Key Features:
MapViewer 7 introduces
three new types of thematic maps - Contour Map, Non-Contiguous Cartogram,
and Vector Map.
Contour Map - MapViewer
can take discrete data measurements, interpolate between them to create a
uniform grid, and then display a contour map showing lines of constant
values. You have complete control over teh appearance of the contour map and
can easily limit the contours to your area of interest.
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here for an example Contour Map
Non-Contiguous Cartogram
- Cartograms represent data values by
changing the size of the associated area object. In addition to the existing
Dorling cartogram, MapViewer 7 can now create a non-contiguous cartogram,
where the original shapes are retained but resized according to their data
values. Cartograms are particularly useful when there is an inverse
relationship between area and the data value. They emphasize the areas with
the greater data values.
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here for an example Non-Contiguous Cartogram
Vector Map - Like a
contour map, a vector map also interpolates from discrete data measurements
to create a uniform grid. It then displays arrows that indicate the
direction and magnitude of the steepest slopes across the grid. You can
control the frequency and appearance of the arrows.
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here for an example Vector Map
MapViewer 7 has several
other new features. These include:
Insets - An inset is a
display frame that is positioned on a portion of the page. One or more
layers can be assigned to be displayed within an inset. Objects within an
inset retain their original coordinates even as the inset frame is moved on
the page. The display within the inset frame can be zoomed and panned.
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here for an example Inset
City/State Pin Maps -
Making a pin map to show US city locations is easier than ever! Besides the
ability to make pin maps from X,Y coordinates or from ZIP codes, MapViewer 7
can now make a pin map based just on city and state names.
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here for an example City/State Pin Map
Pie Map Enhancements -
Pie maps are more versatile than ever! The radius of each slice can be
varied instead of or in addition to varying the slice percentage. You have
your choice of pie shapes to most effectively display your data.
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for an example Pie Map
Print Preview for Tiled
Printing - When your map fits on a single page, MapViewer has always had
a print preview capability because of showing the page outline around the
map. For the case where your map is larger than the page, MapViewer 7 adds a
print preview for tiled printing. You can see how the map will be divided
between pages and can choose exactly which tiles to print.
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here for an example of Tiled Printing
Negative Buffer Distances -
The buffer tool in MapViewer 7 has been enhanced to allow a negative
buffer distance. You can create a buffer zone inside of an area to show a
setback distance.
Click here for an example of a Negative Buffer Distance
Additional New Features
- Changes to existing thematic map types
- Several maps offer new options for displaying negative data values.
- Several maps allow mapping the minimum size to a value of zero
rather than to the data minimum.
- The gradient map now provides precise control of mapping colors to
data values.
- Grids and triangles can be saved from a gradient map.
- Objects can be assigned to territories in a Territory Map based on a
linked data value.
- Territory assignments can be saved to the linked data file.
- Geographical summaries are now available in a Territory Map.
- Pin map changes
- A condition can be specified to filter data points.
- Projection information can now be specified for non-Lat/Long
coordinates.
- Import/Export enhancements
- Multi-layer imports can optionally either preserve or collapse
layers.
- PIDs can be auto-generated if they don't exist.
- Z level info can be imported from DXF files.
- An associated attribute table can be loaded to a linked worksheet.
- Export to DAT format.
- Export only current view.
- Choice of units when exporting projected map objects.
- Control is provided over what attributes and linked data are
exported.
- Boundary creation changes
- Weighted Mean Center calculation.
- Spline objects remain as splines and can be edited as such.
- Spline objects now have a tension control.
- Layer management enhancements
- The Layer Manager has been redesigned to make it easier to use and
to show additional information.
- Layer destination lists now include a [New Layer] choice.
- User interface conveniences
- The Move/Resize tool icon can be double-clicked to invoke it in a
multiple-use mode.
- All file open, save, import, and export dialogs can be resized.
- Legends, scale bars, and text objects can be double-clicked to open
their associated dialog box.
- Double-clicking in the map window will open the map properties
dialog.
- Analysis enhancements
- A region can be created from the current selection.
- The Shortest Path command now has an option to return the path to
the starting point.
- Object attribute changes
- Attribute 1, Attribute 2 and Hyperlink attributes can now be
assigned to additional object types.
- The Redefine Attributes command can now copy data values from a
linked worksheet to the attribute fields.
- The Multi-Assign Attributes command can auto-generate incrementing
IDs.
- Miscellaneous
- The File | Reload Data command will reload the data file that is
linked to the active layer.
- Street intersections are now supported by the geocoding function.
- New worksheet Data | Text to Number and Data | Number to Text
commands.
- And many more!
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MapViewer is a thematic
mapping package that creates full-color maps by linking worksheet data to
areas or points on a map. Map Viewer includes numerous boundaries and data
files for the United States and World to get you started, or you can create
your own boundaries for use with Map Viewer. By placing your data in the
full-featured Map Viewer worksheet, you can easily link your data to areas
or points on the map, and generate instructive, publication quality maps in
virtually no time. With the numerous map types, overlays, and drawing tools,
you will create the most informative maps possible.
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MapViewer provides you with several map
types to present your data in the most informative way possible. You can
combine most map types in a single window to present several types of data
in a single map. The Map Viewer map types include:
- Base maps contain boundaries without any
data representation. Base maps can be used with other maps to show
features such as roads, streams, city locations, boundaries that have
no data associated with them, and so on.
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- Hatch maps use colors and fill patterns
to represent data ranges or classes of data for each area on the map.
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- Density maps also called dot density
maps, use dots to represent data values for areas on a map. On a
density map, each dot represents some data value, so the number of
dots drawn in an area is in relation to the data values associated
with that area.
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- Pie maps are a way to represent several
data values by drawing a proportionally sized pie chart for each
location.
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- Bar maps are a way to represent several
data values by drawing a bar chart for each location.
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- Symbol maps place a scaled symbol on an
area, curve, or point location on the map. The symbols are scaled in
proportion to the data values represented for each area or point.
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- Prism maps draw each area as a raised
prism, where the height of the prism is relative to the associated
data value. NEW: You can now color the prism maps!
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- Line graph maps show line graphs of the
data at each centroid location. By looking at a single line graph, you
can see how the individual data value relates to the whole data set.
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- Flow maps scale curves (polylines) on
the map. The curves are scaled in proportion to the data values
represented for each curve.
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- Pin maps are point location maps that
draw a point at a particular location on a map. NEW: Pin maps can also
use colors and symbols to represent data ranges or classes of data for
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The following is a list of boundary and
data files included with Map Viewer. These files are suitable for
creating a wide variety of maps. You can also create custom boundaries by
combining existing boundaries or by using the drawing tools. Map Viewer can
import boundary files in several different formats so you can also use
files created in other applications.
The Map Viewer CD-ROM contains Golden
Software’s entire library of data files and boundary files.
Census
This folder contains Metropolitan
Statistical Areas, MSA, CMSA, and PMSA.
City
- Akcity.bna - Wycity.bna: point locations
of cities in latitude/longitude coordinates
- WorldCity.dat: contains
latitude/longitude point locations of miscellaneous world cities in
Golden Software Data [.DAT] format.
DLG
The DLG directory contains USGS 1:2,000,000
scale DLG files converted to the Golden Software Boundary [.GSB] file
format.
US County
- Ak.gsb-Wy.gsb: county boundary files,
Primary IDs are FIPS codes
- Ak.dat-Wy.dat: 1990 US Census data for
each county
- Counties.gsb: map of all US counties
- Counties.dat: 1990 US Census data for
all US counties
US County High Resolution
- Ak_hires.gsb-Wy_hires.gsb:
high-resolution county boundaries
US Miscellany
- ADI.gsb: Arbitron marketing Areas
of Dominant Influence
- Climate_divisions.gsb: US climatic
divisions
- Congress_dist.gsb: US
Congressional districts for the 106th Congress
- US48.gsb: Contiguous 48 United
States
- US50.gsb: United States map in
Unprojected Lat/Long, Alaska and Hawaii in the correct locations
- US50.dat: 1990 Census data for
each state
- US50alb.gsb: United States map in
Albers projection, Alaska and Hawaii by Southwest US
- US50ll.gsb: United States map in
Unprojected Lat/Long, Alaska and Hawaii by Southwest US
- Uscity.gsb: point location of
select US cities
- Usintll.gsb: major US interstates,
highways, and tollways
World
- Africa.gsb: African countries
- Antarcal.gsb: Antarctica Albers
projection
- Antarcll.gsb: Antarctica
Unprojected Lat/Long
- Asia.gsb: Asian countries
- Camerica.gsb: Central American
countries
- Canada.gsb: Canadian provinces
- China.gsb: Chinese provinces
- Continents.gsb: outline of
continents without interior countries
- Europe.gsb: European countries
- Mexico.gsb: Mexico states
- Namerica.gsb: North American
countries
- Oceania.gsb: Australia, New
Zealand, and neighboring island nations
- Pacificn.gsb: Pacific view of the
world, negative coordinates from -360 to 0
- Pacificp.gsb: Pacific view of the
world, positive coordinates from 0 to 360
- Russia.gsb: Russia boundary
- Russia-proj.gsb: Russia boundary
split at 180 degrees
- Samerica.gsb: South American
countries
- World.gsb: all countries in the
world
- World-proj.gsb: all countries in
the world, Russia and Alaska split at 180 degrees
- World.dat: 1990 data for countries
- Worldcap.gsb: point locations of
country capitals
- Worldcities.dat: lat/long
coordinates of select world cities
ZIP3
Akzip3.gsb-Wyzip3.gsb: three-digit ZIP code
sectional centers for the United States
ZIP5
Akzip5.bna-Wyzip5.bna: five-digit ZIP code
boundaries for the United States
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MapViewer creates thematic maps by linking
worksheet data to areas or points on the map. If you need to display your
own data on a map, MapViewer includes a full-featured worksheet that
allows you to display, enter, edit, and save your data. You can read data
files in many formats, including XLS, SLK, WKx, CSV, TXT, DAT, MDB, DBF,
DB, BNA, and BLN. In the worksheet you can transform, sort, and calculate
statistics on your data.
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There are many additional features that
MapViewer provides, including:
- Add graticules, legends, and scale bars
to your map
- Limit the map to selected coordinates
- Query the map and show the results in
several ways
- Use one of the several map managers to
easily keep track of your map
- Several reports such as centroid report,
data for the selected object, and a general map report are available
- Measure the distance between selected
Primary IDs or click on the map to find distances
- Annotate your maps with text using any
typeface, size, or color
- Display information associated with
areas, curves, and points on your map.
- Display place names, data information,
or any type of text on your maps
- Create circles, squares, rectangles,
polylines, polygons, or symbols at any location on the map
- Create multi-layered maps to present
more information
- Zoom in on areas to show different
levels of detail
- Create custom colors, line styles, and
fill patterns
- Create maps using any coordinate system
and recalibrate maps to use any coordinate system
- Use one of the 25+ map projections
- Convert areas to curves, curves to
areas, and drawing objects to areas
- Edit polylines with break curve,
reshape, and thin boundary
- View the data and the map simultaneously
- Move or copy map features between map
layers
- Turn on or off the display of any map or
page features
- Many more!
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System Requirements
- Operating System: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
or higher
- 70 MB of free hard disk space
- 800 X 600 minimum monitor resolution
with 256 colors
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