes When Maps Not Displayed _ Modify Display of Raster Layers You can obtain metadata and projection information about layers in the map catalog by right clicking on them in the Map List and selecting the appropriate option You can modify map catalogs again after loading them by opening the Overlay Control Center selecting the map catalog layer then pressing the Options button Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to create map catalogs Load Workspace Command The Load Workspace command allows the user to load a Global Mapper workspace file gsw previously saved with the Save Workspace command Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to load Global Mapper workspace files Save Workspace Command Table of Contents 16 Global Mapper User s Manual The Save Workspace command allows the user to save their current set of loaded overlays to a Global Mapper workspace file for later loading with the Load Workspace command The Global Mapper workspace maintains the list of all currently loaded overlays as well as some state information about each of those overlays When the workspace file is loaded all of the overlays that were loaded at the time the workspace file was saved will be loaded into Global Mapper This provides a handy way to easily load a group of overlays which you work with often The Global Mapper workspace will also contain any changes that you have made to lo
87. NDS_SIZE specifies the grid bounds in units of the current global projection There should be 4 values in a comma delimited list following the parameter name The values should be in order of minimum x minimum y width in x width in y LAT_LON_BOUNDS specifies the grid bounds in latitude longitude degrees There should be 4 values in a comma delimited list following the parameter name The values should be in order of westmost longitude southernmost latitude easternmost longitude northernmost latitude LAYER_BOUNDS specifies that the grid generation should use the bounds of the loaded layer s with the given filename For example to generate contours to the bounds of the file c test tif you would use LAYER_BOUNDS c test tif Keep in mind that the file must be currently loaded LAYER_BOUNDS_EXPAND specifies that the operation should expand the used LAYER_BOUNDS bounding box by some amount The amount to expand the bounding rectangle by should be specified in the current global projection For example if you have a UTM meters projection active and want to expand the bounds retrieved from the LAYER_BOUNDS parameter by 100 meters on the left and right and 50 meters on the top and bottom you could use LAYER_BOUNDS_EXPAND 100 0 50 0 You can also specify a single value to apply to all 4 sides or supply 4 separate values in the order left top right bottom LAYER_DESC specifies the name to assign to this layer If no layer description is p
88. PSMapper application which creates custom maps for Garmin GPS units When selected the command displays the Polish MP Export Options dialog pictured below which allows the user to set up the export The dialog consists of a Map Options panel a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded vector data they wish to export Table of Contents 49 Global Mapper User s Manual Polish MP Export Options Map Options Gridding Export Bounds Map Name Bue Springs o Map Detail Less c More Generating a map with more detail results in a larger map that can represent smaller variations in the data Less detailed maps will have less resolution but will be smaller and show up earlier when zooming in Use the rightmost setting for routable maps Template File Use Template MP File for Map Settings t test PADRAOANGRALOCK MP Select File This option allows you to use an existing MP file to specify the map creation options to use This allows full control over all available MP map options Create as Marine Map V Make All Point Features Searchable Create Transparent Map The Map Name and Copyright fields allow to specify the name to use for the final map when created as well as the copyright text to associate with the map The Map Detail section allows you to control at what zoom levels the final map will be viewable at More detail results in a map that b
89. REGISTERED File View Tools Search GPS Help saan Qala fey Elala ees I I dal q Baie hi x Hiera 4 He LEFT EDGE NFEA ED 5 er gt lt Dia ee 1 T A Sg Se AOR cp EP ed SoG 5 hams TTA OET Ras S sz g I e COS Bre 4 mS o oui lt s Pad RGA 166 177 134 VEGAS TEST1 TIF UTM NAD83 664615 755 3999831 325 35 129225 N 115 170 Elevation Data Options Selecting the Options button while only gridded elevation overlays are selected displays the Elevation Options dialog The Elevation Options dialog consists of two tabs one for controlling the display of the overlay s and the other for modifying the elevation values within the overlay s The Display tab pictured below contains controls allowing you to control the color intensity brightness darkness color transparency blending anti aliasing and color shading of the selected layers Table of Contents 111 Global Mapper User s Manual Elevation Options Display Alter Elevation Values Color Intensity Lighter i Default Translucency Can You See Through It 100 0 Transparent Opaque Blend Mode No Blend Transparent Set Transparent Color IV Anti dlias Pixels Interpolate Shader Default Shared Shader v The Color Intensity setting controls whether displayed pixels are lightened or darkened before being displayed It may be useful to lighten or darken raster overlay
90. S a LAS file with LIDAR data LOWRANCE_USR a Lowrance USR format file LULC USGS Land Use and Land Cover vector data file MAPINFO a MapInfo MIF MID of TAB MAP vector data collection MAPMAKERTERRAIN a MapMaker terrain file MARPLOT_MIE a MarPlot MIE format file MAPTECH a MapTech BSB Topo or Aerial format file MICRODEM_DEM a MicroDEM created DEM file MICROPATH_DEM a Micropath DEM file MRSID a LizardTech MrSID image file NetCDF a NetCDF format file NIMA_GNS a NIMA GNS format file NITF NITF format imagery NOS_GEO a NOS GEO format chart file NTF_GRID a NTF grid format file OPTIMI_GRID an Optimi terrain or clutter grid format file OZI an OziExplorer format waypoint WPT or track PLT file PCX a PC Paintbrush PCX format file PCX5 a Garmin PCX5 format waypoint WPT or track TRK file e ROCKWORKS_GRID a RockWorks Grid format file RPF Raster Product Format database like CADRG RPF_FRAME single frame from a Raster Product Format database like CADRG S57 a S 57 chart file SDTS a SDTS transfer SEGP1 a SEGP1 seismic shotpoint file SHAPEFILE an ESRI Shapefile SURFERGRID a Surfer grid format file SWEDISHDEMGRID a Swedish DEM grid format file e TERRASCAN a TerraScan LIDAR format file TIGER_LINE a Tiger Line format file USGS_DEM a native format USGS DEM file eeeeeteeteete He He OH OH OH O Table of Contents 163
91. SCTI only specifies the offset to apply to any coordinates written to the file This offset will be added to each coordinate written to the file The offset should be specified as a comma delimited list of the X Y and Z offsets such as COORD_OFFSET 100000 0 200000 0 0 0 e COORD_SCALE SIMPLE_ASCTI only specifies the scale factors to apply to any coordinates written to the file Each coordinate will be multiplied by these scale factor before being written to the file The scale factors should be specified as a comma delimited list of the X Y and Z scale factors such as COORD_SCALE 0 1 0 1 1 0 e CDF_MAJOR_CODE CDF only specifies the default major attribute code to use for features when exporting to a CDF format file default is 32 e CDF_MINOR_CODE CDF only specifies the default minor attribute code to use for features when exporting to a CDF format file default is 45 e CDF_USE_DEFAULT_CODE CDF only specifies that the default attribute code pair should be used for all features written to the CDF file and not just those for which no attribute code pair could Table of Contents 157 Global Mapper User s Manual be automatically determined based on the feature classification e INC_LAYER_ATTR SHAPEFILE or KML only specifies whether or not the layer description of a feature should be added as an attribute to the DBF files exported with the Shapefile or for KML files whether or not displays labels should be exported for
92. SGS DRG style collar or a 3 75 DOQQ collar LAT_LON crop the collar to a a specified set of bounds specified in arc degrees in the native datum of the layer The bounds should be specified using the CLIP_COLLAR_BOUNDS parameter NATIVE crop the collar to a specified set of bounds specified in the native projection system and datum of the layer The bounds should be specified using the CLIP_COLLAR_BOUNDS parameter PIXELS crop a given number of pixels off of each side of the layer The number of pixels to remove from each side should be specified using the CLIP_COLLAR_BOUNDS parameter e CLIP_COLLAR_BOUNDS raster only specifies the bounds of the collar to be clipped off when the CLIP_COLLAR parameter is enabled The coordinates should be specified in arc degrees native layer coordinates or pixel counts as a comma delimited list going west south east north For example CLIP_COLLAR_BOUNDS 34 25 109 0 34 375 108 875 e COLOR_INTENSITY elevation and raster only specifies the color intensity to use when adjusting the brightness of pixels in the overlay Valid values range from 0 to 20 with 0 being completely black 10 being no alteration and 20 being completely white For example to make an image slightly darker you could use COLOR_INTENSITY 7 NOTE This parameter has been deprecated in favor of the COLOR_INTENSITY_FULL parameter e COLOR_INTENSITY_FULL elevation and raster only specifies the color intensity to use when a
93. Start Advanced Sets where in the HSV color range the lowest elevation will be e Value Advanced Modifies the HSV value parameter e Saturation Advanced Modifies the HSV saturation parameter e Range Modifies how much of the full HSV range is to be used Increasing this value leads to color wraparound Custom Shaders The Custom Shaders section allows the user to manage any custom shaders that they may have Custom shaders allow the user to control exactly how elevation data is rendered so that the desired result can be obtained Pressing the New button displays the Custom Shader dialog pictured below which allows the user to create a new custom shader Pressing the Edit button display the same dialog allowing the user to edit the currently selected custom shader The Delete button removes the currently selected custom shader Custom Shader Name Custom Shader 1 Elevation Colors Cancel HEB 2000 000000 meters HH 5000 000000 meters C 0 000000 meters HE 0 000000 meters og 500 000000 meters E 1000 000000 meters GE 2500 000000 meters Change Color Change Elevation Delete Elevation New Elevation Meters Height fo Add al C Feet Initialize From Global Shader Colors Initialize From Surfer CLR File Save to Surfer CLA File Scale Shader to Loaded Elevation Values The Custom Shader dialog allows the user to specify how they want elevation data to be rendered The Name field p
94. TH for lines and PERIMETER and ENCLOSED_AREA for areas In addition to adding updating the measure attributes for the selected feature s the combined length and or enclosed area of the selected line and area features will also be reported by this command Automatically Inserting Vertices at Line Intersections Table of Contents 138 Global Mapper User s Manual If two of more line features are selected the Insert Vertices at Intersections of Selected Features option will appear when right clicking Selecting this option will find all intersections between selected line features and insert new vertices in the selected lines at the intersection locations if there are not already vertices at the intersection Once the operation is complete you will also be prompted as to whether or not you want to split the selected lines at the locations where intersections were found This is a very powerful command allowing you to make a line network have node to node connectivity and even make sure that lines terminate at intersections if required for your application This is commonly used for making routable street maps Finding Non Connected Line Endpoints i e Connectivity Checks If two of more line features are selected the Find Non Connected Line Endpoints option will appear when right clicking Selecting this will display a dialog allowing you to either mark all line endpoints that do not connect to an endpoint not an interior vertex of another
95. US4 PREMIUM CONTENT a DOG USGS Digital Ortho Quadrangle Grayscale aerial imagery TERRASERVER USA COM Cancel DAG USGS Digital Raster Graphics Topographic Maps TERRASERVER USA COM Urband4rea High resolution Color Imagery for Select Urban Areas in the US TERRASERVER USA COM Landsat Global Imagery Mosaic Color Pan Sharpened United States Elevation Data NED 30m Resolution SRTM Worldwide Elevation Data 3 arc second Resolution NEXRAD Radar Base Composite US Blue Marble Next Generation Global MODIS derived image Bathymetry of Offshore Canada derived from ETOPO2 and Canada 3D Data oo n le ce ewe de te Add WMS Data Source Remove Source m Select 4rea to Download Current Screen Bounds C within f rile aena US Only C within mies z of latitude 283938551037729 longitude 24 6574057007135 Specify Latitude Longitude Bounds of Area NOTE Longitude values in the North 39 13588126 Western Hemisphere and West 4 64368004 East 34100215793622 Draw Box latitude values in the Southem South JO ODIOLOI hemisphere must be negative Entire Data Source Bounds IMPORTANT NOTE These data sources are on external servers that Global Mapper has no control over The data may draw export very slowly or become unavailable at any time We have no control over this Once the data to download is defined Global Mapper will automatically download the most appropriate layer for display as
96. Use a transmission angle from the transmitter for receiver elevation in more accurate but more slowly generated view sheds f i degrees above the horizon X axis 20 meters Use a transmission angle range to view where beam hits surface Y axis 30 meters f to f j degrees above the horizon If you wish to change the ground units that the spacing is 3 specified in you need to change the current projection by going View Angle 0 North 90 East 180 South 270 west to Config gt Projection Start Angle o Swept ngle 360 T Fresnel Zone Specification MV Check Clearance with Respect to First Fresnel Zone gt Earth Curvature Frequency GHz 2 4 Percent Clear feo N Ignore Earth Curvature Obstructions from Vector Data i e buildings fences Atmospheric Correction ERSE MV Use Vector Features with Heights Tee Folin settings RSS ne oa the V Heights of Vector Features Relative to Ground SaNa Hise oly Foose dTa to reaks cc ba ha aries Cet lt blue_springs opt gt BLUE SPRINGS MO MULTIPLE CATE large distances can be significant Atmospheric correction is used to account for the effect the earth s atmosphere has on different kinds of transmissions For example a a 2 value of 1 333 is often used to emulate how microwave transmissions IV Generate Area Features in Covered Areas travel through the atmosphere Transmitter Location Display Color The View Shed Setup dialog provides op
97. a and grayscale satellite photos i e USGS DOQs The palette consists of the 14 standard DRG colors with the remaining 242 colors being a range of gray values ranging from black to white e Halftone Palette The palette consists of a blend of 256 colors evenly covering the color spectrum This palette is the best choice when exporting anything but DRGs and grayscale satellite photos e Custom Palette from File This option allows the user to choose a pal file describing the palette to use for the export A pal file should be a text file with one line per color with the red green and blue Table of Contents 57 Global Mapper User s Manual color components for each color in the palette separated by a comma You can save a pal file for an existing palette based file by opening the Overlay Control Center selecting the palette based layer press Options then the Transparent Color button then selecting the option to save a color palette file 24 bit RGB Create a full 24 bit color image with no palette This will create the best resulting image but will also take the most space The additional list of options varies depending on the particular conversion being performed The meaning of those options is defined below Adjust Image Contrast causes the contrast of any input file to be automatically adjusted prior to being exported This is useful for improving the display of some types of imagery Clamp Export to Lat Lon Boundary causes
98. a series of command lines Each command line begins with a command A series of parameter value pairs should follow the command These pairs should be written as parameter value No spaces should exist before or after the equal sign Individual parameter value pairs Table of Contents 145 Global Mapper User s Manual should be separated by spaces If a pair requires spaces internal to the value quotes may be used around the entire value For example for a filename with spaces the pair could look like FILENAME c my documents test tif Command lines typically consist of one line each To extend a command to another line use the backslash character at the end of the line The only exception to this is the DEFINE_PROJ command It has a slightly different format that is described later Batch Mode Operation You can run a Global Mapper script file automatically be passing it on the command line to the Global Mapper exe file The script file will be run with no user interface displayed and Global Mapper will immediately exit when the script file completes processing This allows you to easily run Global Mapper scripts from another application or from a DOS batch file Comments Any lines that being with the forward slash character are considered comments and are ignored by the script processing engine This means that you can use C or C style comments like or at the start of your line ADD_MEASURE_ATTRS The ADD_ME
99. acilitate transferring waypoints to a GPS unit When selected the command displays the Garmin WPT Format Export Options dialog which allows the user to set up the export The dialog consists of an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded vector data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export GOG Generalized Overlay Graphics Command The Export GOG Generalized Overlay Graphics command allows the user to export any loaded vector data sets to a GOG format file When selected the command displays the GOG Export Options dialog which allows the user to set up the export The dialog consists of an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded vector data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export GPX GPS eXchange Format Command Table of Contents 44 Global Mapper User s Manual The Export GPX GPS eXchange Format commands allows the user to export any loaded point and line data to a GPX GPS eXchange Format file When selected the command displays the GPX Export Options dialog which consists of an Export Bounds panel that allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded vector data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export InRoads ASCII Command The Expor
100. aded elevation layers at the position of the vertex point A value of 0 0 will be used if no elevation could be obtained via any of the prior methods e COORD_DELIM SIMPLE_ASCTI only specifies the delimeter between coordinates in coordinate lines e COMMA coordinates are separated by commas SEMICOLON coordinates are separated by semicolons SPACE coordinates are separated by space characters TAB coordinates are separated by tab characters e FEATURE_SEP SIMPLE_ASCTI only specifies whether or not to separate vector features with a blank line NONE do not separate vector features BLANK_LINE separate vector features with a blank line Any other text Use the escape sequence n to specify that you want to insert a line break For example to separate features with a blank line then a line with the text NEW FEATURE then another blank line use FEATURE_SEP nNEW FEATURE n e EXPORT_ELEV SIMPLE_ASCI and DXF only specifies whether or not a elevation value should be generated for each vertex A value of EXPORT_ELEV YES will cause elevations to be generated If the option is not specified elevation values will be generated e EXPORT_ATTRS DGN and SIMPLE_ASCTI only specifies whether or not feature attributes should be written to the text file just before the coordinates Use EXPORT_ATTRS YES to enable export of the feature attributes If the option is not specified attributes will be exported e COORD_OFFSET SIMPLE_A
101. aded vector features as well as any new vector features that you have created The user projection and last view on the data will also be maintained Find Data Online Command Selecting the Find Data Online command will open a web browser pointing to places on the internet where data compatible with Global Mapper is available for download Run Script Command The Run Script command allows users to run a Global Mapper script file that they have created This is a powerful option that allows the user to automate a wide variety of tasks Click here for a guide to the scripting language Selecting the Run Script command from the menu displays the Script Processing dialog shown here Script Processing Script File GLOBAL_MAPPER_SCRIPT VERSION 1 00 UNLOAD_ALL DEFINE_PROJ PROJ_NAME GE0_WGS84 Projection GEOGRAPHIC Datum WGS84 Zunits NO Units DD shift 0 000000 shift 0 000000 Script Results Run Script in the Context of the Main View i e Use Already Loaded Data Run Script Close The Script File pane displays the currently loaded script file To load a new script file for processing press the Load Script button at the bottom left corner of the dialog Table of Contents 17 Global Mapper User s Manual If you would like the script file to make use of data already loaded in the main view and to also affect what is displayed in the main view check the Run Script in the Context of the Main View option pri
102. ain Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the grid spacing and vertical units a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export PGM File Command The Export PGM File command allows the user to export any loaded elevation grid data sets to a PGM grayscale grid file These grid files can be used with any software application that supports PGM files When selected the command displays the PGM Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the grid spacing and vertical units a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export PLS CADD XYZ File Command The Export PLS CADD XYZ File command allows the user to export any loaded elevation grid data sets to a PLS CADD XYZ format grid file These grid files can be used with the PLS CADD software application When selected the command displays the PLS CADD XYZ Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which
103. al Setup Volume Calculation Parameters Yolume Calculation Type Base Height for Volume Calculations Calculate Cut and Fill Volumes Along Line Feature Specifies the base height s for the volume calculations Any areas higher than this height will be used as the cut volume and any areas Corridor Diameter around Line 3 Meters Si below this height will be used as the Hll volume If you select the above ground option for volume calculations along a line feature the base height used will be relative to ground level at each vertex in the line with the elevations in between vertices being Sample Spacing interpolated The sample spacing controls the interval at which elevation samples se Sane Base Height Value foc All Vadions are examined to determine the volumes Smaller values result in more 9 accurate but more slowly calculated volumes y j n X axis 2 meters Specify the Base Height to use at Each Vertex Yeas d meters Height ft or m Click Value to Edit Calculate Cut and Fill Volumes Within Area Feature IF you wish to change the ground units that the spacing is specified in 1 0 0m you need to change the current projection by going to 2 0 0m Config gt Projection 3 0 0m Volume Units cubic yards X V Create New Line drea Feature with Volume Attributes Base Heights in List are above ground z Cancel On the Setup Volume Calculate Parameters you can select whether to measu
104. al resolution of all loaded data if not specified Should be formatted as x_resolution y_resolution The units are the units of the current global projection For example if UTM was the current global projection and you wanted to export at 30 meter spacing the parameter value pair would look like SPATIAL_RES 30 0 30 0 FORCE_SQUARE PIXELS if this value is set to YES the spatial resolution of the resultant elevation file will be set so that the x and y pixel size are the same with the minimum default size being used for both GLOBAL_BOUNDS specifies the export bounds in units of the current global projection There should be 4 values in a comma delimited list following the parameter name The values should be in order of minimum x minimum y maximum x maximum y GLOBAL_BOUNDS_SIZE specifies the export bounds in units of the current global projection There should be 4 values in a comma delimited list following the parameter name The values should be in order of minimum x minimum y width in x width in y LAT_LON_BOUNDS specifies the export bounds in latitude longitude degrees There should be 4 values in a comma delimited list following the parameter name The values should be in order of westmost longitude southernmost latitude easternmost longitude northernmost latitude LAYER_BOUNDS specifies that the export should use the bounds of the loaded layer s with the given filename For example to export to the bounds of the file c test t
105. alog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the grid spacing to use a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export DEM Command The Export DEM command allows the user to export any loaded elevation grid data sets to a native format USGS DEM file Table of Contents 22 Global Mapper User s Manual When selected the command displays the DEM Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the quadrangle name grid spacing and vertical units a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export DTED Command The Export DTED command allows the user to export any loaded elevation grid data sets to native format DTED files DTED files support a set of fixed resolutions i e DTED levels which are defined as aligning on particular boundaries When you select the DTED level to export to and the export bounds this defines which DTED tiles need to be generated to conform to the DTED standards for that level The filename that you select for the export is used as a base with the lat lon coordina
106. ameters are supported by the command e FILENAME filename of the layer to unload If an empty value is passed in all layers that were created by the script such as those from a GENERATE_CONTOURS command will be unloaded You can also pass in the value USER CREATED FEATURES when running a script in the context of the main map view or loading a workspace to have the User Created Features layer unloaded Crop Merge and Reproject 4 USGS DRGs into new GeoTIFF and JPEG files GLOBAL_MAPPER_SCRIPT VERSION 1 00 UNLOAD_ALL Import the four 24K DRGs that we want to merge We use the CLIP_COLLAR option to indicate that we want the collar to be automatically removed from the DRGs when they are imported IMPORT FILENAME C DATA DRG KANSAS CITY 039094B2 TIF YPE AUTO ANTI_ALTAS NO AUTO_CONTRAST NO CLIP_COLLAR AUTO TEXTURE_MAP NO IMPORT FILENAME C DATA DRG KANSAS CITY 039094A1 TIF YPE AUTO ANTI_ALTAS NO AUTO_CONTRAST NO CLIP_COLLAR AUTO TEXTURE_MAP NO IMPORT FILENAME C DATA DRG KANSAS CITY 039094A2 TIF YPE AUTO ANTI_ALTAS NO AUTO_CONTRAST NO CLIP_COLLAR AUTO TEXTURE_MAP NO IMPORT FILENAME C DATA DRG KANSAS CITY 039094B1 TIF YPE AUTO ANTI_ALTAS NO AUTO_CONTRAST NO CLIP_COLLAR AUTO TEXTURE_MAP NO Load a projection file to set the global projection t
107. an Grab and Drag tool Pan Grab and Drag Tool The Pan Grab and Drag command selects the Pan tool as the current tool To change the center point of the image without changing the magnification depress the left mouse button drag the view to the desired location then release the left mouse button to redraw the view at the new location If you just want to recenter on a new location without dragging just click the left mouse button at the new desired location and the view will be recentered on that location this provides the functionality of the old Recenter Tool Measure Tool cal The Measure command selects the measure tool as the current tool To find the distance between along a path on the display or the enclosed area of a set of points choose the Measure Tool icon from the toolbar or select Tools Measure from the menu bar Table of Contents 116 Global Mapper User s Manual Left click on the point to begin the measurement Move the mouse which will draw a line to the point where the measurement should stop 2 Repeat step 1 until you have defined the entire path or area that you wish to measure 3 Right click the right mouse button and select Stop Measuring from the list using a left click Notice that Stop Measuring and Close polygon choices are now grayed out The measurement s will be displayed on the left side of the status bar below 4 In order to change measurements right click and
108. an atmospheric correction value to be used The atmospheric correction value is useful when determining the view shed for transmitting waves whose path is affected by the atmosphere For example when modeling microwave transmissions a value of 1 333 is typically used to emulate how microwaves are refracted by the atmosphere The Sample Spacing section allows the user to specify the spacing of elevation samples when calculating the view shed The sample spacing controls the interval at which elevation samples are examined to determine visibility Smaller values result in more accurate but more slowly generated view sheds The Fresnel Zone Specification section allows you to have the view shed analysis also check that a certain portion the Percent Clear value of the first Fresnel zone for a transmission of a particular frequency is clear The typical standard is that good visibility requires that at least 60 the default of the first Fresnel zone for the specified frequency be clear of obstructions The Obstructions from Vector Data section allows the user to specify whether or not loaded vector data with elevation values should be considered when performing the view shed analysis This allows the user to use things like buildings fence lines towers etc to block portions of the view creating a more realistic view shed If the user elects to use vector data they can also specify whether the elevation values stored with vector features are relati
109. an example to do numeric naming starting at the number 100 increasing by 10 each time with a prefix of DEM you would use GRID NAMING_COLS NUM 100 DEM 10 GRID_NAMING_ROWS specifies how to name the row portion of grid cell names when using the GRID_NAMING SEPARATE parameter See the documentation for the GRID_LNAMING_COLS parameter above for details on the format Table of Contents 150 Global Mapper User s Manual e QUAD_NAME USGS_DEM only specifies the quad name to place in the header of the USGS DEM file e FILL_GAPS specifies that small gaps in between and within the data sets being exported will be filled in by interpolating the surrounding data to come up with an elevation for the point in question This option is on by default specify FILL_GAPS NO to turn off e VERT_EXAG VRML only specifies the vertical exaggeration to use when creating the VRML file Larger values result in a rougher terrain being generated while smaller values result in a smoother terrain The valid range of values is 0 to 20 with 10 being the default e COORD_DELIM XYZ_GRID only specifies the delimeter between coordinates e COMMA coordinates are separated by commas FIXED_WIDTH coordinates are stored in fixed width columns SEMICOLON coordinates are separated by semicolons SPACE coordinates are separated by space characters TAB coordinates are separated by tab characters e BYTES_PER_SAMPLE BIL ERDAS and GEOTIFF only sp
110. and imports a chunk of TerraServer data such as satellite imagery or topographic maps The following parameters are supported by the command e THEME _ NAME name of the TerraServer theme to import such as DOQ or DRG e LAT_LON_BOUNDS specifies the bounds to import in latitude longitude degrees There should be 4 values in a comma delimited list following the parameter name The values should be in order of westmost longitude southernmost latitude easternmost longitude northernmost latitude e LAYER_BOUNDS specifies that the import should use the bounds of the loaded layer s with the given filename For example to import to the bounds of the file c test tif you would use LAYER_BOUNDS c test tif Keep in mind that the file must be currently loaded e LAYER_BOUNDS_EXPAND specifies that the operation should expand the used LAYER_BOUNDS bounding box by some amount The amount to expand the bounding rectangle by should be specified in the current global projection For example if you have a UTM meters projection active and want to expand the bounds retrieved from the LAYER_BOUNDS parameter by 100 meters on the left and right and 50 meters on the top and bottom you could use LAYER_BOUNDS_EXPAND 100 0 50 0 You can also specify a single value to apply to all 4 sides or supply 4 separate values in the order left top right bottom e ANTI_ALIAS specifies whether to remove jagged edges by making a subtle transition between pixels Turni
111. ant the printed result to match a certain scale like 1 1000 This means that one inch on the printed paper will correspond to 1000 inches in the real world If you choose to print to a certain scale the printout will be centered on the center of your current screen view but the appropriate amount of information will be rendered to achieve the requested scale The Print To File section allows you to specify that the printout be directed to an image file rather than to the printer This can be handy if you either want to save the results of the printout to email to someone or post on a web site or you are having trouble printing and would like to print out the data generated by Global Mapper Table of Contents 63 Global Mapper User s Manual using another application Print Preview Command The Print Preview command allows the user to preview what a printout of the contents of the current view window would look like Print Setup Command The Print Setup command allows the user to setup their printer for printing the current view window Exit Command The Exit command closes the Global Mapper application View Menu The View menu offers the following commands e Toolbars Shows or hides the toolbar s e Status Bar Shows or hides the status bar e Background Allows user to change the background color e Center on Location Allows user to recenter the view on a location e Properties Displays Dialog with Properties of Cur
112. ar distance you can also simply right click when the feature s to move are selected and select the Shift Offset Selected Feature s option This will bring up a dialog allowing you to specify a distance to shift the selected features by in both the X and Y direction Changing the Shape of Area and Line Features You can change the shape of area and line features in several different ways You ll first have to enable the Show Area and Line Vertices option Shift V is a keyboard shortcut to toggle this setting before having access to the features described below You ll also need to select the vertices to work with before performing any of the described operations except inserting new vertices The following options are available for reshaping area and line features e Move Selected Vertices This option allows you to move selected vertices to a new location To do this simply hold down the left mouse button and move the vertices to the desired location then release the left mouse button You can continually to refine the location by repeating Right clicking or pressing the ESC key will complete the operation Note that while moving a single vertex you can use the Snapping feature to help align the vertex with existing features If you d only like to move the selected vertices either horizontally or vertically you can hold down either the X or Y keys on the keyboard to restrict the movement to that axis Holding down both keys will move the ve
113. ards Fill volume 86 505643 cubic yards From Pos 32 460135 N 87 827 The measurements have also been copied to the clipboard For your convenience 125 ft 250 ft 375 ft 500 ft 625 ft Line of Sight Cut and Fill Volumes View Shed Tool X The View Shed command selects the view shed analysis tool as the current tool This tool allows registered users to perform a view shed analysis using loaded elevation grid data with a user specified transmitter location height and radius All areas within the selected radius that have a clear line of sight to the transmitter are colored with a user specified color To perform a view shed analysis first select the view shed tool as your current tool Press and release the left mouse button at the position where you wish to place the transmitter At this point the View Shed Setup dialog pictured below will appear allowing you to setup the view shed calculation Table of Contents 124 Global Mapper User s Manual View Shed Setup Description View Shed Analysis 1 M Transmitter Elevation View Radius Cancel 100 METERS above Ground 25 Kilometers 7 Help Receiver Elevation Minimum view radius 0 Use an explicit height value for the receiver elevation z Sample Spacing 2 METERS above Ground F The sample spacing controls the interval at which elevation ae f samples are examined to determine visibility Smaller values result C
114. ate data will result in a single point feature to be generated e Point Line and Area Features Any string of two or more consecutive lines with coordinate data will result in a line or area feature All isolated coordinate lines will result in a point feature e Elevation Grid All lines from the file which are determined to contain 3D coordinate data will be use generated a triangulated terrain which is then gridded to create a elevation grid This grid has all the capabilities of an imported DEM including contour generation line of sight and view shed analysis and raster draping When selecting this option the Create Elevation Grid dialog will appear after setting up the ASCII file import options to allow setting up the gridding process The Coordinate Column Order section allows the user to specify in what order the coordinates are found on coordinate lines in the file Coordinates can either be x followed by y i e longitude then latitude or the reverse Elevation values if any are always assumed to come after the x and y values The Columns to Skip at Start of Line setting controls what column the coordinates start in For example if the x and y coordinates are in the 3rd and 4th columns set this value to 2 so that the coordinates will be grabbed from the appropriate place The Coordinate Delimeter section allows the user to specify what character the coordinates are separated by on coordinate lines If the Auto Detect option is selec
115. ation Data NED 30m Resolution Select Elevation Layer to Combine the First Layer With quads dem gt BLUE SPRINGS MO United States Hevation Data NED 30m Resolution Vertical Units METERS 7 m Sample Spacing X axis 30 meters Y axis 30 meters I Always Generate Square Grid Cells f you wish to change the ground units that the sample spacing is specified in you need to change the current projection by going to Config gt Projection Click Here to Calculate Spacing in Other Units The Combine Terrain Layers Options panel displayed above allows the user to select the name to assign to the newly generated layer select the layers to combine to make the new layer select the operation to perform when combining the new layer and select the vertical units and sample spacing of the new layer The available operations are described below e Addition values from each layer are added to each other e Subtraction Difference Signed value in new layer is assigned to the difference between the value in the first layer and the value in the second layer e Subtraction Difference Unsigned value in new layer is assigned to the magnitude absolute value of the difference between the value in the first layer and the value in the second layer e Average Elevation value in new layer is assigned to the average of the value in the first layer and the value in the second layer e Minimum Elevation value in
116. atures all at once For a finer degree of control see the Filter section described below The Select From section contains the settings which determine which vector object types i e areas lines points the Pick Tool will consider when selecting objects The Filter section allows you to select which specific area line and point feature types you wish to display By default all feature types are displayed The Vector Map Detail setting controls how much decluttering of displayed vector data is done This is useful when you have a large of amount of vector data loaded For example if you had all of the roads for an entire state loaded at once you could slide the detail slider to the left to make minor roads been hidden until you zoomed in sufficiently far on the data The rightmost default setting causes all vector data to be displayed regardless of zoom scale This setting does not affect the display of raster or elevation data sets The Vector Layer Ordering During Draw settings control the order in which data from vector layers is displayed The default setting order by type before layer order is that all vector data is drawn after any other loaded raster or elevation data regardless of how the vector layers are ordered in the Overlay Control Center Table of Contents 88 Global Mapper User s Manual All area features from all layers will be drawn first followed by all line features from all layers and finally all point featu
117. ayer is completely transparent i e invisible and 512 meaning the layer is completely opaque this is the default e BLEND_MODE elevation and raster only specify blend mode to use for combining this overlay and any previously loaded overlays NO_BLEND no blending is done this is the default MULTIPLE Table of Contents 165 Global Mapper User s Manual SCREEN OVERLAY HARD_LIGHT COLOR_BURN COLOR_DODGE DARKEN LIGHTEN DIFFERENCE EXCLUSION e APPLY_COLOR APPLY_COLOR_REVERSE KEEP_RED KEEP_GREEN KEEP_BLUE e FEATHER_BLEND_EDGES raster only specifies that the layer should be feature blended around one or more ledges This is a numeric bitfield value Add the following values to enable blending on that edge 1 blend top edge 2 blend bottom edge 4 blend left edge 8 blend right edge For example to blend all edges use FEATHER_BLEND_EDGES 15 The FEATHER_BLEND_SIZE parameter is used to specify how many pixels to blend on each blended edge e FEATHER_BLEND_SIZE raster only specifies the size in pixels to use for a blend boundary e FEATHER_BLEND_POLY_FILE raster only specifies that the polygon boundary to feather blend this layer against should come from the specified file e BAND_SETUP raster only specifies what bands of data from the raster file being loaded should be used to populate the red green and blue color channels when displaying the image This is u
118. bal Mapper User s Manual Double clicking on an item in the list will recenter the view on that object The Edit Selected button displays a dialog allowing the user to modify the name feature type and drawing style of any features selected The Delete Selected button will mark all selected features as deleted If you right click on the results list additonal options will appear such as the option to select all of the results in the list If multiple line features are selected in the results list when you right click there will be an option to combine those line features into new line features if the selected lines connect at their endpoints Options for copying the selected features to the clipboard and selecting the selected search results with the Digitizer Tool for further editing will also appear if any results are selected ADVANCED USERS You can change the default search string from to whatever you want by creating a new registry string value with the desired default search string at HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Global Mapper DefaultVectorSearchStr Find Address The Find Address command displays the Search for an Address in the US dialog pictured below which allows searching for an address city or zip code in the United States Search for an Address in the US Requires Internet Access Enter address to search for 1600 Pennsylvania Ave Washington DC Cancel Enter address in one of the following formats Help
119. be specified as cell width cell height For example if you are exporting in a metric projection and want to tile the export into cells that are 10 000 meters wide by 5 000 meters tall you would use GRID_TYPE_CELL_SIZE 10000 0 5000 0 GRID_TYPE_PIXEL_SIZE specifies that the export should be gridded into multiple tiles with each tile having the given size in pixels samples The value should be specified as cell pixel width cell pixel height For example if you want to tile the export into cells that are 800 pixels wide by 600 meters tall you would use GRID_TYPE_PIXEL_SIZE 800 600 GRID_TYPE_ROWS_COLS specifies that the export should be gridded into multiple tiles with a given number of rows and columns of tiles The value should be specified as number of rows number of columns For example if you want to tile the export into a grid of 8 rows each 4 tiles across you would use GRID_TYPE_ROWS_COLS 8 4 GRID_OVERLAP specifies how much to overlap tiles when gridding an export into multiple tiles This is a percentage value from 0 to 100 and only applies when on of the GRID_TYPE_ parameters is used For example to make your grid tiles overlap by 5 of the grid tile size use GRID_OVERLAP 5 0 The default value is 0 0 meaning that the tiles do not overlap GRID_KEEP_CELL_SIZE specifies that the size of the grid cells should be maintained over sample spacing This means that if you specify a grid of 4 rows and 5 columns each grid cell will be
120. between coordinates in coordinate lines AUTO automatically detect the delimeter type default WHITESPACE coordinates are separated with one or more space and or tab characters COMMA coordinates are separated by commas SEMICOLON coordinates are separated by semicolons TAB coordinates are separated by tabs e COORD_ORDER specifies the order of the coordinates in coordinate lines X_FIRST x coordinates i e easting or longitude come first followed by y coordinates i e northing or latitude default Y_FIRST y coordinates i e northing or latitude come first followed by x coordinates i e easting or longitude e COORD_PREFIX if present this line is used to specify what special character sequence coordinate lines start with For example if the coordinate lines in the file started with the character sequence XY you should use COORD_PREF XY By default no coordinate prefix is assumed e INC_COORD_LINE_ATTRS set the value of this parameter to YES if you wish to use any leftover text at the end of coordinate lines as attributes for the feature the coordinates are in This could be useful if elevation data is present at the end of the lines By default the value of this attribute is NO e COL_HEADERS controls whether or not the first line of the file should be used as column headers for coordinate line attributes later in the file Setting this to yes is useful for things like CSV files with column head
121. boundary lines to a KML file for display in Google Earth Pressing the Line of Sight button brings up the Setup Line of Sight Earth Curvature dialog pictured below which allows the user to configure a line of sight calculation along the selected path You can only perform a line of sight analysis if exactly two points are in the path profile e g line of sight analysis cannot be performed on multi segment paths Setup Line of Sight Earth Curvature From Sight Elevation 5 METERS above Ground Cancel m To Sight Elevation 100 METERS 7 above Ground Fresnel Zone Specification V Check Clearance with Respect to First Fresnel Zone Frequency GHz 5 Percent Clear e0 Earth Curvature I Ignore Earth Curvature Atmospheric Correction f 333330035 The earth curvature settings are used to simulate the curvature of the earth when performing line of sight analysis For short distances the curvature typically doesn t affect the path profile much but the effect over large distances can be significant Atmospheric correction is used to account for the effect the earth s atmosphere has on different kinds of transmissions For example a value of 1 333 is often used to emulate how microwave transmissions travel through the atmosphere V Exclude Endpoints When Finding Minimum Clearance Table of Contents 122 Global Mapper User s Manual The From Sight Elevation section allows the user to select the hei
122. bute to DBF option specifies that the type description for each exported feature will be added as a LAYER attribute to the DBF file generated with the SHP file If selected the Split Into Separate Files by Feature Layer Description option specifies that the export will be split into separate files based on the description for each feature The description of the features stored in each file will be appended on to the end of the selected filenames Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Simple ASCII Text File Command The Export Simple ASCII Text File command allows the user to export any loaded vector data sets i e areas lines and points to a delimited ASCII text file Each vertex in an area or line and the position of each point will be represented When selected the command displays the ASCH Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of an Options panel pictured below and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export ASCII Export Options Options Coordinate Offset Scale Gridding Export Bounds Coordinate Separator C Semicolon C Tab z Feature Separator C None Blank Line Custom use n for newline t for tab a i Coordinate Order X Longitude Easting Coordinate First Then Y C Y Latitude Northing Coordinate First Then X MV Export E
123. ch to load the files After selecting the folder you will be prompted to enter a filename mask for all of the files that you would like to attempt to load After selecting a filename mask all files under the selected folder which match the filename mask and are recognized by Global Mapper as a known data type will be loaded The filename mask supports the and wildcard characters The default mask of will check all files under the selected folder You can also cause data to only be loaded from selected folders as well For example if you had a large collection of folders with data split up into 1x1 degree blocks with the folder names depecting the 1x1 degree block they held you could use a directory name mask to load only those blocks that you wanted For example you might use a mask of N4 W 0 tif to load all TIFF files between N40 and N50 and W110 and W100 You can also specify multiple masks if you need more than one to describe the set of files that you would like to load Simply separate the masks with a space Open ECW File from the Web Command Table of Contents 13 Global Mapper User s Manual The Open ECW File from the Web command allows the user to open an ER Mapper Compressed Wavelet ECW image file directly from an Image Web Server URL While these files may be terabytes in actual size only the portion needed for the current display window is downloaded allowing for the browsing of extremely large data sets Selecting
124. clude an elevation attribute for each point as well as whether to include the name of each column in the file as the first row in the file There is also an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded point data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Delft3D LDB Command The Export Delft3D LDB command allows the user to export any loaded vector line data sets to a Delft3D LDB format file When selected the command displays the Delft3D Export Options dialog which consists of an Export Bounds Table of Contents 40 Global Mapper User s Manual panel that allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded vector data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export DGN Command The Export DGN command allows the user to export any loaded vector data to a MicroStation DGN v8 format file When selected the command displays the DGN Export Options dialog pictured below which allows the user to set up the export The dialog consists of a DGN Options panel a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded vector data they wish to export DGN Export Options DGN Options Gridding Export Bounds m Text Size Smaller Left Bigger Right 1 00 Unit Resolution 10000 Generate Projection PRJ File MV Gene
125. command does not take any parameters SAVE_PROJECTION The SAVE_PROJECTION command saves the current global projection to a PRJ file The following parameters are supported by the command e FILENAME full path to PRJ file to save the projection to SET_BG_COLOR The SET_BG_COLOR command sets the color to use for any background pixels when rendering layers The following parameters are supported by the command e COLOR specifies the background color to use The color should be specified as RGB lt red gt lt green gt lt blue gt For example to make white the background color use COLOR RGB 255 255 255 SET_LOG_FILE The SET_LOG_FILE command sets the name of the file to log status warning and error messages to If the log file specified already exists the messages will be appended to the end of it The following parameters are supported by the command e FILENAME full path to log file to write messages to Table of Contents 174 Global Mapper User s Manual SET_VERT_DISP_OPTS The SET_VERT_DISP_OPTS command allows you to modify the options used when rendering elevation layers such as the shader to use if any as well as the lighting and water setup The following parameters are supported by this command e ENABLE_HILL_SHADING this setting controls whether or not hill shading i e lighting shadowing will be done Use YES to enable hill shading and NO to disable hill shading e SHADER_NAME this sets the name
126. consists of a Package Options panel a Simplification panel a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel Table of Contents 19 Global Mapper User s Manual Global Mapper Package Export Options Package Options Simplification Export Bounds Projection Use the options below to control what projection the data exported to the package file will be in You can choose to either export the data be in the current view projection or you can save everything with lat lon coordinate values C Use Currently Selected View Projection UTM TerraServer Export Options Use the options below to control which layer of any loaded TenaServer data will be used when exporting The auto option will always pick a detail layer as good or better than what is displayed on screen without creating too large of an export file Automatically Choose a Good Zoom Level C Use Best Available Zoom Level Creates Larger Files C Use the Zoom Level Displayed on the Screen Use double precision coordinates for vector data This may make packages much larger and is usually only need when survey level accuracy is required Cancel b Help The Package Options panel consists of options allowing the user to select the projection to save the data in how to handle dynamically streamed TerraServer data and other options In the Projection section of the panel the user can either select to save all loaded data in the currently selected view projection th
127. cted rectification method and the entered control points Table of Contents 80 Global Mapper User s Manual Note that this is only available if enough control points have been entered for a transformation to be calculated and if the transformation method is based on a simple set of equations Entire Image View The Entire Image View portion of the Image Rectifier dialog displays as you might expect a view of the entire image being rectified Any ground control points GCPs will also be depicted on this view with a big red X The current portion of the image being displayed in the Zoomed View section will be highlighted as well You can use the mouse in the Entire Image View to control what portion of the image is visible in the Zoomed View Clicking the left mouse button anywhere in the Entire Image View will cause the Zoomed View to be recented on the click position Dragging a rectangle with the left mouse button will cause the Zoomed View to recenter and zoom to the box If you also hold down the CTRL key when clicking the left mouse button the Reference Image view will also be recentered on the associated point if there have been enough control points entered to convert the coordinates Zoomed View The Zoomed View portion of the Image Rectifier dialog allows the user to pan and zoom around the image as well as select pixel coordinates for control point entry Any ground control points GCPs will be depicted in this view as well wi
128. d the command displays the Zmap Plus Grid Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the grid spacing and vertical units and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Vector Data The commands on the Export Vector Data submenu allow the user to export loaded vector data to various formats Export Arc Ungenerate Command The Export Arc Ungenerate commands allows the user to export any loaded vector data sets to an Arc Ungenerate format file When selected the command displays the Arc Ungenerate Export Options dialog which consists of an Export Bounds panel that allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded vector data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export CDF Command The Export CDF command allows the user to export any loaded vector data sets to a CDF Common Data Format file When selected the command displays the CDF Export Options dialog pictured below which allows the user to set up the export The dialog consists of a CDF Options panel which allows the user to set up the attribute code to assign to features and the text size in the export file and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set
129. d Columns Rows 3 Columns 13 Crop Right and Bottom Cells to Export Bounds Specify Individual Grid Cell Width and Height Grid Width meters Grid Height meters C Specify Individual Grid Cell Pixel Size Pixel width Pixel Height Grid Naming C Sequential Numbering Row Major Order Separate Row Column Letters or Numbers Rows C Numbers Letters Reverse Start at f Prefix With Step 0 Columns Numbers Letters Reverse Start at foo Prefix With Step 5 Reverse Naming Columns First Then Rows Prepend 0 to Numbers to Make Same Length Grid Cell Overlap Overlap Grid Cells by 0 Percent of Cell Size l Skip Existing Files Use to Complete Cancelled Exports The Gridding panel provides the user with the means to easily split up data on export into a regularly spaced grid if desired using one of the following options e No Grid This option means that no gridding will be done only a single file with be exported with the full specified export bounds This is the default option e Specify Number of Rows and Columns Specifies that the data should be broken up into the given number of rows and columns of tiles Every tile will have the same width and height unless you check the Crop Right and Bottom Cells to Export Bounds option in which case the exported tiles along the right and bottom may be slightly smaller than the other so that no data from outside the specified export bounds is used e
130. d Tiles command allows the user to export any loaded data to JPG or PNG files tiled in the configuration required by NASA s World Wind application This command will create both the image tiles and the XML file required for World Wind to use the data You should place the generated xml file in the Config Earth folder under your World Wind installation folder in order for it to be picked up by World Wind When you select the command the World Wind Export Options dialog pictured below appears allowing you to setup the export This dialog allows you to specify the display name of the map set in World Wind the base directory to which the directory tree of map tiles will be exported the zoom level setup the format of the imagery and some additional options There is also an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Table of Contents 37 Global Mapper User s Manual World Wind Export Options World Wind Options Export Bounds Data Set Name My Map Set Name m Tile Export Location Select the root folder for saving all of the World Wind tiles in the export The appropriate zoom level folder names will be created based on the other export parameters C Temp export test z Zoom Level Setup Select the resolution to use for the maximum detail level in the exported tiles The default selection will preserve full detail for any loaded raster elevation data set Level 1
131. d area features that have elevation values associated with them will be treated as constraints breaklines This will ensure that elevation values along the line area boundary will be consistent with the elevation that Table of Contents 101 Global Mapper User s Manual should be along the line e Flatten 3D Areas If you have any area polygon features with elevation in the selected layers that you are gridding they will be treated as flattened areas rather than just additional 3D data points constraints This allows you to create flattened areas like lakes and also nice terrain surfaces from things like building models If only 3D area features are present any grid locations outside of the areas will be marked as invalid otherwise the grid locations within areas will just be flattened to the area heights and the remainder of the grid will be generated as usual e Ignore Zero Elevations If checked this option will cause any features with an elevation value of zero to be ignored This is useful if you have a data set where features with no known elevation are marked with an elevation of zero e Save Triangulated Network TIN as a Vector Layer If checked this option will cause a separate vector layer with area features for each 3D triangle created as part of the triangulation and gridding process This is known as the TIN surface e Heights Relative to Ground If you check this option all elevation values from the selected vector layer
132. d file in any session Use CR LF in World Files TFW Instead of LF if checked this specifies that lines in generated world files will be terminated using a carriage return CR and linefeed LF character as is customary on Windows systems rather than just a LF character Use this if your world files are not being recognized by your Windows based applications Automatically Create Backup Copies of Workspace Files if checked this option will cause your current workspace file to automatically be backed up every so often i e after so many vector edits etc These backup copies will be created in the same folder as the workspace file and have the suffix auto_backupX where X is a number from 0 to 9 Lock Active Workspace File to Prevent Sharing if checked this option prevents other users from opening and using the same workspace file that you are using while you have it open This is useful in network environments where you don t want one person s work to accidentally overwrite anothers If you try to open a locked workspace it will automatically be opened in read only mode which will prevent you from overwriting the original workspace file when saving DGN Import Cells as Point Features if checked this option causes cell features in DGN v8 and later files that have an associated point location to just be loaded as a single point feature rather than the collection of features specified by the cell DGN Add DGN Color Number to Feature D
133. d want to tile the export into cells that are 10 000 meters wide by 5 000 meters tall you would use GRID_TYPE_CELL_SIZE 10000 0 5000 0 GRID_TYPE_PIXEL_SIZE specifies that the export should be gridded into multiple tiles with each tile having the given size in pixels samples The value should be specified as cell pixel width cell pixel height For example if you want to tile the export into cells that are 800 pixels wide by 600 meters tall you would use GRID_TYPE_PIXEL_SIZE 800 600 GRID_TYPE_ROWS_COLS specifies that the export should be gridded into multiple tiles with a given number of rows and columns of tiles The value should be specified as number of rows number of columns For example if you want to tile the export into a grid of 8 rows each 4 tiles across you would use GRID_TYPE_ROWS_COLS 8 4 GRID_OVERLAP specifies how much to overlap tiles when gridding an export into multiple tiles This is a percentage value from 0 to 100 and only applies when on of the GRID_TYPE_ parameters is used For example to make your grid tiles overlap by 5 of the grid tile size use GRID_OVERLAP 5 0 The default value is 0 0 meaning that the tiles do not overlap GRID_KEEP_CELL_SIZE specifies that the size of the grid cells should be maintained over sample spacing This means that if you specify a grid of 4 rows and 5 columns each grid cell will be exactly 25 of the total export height and 20 of the total export width The sample spacing may be
134. data does not make a perfect rectangle You can even mark some files to only be used as filler by right clicking on them in the Files list and selecting the appropriate option in the popup menu You can also right click on the list of files to convert and choose to save that list of files to a text file This can be a convenient way to start a Global Mapper script to do other processing on the files Other right click options include the ability to remove all archive files like zip and tar gz from the list and to fill the source files list with files listed in a text file Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to perform batch conversions Combine Terrain Layers Command The Combine Terrain Layers command allows the user to generate a new gridded elevation or other gridded value layer by combining and or comparing the elevation values from two other loaded terrain layers When selected the command displays the Combine Terrain Options dialog which allows the user to set up generation of the new terrain layer Once completed the new terrain layer is added to the Overlay Control Center and displayed Table of Contents 59 Global Mapper User s Manual Combine Terrain Options Combine Terrain Layers Options Export Bounds Description Combined Elevation Grid Operation Subtraction Difference Signed v Select First Hevation Layer to Combine lt blue springs 4 quads dem gt BLUE SPRINGS MO United States Hev
135. ded elevation grid data sets to a Vulcan3D triangulation file When selected the command displays the Vulcan3D Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the grid spacing and vertical units a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export VRML Command The Export VRML command allows the user to export any loaded elevation grid data and raster data sets to a VRML file for display in a VRML viewer such as the Cortona VRML Client When selected the command displays the VRML World File Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the grid spacing vertical exaggeration and compression options and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Virtual Earth Tiles Command The Export Virtual Earth Tiles command allows the user to export any loaded data to JPG or PNG files tiled in the configuration required for display in using the Microsoft Virtual Earth interface This command will create both the image tiles and a sample HTML file fo
136. ding down the SHIFT key while performing a selection You can toggle the selection state of features by holding down both the SHIFT and CTRL keys while performing a selection As a final option holding the P key when clicking to select the feature may be used to select the topmost area feature at a location This is useful for selecting area features that may be overlaid by a line or point feature It s functionally equivalent to using the Vector Display tab of the Configuration dialog to enable only the Select From Areas option a temporary selection filter If you are planning on moving lots of features you can speed up the process by holding down the ALT key when selected features and or vertices Doing this will cause you to automatically put into move mode when selecting new features and or vertices You can also select area line and point features within selected area features by first selecting one or more area features using the previously described methods then right clicking and selecting the appropriate option under the Advanced Selection Options submenu This makes it easy to find and edit all of the point line and or area features within some other area feature s When working with island and parent areas there are also some options available under the Advanced Selection Options submenu that make it easy to select all of the island areas associated with selected parent areas and to also deselect the parent area for a selected
137. displays a dialog containing the available display options for the selected overlay s Options can be set on multiple raster or elevation overlays at the same time The available display options depend on the type of the selected overlays The following display options are used e Vector Data Options e Raster Data Options Display Tab Color Contrast Adjustment Tab Cropping Tab Band Setup Tab Palette Tab Feathering Tab e Elevation Data Options Display Tab Alter Elevation Values Tab Feathering Tab Vector Data Options Selecting the Options button while a vector i e SHP DXF E00 etc overlay is selected displays the Vector Options dialog pictured below Table of Contents 103 Global Mapper User s Manual Vector Options Feature Types Projection Name Features Using Attribute Value C Do Not Use an Attribute Value for Name Use Selected Attribute Value for Name foB NAM Object name v Use Multiple Attributes for Name Setur Get Elevations From Attribute Value ELEVATION v Classify Unclassified Area Features As lso height Area Classify Unclassified Line Features As Bathymetric Contour Major 7 Classify Unclassified Point Features As Buoy X The Feature Types tab provides the ability to specify which attribute field s if any to display as the name of features loaded from the vector file You can also select which attribute field if a
138. djusting the brightness of pixels in the overlay Valid values range from 0 to 512 with 0 being completely black 256 being no alteration and 512 being completely white For example to make an image slightly darker you could use COLOR_INTENSITY 200 NOTE This parameter replaces the COLOR_INTENSITY parameter e TEXTURE_MAP raster only specifies that this image should be draped over any elevation data loaded before it Use TEXTURE_MAP YES to turn on Anything else turns it off e TRANSPARENT_COLOR elevation and raster only specifies the color to make transparent when rendering this overlay The color should be specified as RGB lt red gt lt green gt lt blue gt For example to make white the transparent color use TRANSPARENT_COLOR RGB 255 255 255 If you do not wish any color to be transparent do not use this parameter e PROJ_NAME specifies the name of the projection to use for this file this will override any projection information stored in the file This name must have been defined with a prior DEFINE_PROJ command e PROJ_FILENAME specifies the name of the projection prj file to use for this file this will override any projection information stored in the file e PROJ_EPSG_CODE specifies the numeric EPSG projection code that defines the projection for this file this will override any projection information stored in the file For example use PROJ_EPSG_CODE 26715 to define a UTM zone 15 projection with NAD27 as t
139. e Vector Display Vector Display Setup e Area Styles Area Type Color Fill Border Settings e Line Styles Line Type Color Width Style Settings e Point Styles Point Type Symbol Settings Custom Symbols e Vertical Elevation Display Setup e Shader Shader Specific Setup e Projection Select Display Projection Datum General Options The General panel pictured below controls options for the display of vector data areas lines and points as well as position format on the status bar Configuration Point Styles Vertical Options Shader Options Projection General Vector Display Area Styles Line Styles M Grid Display Shift G C NoGrid Lat Lon Grid Current Projection Grid m Grid Spacing J Automatic C Custom fo arc degrees F Show All Grid Lines Regardless of Zoom Scale Extend Grid Lines Beyond Loaded Data Bounds f Distance Scale Display Units Shift S C NoScale Metric m km Statute ft mi Elevation Legend Display Units Shift L NoLegend Metric meters Statute feet Position Display Format Lat Lon dd mm ss ss h 7 Area Measure Units Square Miles v Distance Measure Units Metric mkm Miscellaneous Advanced Options Prefer World File TFW Coordinates for GeoTIFF Files A JExport Old Format PRJ Files mi taur meron oo siit Restore Default Settings 3 Cancel Apply Help v Table of Contents 85 Global Mapper User s
140. e and how far apart you would like to create them You can also choose to create a multi ring Checking this box will delay the actual range ring creation until you have added additional range rings and unchecked the box Then all rings in the multi ring will be combined if possible to build nice looking combined range rings Once you have completed have completed creating the range ring s the Digitizer Tool will remain in the range ring creation mode so you can simply left click to create additional range rings centered on another Table of Contents 131 Global Mapper User s Manual location or right click to choose a different mode Select Range Ring Parameters Enter the number of range ring areas to create as well as how far apart each range ring should be You can also modify the range ring center Caneel coordinate if you d like V Create Point at Center of Range Rings Number of Range Rings fi Range Ring Radius fi Kilometers v Modify Range Center Point Coordinates Combining Multiple Rings Advanced Users Combine Ring with Additional Rings to Follow Use this feature to specify multiple range rings that you want combined into a single ring feature around the combined ranges Uncheck this box when specifying the ting parameters for the last ting in the multi ring to complete the process The range ring feature has numerous applications including search and rescue and aviation Creating New Shape
141. e export The dialog consists of a KML KMZ Options panel a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export The KML KMZ Options panel allows the user to set up the target image format for storage and the sample spacing as well as other options such as whether to store all of the resulting files in a KMZ file recommended and whether or not to render and save loaded vector data Table of Contents 31 Global Mapper User s Manual KML KMZ Export Options KML KMZ Options Gridding Export Bounds m Export Image Format i C PNG TIFF Palette TIFF 24 bit RGB Color m Sample Spacing X axis 0 000353019822498609 arc degrees Y axis 0 000273471253538473 arc degrees Click Here to Calculate Spacing in Other Units Visibility Range Controls lt minLodPixels gt Value This setting controls how far you have to zoom in before your data shows up in Google Earth Display When File is g Pixels in Size V Create Compressed KMZ File Recommended I Save Scale Elevation Legend Grid if Displayed J Save Vector Data if Displayed Vv Automatically Grid Export of Large Data Sets so that Google Earth Can Handle Them Better Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Leveller Heightfield Command The Export Leveller Heightfield command allows the user to export any loaded elevation grid data set
142. e ignored e FONT_NAME specifies the name e g Arial Times New Roman etc of the font to use when displaying the display label if any for this feature e FONT_COLOR specifies the color of the font to use when displaying the display label if any for this feature The values must be formatted according to the guidelines layed out for the COLOR attribute in order to be recognized e FONT_ANGLE specifies the angle in degrees of the font to use when displaying the display label if any for this point feature e FONT_SIZE specifies the point size of the font to use when displaying the display label if any for this feature e FONT_HEIGHT_METERS specifies the height in meters of the font to use when displaying the display label if any for this feature Using this causes the actual point size of the font to vary as you zoom in and out e FONT_CHARSET specifies the numeric character set of the font to use when displaying the display label if any for this feature These correspond to the Windows character set enumeration Click here for more instructions on creating generic ASCII data files with features of various types and click here for more documentation on the supported fields Download Online Imagery Topo Terrain Maps The Download Online Imagery Topo Terrain Maps command allows the user to download mapping data from numerous built in and user supplied sources This includes premium access to high resolution color imagery
143. e used to adjust the contrast of imagery The Linear Percentage Stretch contrast adjustment method applies a standard deviation contrast adjust to each color channel in the image You can specify how many standard deviations from the mean that the range is stretch to for rendering although you ll generally want to stick with the default of 2 This is particularly useful for improving the display of dark or satellite imagery such as IKONOS images and is required for the display of imagery with more than 8 bits per color channe The Linear Min Max Stretch method finds the minimum and maximum values in each color channel and stretches that range to a range of 0 to 255 For most imagery with 8 bits or less per color channel this will have no effect but can produce a good result for high color imagery Table of Contents 106 Global Mapper User s Manual The Share Contrast Adjustment with Other Layers checkbox allows you to specify that the calculated contrast adjustment used should be based on all loaded raster layers that have contrast adjustment enabled rather than just the color histogram for this single layer This is enabled by default and provides consistent results when adjusting the contrast for multiple mosaiced images The Cropping tab pictured below allows you to crop the selected overlay s to a particular boundary including support for automatically removing the collars from USGS DRG topographic maps Raster Options Display Co
144. ecifies how many bytes to use per elevation sample in the BIL IMG or vertical GeoTIFF file Valid values are 2 bytes 16 bits and 4 bytes 32 bits If this value isn t specified 2 bytes are used e USE_BIG_ENDIAN BIL only specifies that elevation values written to BIL files should use big endian Motorola byte order rather than the default little endian Intel byte order e POLYGON_CROP_FILE specifies the full path and filename of a vector file containing a polygon feature to which the export should be cropped If multiple polygons are found in the specified file the polygon which has the largest intersection with the data to be exported will be used as the crop polygon see POLYGON_CROP_USE_ALL for exception e POLYGON_CROP_USE_ALL specifies that if a POLYGON_CROP_FILE is specified that contains multiple polygons the export will be cropped to all polygons in that file rather than just the best fit polygon e ALLOW_LOSSY GLOBAL_MAPPER_GRID only specifies whether or not a slight loss in precision is allowable in order to achieve better compression ratios The default is YES so turn only use lossless compression you need to specify a value of ALLOW_LOSSY NO e EXPORT_COLORS XYZ_GRID only specifies that RGB color values should be exported for each coordinate that is saved e OVERWRITE_EXISTING specifies that existing files should be overwritten The default is OVERWRITE_EXISTING YES so use OVERWRITE_EXISTING NO to skip exporti
145. ecify how it should be displayed The Edit Type button allows the user to edit line types that were previously created with the New Type button and the Delete Type button allows the user to remove line types that were previously created with the New Type button With the Attributes button you can specify a set of default attributes and values to use for new features of this type created using the Digitizer Tool Configuration Point Styles Vertical Options Shader Options Projection General Vector Display Area Styles Line Styles Line Types City Boundary Powerline Park Boundary Pipeline Contour Line Intermediate Contour Line Major Contour Line Supplementary River Unknown Length River lt 20 km he New Type Edit Type Delete Type Attributes Width 1 Style Solid 7 Color Label Display MV Show Labels for Lines of This Type Select Font Center Labels for Lines of This Type Restore Default Style Restore Default Style For All Types V Display Roads As Fat Lines When Zoomed In Point Styles The Point Styles panel pictured below allows the user to configure what symbol will be used to display points of a given type In addition the Show Labels for Points of This Type When Present option allows user to turn point labels off on a type by type basis The Custom Symbols section allows users to create new symbols from their own bitmap and icon files which they can then use as the sy
146. ected the command displays the HF2 HFZ Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the pixel spacing and format a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Idrisi Command The Export Idrisi command allows the user to export any loaded raster vector and elevation grid data sets to an Idrisi file When selected the command displays the Idrisi Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the pixel spacing and format a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export JPG Command The Export JPG command allows the user to export any loaded raster vector and elevation grid data sets to a JPG file When selected the command displays the JPG Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the pixel spacing a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they w
147. electing the option to save a color palette file Grayscale Min is Black Palette This palette creates an 8 bit per pixel grayscale image with no color map stored in the image Black will be stored as zero with varying shades of gray up to white with a value of 255 Grayscale Min is White Palette This palette creates an 8 bit per pixel grayscale image with no color map stored in the image White will be stored as zero with varying shades of gray up to black with a value of 255 The Vertical Units field allows the user to select the vertical units to use when exporting elevation data i e meters or feet Any input data not in the selected vertical units will be automatically converted on export The Resolution section allows the user to selected the grid spacing to use when generating the GeoTIFF The default value is the average of the grid spacings of all the currently loaded raster and elevation overlays If the Always Generate Square Pixels option is checked the smaller of the specified x and y resolutions will be used Table of Contents 27 Global Mapper User s Manual for both the x and y resolution Forcing square pixels ensures that the resultant GeoTIFF file will look good even in software that is not able to deal with pixels that aren t square If you d like to specify the spacing in units other than those of the currently selected view export projection press the Click Here to Calculate Spacing in Other Units button The DP
148. ely represent the full blend of colors in the source Table of Contents 152 Global Mapper User s Manual images This option will generate the best results but can more than double the export time required if any high color images are present in the export set HALFTONE ERDAS GEOTIFF and PNG only use a 256 color halftone palette spread over the color spectrum DOQ_DRG ERDAS GEOTIFF and PNG only use a 256 color palette optimized for combined grayscale DOQs and USGS DRGs DRG ERDAS GEOTIFF and PNG only use a 256 color palette optimized for the colors found in USGS DRGs GRAYSCALE use a 256 color grayscale palette BW GEOTIFF only creates a black and white 1 bit per pixel image BLACKISMIN GEOTIFF only creates an 8 bit per pixel grayscale image with no color map stored in the image Black will be stored as zero with varying shades of gray up to white with a value of 255 WHITEISMIN GEOTIFF only creates an 8 bit per pixel grayscale image with no color map stored in the image White will be stored as zero with varying shades of gray up to black with a value of 255 JPG GEOTIFF only creates a 24 bit RGB JPG in TIFF image Note that while this creates a highly compressed GeoTIFF file many software packages do not recognize JPG in TIFF format files e GRID_TYPE_CELL_SIZE specifies that the export should be gridded into multiple tiles with each tile having the given size in the export projection The value should
149. ent global projection There should be 4 values in a comma delimited list following the parameter name The values should be in order of minimum x minimum y width in x width in y e LAT_LON_BOUNDS specifies the combine bounds in latitude longitude degrees There should be 4 values in a comma delimited list following the parameter name The values should be in order of westmost longitude southernmost latitude easternmost longitude northernmost latitude e LAYER_BOUNDS specifies that the operation should use the bounds of the loaded layer s with the given filename For example to export to the bounds of the file c test tif you would use LAYER_BOUNDS c Mtest tif Keep in mind that the file must be currently loaded e LAYER_BOUNDS_EXPAND specifies that the operation should expand the used LAYER_BOUNDS bounding box by some amount The amount to expand the bounding rectangle by should be specified in the current global projection For example if you have a UTM meters projection active and want to expand the bounds retrieved from the LAYER_BOUNDS parameter by 100 meters on the left and right and 50 meters on the top and bottom you could use LAYER_BOUNDS_EXPAND 100 0 50 0 You can also specify a single value to apply to all 4 sides or supply 4 separate values in the order left top right bottom e FILL_GAPS specifies that small gaps in between and within the data sets being combined will be filled in by interpolating the surrounding da
150. eoTIFF Export Options dialog pictured below which allows the user to set up the export The dialog consists of a GeoTIFF Options panel a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded vector data they wish to export Table of Contents 25 Global Mapper User s Manual GeoTIFF Export Options GeoTIFF Options Gridding Export Bounds File Type C 24 bit RGB Full Color Large Storage Required C JPEG in TIFF Full Color Highly Compressed Lossy Black and White 1 bit per pixel C Elevation 16 bit integer samples Elevation 32 bit floating point samples Palette Image Optimized Palette v Vertical Units Mete Sample Spacing X axis 20 meters Y axis 130 meters IV Always Generate Square Pixels If you wish to change the ground units that the spacing is specified in you need to change the current projection by going to Config gt Projection Click Here to Calculate Spacing in Other Units DPI Value To Save in Image 0 for None jo Save Scale Elevation Legend Grid if Displayed Save Vector Data if Displayed Generate TFW File I Interpolate to Fill Small Gaps in Data l Use L2w Compression Generate PRJ File T Make Backaround Moid Cancel spp Help The File Type section allows you to choose what type of GeoTIFF file to generate The various file types are described below e 8 bit Palette Image This option
151. er will automatically prompt you to rectify an image if it cannot automatically determine where on the earth the image should be placed If you indicate that you would like to rectify an image when prompted the Image Rectifier dialog will appear allowing you to enter ground control points for the image in order to rectify it This process is described in detail later Batch Rectification By using the Rectify Georeference Imagery command under the File menu you can select multiple images to rectify at a time You will be allowed to rectify all images that you select regardless of whether they already contain valid positioning information In this way you can correct poorly positioned imagery Using the Batch Image Rectification Options dialog pictured below you can setup whether you would like to view the images after rectification export them to one of several formats or both Table of Contents 77 Global Mapper User s Manual Batch Image Rectification Options Specify below what to do with each image after you have rectified it Exported images will be saved in the save directory as the original with rectified appended to their filenames MV Export Rectified Images to New Files m Export Format C JPEG GeoTlFF 24 bit RGB Image Uncompressed 7 coca Regardless of which options you select you will then be allowed to rectify each image in turn using the Image Rectifier dialog while is described in detail later As
152. ers in the first row otherwise set it to NO the default Table of Contents 170 Global Mapper User s Manual e PROJ_NAME specifies the name of the projection to use for this file this will override any projection information stored in the file This name must have been defined with a prior DEFINE_PROJ command e PROJ_FILENAME specifies the name of the projection prj file to use for this file this will override any projection information stored in the file e PROJ_EPSG_CODE specifies the numeric EPSG projection code that defines the projection for this file this will override any projection information stored in the file For example use PROJ_EPSG_CODE 26715 to define a UTM zone 15 projection with NAD27 as the datum and meters as the units e ELEV_UNITS specify elevation units to use for this file if it contains gridded elevation data FEET export in US feet DECIFEET export in 10ths of US feet METERS export in meters DECIMETERS export in 10ths of meters CENTIMETERS export in centimeters e SKIP_COLUMNS specifies the number of columns to skip at the start of a coordinate line before trying to read the coordinates For example if the X and Y coordinates of a line were in the 3rd and 4th columns of the coordinate line you d use a value of SKIP_COLUMNS 2 The default value is 0 meaning that coordinates must be in the first two columns e COORD_OFFSET specifies the offset to apply to any coordinates
153. es jagged edges by making a subtle transition between pixels Turning off this option helps maintain the hard edges of the pixels as they are rasterized Table of Contents 112 Global Mapper User s Manual The Shader option allows you to choose which elevation shader is to be used for coloring the cell values within this layer By default all gridded layers will share the elevation shader selected on the toolbar but there may be certain situations where you want to color one layer differently than the others and exclude it from the loaded elevation range One common example is a gridded layer that actually has non elevation data The Alter Elevation Values tab pictured below allows you to modify how elevation values from the selected layer s are interpreted providing you a means to offset all of the elevations in the layer s by a given value and to restrict the range of elevation values that are treated as valid Elevation Options Display Alter Elevation Values Elevation Offset and Scale Factor Scale Factor fi Offset fo Meters 7 Elevation values will be altered first by multiplying by the scale factor then by adding the offset value For example if you specify a scale of 1 0 and an offset of 10 meters an elevation sample of 150 meters from the file would become 160 meters m Valid Elevation Range Minimum Valid Elevation 214 Meters 7 Maximum Valid Elevation 330 Meters Replace Invalid with
154. escription if checked this option causes the DGN color number for each feature to be appended to the feature description level number The Restore Default Settings button will restore all Global Mapper settings from the Configuration dialog to their default values Vector Display Options Table of Contents 87 Global Mapper User s Manual The Vector Display panel pictured below controls options for the display of vector data areas lines and points Configuration Paint Styles Vertical Options Shader Options Projection General Vector Display Area Styles Line Styles Render Select From r Filter IV Areas IV Areas Areas V Lines V Lines Lines MV Points MV Points Points Vector Map Detail Less More Vector Layer Ordering During Draw Order Vector Features by Type Before Layer Order Vector Data Will Always Draw on Top of Loaded Raster Layers This is the Default Setting Order Vector Features by Layer Order First Then C Type Within a Layer This Allows Raster Layers to Overlay Vector Data Render Area and Line Vertices Shift Render Deleted Features Draw Feature Labels Always Display All Labels Render Line Direction Arrow Cancel Help The Render section contains the settings for which types of vector features areas lines or points are to be displayed when loaded You can use these settings to turn off an entire class of fe
155. esired area to export The coordinates entered must be in the currently selected global projection system The default values automatically filled in result in a bounding box containing all loaded compatible data MGRS Military Grid Reference System Bounds Allows the user to specify the subset to export by entering the northwest and southeast corners of the bounding box to export in MGRS coordinates The default values automatically filled in result in a bounding box containing all loaded compatible data Crop to Selected Area Feature If enabled allows the user to crop the export to the currently selected area feature s To use this for supported exports select the area s that you wish to crop the export to using either the Feature Info Tool or the Digitizer Tool Drag a Box to Select Export Bounds x Draw Box Pressing the Draw Box button brings up the Drag a Box to Select Export Bounds dialog In this dialog simply hold down the left mouse button and drag a rectangle around the area of the image that you wish to export If you make a mistake just drag another rectangle When you press the OK button the bounds of the rectangle that you drew will automatically be inserted into the appropriate controls in the Export Bounds panel Table of Contents 73 Global Mapper User s Manual Gridding Panel General Gridding Export Bounds Grid Layout No Grid Just One Export File Per Input File Specify Number of Rows an
156. est Width U00442 140 Height MGRS Military Grid Reference System Bounds Top Left t i 1 Bottom Right C Crop to Selected Area Feature ro The Export Bounds panel provides several different method for specifying the subset of the currently loaded data that the user wishes to export Each of these methods is described below Note that regardless of the method used to specify the bounds the exported data will be generated in the currently selection global projection All Loaded Data All currently loaded data that is compatible with the current export type will be exported This is the default selection All Data Visible On Screen All data that is currently visible in the Global Mapper view window will be exported Lat Lon Degrees Allows the user to specify the subset to export as a bounding box in latitude longitude coordinates The default values automatically filled in are the lat lon bounds of all currently loaded compatible data Global Projection Allows the user to specify the subset to export as a bounding box using coordinates in the currently selected global projection system The default values automatically filled in are the bounds of all loaded compatible Table of Contents 72 Global Mapper User s Manual data Corner w Size Global Projection Allows the user to specify the subset to export by entering the northwest corner of the bounding box to export followed by the width and height of the d
157. etter represents the shape of the source data but that requires zooming further in to see the map while less detail will result in a rougher map that shows up sooner You should tailer this to the approximate scale of your source data will the lowest detail setting approximating source vector data of around 1 250K scale and the highest detail setting representing 1 24K or better scale data Most built in types already have a default zoom scale at which they will show up in built MP maps this will translate to a Levels value for the feature in the exported MP file based on the levels in the MP file header For custom types and for types that you want to change the default zoom scale for you can add a MP_BIT_LEVEL attribute to the feature itself or to the default attribute list for a feature type The value of this attribute should specify the minimum MP zoom bit level that a feature should appear at For example if you use the maximum Map Detail setting with no template file you will get a map with populated zoom levels at 24 22 and 20 bits If you wanted a feature to show up in just the lower 2 zoom levels of that map the 24 and 22 bit resolution layers you could add a MP_BIT_LEVEL attribute with a value of 22 to your feature or the default attribute list for that type then that feature would get a Levels 2 value written to the exported MP file If your map had less detail say zoom levels of 21 19 and 17 bits the same feature would Table o
158. ew vertex will be placed on the selected feature s at the nearest location to the click location You can also use this feature to extend features The newly created vertices will be automatically selected If you need to add multiple vertices to the selected feature s simply hold down the ALT key when left clicking to place the vertex and you will remain in the insert vertex mode If after modifying the shape of an area or line feature you decide that you want to undo the changes and restore the feature to its original shape simply select the feature s that you want restored and select the Restore Original Shape from the right click popup menu Combining Line Features You can combine multiple line features into a single line feature by first selecting the line features to combine then selecting the Combine Selected Line Features right click menu option This option will connect any lines that you have selected that join at an endpoint Any lines that are succesfully joined into a new one will be marked as deleted Adding Islands to Area Features You can make one area feature become an island or hole within another area by first selecting the area that you want to make into an island then right click and select the Make Selected Area an Island in Another Area menu option You will then need to left click in the area feature that you would like to make the selected area an island of The parent area must completely enclose the selected area
159. exactly 25 of the total export height and 20 of the total export width The sample spacing may be slightly smaller than what is specified in order to achieve this By default the sample spacing is exactly maintained and each grid cell may be slightly larger than specified to maintain an integer number of exported cells Use GRID_KEEP_CELL_SIZE YES to enable GRID_NAMING specifies how to name tiles when gridding an export into multiple tiles The value should be SEQUENTIAL for sequential numeric naming starting at 1 and SEPARATE for separate prefix appending by row and column For the SEPARATE option use the GRID_NAMING_COLS and GRID_NAMING_ROWS parameters to specify the details of how to name the rows and columns If no GRID_NAMING parameter is supplied the last selected grid naming options selected in the user interface will be used GRID_NAMING_COLS specifies how to name the column portion of grid cell names when using the GRID_NAMING SEPARATE parameter The value of this field is a comma delimited list with the following field values gt gt Table of Contents 153 Global Mapper User s Manual Naming type Can have the following values NUM name using numbers in ascending order amp NUM_REVERSE name using numbers in descending order ALPHA name using letters in ascending order 0 ALPHA_REVERSE name using letters in descending order Starting value for numbering or lettering i e 1 or A Pref
160. f Contents 159 Global Mapper User s Manual SMOOTH_CONTOURS specifies whether or not generated contour line and area features should have smoothing applied to improve appearance This option is enabled by dfault Use SMOOTH_CONTOURSENO to disable smoothing GENERATE_ELEV_GRID The GENERATE_ELEV_GRID command allows for the generation of a gridded elevation layer using loaded 3D vector data The following parameters are supported by the command ELEV_UNITS specify elevation units to use for new grid FEET US feet DECIFEET 10ths of US feet METERS meters DECIMETERS 10ths of meters CENTIMETERS centimeters SPATIAL_RES specifies spacing of grid points to use in generated grid A smaller grid spacing results in higher fidelity but larger elevation grids Should be formatted as x_resolution y_resolution The units are the units of the current global projection For example if UTM was the current global projection and you wanted to use a grid with a 30 meter spacing the parameter value pair would look like SPATIAL_RES 30 0 30 0 If you do not provide a SPATIAL_RES value a good default for the input data will be chosen so in most cases it is best just to leave this off GLOBAL_BOUNDS specifies the grid bounds in units of the current global projection There should be 4 values in a comma delimited list following the parameter name The values should be in order of minimum x minimum y maximum x maximum y GLOBAL_BOU
161. f Contents 50 Global Mapper User s Manual only show up in the most detailed 21 bit layer as features are always present in at least one layer of the map If you want a feature to always show up at all zoom levels in your map regardless of what zoom levels are present just add a MP_BIT_LEVEL attribute with a value of 1 The Template File sections allows you to select a file to use as a template for the new MP file The new file with use all of the settings from the selected template file except for the map ID unless you check the Keep Image ID from Template MP File option and if you provide a map name the map name This includes the Dictionary setting and all levels settings This provides a way for advanced users to set up one MP file exactly how they want and then export new maps with the same settings You can also check the Copy Entire Contents of Template File option to have everything from the template file copied to the new file verbatim including any feature data in the template file If selected the Create as Marine Map option specifies that the created MP file will be marked as a marine map and marine features will be used if appropriate Note that the Marine version of c PSMapper is required to create marine maps The Make All Point Features Searchable controls whether or not all point features in the final map created from the MP file should be searchable on the GPS device If the Create Transparent Map option is selected the map
162. fers the following commands e Open Data File s Command e Open Generic ASCII Text File s Command e Open All Files in a Directory Tree Command e Open ECW File from the Web Command e Open Data File at Fixed Screen Location e Unload All Command e Create New Map Catalog Command e Find Data Online Command e Download Online Imagery Topo Terrain Maps e Load Workspace Command e Save Workspace Command e Save Workspace As Command e Run Script Command e Capture Screen Contents to Image Command e Export Global Mapper Package File Command e Export Raster and Elevation Data Export Arc ASCII Grid Command Export BIL BIP BSQ Command Export BT Binary Terrain Command Export DEM Command Export DTED Command Export DXF 3D Face File Command Table of Contents 6 Global Mapper User s Manual Export DXF Mesh Command Export DXF Point File Command Export ECW Command Export Erdas Imagine Command Export Float Grid Command Export Geosoft Grid Command Export GeoTIFF Command Export Global Mapper Grid Command Export Gravsoft Grid Command Export HF2 HFZ Command Export Idrisi Command Export JPG Command Export JPG2000 Command Export KML KMZ Command Export Lidar LAS Command Export Leveller Heightfield Command Export Optimi Terrain Command Export PGM Grayscale Grid Command Export PLS CADD XYZ File Command Export PNG Command Export RockWorks Grid Command Export STL Command Export Surfer Grid AS
163. for each output file in addition to the output file itself The PRJ file will have the same name as the output file with the prj extension Generate World File causes a world file describing the location of the output file to be generated for each output file The world file will have the same name as the output file with the appropriate world file extension for the output type i e TFW for GeoTIFF JGW for JPEG etc Include Display Labels as Attributes causes DXF attributes containing the name of the vector object to be associated with DXF POLYLINE entities As some software packages cannot handle attributes in DXF files you may have to turn this option off with the associated loss of information to get your exported DXF files to work with some packages Include Feature Attributes in DBF causes the attributes other than layer and elevation of each feature if any to be stored in the DBF file associated with the generated Shapefile In addition selecting this option will cause the DLG 3 attribute codes matching each feature to be stored in the DBF file Include Feature Names in DBF causes the name of each feature if any to be stored as a NAME attribute in the DBF file associated with the generated Shapefile Only Generate Metadata Files causes only metadata files like world files PRJ files and TAB files to be generated This is a very handy way to create metadata files for a large collection of files like GeoTIFF files in order to
164. for screen display export and printing operations Selecting the Open Data File at Fixed Screen Location command first prompts you to select a file to load then displays the Fixed Screen Location Setup dialog pictured below This dialog allows the user to specify the size and position of the data relative to the screen export printout Fixed Screen Location Setup Setup Fixed View Location Size on Map View Fixed Percentage of View Width 25 of view width C Fixed Percentage of View Height i of view height aE Horizontal Position fio percent of view width from Y C Left Edge of View Right Edge of View C Center of View Vertical Position 10 inches from X Top Edge of View Bottom Edge of View Center of View Unload All Command Table of Contents 15 Global Mapper User s Manual The Unload All command unloads all overlays and clears the screen Create New Map Catalog Command The Create New Map Catalog command allows you to create a map catalog A map catalog is a collection of map files which are grouped together to allow for easy loading viewing and export Layers in a map catalog will be loaded and unloaded as needed for display and export potentially greatly reducing the load time and memory requirements for working with very large collections of data Upon selecting this command and selecting the file to save the map catalog to the Modify Map Catalog dialog shown below
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166. generates a 256 color raster GeoTIFF file with 8 bits per pixel The Palette options described below will apply in this case This option will generate a relatively small output file at the expense of some color fidelity depending on the palette that you choose The image data will be compressed using the PackBits compression algorithm e 24 bit RGB This option generates a raster GeoTIFF file with 24 bits per pixel GeoTIFF images generated with this option will be at least 3 times the size of those generated with the 8 bit Palette option but the colors in the image will exactly match what you see on the screen e JPEG in TIFF This option generates a raster GeoTIFF file with 24 bits per pixel but with the raster data compressed using the JPG compression algorithm GeoTIFF images generated with this option will maintain good color fidelity and often be highly compressed although they will lose some information as compared to the uncompressed 24 bit RGB option Something else to keep in mind if selecting this option is that many software packages do not yet support GeoTIFF files that use the JPEG in TIFF compression option By default the JPG compression used in the GeoTIFF file uses a Table of Contents 26 Global Mapper User s Manual quality setting of 75 but you can modify this by creating anew DWORD registry key with the desired value at HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Global Mapper JpegInTiffQuality e Black and White This option generates
167. ght at the start position left side of graph to use in the line of sight calculations This height can be specified in either feet or meters above the ground or above sea level The To Sight Elevation section provides the same functionality for the end position right side of graph The Fresnel Zone Specification section allows you to have the line of sight analysis also check that a certain portion the Percent Clear value of the first Fresnel zone for a transmission of a particular frequency is clear The typical standard is that good visibility requires that at least 60 the default of the first Fresnel zone for the specified frequency be clear of obstructions If Fresnel zone clearance is being selected the specified percentage of the first Fresnel zone will be drawn on the line of sight analysis dialog as a dotted line underneath the straight sight line The Earth Curvature section allows the user to specify whether they want to take the curvature of the earth into account while performing the line of sight calculation In addition when earth curvature is being used they can specify an atmospheric correction value to be used The atmospheric correction value is useful when determining the line of sight for transmitting waves whose path is affected by the atmosphere For example when modeling microwave transmissions a value of 1 333 is typically used to emulate how microwaves are refracted by the atmosphere Selecting the Exclude Endpoints w
168. gs e You will be unable to download data from WMS map servers Table of Contents 4 Global Mapper User s Manual e You will be unable to save rectified imagery to fully rectified files e You will not be able to print to a specific scale i e 1 1000 e You will have to endure a nagging registration dialog everytime that you run the program e You will not be eligible for free email support CLICK HERE TO REGISTER your copy of Global Mapper and obtain access to all of its powerful features Table of Contents Global Mapper User s Manual 2 MENUBAR AND TOOLBAR This section briefly reviews the menus and commands in order to understand the basic purpose of each Figure 1 shows the program Menu Bar and Toolbar as they appear at startup Toolbar Tool Path Profile Line of Sight Tool ae Enable Disable Measure Tool KON 3 Digitizer Tool Hill Shading Seale faa ta Piso A Feature Info Tool Pan Grab and Drag Tool Elevation Shader View Shed Tool Show 3D View Downoad Data Configuration File View Tools Search Help slaa alale Open Zoom In Full View Zoom Out Overlay Control Center Figure 1 Menu Bar and Toolbar The toolbar is displayed across the top of the application window below the menu bar The toolbar provides quick mouse access to many tools used in Global Mapper To hide or display the Toolbar choose Toolbar from the View menu File Menu The File menu of
169. hader Options Projection Projection Load From File TM Save To Fe Zon Init From EPSG 15 96 W 90 W Northem Hemisphere v Datum NAD27 CONUS Add Datum Planar Units METERS Parameters Attribute Vawe CENTRAL MERIDIAN SCALE FACT 0 999600000 CENTRAL MERIDIAN 93 00000000 ORIGIN LATITUDE 0 00000000 FALSE EASTING m 500000 FALSE NORTHING m 0 Use the Projection pull down menu to select the projection you wish to view the currently loaded data in The Geographic projection is really the absence of a projection It is just a linear mapping of latitude longitude to a grid For a good description of most of the other supported projection systems and a discussion of the tradeoffs in using various projections we suggest visiting http www progonos com furuti MapProj Normal TOC cartTOC html The Datum pull down is used to select the datum to use in association with the projection The most commonly used datums are WGS84 NAD27 and NAD83 If you find that the datum that you need is not available you can use the Add Datum button to add your datum When that button is pressed the Create New Datum dialog pictured below is shown allowing you to enter the parameters for either a 3 parameter Molodensky datum transformation or a 7 parameter Bursa Wolfe datum transformation The Abbreviation field is what will be displayed for the datum name in the status bar The datum information will
170. he Export Surfer BLN command allows the user to export any loaded vector data sets to a Surfer BLN format file used by Golden Software s Surfer package to specify breaklines When selected the command displays the Surfer BLN Export Options dialog which allows the user to set up the export The dialog consists of an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded vector data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export SVG Command The Export SVG command allows the user to export any loaded vector data sets toa SVG Scalable Vector Graphic format file suitable for display on the web When selected the command displays the SVG Export Options dialog which allows the user to set up the export The dialog consists of an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded vector data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Tom Tom OV2 Command The Export Tom Tom OV2 command allows the user to export any loaded point data sets to a Tom Tom OV2 format file for use in creating POI databases for Tom Tom GPS devices When selected the command displays the Tom Tom OV2 Export Options dialog which allows the user to set up the export The dialog consists of an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded vector data they wish to e
171. he datum and meters as the units e ELEV_UNITS elevation only specify elevation units to use for this file if it contains gridded elevation data FEET export in US feet Table of Contents 168 Global Mapper User s Manual DECIFEET export in 10ths of US feet METERS export in meters DECIMETERS export in 10ths of meters CENTIMETERS export in centimeters e ELEV_OFFSET elevation only specifies the offset in meters to apply to each elevation value in the layer This allows you to vertically shift a layer to match other layers e MIN_ELEYV elevation only specifies the minimum elevation meters to treat as valid when rendering this layer Any elevations below this value will be treated as invalid and not be drawn or exported e MAX_ELEV elevation only specifies the maximum elevation meters to treat as valid when rendering this layer Any elevations above this value will be treated as invalid and not be drawn or exported e VOID_ELEV elevation only specified the elevation meters to replace any void areas in the layer with If not specified the void areas will be transparent e TRANSLUCENCY elevation and raster only specifies the level of translucency i e how see through the layer is Value values range from 0 to 512 with O meaning the layer is completely transparent i e invisible and 512 meaning the layer is completely opaque this is the default e BLEND_MODE elevation and raster only
172. he export should use the bounds of the loaded layer s with the given filename For example to export to the bounds of the file c test tif you would use LAYER_BOUNDS c Mest tif Keep in mind that the file must be currently loaded LAYER_BOUNDS_EXPAND specifies that the operation should expand the used LAYER_BOUNDS bounding box by some amount The amount to expand the bounding rectangle by should be specified in the current global projection For example if you have a UTM meters projection active and want to expand the bounds retrieved from the LAYER_BOUNDS parameter by 100 meters on the left and right and 50 meters on the top and bottom you could use LAYER_BOUNDS_EXPAND 100 0 50 0 You can also specify a single value to apply to all 4 sides or supply 4 separate values in the order left top right bottom e GEN_WORLD_FILE specifies that a world file should be generated in addition to the image file Use GEN_WORLD_FILE YES to turn on e GEN_TAB_FILE GEOTIFF and PNGonly specifies that a MapInfo TAB file should be generated in addition to the image file Use GEN_TAB_FILE YES to turn on e GEN_PRJ_FILE specifies that a projection PRJ file should be generated in addition to the data file Use GEN_PRJ_FILE YES to turn on e PALETTE specifies the palette to use If not specified a 24 bit RGB image will be generated OPTIMIZED ERDAS GEOTIFF and PNG only The palette generated will be an optimal mix of up to 256 colors that will clos
173. hen Finding Minimum Clearance options causes the first and last 5 of the elevations along the profile to be ignored when finding the minimum clearance point After setting up the line of sight calculation in the dialog and pressing the OK button the line of sight will be displayed in the path profile window pictured below Along with the line depicted the actual line of sight the position and vertical separation of the minimum clearance of the line of sight will be displayed with a dashed red line in the path profile window E Path Profile Line of Sight File Right click below to change vertical display units or manually specify start end positions From Pos 376077 8 4322714 4 To Pos 382594 3 4318723 2 Minimum Clearance 59 6 ft at 376402 7 4322515 4 05mi 1 0mi 1 5mi 2 0mi 25mi 3 0 mi 3 5 mi 4 0 mi 4 7 mi Help OK Pressing the Cut and Fill Volumes button brings up the Setup Volume Calculation Parameters dialog Table of Contents 123 Global Mapper User s Manual allowing the user to perform a cut and fill volume analysis along the path using loaded terrain data See the Measure Tool for more information on cut and fill volume setup Once you have performed a cut and fill analsyis the cut line will be displayed on the path profile allowing easy visualization of the cut and fill areas along the path as evidenced by the picture below Volumetric Calculations E Path Profile Line of Sight Cut volume 974 73702 cubic y
174. highly compressed ECW file When selected the command displays the ECW Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the pixel spacing and target compression ration a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Erdas Imagine Command The Export Erdas Imagine command allows the user to export any loaded raster vector and elevation grid data sets to an Erdas Imagine file When selected the command displays the Erdas Imagine Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the pixel spacing and format a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Float Grid Command The Export Float Grid command allows the user to export any loaded elevation grid data sets to a Float Grid format file The Float Grid file will consist of a 4 byte IEEE floating point number for each elevation sample in the file starting at the top left corner and proceeding across then down In addition to the elevation data file an ESRI format hd
175. if you would use LAYER_BOUNDS c test tif Keep in mind that the file must be currently loaded LAYER_BOUNDS_EXPAND specifies that the operation should expand the used LAYER_BOUNDS bounding box by some amount The amount to expand the bounding rectangle by should be specified in the current global projection For example if you have a UTM meters projection active and want to expand the bounds retrieved from the LAYER_BOUNDS parameter by 100 meters on the left and right and 50 meters on the top and bottom you could use LAYER_BOUNDS_EXPAND 100 0 50 0 You can also specify a single value to apply to all 4 sides or supply 4 separate values in the order left top right bottom e FORMAT SURFERGRID only determines if Surfer Grid export format is ASCII BINARY_V6 or BINARY_V7 The default is ASCII if no format is specified Table of Contents 149 Global Mapper User s Manual e GEN_WORLD_FILE GEOTIFF only specifies that a TIFF world file TFW should be generated in addition to the TIFF file Use GEN_ WORLD_FILE YES to turn on e GEN_TAB_FILE GEOTIFF only specifies that a MapInfo TAB file should be generated in addition to the GeoTIFF file Use GEN_TAB_FILE YES to turn on e GRID_TYPE_CELL_SIZE specifies that the export should be gridded into multiple tiles with each tile having the given size in the export projection The value should be specified as cell width cell height For example if you are exporting in a metric projection an
176. in order for it be successfully added as an island Splitting Areas into Two New Area Features You can split an existing area feature into two new area features by selecting the two vertices across which you would like to split the area then right clicking and selecting the Split Selected Area at Selected Vertices menu option This will generate two new area features by splitting the selected area feature across the segment between the two selected vertices Note in some situations you will get invalid areas or no result at all so be careful to select vertices for which the connected segment does not cross outside of the area or intersect any island areas Copying Features Cut Copy Paste Occasionally you may wish to make copies of existing features or perhaps move features from one instance of Global Mapper to another You can easily do this by first selecting the features then either making a copy of those features use Edit gt Copy Selected Features to Clipboard menu command or Ctrl C shortcut or cutting those features to the clipboard use Edit gt Cut Selected Features to Clipboard menu command or Ctrl X shortcut Then simply paste those features into any running instance of Global Mapper using either the Edit gt Paste Features from Clipboard or Ctrl V shortcut Snapping to Existing Features When Drawing During some operations i e drawing new area or line features or graphically placing a new point feature the cursor can auto
177. in your Global Mapper installation folder If present the default rectification projection selected when you open the rectification dialog will be whatever projection is specified in that PRJ file Ground Control Points List This section of the dialog contains a list of all of the entered GCPs including their name pixel coordinates ground coordinates and the estimated error in pixels at each GCP based on the current rectification method Double clicking an item in this list will cause the Zoomed View to recenter on the GCP and will fill in the Ground Control Point Entry section with the pixel and ground coordinates of the selected GCP allowing for easy updating of GCP locations You can move the selection in the GCP list up and down using the Alt Q and Alt Z hot keys These can help facilitate quickly entering lots of GCPs without having to use the mouse If you simply want to shift an image all that you need to do is press the Shift All button and specify the adjustment to apply to each entered GCP Table of Contents 82 Global Mapper User s Manual Completing the Rectification Process Once you have entered all of your ground control points GCPs press the OK button to complete the image rectification Depending on how you entered the dialog the rectified image will now be in the view will be saved to a new rectified file or you will start the rectification of the next selected image If you are repositioning a loaded fi
178. int 1 561 051 344 111 34 36666667 3912500000 94 22 00 00 W 39 07 30 00 N 0 00 Point 2 5000 26 408 047 34 25000000 39 12500000 94 15 00 00 W 39 0730 00 N 0 00 Shift All Paint 3 481 515 6033 06 94 37500000 39 00000000 94 22 30 00 W 39 00 00 00 N 0 00 Paint 4 4922 41 6097 38 94 25000000 39 00000000 9415 00 00 W 39 00 00 00 N 0 00 The Image Rectifier dialog is the heart of the image rectification process This dialog contains everything that you need to rectify an image from graphical views of the image to lists of ground control points to an Options menu for selecting the rectification and resampling methods to use Each part of this dialog is covered in detail below File Menu The File menu provides options allowing you to save the current ground control point list to a file and to add additional ground control points from a file The file specifying the ground control points should be a comma delimited file in the following format amp ltx pixel location amp gt amp lty pixel location amp gt amp 1tx ground location amp gt amp lty ground location amp gt amp ltpoint name optional amp gt amp ltpoint error in pixels optional amp gt There are also options on the File menu for loading control points and projection information from an OziExplorer map CompeGPS imp and Touratech TTQV cal files as well as saving your control point information to world TFW JGW etc files Options Menu The Options menu allows yo
179. invisible and 512 meaning the layer is completely opaque this is the default e BLEND_MODE specifies the blend mode to use for combining this overlay and any previously loaded overlays NO_BLEND no blending is done this is the default MULTIPLE SCREEN OVERLAY HARD_LIGHT COLOR_BURN COLOR_DODGE DARKEN LIGHTEN DIFFERENCE EXCLUSION APPLY_COLOR APPLY_COLOR_REVERSE KEEP_RED KEEP_GREEN KEEP_BLUE LOAD_PROJECTION The LOAD_PROJECTION command imports a projection from a PRJ file and makes it the current global projection This projection will be used for all exports after this command until another LOAD_PROJECTION command is encountered to change the global projection The following parameters Table of Contents 173 Global Mapper User s Manual are spported by the command e FILENAME full path to PRJ file to load the projection from e PROJ_NAME specifies the name of the projection to use This name must have been defined with a prior DEFINE_PROJ command RESTORE _LAST_SAVED_ VIEW The RESTORE LAST _SAVED_VIEW command restores the last view saved with the SAVE_CURRENT_VIEW command or the last view saved with the View gt Save Current View menu command in the Global Mapper user interface This command does not take any parameters SAVE_CURRENT_VIEW The SAVE_CURRENT_VIEW command saves the current view window for later restoration using the RESTORE_LAST_SAVED_VIEW command This
180. ion performs a weighted average of the four closest pixels in the source image to determine the color for a pixel in the rectified image This is equivalent to having the Anti Alias Pixels setting ON e Auto Name GCPs this setting controls whether or not you will be prompted to enter a name for each ground control point GCP entered Disabling this allows you to specify a name for each GCP but can interrupt workflow Unless you have a specific need to name your GCPs we would recommend turning this option on e Display GCP Labels this setting controls whether or not the names of each ground control point GCP will be displayed in the Zoomed and Reference Image views e Remember Last Projection this setting controls whether or not to initialize the projection to the last used rectification projection when rectifying new data If this is not enabled the projection will always default to Geographic Arc Degrees WGS 84 e Add Control Points at Corner Points this option allows you to easily create a control point at each corner of the layer being rectified If enough other control points have already been entered to do a rectification the new corner control points will automatically be initialized with the best guess at the ground projected location otherwise they will be initialized with dummy values e Display Transformation Equations this option displays the actual transformation equations used for transforming this image based on the sele
181. ion allows you to choose which Global Mapper classification to assign to the feature You can also choose to create a new Global Mapper type with the Create New Type button The Feature Style section allows you to modify the drawing style of the selected feature Selecting the Use Default Style for Selected Feature Type option will cause the currently configured style for the Feature Type from the Area Line or Point Styles tab of the Configuration dialog to be used when rendering the feature Alternatively you can choose the Specify Style to Use When Rendering Feature option and select how you want this feature drawn independent of the selected Feature Type The Feature Attributes selection allows you to edit the attributes that are associated with this feature The Add File Link s button in this section allows you to easily add attributes that point to files somewhere on disk without having to manually type in the file name These file links can later be followed from the Feature Information dialog displayed with the Feature Info tool When more than one area line and or point feature is selected there is an option on the right click popup menu allowing you to edit the selected features Selecting that option displays a dialog dialog which allows you to modify the Name Feature Type and Drawing Style and Attributes for the selected features Deleting Undeleting Features Removing an unwanted feature is quite simple All that you need to do
182. ious tradeoff of size vs quality Checking the Generate World File option results in a world file being generated in addition to the image The world file will be generated in the same directory as the image and will have the same primary name as the image The filename extension will depend on the selected image type JPEG jpgw PNG pngw TIFF tfw BMP bmpw Checking the Generate Projection PRJ File option results in a projection file being generated describing the ground reference system of the created image The projection file will be generated in the same directory as the image and will have the same primary name as the image with an extension of prj Pressing the OK button prompts the user to select the name and location of the image to generate and then proceeds to generate the image Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able capture the screen to an image file Export Global Mapper Package File Command The Export Global Mapper Package File command allows the user to export any or all of the loaded data to a Global Mapper package file 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 on different computers with a single self contained file When selected the command displays the Global Mapper Package Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the package export The dialog
183. is is the projection selected on the Projection tab of the Configuration dialog or in latitude longitude coordinates the Geographic projection with the WGS84 datum In the TerraServer Export Options section of the panel the user can select how displayed layers from the Download TerraServer menu option are exported The Automatic selection for imagery themes i e DOQs Urban Area imagery will save data slightly more detailed than what is displayed on the screen For the DRG topographic map theme the most detailed zoom range for the current scale of DRG map being displayed i e 24K 100K 250K will be determined and data from that scale will be saved The other alternatives either save the most detailed scale available creating potentially very large files or the scale the most closely matches the current display scale on the screen The Simplification panel allows the user to set up the threshold at which points that don t contribute much to the shape of the vector line and area features being exported are removed in order to generate features with less vertices By default all vertices will be kept but the user can move the slider to the right to get rid of relatively insignificant vertices and realize significant space spacings at the cost of some fidelity The Gridding panel allows the user to split up the data into regularly spaced tiles on export if desired rather Table of Contents 20 Global Mapper User s Manual than just e
184. is select the feature s that you wish to delete then either select the Delete option from the right click popup menu or press the DELETE key Once you ve done that the feature is marked for deleted and will no longer appear on the display unless the Render Deleted Features option is enabled on the Vector Options tab of the Configuration dialog Table of Contents 135 Global Mapper User s Manual If you decide that you didn t want to delete a feature simple enable the Render Deleted Features option see above to show the deleted features then select the deleted features and select the Undelete Feature s option from the right click popup menu Moving Features You can move area line and point features simply by _selecting the feature s that you wish to move then selecting the Move XXX Feature s option from the right click popup menu Once you ve done that simply hold down the left mouse button and drag the features to the desired new location If you d only like to move the selected feature s either horizontally or vertically you can hold down either the X or Y keys on the keyboard to restrict the movement to that axis Holding down both keys will move the feature s diagonally If after moving a feature you decide that you want to undo the move simply select the feature s that you want moved back and select the Restore Original Shape from the right click popup menu If you need to shift offset selected features a particul
185. ish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export JPG2000 Command The Export JPG2000 command allows the user to export any loaded raster vector and elevation grid data sets to a JPG2000 format file JPG2000 files are highly compressed and great for storing things like satellite imagery There is no size restriction on exported JPG2000 files so you can store many terabytes worth of imagery within a single highly compressed JPG2000 file Table of Contents 30 Global Mapper User s Manual When selected the command displays the JPG2000 Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the pixel spacing and target compression ration a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export KML KMZ Command The Export KML KMZ command allows the user to export any loaded raster vector and elevation grid data sets to a KML KMZ format file for display in Google Earth If you are wanting to export a vector KML KMZ file from loaded vector data use the File gt Export Vector Data gt Export KML KMZ menu command instead When selected the command displays the KML KMZ Export Options dialog pictured below which allows the user to setup th
186. island area Selecting Vertices If the Show Area and Line Vertices option is enabled Shift V is a keyboard shortcut to toggle this setting you can also select individual vertices on area and line features You must select vertices before options allowing you to work with individual vertices in area and line features appear in the right click options menu Selected vertices will be shown on the display with a circle around them To select vertices simple left click near a vertex to select the closest one if any are nearby or drag a box to select all vertices within the box The same behavior modifications occur as described above if the CTRL and or SHIFT keys are pressed when selecting Pictured below is a screen capture showing a line feature and several of its vertices selected with a right click popup menu opened to show the available options Table of Contents 133 Global Mapper User s Manual s Global Mapper REGISTERED Fie view Tools Search Help sam ajajaa kay lt gt eal fa Atlas Shader jE Edit Line Feature Move Line Feature Delete Line Feature Move Selected Yertices Join Selected Vertices Delete Selected vertices Set Position of Selected Vertices Insert vertex into Selected Line Hide Area and Line Vertices Clear Current Selection Create New Area Feature Create New Line Feature Create New Point Feature Create New Point Feature At Specified Position Right Click to Display Optio
187. ities in DXF files should be loaded as a single point feature at the location of the INSERT Create New Types from DXF Layers if checked this option will cause new Global Mapper types to automatically be created for every DXF layer name encountered for which a Global Mapper type does not already exist BIL Format Ask if 16 bit Files are Imagery if checked this option will cause the user to be prompted to choose whether 16 bit BIL files that are encountered are elevation or imagery files If not checked any 16 bit BIL files will be assumed to be elevation files Show Pixel Location in Status Bar if checked this option causes the native pixel location of the topmost raster or gridded elevation file to be displayed in the status bar as you move the cursor around in addition to the color and or elevation data Use DOS Character Set for Default Label Fonts if checked this option specifies that default display label fonts should use the OEM character set code page 437 rather than the ANSI character set code page 1252 This option can be helpful if you are having problem with accented characters not displaying correctly from some data sets those data sets encoded in code page 437 rather than 1252 Use Path to First Loaded File as Default Export Path if checked this option specifies that when exporting a new file the default export path will be the path of the first loaded file during this session rather than the path to the last exporte
188. ix string to use before the numeric or alphabetic value Step value for numeric naming default is 1 You can leave values blank if they don t apply or you want to use the default As an example to do numeric naming starting at the number 100 increasing by 10 each time with a prefix of DEM you would use GRID_ NAMING_COLS NUM 100 DEM 10 GRID_NAMING_ROWS specifies how to name the row portion of grid cell names when using the GRID_NAMING SEPARATE parameter See the documentation for the GRID_NAMING_COLS parameter above for details on the format QUALITY JPEG only specifies the quality setting to use when generating the image Valid values range from 1 to 100 with 1 generating the lowest quality image and 100 generating the highest quality image If no QUALITY setting is present a default value of 75 is used which generates a very high quality image that is still highly compressed TARGET_COMPRESSION ECW and JPEG2000 only specifies the target compression ratio to use when creating the ECW image The default value is 10 which strikes a good balance between image quality and compression The higher the value the smaller the resulting image will be at the expense of image quality INC_VECTOR_DATA specifies whether or not loaded vector data should be rendered and exported to the generated image Use a value of YES to indicate that vector data should be used Any other value will result in vector data NOT being saved to the file FILL_GAPS
189. k in color will be replaced with a white line automatically This is useful for getting dark colored lines to show up when the exported DGN file is viewed in an application that uses a black background Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export DLG O Command The Export DLG O command allows the user to export any loaded vector data sets to a native format USGS DLG O Digital Line Graph Optional format file When selected the command displays the DLG O Export Options dialog pictured below which allows the user to set up the export The dialog consists of a DLG O Options panel which allows the user to set up the banner name DCU digital cartographic unit or quad name and category name a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded vector data they wish to export If possible the fields on the DLG O Options panel are automatically filled in with the best guesses available based on the currently loaded data The user is free to change the values to fit their needs DLG O Export Options x DLG O Options Export Bounds Banner USGS NMD DLG DATA CHARACTER FORMAT 09 DCU Name GRAND CANYON AZ Category ROADS AND TRAILS OK Cancel Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Epp Export DXF Command The Export DXF command allows the user to export any loaded
190. label attribute for the features in the file e AREA_TYPE specifies the name of the Global Mapper type to use for area features imported from the file e LINE_TYPE specifies the name of the Global Mapper type to use for line features imported from the file e POINT_TYPE specifies the name of the Global Mapper type to use for point features imported from the file e HIDDEN set to YES to cause this overlay to be hidden from view after it is loaded The default is to show the overlay SAMPLE IMPORT_ASCII FILENAME C data ASCII Files usvi_landmark asc Table of Contents 171 Global Mapper User s Manual TYPE POINT_AND_LINE COORD_DELIM AUTO COORD_ORDER X_FIRST COORD_PREFIX XY INC_COORD_LINE_ATT IMPORT_DIR_TREE The IMPORT_DIR_TREE command imports all of the data files in a given directory tree that match a list of filename masks The following parameters are supported by the command In addition all of the display option parameters for the IMPORT command are also supported for this command e DIRECTORY full path to root of directory tree to import files from e FILENAME_MASKS space separated list of filename masks to import If no value is provided then all files which are of recognized types will be imported SAMPLE IMPORT_DIR_TREE DIRECTORY C TEMP EXPORT TEST FILENAME MASKS OPT GMP IMPORT_TERRASERVER The IMPORT_TERRASERVER comm
191. lat vs those that are relatively steep The definitions of flat and steep are user configuration on the Shader Options panel e If any custom shaders have been created they will be available as well Use the Enable Hill Shading option to view elevation data as shaded relief With this option off the map appears flat with elevations distinguished by color only With it on shadows are generated using the loaded Table of Contents 93 Global Mapper User s Manual elevation data along with the remaining settings on this panel The Elevation Display Units option allows you to modify the units that elevations will be displayed in on the status bar as you move the cursor over loaded elevation data The Lighting Direction options set the position of the light source the sun for performing hill shading Note that cartographic azimuth and altitude are used This means that 0 azimuth means the sun is to the north 90 azimuth means the sun is to the east and so on An altitude of 90 means that the sun is directly overhead while an altitude of 0 means the sun is on the horizon Use the Ambient Lighting to brighten up dark looking data sets or dim bright looking data sets The Vertical Exaggeration setting is used to control the exaggeration of relief features The Hill Shading Shadow Darkness setting is used to control how dark that hill shading is allowed to make shaded areas By default the value of 0 allows shaded areas to go all the way
192. late to Fill Small Gaps in Data J Append Unit Labels m or ft to Elevation Labels J Smooth Contour Lines Areas to Improve Appearance Export Contours Directly to Package Files Rather Than Displaying in the Main Map View Use with Gridding Option to Allow Contouring of Very Large Areas The Contour Options panel displayed above allows the user to set the contour interval and units as well as the grid spacing to use when generating the contours In addition options are available to generate isoheight area features in addition to contour lines as well as spot elevations at the highest and lowest points in the area over which the contours are generated The smoothing option controls whether or not extra vertices are added along generated line and area features to improve their appearance If you need to generate a huge amount of contour lines over a large area the option to export the contours directly to a package file can be used in addition to the Gridding tab options to export those contours directly to package files to get around memory limitations The Simplification panel displayed below allows the user to set up the threshold at which points that don t contribute much to the shape of the generated contour are removed in order to generate lines with less vertices The Gridding panel allows you to break up your contour generation into smaller pieces which can sometimes help reduce memory requirements when generating a very large amount
193. le you can press the Apply button to re rectify the file with the updated GCPs and see the results of your modifications Table of Contents 83 Global Mapper User s Manual 4 LOADING FILES Choose Open as New icon from the Toolbar An open window will appear This window can be set to display only files of selected types with the Files of Type subwindow Files of type All Supported lines Cancel AS UD sorted Typ JES DLG O Files dig do opt cdo do gz GNIS Files gnis gz LULC Files lulc gz gir GeoT IFF DRG DOQ DEM Files tif tiff SDTS Transfer DLG DEM Files catd ddf USGS CDED DEM Files dem dem gz c JPG Files jpa DOG Quarter Quad Files sec nec swe NED GTOPO 30 BIL Files bil dem tar c There is support for opening USGS DLG O DEM and several other file types directly from gzipped archives In addition SDTS DLG SDTS DEM and most other file types can be opened directly from tar gz tgz and zip archive files This means that you no longer need to extract all of those SDTS files to their own directory before opening them Global Mapper will do that automatically Loading Multiple Files Global Mapper will display multiple data sets in correct geospatial positions that is adjacent data sets can be mosaicked and vector data can be displayed on top of raster and elevation data Choose Open Data Files icon from the Toolbar and
194. led by default Use ENABLE_PROGRESS NO to disable the display of any progress dialogs during the processing of this script e REQUIRE_WORKSPACE name of workspace file that is required to be loaded for this script to run If a name is provided for this parameter and that workspace is not currently loaded into Global Mapper the script will immediately abort This can be used if you have different scripts that you only want to use if other workspaces are active and want to prevent accidentally selecting the wrong script IMPORT The IMPORT command imports a data file for later use The following parameters are supported by the command e FILENAME full path to file to load the data from e TYPE type of data file we re loading AUTO automatically determine the type default ACE Altimetry Corrected Elevation ACE format file e ARCASCHGRID Arc ASCII Grid format file e ARCBINARYGRID Arc Binary Grid format file AVC Arc Vector Coverage format file BIL BIL format file BSB BSB format file usually has KAP extension BT a BT Binary Terrain format grid file CANADASD Canada 3D format file COMPEGPS a CompeGPS RTE TRK or WPT file e CTM_DEM a CTM DEM format file DBF DBase file with point features DHM25 a Swiss DHM terrain format file DLGO USGS DLG O DGN MicroStation DGN files earlier than v8 DIVAGIS_GRID a DIVA GIS grid format file DMDF a Digital Map Data Format DMDF fo
195. levation Grid from Loaded 3D Vector Data GENERATE PATH PROFILE Generate a 3D Path Profile and Save it to a XYZ File GLOBAL MAPPER SCRIPT Script Header Line IMPORT Import Data From a File IMPORT ARCHIVE Import Data From an Archive File zip tar gz etc IMPORT ASCII Import Generic ASCII Data from a File IMPORT DIR TREE Import All Data Files in a Directory Tree IMPORT _TERRASERVER Import TerraServer Imagery or Topo Maps LOAD PROJECTION Loads a New Global Projection From a PRJ File e RESTORE LAST SAVED VIEW Restores Last Saved View SAVE CURRENT VIEW Saves Current View SAVE PROJECTION Saves the Current Global Projection to a PRJ File SET BG COLOR Sets the Background Color SET LOG FILE Sets the Name of the Log File SET VERT DISP OPTS Sets the Vertical Display Options SHOW 3D VIEW Displays the 3D View Window UNLOAD ALL Unloads All Currently Loaded Data UNLOAD LAYER Unloads a Single Layer e Samples Crop Merge and Reproject 4 USGS DRGs into new GeoTIFE and JPEG files Generate Contours from a USGS DEM and Export them to DXF and Shape files General Overview Global Mapper script files allow the user to create custom batch processes that make use of the functionality built in to Global Mapper From a script one can import data in any of the numerous formats supported by the software reproject that data if desired and export it to a new file Global Mapper script files consist of
196. levations for Each Vertex V Include Feature Attributes Before Coordinate Data Include Drawing Style Attributes Before Coordinate Data Generate PRJ Projection File Table of Contents 53 Global Mapper User s Manual The Options panel allows the user to specify what character to user to separate the x y and z coordinates of each vertex In addition the user can specify that they wish to separate each vector feature with a blank line or some other custom separator text The Coordinate Order section allows the user to control the order in which the X easting longitude and Y northing latitude coordinates are exported The export of elevation data is controlled with the Export Elevations option The Include Feature Attributes Before Coordinate Data and Include Drawing Style Attributes Before Coordinate Data options respectively control whether or not feature attributes or feature drawing style information is saved to the file on the lines preceding the coordinate data for a feature If elevations are being exported Global Mapper first looks for an elevation associated with the vertex being exported If no elevation is associated with the vertex Global Mapper then checks all loaded elevation grid data in reverse order of display to see if any of them have an elevation at the vertex location If so that elevation is used Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Surfer BLN Command T
197. line and area features Use INC_LAYER_ATTR YES to enable or INC_LAYER_ATTR FALSE to disable This is enabled by default for Shapefile and disabled by KML e POLYGON_CROP_FILE specifies the full path and filename of a vector file containing a polygon feature to which the export should be cropped If multiple polygons are found in the specified file the polygon which has the largest intersection with the data to be exported will be used as the crop polygon Note that line and area features will only be cropped to the bounds of the specified polygon Point features from some formats will actually be cropped to the specified polygon boundary e POLYGON_CROP_USE_ALL specifies that if a POLYGON_CROP_FILE is specified that contains multiple polygons the export will be cropped to all polygons in that file rather than just the best fit polygon e MAP_NAME POLISH_MP only specifies the map name for the MP file e TEMPLATE_FILENAME POLISH_MP only specifies the full path and filename for another MP file to use for the settings for the new MP file being exported e MP_EXPORT_TEMPLATE_FILES POLISH_MP only if a TEMPLATE_FILENAME value is provided this controls whether or not the FILES section s from the template file will be copied to the new file e MP_COPY_ENTIRE_TEMPLATE POLISH_MP only specifies that the entire contents of a specified template file should be copied to the new file rather than just the header portion of the template file
198. lly if the image that you are making transparent uses a palette for the colors you can specify a palette index in the following format INDEX lt 0 based palette index gt For example to make the second color in the palette transparent use TRANSPARENT_COLOR INDEX 1 PROJ_NAME specifies the name of the projection to use for this file this will override any projection information stored in the file This name must have been defined with a prior DEFINE_PROJ command PROJ_FILENAME specifies the name of the projection prj file to use for this file this will override any projection information stored in the file PROJ_EPSG_CODE specifies the numeric EPSG projection code that defines the projection for this file this will override any projection information stored in the file For example use PROJ_EPSG_CODE 26715 to define a UTM zone 15 projection with NAD27 as the datum and meters as the units ELEV_UNITS elevation only specify elevation units to use for this file if it contains gridded elevation data FEET export in US feet DECIFEET export in 10ths of US feet METERS export in meters DECIMETERS export in 10ths of meters CENTIMETERS export in centimeters ELEV_OFFSET elevation only specifies the offset in meters to apply to each elevation value in the layer This allows you to vertically shift a layer to match other layers ELEV_SCALE elevation only specifies the scale value to apply to each
199. log Leaving this blank will cause the URL to be displayed instead The URL field is the most important piece of this dialog This is where you specify the address of the ECW file to load The URL should begin with the prefix ecwp with the remainder being a valid path to an ECW file served using ER Mapper s Image Web Server software Table of Contents 14 Global Mapper User s Manual When you ve completed entering information about the new web link press the OK button to complete your entry and have it added to the web link tree in the Load Image From Web dialog Pressing the Edit Link button allows the user to edit the currently selected web link Note that the built in web links cannot be edited Pressing the Delete Link button will delete the currently selected web link or group from the web link tree If you get an error message indicating that your settings have been updated to support the ECWP protocol whenever you try to load an ECW layer from the web you need to download and install the latest ECW ActiveX plugin from _http demo ermapper com ecwplugins DownloadIEPlugin htm Open Data File at Fixed Screen Location The Open Data File at Fixed Screen Location command allows the user to open any supported data file format for display at a fixed location on the screen rather than at a fixed location on the earth This is particularly useful for loading things like bitmaps for legends and logos The loaded data will be used
200. log picture below will be displayed Right clicking the mouse button cycles through each of the elements located near the selection point displaying the information in the dialog box Table of Contents 118 Global Mapper User s Manual W Feature Information Name IN74thDr Feature Type Residential Road Geometry 4 vertices Length 1908ft Map Name KS Wyandotte Description hborhood and rural road city street unseparated Right click on an entry for more options i e open URL etc Attribute Value CFCC Ad FR_ADDR_L 600 TO_ADDR_L 898 FR_ADDR_R 601 TO_ADDRF_R 899 PLACE_L Kansas City PLACE_R Kansas City COUNTY_ L Wyandotte Edit Delete Vertices Copy to at As you can see you can view a lot of information about a selected object in the Feature Info dialog The object s name description geometry information including length and enclosed area when applicable attribute value list and map name are all displayed Buttons are also available allowing you to edit the selected feature s information and drawing style marking the selected feature as deleted as well as to copy all of the feature information as text and the feature itself to the Windows clipboard for pasting elsewhere such as in a text editor or as a new feature in a running session of Global Mapper In addition you can right click on any attribute value to see additional options specific to the selected attribute value pair You can copy
201. lor Contrast Adjustment Cropping Feathering m Collar Cropping Clipping No Cropping Clipping f Automatically Crop DRG style Collar Crop to Manually Specified Lat Lon Boundary ge Crop to Manually Specified Boundary in Native Layer Projection Units ge Crop a Specified Number of Pixels Around the Edges of the Layer Lett Tor Right E Bottom Cancel Apply Help The Automatically Crop DRG style Collar option is used to automatically remove the collar from loaded raster data Most frequently it is used to removes the white border around a DRG or the small black collar around a 3 75 minute DOQQ This allows you to seamlessly view a collection of adjacent DRG or DOQQ files The Crop to Manually Specified Lat Lon Boundary option allows you to specify a lat lon boundary in the native datum of the selected overlay to crop the overlay to When selected this option will display the Customize Collar Bounds dialog pictured below to allow specifying the bounds to crop to Table of Contents 107 Global Mapper User s Manual Customize Collar Bounds A M Crop Northern Boundary at j315 Degrees V Crop Southern Boundary at 9000 Degrees Cancel M Crop Western Boundary at 9437500 Degrees IV Crop Eastern Boundary at 345 Degrees Initialize Bounds with Bounds of Selected Area Feature Enter the boundaries of the data not including the collar in the overlay in the spaces above The coordinates need to
202. ltiple letters will be used e g AA AB etc If numbers are used the number values will be pre pended with zeroes in order to make the numeric values have the same number of characters for every output tile If the Reverse checkbox is marked the order or the numbers or letters used will be reversed e g if there are 4 rows and numeric naming is selected the rows will be named 4 3 2 1 instead of 1 2 3 4 The user also has the option of specifying the letter number to start naming at as well as the option to specify a prefix for each column and row number for each tile and the option to specify by what value numeric names should change by step for each successive row or column If the Reverse Naming option is checked the column name will come before the row name in the export filename otherwise the row name will be before the column name If the Prepend 0 to Numbers to Make Same Length option is checked the longest number will be found for both the column and row names and all other column row names will have 0 s prepended to make them all the same length The Grid Cell Overlap section allows the user to specify that the generated grid cells should overlap each other by a certain percentage of the cell size This option is useful for loading the slightly overlapping result files into something like Photoshop for color matching between cells If the Skip Existing Files option is checked any grid cell file that already exists at the destina
203. lue gt For example to use a water color of blue use WATER _COLOR RGB 0 0 255 e WATER_LEVEL this setting specifies the height in meters below which water should be displayed if enabled e WATER_ALPHA this setting controls how see through the water is when displayed The valid range of values is 0 255 with 0 meaning the water is completely see through i e invisible and 255 meaning that the water color is completely opaque such that you can t see any of the shaded relief below it SHOW_3D_VIEW The SHOW_3D_VIEW command displays the 3D view window with the loaded data The following parameters are supported by the command e MAXIMIZE specifies whether or not the 3D view window should be maximized or not Use MAXIMIZE YES to force the window to be maximized when displayed UNLOAD_ALL The UNLOAD_ALL command unloads all currently loaded data This command takes no parameters The following parameters are supported by the command Table of Contents 175 Global Mapper User s Manual e VECTOR_ONLY specifies that only layers containing vector data shall be unloaded All raster and gridded elevation layers will remain loaded Use VECTOR_ONLY YES to enable unloading just the vector layers UNLOAD_LAYER The UNLOAD_LAYER command allows you to unload all previous loaded layers with a given filename This is useful if you don t want to unload all previously loaded layers just to get rid of a few of them The following par
204. matically brings up its Options dialog If you hold down the M key while double clicking the Metadata dialog for the layer will be displayed instead You can right click on the list of currently opened overlays to display a list of options available to perform on the selected overlays Examples of available options include the following e Create Elevation Grid from 3D Vector Data This allows you to create an elevation grid from part or all of any vector features in the selected overlays that contain elevation data e Modify Image Position This allows you to reposition imagery and vector data that was not correctly positioned when loaded including imagery that was manually rectified e Create Workspace File from Selected Layer s This option allows you to generate a workspace just containing the selected layer s and their display options This workspace can later be loaded with the File gt Load Workspace menu command e Zoom to Selected Layer s This causes the view to be zoomed such that the full extents of the selected overlays are visible e Zoom to Full Detail For Layer This causes the view to be zoomed such that a single sample pixel in the selected overlay will take up approximately one pixel on the screen e Create Area Features From Selected Layer Bounds This causes new rectangular area features with the name of the overlay as the display label to be created for each selected layer in the User Created Features Layer This is
205. matically snap to existing features when you move it near them to facilitate lining up features This happens by default unless the ALT or V keys are depressed Pressing the ALT key causes no automatic snapping to occur while pressing the V key causes only vertices on existing features to be snapped to Table of Contents 137 Global Mapper User s Manual Holding down the P key causes only nearby point features to be snapped to Snapping Vertically Horizontally When Drawing When drawing new area or line features or moving existing features you can use the CTRL and SHIFT keys to cause the next vertex to be snapped vertically or horizontally relative to the last vertex or moved vertically or horiztonally compared to the features current location Hold down the CTRL key to snap vertically the SHIFT key to snap horizontally or both the CTRL and SHIFT keys to snap diagonally Un doing Digitization Operations During some operations like drawing new features you can undo your last placed point by pressing Ctrl Z Displaying Additional Feature Information Depending on what types of feature are selected and what data is available additional options may appear on the option menu that appears when right clicking These additional options are described below Adding Elevation Values from Terrain to Point Features If gridded elevation data i e DEMs is loaded and one or more point features is selected the Apply Elevations from Terrain Layers to
206. matted as RGB red green blue In the absence of a specific fill or line color it will be used e LINE COLOR LINE_COLOR BORDER COLOR BORDER_COLOR PEN COLOR or PEN_COLOR the values associated with an attribute of any of these names will be used as the color for the pen used to draw line features The values must be formatted according to the guidelines layed out for the COLOR attribute in order to be recognized e LINE WIDTH LINE_WIDTH BORDER WIDTH BORDER_WIDTH PEN WIDTH or PEN_WIDTH the values associated with an attribute of any of these names will be used as the width for the pen used to draw line features e LINE STYLE LINE_STYLE BORDER STYLE BORDER_STYLE PEN STYLE or PEN_STYLE the values associated with an attribute of any of these names will be used as the style for the pen used to draw line features Valid values are Solid Dash Dot Dash Dot Dash Dot Dot and Null Only the Solid value is valid for lines with a width greater than 1 e LABEL_ON_LINE if this is set to YES or TRUE the label if any for this line feature should be rendered centered on the line e CLOSED if this is set to YES or TRUE the feature will be treated as a closed area feature if it has at least three vertices e ISLAND if this is set to YES or TRUE the feature will be treated as an island of the previous closed parent area feature if it has at least three vertices If there are no previous parent areas this attribute will b
207. mbol to display for a given type The New Type button allows the user to create a new point feature type and specify how it should be displayed The Edit Type button allows the user to edit point types that were previously created with the New Table of Contents 91 Global Mapper User s Manual Type button and the Delete Type button allows the user to remove point types that were previously created with the New Type button With the Attributes button you can specify a set of default attributes and values to use for new features of this type created using the Digitizer Tool Configuration General Vector Display Area Styles Line Styles Point Styles Vertical Options Shader Options Projection Point Types v Type Edit Type Delete Type ae Symbol Bridge v a MV Show Labels for Points of This Type Select Label Font Restore Default Style Restore Default Style For All Types Custom Symbols v Add Symbol Remove Symbol Vertical Options The Vertical Options panel pictured below controls options for the display of elevation data Table of Contents 92 Global Mapper User s Manual Configuration General Vector Display Area Styles Line Styles Point Styles Vertical Options Shader Options Projection ESS Enable Hil Shading Elevation Display Units Native Overlay Units Metric Statute ft Light Direction Altitude 45 Azimuth 315 Ambient
208. mmand allows the user to export any loaded elevation grid data sets to a binary format Surfer Grid file compatible with Surfer v7 and above Binary format Surfer Grids will be smaller than their ASCII format cousins so if you can use the binary format I would suggest it When selected the command displays the Surfer Grid Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the grid spacing and vertical units a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Terragen Terrain File Command The Export Terragen Terrain File command allows the user to export any loaded elevation grid data sets to a Terragen terrain file Table of Contents 35 Global Mapper User s Manual When selected the command displays the Terragen Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the grid spacing and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Vulcan3D Triangulation File Command The Export Vulcan3D Triangulation File command allows the user to export any loa
209. n area types The following attribute values names are recognized for each field e Township Attributes TOWNSHIP or TWP e Township Direction Attributes TDIR must have value of N or S e Range Attributes RANGE or RNG e Range Direction Attributes RDIR must have value of E or W e Section Attributes SECTION SECT or SEC e Meridian Attributes MERIDIAN or MER Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export PLS CADD XYZ File Command The Export PLS CADD XYZ File command allows the user to export any loaded vector data sets to a PLS CADD XYZ format file These files can be used with the PLS CADD software application When selected the command displays the PLS CADD XYZ Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Polish MP cGPSMapper Command TUTORIAL ALERT Getting Started with Global Mapper and cGPSMapper Fantastic Guide to Creating Garmin format Maps using Global Mapper cGPSMapper and the other supporting applications required to get your data into a Garmin unit as a new map The Export Polish MP command allows the user to export any loaded vector data sets to Polish MP format files The Polish MP format is the input format used by the cG
210. n Menu UTM NAD27 384926 6 4321736 9 39 038995 N 94 329590 Editing Feature Attributes and Drawing Styles When a single area line or point feature is selected there is an option on the right click popup menu allowing you to edit that feature i e Edit Area Feature Edit Line Feature or Edit Point Feature Selecting that option displays the Modify Feature Info dialog which allows you to modify the Name Feature Type Drawing Style and Attributes for the selected feature You can also access this dialog by double clicking on a feature A sample of this dialog for an area feature is below Table of Contents 134 Global Mapper User s Manual Modify Feature Info Name Sherwood Forest Feature Type Wooded Area Create New Type Feature Style Use Default Style for Selected Feature Type Specify Style to Use When Rendering Feature eisai Feature Attributes Attribute Name Attribute Value PERIMETER 212 m ENCLOSED_AREA 0 620 acres Add Attribute Edit Attribute Delete Attribute Add File Link s coos The Name field allows you to modify the display name of the feature If you are editing or creating a road feature you can set the name to a commonly supported iconized road name like I 35 or US40 and when you press OK you will be prompted whether or not to display an icon for the road name This allows you to generate a nice iconized display for most highway types The Feature Type select
211. nally you can also specify a transmission angle range for a beam transmitted from the transmitter Then the view shed will depict where that beam would hit the terrain surface The View Radius section allows the user to specify how far in each direction from the transmitter to check for visibility Typically you d want to set this to the effective range of your transmitter If you want to ignore areas close to the transmitter you can also specify a minimum view radius value Use the default of 0 to include everything from the transmitter out ot the selected view radius The View Angle section allows the user to limit the view shed to a particular subsection of the complete radial area The Start Angle specifies the cartographic angle at which the radial subregion begins This angle is a cartographic angle meaning that 0 degrees is north and angles increase clockwise The Swept Angle specifies the number of degrees clockwise to include in the view shed For example if the transmitter being analyzed sweeps an arc from due south to due west a start angle of 180 with a swept angle of 90 would be used To perform a view shed analysis over the entire area keep the defaults of starting at 0 degrees and sweeping through 360 degrees The Earth Curvature section allows the user to specify whether they want to take the curvature of the earth into account while performing the view shed analysis In addition when earth curvature is being used they can specify
212. ng and vertical units a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export DXF Point Command The Export DXF Point command allows the user to export any loaded elevation grid data sets to a 3D DXF Point file The DXF file will consist of a 3D DXF point for each point in the elevation grid defined by the Table of Contents 23 Global Mapper User s Manual spacing and extents that the user specifies This option may be useful when used with other software packages that do not specify the DXF mesh format When selected the command displays the 3D DXF Point Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the grid spacing and vertical units a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export ECW Command The Export ECW command allows the user to export any loaded raster vector and elevation grid data sets to an ECW file ECW files are highly compressed and great for storing things like satellite imagery There is no size restriction on exported ECW files so you can store many terabytes worth of imagery within a single
213. ng files that already exist EXPORT_METADATA The EXPORT_METADATA command exports the metadata for a specified load layer The following parameters are supported by the command e FILENAME full path of file must already be loaded that you want to save the metadata for e METADATA_FILENAME full path of new text file to create on disk containing the metadata for the specified layer EXPORT_RASTER The EXPORT_RASTER command exports all currently loaded raster vector and elevation data to a file The following parameters are supported by the command Table of Contents 151 Global Mapper User s Manual e FILENAME full path to file to save the data to e TYPE type of raster file we re exporting to BIL export to a band interleave BIL format file BIP export to a band interleaved pixel BIP format file BSQ export to a band sequential BSQ format file ECW export to an ECW format file ERDAS export to an Erdas Imagine IMG format file GEOTIFF export to a GeoTIFF format file IDRISI_RASTER export to an Idrisi raster format file JPEG export to a JPG format file JPEG2000 export to a JPEG2000 format file PNG export to a PNG format file e SPATIAL_RES specifies spatial resolution Defaults to the minimum spatial resolution of all loaded data if not specified Should be formatted as x_resolution y_resolution The units are the units of the current global projection For example if UTM wa
214. ng off this option helps maintain the hard edges of the pixels as they are rasterized Use ANTI_ALIAS YES to turn on Anything else turns it off e CONTRAST_MODE raster only specifies the type of contrast adjustment to apply to the data NONE no contrast adjustment applied this is the default PERCENTAGE apply a percentage contrast adjustment The CONTRAST_STRETCH_SIZE parameter can be used to override the number of standard deviations from the mean to stretch to MIN_MAX apply a min max contrast stretch stretching the available range of values in each color band to the full range of 0 255 For imagery which contains both black and white this will have no affect e CONTRAST_SHARED raster only specified whether or not the contrast adjustment for this layer will share the adjustment with other contrast adjusted layers in order to ensure a consistent Table of Contents 172 Global Mapper User s Manual modification across layers Use CONTRAST_SHARED YES to enable contrast sharing e CONTRAST_STRETCH_SIZE raster only specifies the number of standard deviations from the mean to use in a PERCENTAGE contrast adjustment The default is 2 0 e AUTO_CONTRAST raster only DEPRECATED use CONTRAST_MODE instead specifies whether to automatically calculate and apply a 2 standard deviation contrast adjustment to the image Use AUTO_CONTRAST YES to turn on Anything else turns it off e COLOR_INTENSITY elevation and raster onl
215. ng trouble printing on your system a good workaround is to print to a graphics file like a Windows BMP file then print that using some other software like Microsoft Paint that works with your printer The Header field allows the user to specify text to be displayed above the printed map image This text will be printed centered above the map image on the printout The Footer field allows the user to specify text to be displayed below the printed map image This text will be printed centered below the map image on the printout The footer text will default to the text displayed on the status bar for the active tool such as the measurement information for the current measurement in the Measure Tool Selecting the Print in Black and White option causes the printout to be generated in black and white rather than full color even when printing to a color printer The generated image will be a 256 level grayscale image Selecting the Use White Background Color option causes any background areas being printed to be filled with white so as not to use any printer ink Uncheck this option is you want the currently configured background color to be maintained on the printout The Extra Margin Around Printout setting allows you to specify an extra margin to draw around the output This is useful when printing to things like a PDF file that do not have any natural margins like a printer does The Print To Scale option allows you to specify that you w
216. nits to use in export FEET export in US feet Table of Contents 158 Global Mapper User s Manual METERS export in meters e INTERVAL specifies the contour interval to use This must be a whole number greater than 0 The units are specified with the ELEV_UNITS parameter described above If you wanted to generate a contour file with an interval of 20 feet you would use INTER VAL 20 ELEV_UNITS FEET in the parameter list If no interval is provided a default one is guessed based on the elevation range of the loaded elevation data SPATIAL_RES specifies spacing of grid points used to determine contour position A smaller grid spacing results in higher fidelity but larger contours Typically you ll want to use the default value which is the minimum spatial resolution of all loaded data Should be formatted as x_resolution y_resolution The units are the units of the current global projection For example if UTM was the current global projection and you wanted to use a grid with a 30 meter spacing the parameter value pair would look like SPATIAL_RES 30 0 30 0 GLOBAL_BOUNDS specifies the contour bounds in units of the current global projection There should be 4 values in a comma delimited list following the parameter name The values should be in order of minimum x minimum y maximum x maximum y GLOBAL_BOUNDS_SIZE specifies the contour bounds in units of the current global projection There should be 4 values in a comma delimited li
217. nt pixel if it s over a raster image or the description of the closest vector overlay component If the nearest line feature to the cursor contains recognized addressing information the address nearest the cursor will be displayed The right areas of the status bar indicate the current view scale and the current mouse position in both the global ground reference system and in the Position Display Format currently selected from the Configuration dialog Background The Background command brings up a color dialog box from which the user can select a color to be the new background color of your Global Mapper window The background color selected will also be used to fill in areas of no data in exported raster imagery i e GeoTIFF and JPG files Center on Location The Center on Location command allows the user to manually enter a location to recenter the view on providing a quick and easy way to center yourself on a particular location Properties Properties The Properties command displays a dialog listing properties about the current view window Full View The Full View command zooms such that all of the currently loaded overlays fit in the view window This command also places the overlays in the center of the view window Zoom In The Zoom In command zooms the current view in by a factor of 2 Zoom In Micro The Zoom In Micro command zooms the current view in by a small amount Zoom Out The Zoom Out command zooms the current view
218. nual Generic ASCII Text File Import Options Import Type Coordinate Delimeter Point Only 4ll Features are Points Select the characters that are used to separate the G Pon ti coordinates in a coordinate line from the file Select the Cancel Point Line and Area Features Auto Detect option if you are not sure Elevation Grid from 3D Point Data G Auto Detect Carma Help Coordinate Column Order C Space or tab Semi colon X Easting Longitude Coordinate First C Tab Y Northing Latitude Coordinate First fice Moesioatcar Columns to Skip at Start of Line fo Assign Loaded Area Features the Classification Coordinate Line Prefix Scattered Trees o None Coordinates appear immediately at the start Assign Loaded Line Features the Classification of any lines in the text file that they appear in Maksai All coordinate lines begin with the text string LNE specified below For example some ASCII formats Assign Loaded Point Features the Classification may begin a coordinate line with xy Tower v Include attributes from lines with coordinate data V Treat 3rd coordinate value as elevation Jian t EE Sene Mee Break Line Area Features on Change in Field The Import Type section allows the user to specify how they want the data in the file to be treated The different import types are defined as follows e Point Only All lines from the file which are determined to contain coordin
219. ny to use for the elevation value for the layer By default several attribute field names like ELEV ATION ELEV ALTITUDE Z etc are checked when an elevation value for the feature is needed This option allows you to override this behavior and manually select the attribute to use Finally there are also options available to select the classification to apply to unclassified area line and or point features in the layer The Projection tab is used to reinterpret the raw vector data to a new projection This is useful if the wrong projection was selected for the dataset when it was loaded or if the data set itself indicated some incorrect data This option is rarely used You can however also use the Elevation Units control to specify what elevation units that values in the vector data that do not explicitly specify their units should use This is useful to indicate if the values associated with 3D vector features or with the ELEVATION attribute for features are in feet or meters For many vector formats you will also see a Feature Types tab pictured below which will allow you to select what Global Mapper classification to assign to the unclassified area line and point features in the layer Raster Data Options Selecting the Options button while only raster overlays are selected displays the Raster Options dialog The Raster Options dialog consists of several tabs each allowing you to control various aspects of how the selec
220. o create a new elevation grid covering the selected area features that has all points within the selected area feature s set to the elevation of those area features Any portions of the new elevation grid outside of the area features will be set to invalid allowing any underlying terrain to show through This feature provides a very easy way to do things like flatten an area like a lake in underlying terrain layers Just assign an ELEVATION attribute to your area feature then select it and choose this option to flatten everything inside that area to the elevation attribute value This is also a nice way to create an elevation grid representing a city scape from building outlines with ELEVATION attributes Adding Address Information to Points from Nearby Road Features If one or more point features are selected the Add Address Information from Roads to Selected Point s option will appear when right clicking Selecting this option will cause each point to be examined to find the nearest line feature and if it contains addressing information for the address of the nearest point on the line to the point feature to be stored as address attributes with the point feature A dialog will appear to prompt you for Table of Contents 139 Global Mapper User s Manual how far from each point that you want to search for a line feature with addressing information The following attribute names for line features are recognized as containing address informa
221. o enable LZW compression SAVE_SCALE_AND_LEGEND specifies that the distance scale and elevation legend if applicable and enabled for display on the Configuration dialog should be exported to the generated raster file Specify SAVE_SCALE_AND_LEGEND YES to enable this option BG_TRANSPARENT RGB GEOTIFF and PNG only specifies that any areas of no data background should be marked as transparent OVERWRITE_EXISTING specifies that existing files should be overwritten The default is OVERWRITE_EXISTING YES so use OVERWRITE_EXISTINGE NO to skip exporting files that already exist Table of Contents 154 Global Mapper User s Manual e DPI GEOTIFF and JPG only specifies the DPI dots per inch value to save in the generated file s For example use DPI 300 to specify that the DPI for this file is 300 By default no DPI value will be written out EXPORT_VECTOR The EXPORT_VECTOR command exports all currently loaded vector data to a file The following parameters are supported by the command e FILENAME full path to file to save the data to e TYPE type of vector file we re exporting to ARC_UNGENERATE export line and area features to an Arc Ungenerate format file ARC_UNGENERATE_POINTS export point features to an Arc Ungenerate format file CDF export to a Geographix CDF format file CSV export point features to a CSV format file DGN export to a DGN V8 file DLGO export to a native format USGS DLG O file DX
222. o geographic lat lon arc degrees with a datum of NAD83 LOAD_PROJECTION FILENAME C DATA PRJ Files geo_degrees_nad83 prj Use the EXPORT_RASTER command to generate a new 8 bit per pixel GeoTIFF file EXPORT_RASTER FILENAME C DATA EXPORTED DATA merged_drg_8bpp tif YPE GEOTIFF PALETTE OPTIMIZED also create a world file for this one EXPORT_RASTER FILENAME C DATA EXPORTED DATA merged_drg_gray tif YPE GEOTIFF PALE E GRAYSCALE GEN _WORLD_FILE YES Now use the EXPORT_RASTER command to generate a grayscale GeoTIFF file Lets H Create a JPEG file using the EXPORT_RASTER command Also create a world file and a projection file to make it easier to load in other places EXPORT_RASTER FILENAME C DATA EXPORTED DATA merged_drg jpg TYPE JPEG GEN_WORLD_FILE YES GEN_PRJ_FILE YES Table of Contents 176 Global Mapper User s Manual Generate Contours from a USGS DEM and Export them to DXF and Shape files GLOBAL_MAPPER_SCRIPT VERSION 1 00 UNLOAD_ALL Import an archived SDTS DEM file Global Mapper will automatically determine that this is an archived SDTS DEM file and load it correctly IMPORT FILENAME C DATA SDTS_DEM 24K RED ROCK CANYON CO 30M DEM SDTS TAR
223. of contour lines The Table of Contents 61 Global Mapper User s Manual Export Bounds panel allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded elevation grid data they wish to consider when generating the contours Contour Generation Options Contour Options Simplification Export Bounds Less Simplification More Simplification Larger Files Smaller Files Simplification is the process by which points that do not significantly contribute to the shape of a line are removed Using a larger simplification threshold right side of slider will result in a smaller data file however the curves in the contour lines will be less smooth Using a smaller simplification threshold left side of slider will result in larger data files that better maintain the integrity of the contour line shape Print Command The Print command allows the user to print the contents of the current view window When selected the Print dialog picture below is displayed which allows the user to set up the print process Table of Contents 62 Global Mapper User s Manual Print Options General Header Deed Plans Select Font Footer Seg Len 14828 m Seg Brg 277 4 Tota Select Font J Print in Black and White MV Use White Background Color M Printto Scale 1 1500 Extra Margin Around Printout fo inches Print To File Print to an Image File Rather Than to a Printer Format BMP JPG C PNG TIF f you are havi
224. ommand is terminated with a single line containing only the text END_DEFINE_PROJ For a sample of the DEFINE_PROJ command in use load some data and then save a Global Mapper workspace file from the File gt Save Workspace menu command Open the resulting gmw file in an editor and you can see how the DEFINE_PROJ command is used to define a view projection and the set it The following parameters are required by the DEFINE_PROJ command e PROJ_NAME specifies the name to associate with the projection EMBED_SCRIPT The EMBED_SCRIPT command allows you to call another script from within a script This can be useful in many situations For example if you have a common set of data files that you want to load for each script operation you could simply create a script that loaded those files then embed that script within your other scripts The following parameters are supported by the command e FILENAME full path to script file to run EXPORT_ELEVATION The EXPORT_ELEVATION command exports all currently loaded elevation data to a file The following parameters are supported by the command e FILENAME full path to file to save the data to e TYPE type of elevation file we re exporting to e ARCASCHGRID export an Arc ASCII Grid format file BIL export to a BIL format file simple binary format with header BT export to a BT Binary Terrain format grid file DXF_3DFACE export a DXF 3D face format file DXF_MESH export
225. ons a Gridding Panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Table of Contents 21 Global Mapper User s Manual BIL BIP BSQ Export Options Options Gridding Export Bounds il nd Interleaved Raster Imagery BIP Band Interleaved Pixel Raster Imagery BSQ Band Sequential Raster Imagery C Grayscale Imagery 8 bits per pixel Elevation 2 Bytes 16 bits per Sample Elevation 4 Bytes 32 bits per Sample m Sample Spacing X axis Boo oo meters Y axis aooo meters IV Always Generate Square Pixels If you wish to change the ground units that the spacing is specified in you need to change the current projection by going to Config gt Projection Vertical Units TERS iV interpolate to Fill Small Gaps in Elevation Data Tl Save Scale Elevation Legend Gri if Displayed Il Save Vector Data if Displayed Use Motorola Byte Order Big Endian for Elevations V Generate a World File BLW file for BIL Generate ERS ERMapper Header File Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export BT Binary Terrain Command The Export BT Binary Terrain command allows the user to export any loaded elevation grid data sets to a BT Binary Terrain format file When selected the command displays the BT Binary Terrain Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The di
226. ontrols what units that area measurements will be displayed in the Measure Tool and when creating new features with the Digitizer Tool The Distance Measure Units setting controls what units that distance measurements will be displayed in the Measure Tool and when creating new features with the Digitizer Tool The Miscellaneous Advanced Options section contains options for advanced users The following options are available e Prefer World File TFW Coordinate for GeoTIFF Files if checked this option specifies that for GeoTIFF files that also have accompanying TFW files the coordinates from the TFW file will be used rather than the coordinates embedded in the GeoTIFF file Table of Contents 86 Global Mapper User s Manual e Maintain Export Bounds Instead of Sample Spacing if checked this option specifies that when exporting a raster elevation format and the bounding box for the export is not an exact multiple of the specified sample spacing for the export the sample spacing will be adjusted to be slightly smaller rather than the default of adjusting the export bounds up to the next sample spacing boundary Export Old Format PRJ Files if checked this option specifies that the old mostly unsupported ESRI PRJ format be used when PRJ files are saved rather than the default new WKT projection format that is used by default Import DXF INSERT entities as point features if checked this option specifies that the content of INSERT ent
227. option should allow a seamless result in that case The Add MODIFIED_DATE to Modified Vector Features option controls whether or not a MODIFIED_DATE attribute is automatically added to vector features when they are changed in some way Table of Contents 89 Global Mapper User s Manual The Iconize Road Names on Import Some Formats option controls whether or not the specified name for road line types is checked on import to see if it should result in an iconized road name display such as for interstates and major highways This is only done for formats which do not already have their own built in iconization such as Tiger Line and USGS DLG files For example this will work for formats like Shapefiles and MapInfo MIF MID files among others Area Styles The Area Styles panel pictured below allows the user to configure how areas of a given type will be displayed in Global Mapper The area fill and border style and color can be modified on a type by type basis With the Transparency slider users can make solid filled areas partially see through translucent in order to see data underneath the area In addition the Show Labels for Areas of This Type When Present option allows users to turn area labels off on a type by type basis The New Type button allows the user to create a new area feature type and specify how it should be displayed The Edit Type button allows the user to edit area types that were previously created with the New Type
228. or to running the script To run the loaded script file press the Run Script button Any warning error or status messages generated while running the script will be output to the Script Results pane When you are done processing scripts press the Cancel button to close the dialog Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to run Global Mapper script files Capture Screen Contents to Image Command The Capture Screen Contents to Image command allows user to save the current contents of the Global Mapper window to a JPEG PNG Geo TIFF or Windows Bitmap BMP file In addition the generated image can be generated in a higher resolution than the screen to provide greater fidelity Also a world file for georeferencing in other software packages as well as a projection PRJ file describing the native ground reference system of the image can be optionally generated as well Unlike the raster export commands described later the Capture Screen Contents to Image command also saves any vector overlays drawn to the screen Selecting the Capture Screen Contents to Image command from the menu displays the Screen Capture Options dialog shown here Screen Capture Options x Screen Capture m Image Format C TIFF C Windows Bitmap BMP m Image Size Width Pixels 756 Height Pixels 435 V Generate World File V Generate Projection PRJ File Cancel Apply The Image Format section allow
229. our browser window You must be connected to the Internet in order to access the user s group Register Global Mapper Command The Register Global Mapper command displays the Registration dialog which allows the user to enter their registration name and code they obtained after purchasing a license for Global Mapper Check for Updates Command Table of Contents 70 Global Mapper User s Manual The Check for Updates command checks to see if a newer version of Global Mapper than the current version is being used If so a dialog describing the new version is displayed Automatically Check for Updates at Startup Command The Automatically Check for Updates at Startup command controls whether or not Global Mapper ever automatically checks for a new version automatically when you start it About Global Mapper Command The About Global Mapper command displays the About Global Mapper dialog which contains version and contact information for Global Mapper Table of Contents 71 Global Mapper User s Manual Export Bounds Panel Options Export Bounds goocecesessesesccococssescscesescecesem Kuscsossesoscoscsessosoocssoseseosesess j Draw a Box C Lat Lon Degrees North 3 West South i East C Global Projection Geographic Latitude Longitude arc North 3 J o West South U fi 495547 East C Corer w Size Global Projection Geographic Latitude North 33 9372283129 151 1631821225 W
230. per display options See the Configuration section for complete details Table of Contents 128 Global Mapper User s Manual Digitizer Tool A The Digitizer Tool allows you to modify existing vector features as well as to create new ones This tool encompasses a lot of functionality from modifying the shape and position of area line and point features to editing the attribution and drawing styles of individual vector features The major activities available with the Digitizer Tool are described below e Creating New Features Creating New Area Features Creating New Line Features Creating New Point Features Creating New Range Ring Features Creating Shape e g Circle Rectangle etc Features e Editing Existing Features Selecting Features Selecting Vertices Editing Feature Attributes and Drawing Styles Deleting Undeleting Features e Moving Features Changing the Shape of Area and Line Features Combining Line Features Adding Islands to Area Features Splitting Areas into Two New Area Features e Copying Features Cut Copy Paste e Snapping to Existing Features When Drawing e Snapping Vertically Horizontally When Drawing e Un doing Digitization Operations e Additional Feature Operations Adding Elevation Values from Terrain to Point Features Generating a 3D Path Profile from a Line Feature Calculating Cut and Fill Volumes for Area and Line Features Working with Feature Measurements i e Length Enclosed Area
231. per will instead convert to that datum automatically In any case Global Mapper will always automatically do the right thing Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Shapefile Command The Export Shapefile command allows the user to export any loaded vector data sets to ESRI Shapefile format files When selected the command displays the Shapefile Export Options dialog pictured below which allows the user to set up the export The dialog consists of a File Selection panel a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded vector data they wish to export Table of Contents 51 Global Mapper User s Manual Shapefile Export Options File Selection Gridding Export Bounds MV Export Areas File C Temp export test blue_spr Select MV Export Lines File C Temp export test blue_spr Select Export Points Fe o t e The shapefile format does not allow the mixing of different entitiy types e points lines and areas within a single shape file Thus you need to specify which entity types you wish to export and what file to export them to Generate projection PRJ file for each entity type Note V that some software i e Arc Explorer cannot handle shapefiles with a PRJ file so disable if you have trouble V Generate 3D Features Using Loaded Elevation Data V Add Feature Type LAYER Attribute
232. play a dialog containing details about the path These options are also available under the Options menu on the dialog The File menu contains options allowing you to save the path profile line of sight data to a file The individual options are described below The Save To Bitmap option allows registered users to save the contents of the path profile window to a Windows bitmap BMP file for use in other applications Table of Contents 121 Global Mapper User s Manual The Save to BMP and Display on Main Map View option allows registered users to save the contents of the path profile window to a Window bitmap BMP file and then display that BMP at a fixed location on the main map view This is the equivalent of using the Save to Bitmap menu command then closing the dialog and using the File gt Open Data File at Fixed Screen Location menu command in the main map view The Save Distance Elevation option allows registered users to save all of the distances and elevations along the path profile to a text file Each line in the text file will be formatted as follow distance from start elevation The Save To XYZ option allows registered users to save all of the positions and elevations along the path profile to a text file Each line in the text file will be formatted as follow x coordinate y coordinate elevation The Save LOS to KML option allows registered users to save a 3D line of sight and if selected the Fresnel zone
233. points Polynomial the Polynomial rectification method requires at least four control points to be entered This rectification method calculates a best fit to a more complex polynomial equation described the transformation from pixel space to ground coordinate space Because a best fit approximation is used some of your ground points may move a little in order to minimize the error among all control points Triangulation the Triangulation rectification method requires at least eight control points to be entered This rectification method performs a Delaunay triangulation for the control points and will exactly preserve the location of each entered control point Occasionally the Triangulation method generates some odd results around the edges of the rectified image If this happens try to enter more control points around the edge of the image or change your rectification method to Polynomial e Resampling Method the Resampling Method submenu allows you to select how the source image pixels will be resampled to create the rectified imagery These setting simply control whether or not the Anti Alias Pixels setting is turned on or off for rectified images This can be changed later in the Overlay Control Center Nearest Neighbor simply pick the closest pixel from the source image for each pixel in the rectified image This can result in some blockiness This is equivalent to having the Anti Alias Pixels setting OFF Bilinear Interpolat
234. r features This tool provides the ability to move delete and reshape vector features as well as modify the label classification drawing style and attribution of any vector feature loading from any file format supported by Global Mapper Note than any edits made are NOT automatically saved back to the origin file but they will be saved in Global Mapper workspaces and into any exported vector files Selecting Features Table of Contents 132 Global Mapper User s Manual Before you can edit an existing feature or features you first must select them Once a feature is selected you can tell that it is selected because it will be drawn with a different style The different methods for actually selecting features are described below One way to select features is by simply by clicking the left mouse button near the feature or in the case of area features within the feature Using this method the closest point or line feature will be selected or if no point or line features are nearby and you clicked within an area feature the area feature will be selected To select multiple features at a time you can drag a selection box by holding down the left mouse button to draw a box Any features entirely within the box drawn or features which are cut by the box will be selected You can add to an existing selection by holding down the CTRL key while performing a selection with any of the above described methods You can deselect features by hol
235. r displaying the data with the Virtual Earth interface You can just load the HTML file into your web browser to view the data once the export is over You can also customize the HTML file however you need to When you select the command the Virtual Earth Export Options dialog pictured below appears allowing you to setup the export This dialog allows you to specify the display name of the map set in your web browser the zoom level setup the format of the imagery and some additional options There is also an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Table of Contents 36 Global Mapper User s Manual Virtual Earth Export Options Virtual Earth Options Export Bounds Data Set Name Blue Springs MO Zoom Level Setup Select the resolution to use for the maximum detail level in the exported tiles The default selection will preserve full detail for any loaded raster elevation data set Level 15 2 4 meters pixel X Number of Zoom Levels to Use 5 Tile Image File Format JPG Good for Imagery PNG Good for Scanned Maps and Vector Data V Make Image Tiles Transparent PNG Format Only Note Users without a permanent registration key that export Virtual Earth tiles will get a large diagonal DEMO symbol across the image Registered users will not see that symbol on their output Export World Wind Tiles Command The Export World Win
236. r file and prj file will also be generated There is also an option to allow exporting slope values in degrees rather than elevation values at each sample location When selected the command displays the Float Grid Point Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the grid spacing and vertical units a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Table of Contents 24 Global Mapper User s Manual Export Geosoft Grid Command The Export Geosoft Grid command allows the user to export any loaded elevation grid data sets to a Geosoft Binary Grid format file When selected the command displays the Geosoft Grid Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the grid spacing to use a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export GeoTIFF Command The Export GeoTIFF command allows the user to export any loaded raster vector and elevation data sets to a GeoTIFF format file When selected the command displays the G
237. r of the DLG O file If not quadrangle name is specified Global Mapper will attempt to automatically determine one based on the loaded data EXPORT_DXF_LABELS DXF only specifies that object labels will be exported as attributes in the DXF file Typically you want to set this to YES unless you are working with a software package that cannot handle DXF files with attributes Leaving out this parameter or setting it to anything but YES will cause feature labels to be discarded on export SHAPE_TYPE SHAPEFILE only specifies the vector object type area line or point to export to the shapefile The following values are valid AREAS export area features to the Shapefile LINES export line features to the Shapefile POINTS export point features to the Shapefile GEN_PRJ_FILE specifies that a projection PRJ file should be generated in addition to the output file Set this to YES to cause the projection file to be generated Leaving out this parameter or setting it to anything but YES will cause no PRJ file to be generated GRID_TYPE_CELL_SIZE specifies that the export should be gridded into multiple tiles with each tile having the given size in the export projection The value should be specified as cell width cell height For example if you are exporting in a metric projection and want to tile the export into cells that are 10 000 meters wide by 5 000 meters tall you would use GRID_TYPE_CELL_SIZE 10000 0 5000 0 GRID_TYPE_ROWS_COLS
238. r only specifies the type of contrast adjustment to apply to the data NONE no contrast adjustment applied this is the default PERCENTAGE apply a percentage contrast adjustment The CONTRAST_STRETCH_SIZE parameter can be used to override the number of standard deviations from the mean to stretch to MIN_MAX apply a min max contrast stretch stretching the available range of values in each color band to the full range of 0 255 For imagery which contains both black and white this will have no affect e CONTRAST_SHARED raster only specified whether or not the contrast adjustment for this layer will share the adjustment with other contrast adjusted layers in order to ensure a consistent Table of Contents 167 Global Mapper User s Manual modification across layers Use CONTRAST_SHARED YES to enable contrast sharing e CONTRAST_STRETCH_SIZE raster only specifies the number of standard deviations from the mean to use in a PERCENTAGE contrast adjustment The default is 2 0 e AUTO_CONTRAST raster only DEPRECATED use CONTRAST_MODE instead specifies whether to automatically calculate and apply a 2 standard deviation contrast adjustment to the image Use AUTO_CONTRAST YES to turn on Anything else turns it off e CLIP_COLLAR raster only specifies whether to clip the collar off of the image The following values are supported for cropping NONE no collar cropping is performed AUTO automatically remove a U
239. rate 3D DGN File if 3D Features Present Generate Tags for Feature Attributes n Set Global Origin to the Lower Left of Design Plane Rather than at the Center of the Design Plane Replace Dark Line Colors with White This is Useful if the Exported DGN File will be Used in Other Software that Uses a Default Black Background The Text Size section allows the user to control how large display label text will be in the created file The Unit Resolution value is used to specify the resolution unit saved in the DGN file If the Generate PRJ File option is checked a prj projection file describing the projection of the coordinates in the file will automatically be created If the Generate 3D DGN File if 3D Features Present option is checked the entire DGN file will be marked as 3D and any features that have a elevation data associated with them will be stored as 3D features If the Generate Tags for Feature Attributes option is checked any attributes associated with Table of Contents 41 Global Mapper User s Manual exported features will be saved as tags in the resulting file Note that this can significantly slow down your export in some cases If the Set Global Origin to the Lower Left of Design Plane Rather than the Center of the Design Plane option is set the global origin is set to the minimum valid negative values rather than at 0 0 as is standard If the Replace Dark Line Colors with White option is set any lines that are near blac
240. rce Files GADATASIMAGERY35N80W_Elevation_Drape_1 G ADATASIMAGERY Bathurst Inlet North tif G ADATASIMAGERY Burlington Standard NatColor G ADATASIMAGERY Burlington Standard NatColor G DATASIMAGERY C3009213_NWwJ_20 zip G ADATASIMAGERYSNTSS5B07_95403_01_IRS 1 G DATASIMAGERY compressed_tif_examople tif G ADATASIMAGERY ev11656_land_shallow_topo_ G DATASIMAGERY Sisla_chafiaral tif G DATASIMAGERY s051 2041 tif G DATASIMAGERY seco_resamp_rect tif GADATAMMAGE RY smallliz tif Add Files Add Directory Remove All Cancel Add Loaded Files Add Onscreen Files Destination Files m Directory a Use same directory as file being converted C Specify output directory Change File Names Use Source File Name Append to Filename Use Quad Name m Projection Use Source File Projection Specify Projection Change Setup Gridding i e Tiling Setup Sample Spacing Horz Datum Source Datum Use Other Source Files As Filler C Generate Projection PRJ Files Generate World Files TFW JGW Force Square Pixels in Output Remove Collar From Image Adiust Image Contrast The Source Files section displays the list of source files currently selected to be converted Pressing the Add Files button allows the user to select additional files for conversion Pressing the Add Directory allows the user to easily add an en
241. rdinates option will cause the exported DXF file to use Earth Centered Earth Fixed ECEF XYZ coordinate values rather than XY values in the current export projection If selected the Generate Zero Width Lines option causes and line features created in the DXF file to be marked as having zero width Use this option if you intend to use the resulting DXF file with a product such as MicroStation which has problems with lines of non zero thickness Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Garmin TRK PCXS5 File Command The Export Garmin TRK PCX5 File command allows the user to export any loaded vector line data to a Garmin TRK PCXS5 format file This file can be imported by a wide variety of GPS software such as Garmin s MapSource reg to facilitate transferring track logs to a GPS unit When selected the command displays the Garmin TRK Format Export Options dialog which allows the user to set up the export The dialog consists of an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded vector data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Garmin WPT PCX5 File Command The Export Garmin WPT PCXS5 File command allows the user to export any loaded named point data to a Garmin WPT PCXS5 format file This file can be imported by a wide variety of GPS software such as Garmin s MapSource amp reg to f
242. re cut and fill volumes within some specified distance of the selected line or within the specified area If you are measuring along a line you can specify the cut heights to use at each vertex individually or use the same cut base height for each vertex relative either to the ground at each vertex or relative to sea level Whichever option you choose the heights will be interpolated between line vertices to get a smoothly varying cut height Once you have your volume calculation setup and you press ok to calculate it the volume of earth that would be needed to fill any space below the cut surface fill volume is reported along with the volume of earth that is above the cut surface cut volume After viewing the reported volumes you have the option to save a new feature with the measurement values Feature Info Tool e The Feature Info command selects the Feature Information tool as the current tool This tool allows you to select vector features areas lines and points by clicking on or near them Once selected a dialog displaying information about the selected item appears To pick objects select the Feature Info icon from the Toolbar or select Tools Feature Info from the menu bar Press and release the left mouse button near the objects s to be picked Holding down the P key when left clicking causes only area features at the clicked location to be considered When an object is picked it will be highlighted and a feature info dia
243. read in from the file This offset will be added to each coordinate read in from the file The offset should be specified as a comma delimited list of the X Y and Z offsets such as COORD_OFFSET 100000 0 200000 0 0 0 e COORD_SCALE specifies the scale factor to apply to any coordinates read in from the file Each coordinate will be multiplied by these scale factor after being read in from the file The scale factors should be specified as a comma delimited list of the X Y and Z scale factors such as COORD_SCALE 0 1 0 1 1 0 e NO_DATA_DIST_MULT specifies how far from an actual data point a grid cell has to be before it is treated as a no data value This number is given as a multiple of the diagonal size of a single grid cell as nominally determined by the gridding algorithm or specified with the SPATIAL_RES parameter A value of 0 means that all points should be considered as valid e SPATIAL_RES specifies spatial resolution to use when generating an elevation grid from the data Defaults to a good value for maintaining the full spatial resolution of the provided point data if not specified Should be formatted as x_resolution y_resolution The units are the units of the projection specified for the file For example if UTM with meter units was the file projection and you wanted to export at 30 meter spacing the parameter value pair would look like SPATIAL_RES 30 0 30 0 e LABEL _FIELD specifies the name of the attribute field to use as the
244. rectification type but do provide at least two ground control points best rectification method will automatically be chosen based on the number of control points specified e ALLOW_SELECTION set to NO to disable selection of features from this layer using either the Feature Info or Digitizer Tools IMPORT_ARCHIVE The IMPORT_ARCHIVE command imports a data file from a tar gz archive for later use The only time you should ever need to use the IMPORT_ARCHIVE command is when you only want to load some of the data inside a tar gz archive For the typical case of just loading everything in an archive use the IMPORT command with AUTO as the value for the TYPE parameter The following parameters are supported by the command e ARCHIVE_FILENAME full path to the archive file to load the data from e FILENAME full path to file to load the data from e TYPE type of data file we re loading AUTO automatically determine the type default See the documentation for the IMPORT command for the names of the other file types e HIDDEN set to YES to cause this overlay to be hidden from view after it is loaded The default is to show the overlay e ANTI_ALIAS elevation and raster only specifies whether to remove jagged edges by making a subtle transition between pixels Turning off this option helps maintain the hard edges of the pixels as they are rasterized Use ANTI_ALIAS YES to turn on Anything else turns it off e CONTRAST_MODE raste
245. rent Map View e Full View Zooms such that all loaded data is visible e Zoom In Zooms in on loaded data by a factor of 2 e Zoom In Micro Zooms in on loaded data by a small amount e Zoom Out Zooms out on loaded data by a factor of 2 e Zoom Out Micro Zooms out on loaded data by a small amount e Zoom To Scale Zooms the current view to a given scale e Save Current View Saves the current view for later restoration e Restore Last Saved View Restores the last saved view Toolbars Use this command to display and hide the Toolbars which includes buttons for some of the most common commands in Global Mapper A check mark appears next to the menu item when the Toolbar is displayed Uang Toos Search Help Toolbars ia y File Toolbar v Status Bar v View Toolbar A Tools Toolbar v Shader Toolbar Background Full View Savy All iiGalvers Hide All Toolbars ect h FA SERES erea Status Bar Height 305 0 meters lt BLUE_SPRINGS_4_QUADS DEM gt BLUE SPRINGS MO Table of Contents 1 271400 UTM NAD27 382769 777 4307807 107 38 54 4 64 Global Mapper User s Manual The status bar is displayed at the bottom of the Global Mapper window To display or hide the status bar use the Status Bar command in the View menu The left area of the status bar describes actions of menu items and toolbar icons The left area of the status bar will also show color or elevation of the curre
246. res from all layers Within each grouping e g areas lines or points the drawing order will be determined first by type and then by layer ordering The second draw order option order first by layer then by type within a layer specifies that the order of the vector layers in the Overlay Control Center should take precedence over all else when drawing This means that if a vector layer is before a raster layer in the Overlay Control Center s draw order that vector layer will draw underneath that raster layer if they overlap The Render Area and Line Vertices option specifies whether each vertex along area and line features should be displayed with a large dot The Render Dots at Line Endpoints option specifies whether or not the start and end vertices of line features will be displayed with a large dot You can use this instead of the Render Area and Line Vertices option if you just want to see line endpoints rather than all shape points The Render Deleted Features option specifies whether or not features that have been deleted by the user should be displayed The Draw Feature Labels option specifies turns labeling of features on or off globally For more fine grained control over which types are labeled check the Area Styles Line Styles or Point Styles tab The Always Display All Labels option specifies whether or not feature labels should be allowed to overlap when drawing them on the screen When this option is not checked this is
247. rmat file DOQQ USGS DOQ in JPEG format DTED Digital Terrain Elevation Data DTED format DXF DXF format ECW ER Mapper Compressed Wavelet ECW format file EME a Windows Enhanced Metafile EMF format file ENVI DEM ENVI DEM format file ERDAS Erdas Imagine format file ERDAS_GIS Erdas GIS format file e ERM_GRID ERM grid format file ETOPO2 ETOPO2 format file FAST_L7A a Landsat FAST L7A format file Table of Contents 162 Global Mapper User s Manual FLOATGRID FLOAT GRID format file GEOSOFT_GRID a Geosoft Binary Grid format file GEOTIFF GeoTIFF format file GIF a GIF format file with associated world file GLOBAL_MAPPER_CATALOG a Global Mapper Map Catalog file GLOBAL_MAPPER_GRID a Global Mapper Grid format file GML a GML format file GNIS Geographics Names Information Service GNIS file GPS_TRACKMAKER a GPS TrackMaker format file GXF Geosoft Grid ASCII GXF file GPX GPS eXchange Format file HDF an HDF format raster or grid file like ASTER DEM or ASTER VNIR imagery e HELAVA_DEM a Helava DEM file HYPACK_MATRIX a Hypack Matrix format file IBCAO Arctic bathymetry in NetCDF format IDRISI_RASTER Idrisi raster elevation format file INTERGRAPH_COT Intergraph COT format file JDEM a Japanese DEM mem file JPEG a JPEG file with an associated world file JPEG2000 a JPEG 2000 file LIDAR_LA
248. rmat used by most products There is an Advanced Option on the General tab of the Configuration dialog allowing the older ESRI PRJ format to be exported instead if you would like If for some reason a WKT representation of the projection cannot be generated the old ESRI PRJ format will be written out instead The Init From EPSG button allows you to initialize a projection definition based on a numeric EPSG projected coordinate system definition Table of Contents 99 Global Mapper User s Manual OVERLAY CONTROL CENTER This section describes the Overlay Control Center dialog pictured below This dialog serves as the central control center handling all currently loaded data sets overlays E Overlay Control Center Currently Opened Overlays Right Click on Overlay Names for More Options TERRAINBASE GLOBAL 5 MIN DTM VER 1 0 NGDC TBASE BIN DEEP SPRINGS LAKE CA DEEP SPRINGS LAKE C4 TAR GZ lt TROICATD DDF gt lt 01 gt CRUZ BAY YI ROADS AND TRAILS lt HYOICATD DDF gt lt 01 gt CRUZ BAY YI HYDROGRAPHY lt HPOICATD DDF gt lt 01 gt CRUZ BAY Vl HYPSOGRAPHY Currently Opened Overlays This is a list of the all currently opened overlays You can select an overlay by clicking on its name Multiple overlays can be selected using the shift and control keys while clicking on overlays in the list If the overlay is currently hidden it is indicated to the left of the overlay description Double clicking on a layer auto
249. rovided a default name will be assigned NO_DATA_DIST_MULT specifies how far from an actual data point a grid cell has to be before it is treated as a no data value This number is given as a multiple of the diagonal size of a single grid cell as nominally determined by the gridding algorithm or specified with the SPATIAL_RES parameter A value of 0 the default means that all points should be considered as valid GRID_FILL_TO_BOUNDS specifies that the grid values should be filled out to the entire bounds of the gridded data rather than just to the convex hull of the data being gridded Use GRID_FILL_TO_BOUNDS YES to enable this Table of Contents 160 Global Mapper User s Manual e GRID_FLATTEN_AREAS specifies that area features with elevation values should be flattened to the elevation of the area features Use GRID_FLATTEN_AREAS NO to disable this e GRID_HEIGHTS_RELATIVE specifies that the elevation values for the input vector features should be treated as relative to any loaded terrain data rather than as absolute elevation values This useful for things like trees or buildings where you have a height above the ground rather than an absolute height Use GRID_HEIGHTS_RELATIVE YES to enable this e GRID_SAVE_TIN specifies that the triangulated irregular network TIN for the grid operation should be saved as a new separate vector layer consisting of triangular 3D area features Use GRID_SAVE_TIN YES to enable this e GRID_USE_CONSTR
250. rovides a place to enter the name to associate with the shader to allow the user to select it The Elevation Colors section display the elevations and their color values associated with the custom shader Pressing the Change Color and Change Elevation buttons allow the user to change the values associated with the current elevation selected in the Elevation Colors list The Delete Elevation button allows the user to delete the currently selected elevation New elevations can be added by entering the elevation in the currently Table of Contents 96 Global Mapper User s Manual selected units and pressing the Add button The Initialize from Global Shader Colors button will initialize the list of color elevation pairs to those used by the Global Shader built into Global Mapper This allows users to easily create a slightly modified version of the Global Shader if they d like The Initialize from Surfer CLR File button allows you to initialize the list of color elevation pairs with a a CLR file created by the Surfer application by Golden Software You can use the Save to Surfer CLR File button to save your custom shader to a CLR file This is useful for making copies of a custom shader and providing them to other users Elevations shaded with a custom shader will use the color specified for each elevation value Any elevation values between two elevation color values will be a blend of the two bounding colors if the Blend Colors Between Elevation Value
251. rt and end address number are absolutely required for the side of a road to have addressing in addition to the road having a name Table of Contents 140 Global Mapper User s Manual GPS Menu The GPS Menu offers the following commands e Start Tracking GPS e Stop Tracking GPS Keep the Vessel On Screen e Mark Waypoint e Vessel Color Vessel Size e Vessel Shape e Setup e Information e Clear Tracklog e Record Tracklog e Save Tracklog Global Mapper provides the ability to track the position of a serial GPS device connected to your computer s serial port or USB via a serial to USB convertor or a Garmin USB GPS device connected to your computer s USB port in real time over the top of any loaded mapping data For serial GPS devices the GPS device must communicate in either NMEA 0183 v2 x or Garmin binary format in order to be compatible with Global Mapper When tracking a GPS device you can mark the current location as a waypoint You can also choose to record a bread crumb trail or tracklog of where you have gone Below is a sample screen capture of what Global Mapper looks like when tracking a GPS device over loaded data In the sample 30 m SDTS DEM data is loaded as a backdrop with Tiger 2002 data loaded on top You can see the GPS vessel location and the tracklog of where the vessel has been The GPS Information dialog displays current GPS status information Table of Contents 141 Global Mapper User s
252. rtices diagonally e Join Selected Vertices This option allows you to set multiple vertices to the same location which is handy for ensuring that there are no gaps along the seams of features Once you ve selected this option hold down the left mouse button and move the vertices to the new desired location then release the left mouse button Right click or press the ESC key to complete the operation once you re done Note that while joining vertices you can use the Snapping feature to help align the vertices with existing features e Deleted Selected Vertices This option allows you to delete the selected vertices To quickly do this without using the right click menu the CTRL Delete hot key will also delete selected vertices e Set Position of Selected Vertices This option displays a dialog allowing you to manually position the selected vertices by entering their new position in either latitude longitude coordinates or coordinates in the currently configured view projection datum e Insert Vertex This option allows you to insert a new vertex into the selected area or line feature To insert the vertex select the menu option then left click at the location where you want the new vertex Table of Contents 136 Global Mapper User s Manual inserted The vertex will be inserted on the area or line feature at the clicked location along the nearest segment of the feature Alternately if you hold down the SHIFT key while left clicking the n
253. s in order to see overlaying vector data clearly The Translucency setting controls to what degree you can see through the overlay to overlays underneat the overlay The default setting of Opaque means that you cannot see through the overlay at all Settings closer to Transparent make the overlay increasingly more see through allowing you to blend overlapping data The Blend Mode setting controls how an overlay is blended with underlying overlays in addition to the Translucency setting These settings allow Photoshop style filters to be applied to overlays resulting in often stunning results What you get from a particular set of overlays from a particular blend mode setting can often be hard to predict so rather than try to understand what is technically happening for each blend mode it s best to just experiment with different ones until you find one that you like The Hard Light setting seems to work well with satellite imagery overlaid on DEMs but the others can be quite useful as well The Transparent option allows a particular color to be displayed transparently making it possible to see through a layer to the layers underneath For example when viewing a DRG on top of a DOQ making the white in the DRG transparent makes it possible to see much of the DOQ underneath Pressing the Set Transparent Color button allows the user to select the color to treat as transparent in the selected overlay The Anti Alias Pixels Interpolate option remov
254. s option is checked For example if an elevation of 500 meters was set to black and an elevation of 1000 meters was set to white an elevation of 750 meters would be colored a medium shade of gray Any elevations below the minimum specified elevation will use the same color as the minimum elevation The reverse is true for any elevations over the maximum elevation If the blend colors option is not checked any elevation between two elevation values will be set to the color associated with the lower of the elevation values If you would like the elevation values selected to scale to the elevation range of the currently loaded data rather than stay at fixed elevation values check the Scale Shader to Loaded Elevation Values This will make your shader behave similar to most of the built in shaders like the Atlas or Color Ramp shaders For example if you check this option and specify that an elevation of 0 meters is blue and 1 meter is red and the actual loaded data has a range of 100 meters to 500 meters then 100 meters will be blue and 500 meters will be red with the values gradually shaded in between if you have the blend colors option checked Projection The Projection panel pictured below is used to modify the projection and datum that the currently loaded data is displayed in Table of Contents 97 Global Mapper User s Manual Configuration General Vector Display Area Styles Line Styles Point Styles Vertical Options S
255. s or along the boundary of one or more selected polygons Feather blending can be used on both raster imagery layers as well as gridded elevation layers In the case of elevation layers the feather blending works by calculating modified elevation values based on elevation value in the blended layer and the topmost elevation layer underneath the blended layer in the draw order Table of Contents 109 Global Mapper User s Manual Elevation Options Display Alter Elevation Values Feathering Projection Dont Feather this Layer Feather Along One or More Edges V Top Edge l M Leit Edge V Bottom Edge MV Right Edge Feather within Previously Specified Polygons Feather Within Currently Selected Polygon s m Size of Feather Blended Area Specify how many pixels from the selected edge s or polygon to feather blend the layer The layer will be opaque at the specified number of pixels from the edge and become more and more transparent as you approach the edge Border Size in Pixels fioo J Crop to Selected Boundary Rather than Feathering The screenshot below displays the results of feather blending a very high resolution data set 0 15 meters per pixel with a lower resolution 3 5 meters per pixel dataset to remove the edge Note that the higher resolution image has been purposely tinted violet to make the effect more obvious Table of Contents 110 Global Mapper User s Manual Global Mapper UN
256. s that are a very similar color to the selected transparent color will also be displayed transparently This is useful for Table of Contents 105 Global Mapper User s Manual getting rid of colors in lossy formats like JPG and ECW where the colors are not exact The Anti Alias Pixels Interpolate option removes jagged edges by making a subtle transition between pixels Turning off this option helps maintain the hard edges of the pixels as they are rasterized The Texture Map option allows a 2D raster overlay to be draped over loaded 3D elevation overlays Selecting the check box causes the overlay to use any available data from underlying elevation layers to determine how to color the DRG or DOQ The result is a shaded relief map The Color Contrast Adjustment tab pictured below allows you to control the color balance and contrast of the selected overlay s Raster Options Cropping Feathering Projection Display Color Contrast Adjustment Color Balance Red 11 i E Green 0 Blue 0 E Contrast Adjustment No Contrast Adjustment Linear Percentage Stretch Most Common Stretch Size 6 Standard Deviations 2 C Linear Minimum Maximum Stretch V Share Contrast Adjustment with Other Layers The Color Balance sliders allow you modify the relative amounts of red green and blue in the image thus allowing precise control over the color balance in the image The Contrast Adjustment options ar
257. s the current global projection and you wanted to export at 30 meter spacing the parameter value pair would look like SPATIAL_RES 30 0 30 0 PIXEL_SIZE specifies the desired size in pixels of your export Use this instead of SPATIAL_RES if you know exactly how many pixels in size your export should be The format is PIXEL_SIZE widthxheight For example to make your export have dimensions of 1024 pixels wide by 768 pixels tall use PIXEL_SIZE 1024x768 FORCE_SQUARE PIXELS if this value is set to YES the spatial resolution of the resultant raster file will be set so that the x and y pixel size are the same with the minimum default size being used for both GLOBAL_BOUNDS specifies the export bounds in units of the current global projection There should be 4 values in a comma delimited list following the parameter name The values should be in order of minimum x minimum y maximum x maximum y GLOBAL_BOUNDS_SIZE specifies the export bounds in units of the current global projection There should be 4 values in a comma delimited list following the parameter name The values should be in order of minimum x minimum y width in x width in y LAT_LON_BOUNDS specifies the export bounds in latitude longitude degrees There should be 4 values in a comma delimited list following the parameter name The values should be in order of westmost longitude southernmost latitude easternmost longitude northernmost latitude LAYER_BOUNDS specifies that t
258. s the user to select the format of the image to generate Different formats have their own unique strenghts and weaknesses which make choosing the best format vary depending on the desired end results The supported formats are e JPEG JPEG is a lossy format that achieves excellent compression on images with a lot of color variation such as pictures of real world objects and shaded elevation data Table of Contents 18 Global Mapper User s Manual e PNG Portable Network Graphic PNG is a lossless format that achieves excellent compression on images without a lot of color variation such as line vector drawings and paper map scans such as DRGs The generated PNG file will be of the 24 bit variety e Geo TIFF TIFF is a lossless format that is supported by many GIS packages Saving the screen to a TIFF with this command generated a 24 bit uncompressed TIFF In addition all georeferencing data is stored in a GeoTIFF header attached to the TIFF making the image completely self describing e Windows Bitmap BMP BMP is a widely support format on Windows platforms Saving the screen to a BMP results in a 24 bit uncompressed image The width and height of the generated image in pixels are specified in the Image Size panel By default the size of the Global Mapper view pane are used Using these values will generate an image that exactly matches what you see You can change these values to generate a more or less resolute image with the obv
259. s to a Leveller Heightfield file for use with the Daylon Leveller application When selected the command displays the Leveller Heightfield Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the grid spacing and vertical units a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Lidar LAS Command The Export Lidar LAS command allows the user to export any loaded elevation grid data sets to Lidar LAS format files Table of Contents 32 Global Mapper User s Manual When selected the command displays the Lidar LAS Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the grid spacing and vertical units a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Optimi Terrain File Command The Export Optimi Terrain File command allows the user to export any loaded elevation grid data sets to an Optimi Terrain format grid file These terrain files can be used with applications from Optimi When selected the command displays the Optimi Terr
260. s will be treated as relative to the height of any loaded underlying terrain surface like a DEM This is very handy for doing things like creating building models where you just know the building height above ground and not above sea level e Fill Entire Bounding Box Instead of Just Inside Convex Hull If you check this option the generated elevation grid will contain valid values filling the entire bounding box specified for the gridding operation Otherwise the valid values will only fill out to the convex hull polygon of the data being gridded e Export Grids Directly to Global Mapper Grid Files If checked this option will cause the generated elevation grid file s to be directly exported to Global Mapper Grid GMG files This is useful when you are triangulating and gridding a very large collection of data and also using the Gridding tab to split the operation into smaller pieces By directly exporting the results to GMG files you can create elevation grids that normally would not all fit into memory Metadata Pressing the Metadata button displays metadata for the selected overlay The actual metadata dialog displayed depends on the type of the selected overlay The metadata dialog for a SDTS DLG is shown below Table of Contents 102 Global Mapper User s Manual lt TROICATD DDF gt lt 01 gt CRUZ BAY YI ROADS AND TR E3 Transfer Stats Data Qualiy Attribute Header Options Pressing the Options button
261. se the Create New Point Feature at Specified Position option to create a new point feature at a manually specified location When you select this option a dialog appears allowing you to enter the location for the new point feature in either latitude longitude coordinates or coordinates in the current view projection Once you ve placed the point the Modify Feature Info dialog will appear allowing you to setup the label classification drawing style and attribution for the new point feature See Editing Feature Attributes and Drawing Styles for more details Once you have completed have completed creating the point feature the Digitizer Tool will remain in the point creation mode so you can simply left click to place another point or right click to choose a different mode Creating New Range Ring Features After selecting the Create Range Ring s popup menu option you can proceed to place the center location of your range rings by left clicking at the desired location If you had point features selected when you selected this option you can also choose to create the rings centered on the selected point feature s rather than manually specifying a center location You can cancel creation of the range ring s at any time by pressing the Escape key or right clicking After selecting the center of your range ring s the Select Range Ring Parameters dialog pictured below appears and allows you to setup how many range rings you would like to creat
262. seful for multi spectral imagery which may have more than 3 color bands The default band setup will be to use the first three bands as follows BAND_SETUP 0 1 2 Note that not all raster formats support specifying a non default band setup e LABEL_FIELD specifies the name of the attribute field to use as the label attribute for the features in the file e AREA_TYPE specifies the name of the Global Mapper type to use for area features imported from the file e LINE_TYPE specifies the name of the Global Mapper type to use for line features imported from the file e POINT_TYPE specifies the name of the Global Mapper type to use for point features imported from the file e LAYER_DESC specifies a description to use for the layer when displaying it in the Overlay Control Center This overrides the default description based on the filename or other information within the file e GCP specifies a single ground control point for use in rectifying a file The GCP record consists of 5 comma delimited fields the control point name the pixel X and Y coordinates and the corresponding ground X and Y coordinates A separate GCP parameter and value should be used for each control point used in the rectification As an alternative the GCP_FILENAME parameter see below can be used instead e GCP_FILENAME specifies the name of a control point file used to rectify the file being imported e GCP_PROJ_NAME specifies the name of the projection that
263. select files The registered version Global Mapper has no limit on the number of overlays that can be viewed simultaneously A maximum of four files of any type may be viewed simultaneously in the unregistered version of Global Mapper You can also load all of the files under a directory and all subdirectories under that directory that match a specified filename mask You can do this using the Open All Files in a Directory Tree File menu command Projections and Datums The Global Mapper display space adopts the coordinate system of the first data set opened Subsequent data sets will be transformed to the coordinate system of the first data set loaded or the display projection subsequently selected from the configuration dialog This is a very powerful feature it makes differences in projections and datums transparent to the user This also means that the order in which data sets are loaded can have a significant impact on the appearance of the display This is the most obvious when working with data sets of widely varying scales Table of Contents 84 Global Mapper User s Manual 5 CHANGE DISPLAY CHARACTERISTICS Selecting the Tools Configuration menu item or toolbar button displays the Configuration dialog This dialog provides for general setup of Global Mapper display options The Configuration dialog provides the following panels allowing the modification of display options e General Scale Units and Position Display Setup
264. selected line or those line endpoints that don t connect and are within some distance of another selected line endpoint This is a very useful feature for allowing easy identification and fixing of connectivity issues within loaded vector data Any line endpoints that do not connect based on the selected criteria will be displayed with a blue circle over that endpoint Once you think you have fixed the connectivity issues at a location simply re run the command to find the non connected line endpoints to update the display of the blue circles they are not automatically updated as you join line endpoints Finding Nearby Points If two of more point features are selected the Find Selected Points Within Meters of Other Selected Points option will appear when right clicking Selecting this will display a dialog allowing you to specify a search distance Any selected point features that are within the specified search distance of another selected point feature will be displayed with a blue circle over that point If you delete or move some points to remove duplicates the primary use of this tool simply re run the command to find the to update the display of the blue circles they are not automatically updated as you edit the data Flattening Terrain Using Area Features If one or more area features are selected the Create Flatten Terrain from Selected Area Feature s option will appear when right clicking Selecting this option will allow you t
265. slucent allowing you to see areas underneath the view shed You can modify the translucency of the overlay in the Overlay Control Center In addition a small radio tower point will be created at the selected transmitter location When selected using the pick tool this point displays information about the view shed analysis as shown below If you would like to modify the settings used to calculate the view shed and recalculate it using currently loaded data you can right click on the View Shed layer in the Overlay Control Center and select the option to modify the view shed RE diaa Pro Global Monner REGISTERED sloja salalu alemi aa CE Attribute RADIUS 0 mi TRANSMITTER_HEIGHT 100 0 m above ground RECEIER_HEIGHT 5 0 m above ground PERCENT_V ISIBLE 78 4 1 mi 2 mi 3 mi Height 257 613 meters RGB 206 120 000 View Shed Analysis 1 UTM NAD27 381862 3 4321407 5 39 035618 N 94 364930 Table of Contents 127 Global Mapper User s Manual Control Center Command E Selecting the Control Center menu item or toolbar button displays the Overlay Control Center dialog This dialog is the central control center for obtaining information and setting options for all loaded overlays See the Overlay Control Center section for complete details Configure Command a Selected the Configure menu item or toolbar button displays the Configuration dialog This dialog provides for general setup of Global Map
266. st following the parameter name The values should be in order of minimum x minimum y width in x width in y LAT_LON_BOUNDS specifies the contour bounds in latitude longitude degrees There should be 4 values in a comma delimited list following the parameter name The values should be in order of westmost longitude southernmost latitude easternmost longitude northernmost latitude LAYER_BOUNDS specifies that the contour generation should use the bounds of the loaded layer s with the given filename For example to generate contours to the bounds of the file c test tif you would use LAYER_BOUNDS c test tif Keep in mind that the file must be currently loaded LAYER_BOUNDS_EXPAND specifies that the operation should expand the used LAYER_BOUNDS bounding box by some amount The amount to expand the bounding rectangle by should be specified in the current global projection For example if you have a UTM meters projection active and want to expand the bounds retrieved from the LAYER_BOUNDS parameter by 100 meters on the left and right and 50 meters on the top and bottom you could use LAYER_BOUNDS_EXPAND 100 0 50 0 You can also specify a single value to apply to all 4 sides or supply 4 separate values in the order left top right bottom SIMPLIFICATION specifies the simplification threshold to use when generating the contours This specifies how far off a straight line in the units of the current projection that a point has to be before
267. t InRoads ASCII command allows the user to export any loaded vector data sets to an InRoads ASCII format file When selected the command displays the InRoads ASCII Export Options dialog which allows the user to set up the export The dialog consists of an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded vector data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export KML KMZ Command The Export KML KMZ command allows the user to export any loaded vector data sets to a KML KMZ format file for use with Google Earth When selected the command displays the KML KMZ Export Options dialog pictured below which allows the user to set up the export The dialog consists of a KML KMZ Options panel a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded vector data they wish to export Table of Contents 45 Global Mapper User s Manual KML KMZ Export Options KML KMZ Options Gridding Export Bounds 3D Line Export e D ce c Draw 3D Lines Above Terrain Elevations Relative to Sea Level C Draw 3D Lines Above Terain Elevations Relative to Ground Level 3D Area Export Draw 3D Areas on Terain Surface Draw 3D Areas Above Terain Elevations Relative to Sea Level ce Draw 3D Areas Above Terain Elevations Relative to Ground Level IV Extrude Areas Fill to Ground Make Buildings Fake 2
268. ta to come up with an elevation for the point in question This option is off by default specify FILL_GAPS NO to turn off e POLYGON_CROP_FILE specifies the full path and filename of a vector file containing a polygon feature to which the operation should be cropped If multiple polygons are found in the specified file the polygon which has the largest intersection with the data to be combined will be used as the crop polygon see POLYGON_CROP_USE_ALL for exception e POLYGON_CROP_USE_ALL specifies that if a POLYGON_CROP_FILE is specified that contains multiple polygons the operation will be cropped to all polygons in that file rather than just the best fit polygon Table of Contents 147 Global Mapper User s Manual DEFINE_PROJ The DEFINE_PROJ command allows a projection including datum to be associated with a name The projection name can then be used in later IMPORT IMPORT_ARCHIVE IMPORT_ASCTH and LOAD_PROJECTION commands to specify a projection as needed The DEFINE_PROJ command consists of a single command line followed by a series of lines describing the projection in the format of an ESRI PRJ file The easiest way to determine the text for a projection is to setup a projection on the Projection tab of the Tools gt Configuration and then use the Save to File button to create a new prj file Then just open the prj file up in Notepad and copy the contents to the lines following the DEFINE _PROJ command line The DEFINE_PROJ c
269. ted Global Mapper will attempt to automatically determine the coordinate delimeter This option will usually work and should probably be used unless you have trouble The Coordinate Line Prefix section allows the user to specify whether coordinates start at the beginning of the line or if coordinate lines start with some other sequence of characters For example some formats may start coordinate lines with the sequence XY Table of Contents 9 Global Mapper User s Manual The Feature Classification section allows the user to specify what feature type to assign to area line and point features imported from the file If the Include attributes from lines with coordinate data option is selected any text found AFTER the coordinate data on a line from the file will be including as attribute for the feature that coordinate is in If not selected only lines from the file that are not determined to contain coordinate data will be used as attributes If you are doing a Point Only import and the Column Headers in First Row of File option is checked values in the first line from the file will be used at the names of attributes for attributes found in coordinate data lines This is useful for things like CSV files If the Treat 3rd coordinate value as elevation option is selected and a numeric value is found immediately following the x and y or lat and lon coordinate values that value will be treated as an elevation Otherwise the value will
270. ted raster layers are displayed The Display tab pictured below contains controls allowing you to control the color intensity brightness darkness color transparency blending anti aliasing and texture mapping of the selected layers Table of Contents 104 Global Mapper User s Manual Raster Options Cropping Feathering Projection Display Color Contrast Adjustment Color Intensity 0 Lighter a j Darker Default Translucency icon You See Through It 100 0 Transparent Opaque Transparency IV Transparent I Make Very Similar Colors Transparent as Well Blend Mode Color Bum hd Anti Alias Pixels Interpolate Texture Map The Color Intensity setting controls whether displayed pixels are lightened or darkened before being displayed It may be useful to lighten or darken raster overlays in order to see overlaying vector data clearly The Translucency setting controls to what degree you can see through the overlay to overlays underneath the overlay The default setting of Opaque means that you cannot see through the overlay at all Settings closer to Transparent make the overlay increasingly more see through allowing you to blend overlapping data The Blend Mode setting controls how an overlay is blended with underlying overlays in addition to the Translucency setting These settings allow Photoshop style filters to be applied to overlays resulting in often stunning results What you get from a particular
271. tes of the southwest corner of each tile appended to each filename as it is exported When selected the command displays the DTED Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a DTED Options panel which allows the user to set up the DTED level and other options a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export DXF 3D Face File Command The Export DXF 3D Face File command allows the user to export any loaded gridded elevation data sets to a DXF 3D Face file When selected the command displays the DXF 3D Face Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the grid spacing and vertical units a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export DXF Mesh Command The Export DXF Mesh command allows the user to export any loaded elevation grid data sets to a 3D DXF Mesh file When selected the command displays the DXF Mesh Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the grid spaci
272. th Video Tutorial Georectifying Imagery PDF Files 101 Video Tutorial Importing ASCII files into Global Mapper Video Tutorial Exporting to Google Maps Video Tutorial Creating Range Rings Importing Title Blocks and Address Searching Reference Guide Generic ASCII Format Reference Guide Generic ASCII Format Field Descriptions Reference Guide Shortcut Key Reference Reference Guide Supported Datum List 3 MENUBAR AND TOOLBAR a File Menu e Open Data File s Command e Open Generic ASCII Text File s Command e Open All Files in a Directory Tree e Open ECW File from the Web Command e Open Data File at Fixed Screen Location e Unload All Command e Create New Map Catalog Command e Find Data Online Command e Download Online Imagery Topo Terrain Maps e Load Workspace Command Open Printable Searchable Copy PDF Format 1 Global Mapper User s Manual e Save Workspace Command e Save Workspace As Command e Run Script Command e Capture Screen Contents to Image Command e Export Global Mapper Package File e Export Raster and Elevation Data e Export Vector Data e Export Web Formats Google Maps VE WW etc e Batch Convert Reproject Generate Contours Command Rectify Georeference Imagery Command e Print Command e Print Preview Command e Print Setup Command e Exit Command b Edit Menu Copy Selected Features to Clipboard Cut Selected Features to Clipboard Paste Features from Clipboard
273. th DOQ satellite imagery from the TerraServer import command under the File menu fi 3D View Een al al etls Re a The 3D View window contains a toolbar with command buttons allowing you to modify the default view You can use the mouse to rotate the view around as well as zoom in The arrow keys on the toolbar allow you to pan the data visible in the 3D view in any direction The zoom in and out buttons allow you to zoom in or out on the center of the 3D view Additional buttons are also available for modifying the vertical exaggeration displaying water and saving the 3D view contents to a Windows BMP TIFF PNG or JPG file Table of Contents 114 Global Mapper User s Manual The contents of the 3D View window will always reflect what is visible in the main Global Mapper view This means that as you pan and zoom around the main Global Mapper view the contents of the 3D View window will pan and zoom around as well The reverse is also true in that the pan and zoom buttons on the 3D View window will cause the main Global Mapper view to pan and zoom as well Another example of the 3D view is displayed below This time it is several 24K USGS DLGs for Blue Springs MO overlaid on several 24K USGS DEMs for the same area E 3D View io gt im A a eat QQ SA met BD Table of Contents 115 Global Mapper User s Manual Tools Menu The Tools Menu offers the following
274. th a big red X You can drag a box with the left mouse button to zoom in on a particular area in this view Right clicking will zoom out If you hold down the CTRL key when right clicking will zoom out to the full extents For those of you with wheel mice rolling the wheel forward zooms in and rolling it back zooms out Moving the mouse near the edge of the Zoomed View displays a pan arrow Clicking when this is visible will cause the view to pan in the direction of the arrow hold down CTRL to increase the size of the pan Pressing down the Shift button while moving the mouse will disable this functionality and allow you to click all the way to the edge of the Zoomed View To select a location for control point entry position the crosshair over the pixel of interest then press and release the left mouse button This will cause the pixel coordinates of the point to be entered in the Ground Control Point GCP Entry portion of the dialog described below In addition a small red dot will be placed at the click location to make it easy to see If you also hold down the CTRL key when clicking the left mouse button the Reference Image view will be recentered on the associated point if there have been enough control points entered to convert the coordinates If you hold down the SHIFT key when left clicking the current control point will automatically be added to the GCP list just as if you had pressed the Add GCP to List button Reference Images
275. the Escape key Note that while drawing the area you can use the Snapping feature to help align the area with existing features Once you ve completed drawing the area the Modify Feature Info dialog will appear allowing you to setup the label classification drawing style and attribution for the area The perimeter and enclosed area of the area feature will be added as default attributes The units for these measurements can be modified on the General tab of the Configuration dialog See Editing Feature Attributes and Drawing Styles for more details Once you have completed have completed creating the area the Digitizer Tool will remain in the area creation mode so you can simply start left clicking to draw another area or right click to choose a different mode You can also create new area features from selected line features by selecting a collection of lines then right clicking and selecting the Create New Area Feature s from Selected Line Feature s menu command This will attempt to connect the selected line features to build area features All line features will be connected as far as possible then closed to create a new area feature Creating New Line Features After selecting the Create New Line Feature popup menu option you can proceed to draw a new area feature Table of Contents 130 Global Mapper User s Manual with the mouse To draw the feature simple left click at each place that you d like to drop a vertex To finish
276. the Remove Source button to remove it from the list of available data sources at a later time If you need to specify additional options for the WMS server such as forcing a particular image format to be used add those parameters after the Service Name parameter For example to force the use of the JPG format you might specify a Service Name parameter of WMS amp format image jpeg Select WMS Data Source to Load Server URL Get Capabilities Address http wms ipLnasa gov wms cal X Service Name Most use WMS WMS Get List of Available Data Layers OnE arth Web Map Server WMS Global Mosaic pan sharpened WMS Global Mosaic not pan sharpened CONUS mosaic of 1990 MALC dataset lt STYLE gt Pseudo color image Uses IA and Visual bands 542 mapping lt STYLE gt Real color image Uses the visual bands 321 mapping lt STYLE gt Visual Red band grayscale lt STYLE gt Visual Green band grayscale lt STYLE gt Visual Blue band grayscale lt STYLE gt Near IR band 1 Landsat band 4 grayscale lt STYLE gt Near IR band 2 Landsat band 5 grayscale lt STYLE gt Near IF band 2 Landsat band 7 grayscale SATM reflectance magnitude 30m cancel Open All Files in a Directory Tree Command The Open All Files in a Directory Tree command allows the user to open all of the files matching a user specified filename mask under a user selected directory You will first be prompted to select a folder from whi
277. the created file If the Create Compressed KMZ File option is checked a compressed KMZ file will automatically be created This will result in much smaller files and is highly recommended unless you plan on manually editing the export result yourself in a text editor If the Include Attribute Values in Feature Description option is checked any feature attributes will be included in the description for a feature If the Hide Point Features by Default When Loading File option is checked all of the point features exported to the file will be hidden by default in Google Earth so as not to clutter up the display with a bunch of point icons If the Display Area and Line Labels option is checked each exported line or area feature with a display label Table of Contents 46 Global Mapper User s Manual will also be marked with a clickable placemark displaying the label for that area or line feature This is the only way to get line or area features to display labels in Google Earth Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Landmark Graphics Command The Export Landmark Graphics command allows the user to export any loaded vector data sets to a Landmark Graphics format file When selected the command displays the Landmark Graphics Export Options dialog which allows the user to set up the export The dialog consists of an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded vector
278. the default labels that collide with other labels on the screen will be discarded until you zoom far enough in on the feature so that they can be displayed without overlapping any other labels The Render Line Direction Arrow option specifies whether or not a small arrow should be drawn on each line feature indicating in which direction the line vertices go The arrow will point along the line towards the last vertex in the line The Hide Extra Label Text Displayed Under Road Icons option allows you to control whether or not any extra text displayed below road icons like alternate names for the road are displayed The Only Highlight Border of Selected Area Features option allows you to change the rendering style for area features selected with the Feature Info or Digitizer Tools so that only the border of the area is highlighted and the center is left unfilled The Mark Sides of Road with Addressing Information option allows you to have the sides of roads with recognized address numbering information to be marked with a series of parallel lines extending from the road on the side s with known address information This provides a visual way to see where addressing information is available The Hide Display Labels that are Partially Offscreen option allows you to hide any feature labels that don t entirely fit on the screen This can be useful when exporting vector data to a raster format and also gridding the export into multiple pieces This
279. the surrounding data to come up with an elevation for the point in question This is useful when data sets do not line up exactly and so have small gaps in between them Table of Contents 76 Global Mapper User s Manual Image Rectification Georeferencing The Image Rectification feature in Global Mapper allows you to load and work with any JPG PNG or TIFF imagery regardless of whether or not spatial positioning information is provided with it For example you could scan in an image of a map to a JPG file use the File gt Rectify Imagery menu command to enter the coordinates of several points on that image and then load it into Global Mapper properly overlaid with any other loaded data Click Here for a Video Tutorial provided by www globalmapperforum com Once you have rectified an image in Global Mapper you can then export it to any of the supported export formats to obtain a fully rectified image that can then be immediately loaded into numerous other imaging and GIS packages If you find that after rectifying a file that you want to modify the rectification you can simply select the layer in the Overlay Control Center then right click and select the Modify Layer Position Projection option to bring up the rectification dialog for that layer As Needed Rectification There are two ways to rectify imagery in Global Mapper The first is to simply load the imagery file needing to be rectified just like any other file Global Mapp
280. tion e FR_ADDR_R R_ FROM_ADR starting address number on the right side of the road e FR_ADDR_L L_FROM_ADR starting address number on the left side of the road e TO_ADDR_R R_TO_ADR ending address number on the right side of the road e TO_ADDR_L L_TO_ADR ending address number on the left side of the road e PLACE_R R_CITY city or town on the right side of the road e PLACE_L L_CITY city or town on the left side of the road e STATE_R R_STATE state or province on the right side of the road e STATE_L L_STATE state or province on the left side of the road e ZIP_R R_ZIP R_PCODE postal code on right side of road e ZIP_L L_ZIP L_PCODE postal code on left side of road e COUNTRY_R R_COUNTRY country on right side of the road e COUNTRY_L L_COUNTRY country on left side of the road e PARITY_R R_PARITY numeric parity value on right side of road A value of 1 means odd parity addresses are all odd a value of 2 means even parity address are all even and a value of 3 means there is not parity addresses can be even and odd For any other value the parity will be automatically determined e PARITY_L L_PARITY numeric parity value on left side of road A value of 1 means odd parity addresses are all odd a value of 2 means even parity address are all even and a value of 3 means there is not parity addresses can be even and odd For any other value the parity will be automatically determined Only the sta
281. tion location will be skipped This makes it easy to resume a cancelled export as the already exported files would not be re exported Table of Contents 75 Global Mapper User s Manual Elevation Export General Options Panel General Export Bounds Quadrangle Name Vertical Units m Resolution X axis 20 meters Y axis f30 meters If you wish to change the ground units that the resolution is specified in you need to change the current projection by going to Config gt Projection IV Interpolate to Fill Small Gaps in Data The General panel allows the user to specify the quadrangle name DEMs only vertical units and grid spacing of an elevation grid being exported The Quadrangle Name field allows the user to enter the quad name to place in the header of a native format USGS DEM being exported The Vertical Units field allows the user to select the vertical units to use when exporting the data i e meters or feet Any input data not in the selected vertical units will be automatically converted on export The Resolution section allows the user to selected the grid spacing to use when generating the elevation data set The default value is the average of the grid spacings of all the currently loaded elevation overlays When selected the Interpolate to Fill Small Gaps option specifies that small gaps in between and within the data sets being exported will be filled in by interpolating
282. tions that allow the user to precisely setup the view shed analysis that they wish to perform The Description provides the user with a place to enter a name to identify this view shed analysis This name will be displayed in the Overlay Control Center and will also be the name of the transmitter point created by the analysis for display on the map The Transmitter Elevation section allows the user to specify the height of the transmitter that the view shed analysis will be simulating The Receiver Elevation section allows the user to specify the minimum height above the ground or sea level from which the transmitter must be visible for the point to be considered visible Most of the time you ll want to specify an elevation above ground but specifying an elevation above sea level can be useful for aviation purposes Optionally you can also specify that the receiver elevation should be calculated based on an elevation angle relative to the horizon from the transmitter This is useful if you have something like a radar dish that points up at some angle and you want to see where the signal can be seen Table of Contents 125 Global Mapper User s Manual Optionally you can also specify that the receiver elevation should be calculated based on an elevation angle relative to the horizon from the transmitter This is useful if you have something like a radar dish that points up at some angle and you want to see where the signal can be seen Fi
283. tire directory s worth of source files to the to be converted list All directories under the added one can be recursively searched if so desired by answering Yes to the dialog that pops up immediately after selecting the directory Pressing the Add Loaded Files button causes all files loaded into the main Global Mapper view that match that batch convert input type to be added to the list of files to be converted Pressing the Add Onscreen Files button causes all files loaded into the main Global Mapper view that are currently at least partially onscreen and that match the batch convert input type to be added to the list of files to be converted The Directory section allows the user to choose where they would like the newly created output files to be created The Use same directory as file being converted option causes the output file created off of each source file to be created in the same directory as the source file The Specify output directory option allows the Table of Contents 56 Global Mapper User s Manual user to choose a specific directory to output all of the newly created output files to The File Names section allows the user to choose whether the newly created output files should have the same file name as the source file they were created from Use Source File Name option or whether the more readable quadrangle name if available should be used as the file name for the newly created output file Use Quad Name option If the
284. tizer Tool right clicking then selecting the Generate Path Profile From Line option on the menu that is displayed Table of Contents 120 Global Mapper User s Manual E Path Profile Line of Sight File Options Calculate From Pos 38 996235 N 94 419336 W To Pos 39 008862 N 94 354725 Select From Position Select To Position v Display Elevations in Feet Display Elevations in Meters v Draw Elevation Guide Lines Set Background Color Set Terrain Color Set Text Grid Color Display From To Coordinates in Selected View Projection v Display From To Coordinates with Selected Position Display Format Show Path Details The Path Profile Line of Sight dialog displays the 3D path profile and provides several options related to the profile A vertical scale is displayed on the left hand side of the profile window The start and end coordinates of the path are displayed at the top of the profile window If more than two points are in the path the intermediate points will be marked in the profile window with a yellow dot These intermediate points can be toggled on and off using an option available by right clicking on the path profile window Also note that this dialog is resizable Right clicking on the profile window brings up an options menu allowing the user to change the start and end positions select the units meters or feet to display the elevations in configure display of the path profile and dis
285. to DBF Split Into Separate Files by Feature Layer Description The Export Areas Export Lines and Export Points options enable area line and point export respectively Pressing the Select button next to each of those options allows you to select the name of the SHP file to generate In addition to the SHP file containing the actual geometry of the features an shape index file SHX and attribute database file DBF will be created as well with the same name as the SHP file If selected the Generate Projection PRJ File option causes a projection file describing the ground reference system of the shapefile to be generated for each shapefile created The PRJ files will have the same name as the SHP file with the prj extension If selected the Generate 3D Features Using Loaded Elevation Data option specifies that 3D objects should be created in the shapefile The elevation stored for each vertex point will be the first of the following which is available e The elevation associated with the vertex point in question e The elevation associated with the entire feature being exported For example the elevation of a contour line e The first elevation obtained by searching the loaded elevation grid layers at the position of the vertex point e A value of 0 0 will be used if no elevation could be obtained via any of the prior methods Table of Contents 52 Global Mapper User s Manual If selected the Add Feature Type LAYER Attri
286. to grid all at once Elevation Grid Creation Options Grid Options Gridding Grid Bounds Description ME R imate h we OOK Gir lee eR E EEE Vertical Units METERS a Grid Spacing 7 Automatically Determine Optimal Grid Spacing Manually Specify the Grid Spacing to Use X axis meters Y axis i meters f you wish to change the ground units that the resolution is specified in you need to change the current projection on the Projection tab of the Configuration dialog m Elevation Grid No Data Distance Criteria This setting controls how far from a known data point that an elevation grid cell has to be before it is considered invalid The default setting assumes all grid points are valid Lower values make the valid grid stay tighter around known data points Tight Loose JV Use 3D Line Features as Constraints e Breaklines JV Flatten 3D Area Features Ignore Zero Elevations Save Triangulation Network TIN as a Vector Layer Heights Relative to Ground Using Loaded Grid Layers Fill Entire Bounding Box Instead of Just Inside Convex Hull Export Grids Directly to Global Mapper Grid Files Rather Than Tl Displaying in the Main Map View Use with Gridding Tab options to Allow Gridding of Very Large Data Sets The following options are also available when generating the grid e Use 3D Line Features as Constraints i e Breaklines If this option is checked any line an
287. u to setup various options related to the rectification process as described below Table of Contents 79 OK Apply Cance Help Global Mapper User s Manual Rectification Method the Rectification Method submenu allows you to select which rectification method hence the name to apply to the entered control points Different methods are available based on how many control points have been entered The various methods are as follows Automatic the Automatic select automatically selects the best rectification method that is available based on the number of control points that have been entered This is the default method and should rarely need to be changed Linear the Linear rectification method is used when only two control points are entered This is the simplest of the rectification methods and is equivalent to supplying a world file for the image This method does not allow for any distortion or rotation in the image but often works well if the correct projection is selected for the image Affine the Affine rectification method requires at least three controls points to be entered This rectification method calculates a best fit to a simple equation of the control points entered This method can account for some degree of rotation and distortion but not with a high degree of accuracy Because a best fit approximation is used some of your ground points may move a little in order to minimize the error among all control
288. uired if any high color images are present in the export set If all of the input data is palette based and the combined palette of those files has 256 colors or less then the combined files of the input file will just be used with no additional export time being required Grayscale Palette This palette consists of 256 scales of gray ranging from black to white DRG Optimized Palette This palette is optimized for the exporting USGS DRG data The palette consists of only the standard DRG colors DRG DOQ Optimized Palette As the name suggests this palette is optimized for exporting a mixture of USGS DRG data and grayscale satellite photos i e USGS DOQs The palette consists of the 14 standard DRG colors with the remaining 242 colors being a range of gray values ranging from black to white Halftone Palette The palette consists of a blend of 256 colors evenly covering the color spectrum This palette is the best choice when exporting anything but DRGs and grayscale satellite photos Custom Palette from File This option allows the user to choose a pal file describing the palette to use for the export A pal file should be a text file with one line per color with the red green and blue color components for each color in the palette separated by a comma You can save a pal file for an existing palette based file by opening the Overlay Control Center selecting the palette based layer press Options then the Transparent Color button then s
289. units of the current global projection There should be 4 values in a comma delimited list following the parameter name The values should be in order of minimum x minimum y width in x width in y e LAT_LON_BOUNDS specifies the export bounds in latitude longitude degrees There should be 4 values in a comma delimited list following the parameter name The values should be in order of westmost longitude southernmost latitude easternmost longitude northernmost latitude e LAYER_BOUNDS specifies that the export should use the bounds of the loaded layer s with the given filename For example to export to the bounds of the file c test tif you would use Table of Contents 155 Global Mapper User s Manual LAYER_BOUNDS c Mest tif Keep in mind that the file must be currently loaded e LAYER_BOUNDS_EXPAND specifies that the operation should expand the used LAYER_BOUNDS bounding box by some amount The amount to expand the bounding rectangle by should be specified in the current global projection For example if you have a UTM meters projection active and want to expand the bounds retrieved from the LAYER_BOUNDS parameter by 100 meters on the left and right and 50 meters on the top and bottom you could use LAYER_BOUNDS_EXPAND 100 0 50 0 You can also specify a single value to apply to all 4 sides or supply 4 separate values in the order left top right bottom QUAD_NAME DLGO only specifies the quadrangle name to store in the heade
290. up the portion of the loaded vector data they wish to export If the Use Default Attribute for All Features option is checked the attribute selected in the Default Attribute Code panel will be used for all features Otherwise the selected attribute will only be used for those features whose Global Mapper classification could not be automatically mapped to one of the CDF attributes Table of Contents 39 Global Mapper User s Manual CDF Export Options CDF Options Export Bounds Default Attribute Code oi and Gas Fields Y M Use Default Attribute Code for All Features 3 Text Size 8 pt font 40 feet high text Smaller _ 1 1 Larger Projection Use the options below to control what projection the data exported to the package file will be in You can choose to either export the data be in the current view projection or you can save everything with lat lon coordinate values C Use Currently Selected View Projection Save Data in Geographic Lat Lon Projection Cancel Ap Help Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export CSV Command The Export CSV command allows the user to export any loaded point data sets to a CSV Comma Separated File file When selected the command displays the CSV Export Options dialog which allows the user to set up the export The dialog consists of an Options panel which allows the user to set up whether or not to in
291. ve to the ground or relative to mean sea level Typically heights for vector features are specified relative to the ground If any area features are included and their heights are relative to the ground the obstruction heights within those areas will be increased by the specified amount but any receiver heights will still be based on the terrain This makes things like wooded areas very easy to model If checked the Generate Area Features in Covered Areas option specifies that view shed coverage area polygon featuers should be generated for those areas that are visible These generated area features then behave just like any other vector feature and can be exported to vector formats like Shapefiles for use in other software Table of Contents 126 Global Mapper User s Manual Pressing the Select Transmitter Location button displays a dialog that allows the user to adjust the exact transmitter coordinates from the coordinates where they clicked Pressing the Select Display Color button displays a dialog that allows the user to select the color in which to display the visible areas on the map After setting up the view shed calculation in the dialog and pressing the OK button the view shed analysis will be performed and when complete the results will be displayed on the main map display as a new overlay All visible areas within the specified radius will be displayed using the selected color The overlay will default to being 50 tran
292. vector data sets to an AutoCAD DXF format file Table of Contents 42 Global Mapper User s Manual When selected the command displays the DXF Export Options dialog pictured below which allows the user to set up the export The dialog consists of a DXF Options panel a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded vector data they wish to export DXF Export Options DXF Options Gridding Export Bounds m Display Labels for Area and Line Features C Do Not Include Display Labels C Include Display Labels as Separate Text Layer Include Display Labels as Attributes Note that some software may be unable to deal with attributes If you have trouble with an exported DXF with this option enabled disable this option and try again Text Size Left Smaller Right Bigger 1 00 Layer Names Use Feature Description for Layer Name Use Feature Display Label for Layer Name Use Feature Source Filename for Layer Name Generate Projection PRu File Create 3D Features Using Loaded Elevation Data Generate ECEF Coordinates Advanced Users Only Generate Zero Width Lines Some software such as MicroStation does not properly deal with DXF line features having a non zero thickness e they create duplicate lines Enable this option if you encounter this problem The Display Labels section allows you to control if you want feature display labels included in
293. xel coordinates then manually enter the ground coordinates into the X Easting Lon and Y Northing Lat data fields or else select a point from the Reference Image view for the ground coordinates IMPORTANT If you manually enter the ground coordinates you must enter them in the coordinate system indicated by the Ground Control Point Projection portion of the dialog otherwise you will get incorrect results The one exception is that if you enter a value that looks like a lat lon coordinates but a projected system is selected you will be prompted to select whether or not the entered coordinates are lat lon coordinates or coordinates in the selected projection system Once the coordinates are entered press the Add GCP to List button to add the GCP to the list of GCPs to be used when rectifying the image The Update Selected GCP button allows you to update the coordinates associated with a previously entered GCP You can also use Alt R to simulate pressing the Update Selected GCP button Ground Control Point GCP Projection This portion of the dialog allows you to select the projection that ground coordinates are entered in as well as what projection the image will be natively treated as when rectified it can be reprojected later using the normal Global Mapper reprojection mechanisms See the IMPORTANT note above for more details When rectifying new imagery you can control the default projection used by creating a default_rectification prj file
294. xport Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export Tsunami OVR Command Table of Contents 54 Global Mapper User s Manual The Export Tsunami OVR command allows the user to export any loaded vector data sets to a Tsunami OVR format file for use in the Tsunami software package When selected the command displays the Tsunami OVR Export Options dialog which allows the user to set up the export The dialog consists of an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded vector data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export WAsP MAP File Command The Export WAsP MAP File command allows the user to export loaded line and area features to a WAsP MAP format file for use with the WAsP Wind Analysis and Application Program application http www wasp dk Only those line features with an elevation and or valid roughness attributes will be exported Only those area features with valid roughness attributes will be exported Valid roughness attributes consist of a ROUGH_L and a ROUGH_R attribute containing numeric values for the left and right roughness for the feature If neither of those attributes exist but a RV attribute is available that value will be used for both the left and right roughness for that feature When selected the command displays the WAsP MAP Export Options dialog which allows the
295. xporting a single file The Export Bounds panel allows the user to select what portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able capture the screen to an image file Export Raster and Elevation Data The commands on the Export Raster and Elevation Data submenu allow the user to export loaded raster and elevation data to various formats Export Arc ASCII Grid Command The Export Arc ASCII Grid command allows the user to export any loaded elevation grid data sets to an Arc ASCII Grid format file When selected the command displays the Arc ASCI Grid Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of a General options panel which allows the user to set up the grid spacing and vertical units a Gridding panel and an Export Bounds panel which allows the user to set up the portion of the loaded data they wish to export Note Only registered users of Global Mapper are able to export data to any format Export BIL BIP BSQ Command The Export BIL BIP BSQ command allows the user to export any loaded raster vector and or elevation grid data to a BIL BIP or BSQ format file When selected the command displays the BIL BIP BSQ Export Options dialog which allows the user to setup the export The dialog consists of an Options panel pictured below which allows the user to set up type of export to perform the sample spacing vertical units and other applicable opti
296. y specifies the color intensity to use when adjusting the brightness of pixels in the overlay Valid values range from 0 to 20 with 0 being completely black 10 being no alteration and 20 being completely white For example to make an image slightly darker you could use COLOR_INTENSITY 7 NOTE This parameter has been deprecated in favor of the COLOR_INTENSITY_FULL parameter e COLOR_INTENSITY_FULL elevation and raster only specifies the color intensity to use when adjusting the brightness of pixels in the overlay Valid values range from 0 to 512 with 0 being completely black 256 being no alteration and 512 being completely white For example to make an image slightly darker you could use COLOR_INTENSITY 200 NOTE This parameter replaces the COLOR_INTENSITY parameter e TEXTURE_MAP specifies that this image should be draped over any elevation data loaded before it Use TEXTURE_MAP YES to turn on Anything else turns it off e TRANSPARENT_COLOR specifies the color to make transparent when rendering this overlay The color should be specified as RGB lt red gt lt green gt lt blue gt For example to make white the transparent color use TRANSPARENT_COLOR RGB 255 255 255 If you do not wish any color to be transparent do not use this parameter e TRANSLUCENCY specifies the level of translucency i e how see through the layer is Value values range from 0 to 512 with 0 meaning the layer is completely transparent i e
297. you zoom in and out This way you can see an overview of the data when zoomed out with more detail becoming available when you zoom in You can also export this data in full resolution to any of the supported raster export formats such as GeoTIFF JPG or ECW The most appropriate detail level for the export sample spacing will be used to obtain the source data for the export Each data source load will appear as a separate layer in the Overlay Control Center Each entry can have it s display options modified just like any other raster layer to drape it over elevation data blend it with other layers etc You can use the Add WMS Data Source button to display the Select WMS Data Source to Load dialog pictured below This dialog allows you to specify the URL of a WMS data source and select what layer s to add as an available data source on the Select Online Data Source to Download dialog The URL that you should specify is the GetCapabilities URL such as http wms jpl nasa gov wms cgi for the JPL WMS data server a great source of data like Blue Marble imagery Once you ve entered the URL press the Get List of Available Data Layers button to query the server and populate the data control with the available data layers Table of Contents 12 Global Mapper User s Manual on that server Then simply select the data layer and style that you want and press OK to have it added to the available data source list Once a source is added you can use

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