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MapViewerTM
New Revolutions in Map
Making
Version: 4 Media: CD
ROM
Operating Systems: Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4 SP3, 2000 and
higher
Click here to see what's new with MapViewer
4!
MapViewer is an affordable analytical tool that
allows you to produce publication-quality thematic maps easily. Small
businesses, large corporations, independent consultants, scientists, GIS
analysts, and numerous government agencies are discovering important
trends in their data with MapViewer. Display your data distribution easily
and precisely with more easy-to-use features than ever. Your data is
unique and you need the best mapping software for the job!
A thematic map visually represents the
geographic distribution of your data. MapViewer will help you to:
- understand demographics
- define sales or insurance territories
- outline marketing strategies
- track population trends
- show ecological distribution
- display any geographically distributed
data
With MapViewer, you are not limited to the boundaries
and data included in the program. You can import boundary files and
data files in a number of formats to create truly customized
maps!
Which MapViewer Features
Would You Like to Learn About?
Map
Types
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 MapViewer 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.
- Hatch maps use colors and fill patterns to
represent data ranges or classes of data for each area on the
map.
- 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.
- Pie maps are a way to represent several data
values by drawing a proportionally sized pie chart for each
location.
- Bar maps are a way to represent several data
values by drawing a bar chart for each location.
- 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.
- 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!
- 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.
- Flow maps scale curves (polylines) on the
map. The curves are scaled in proportion to the data values represented
for each curve.
- 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 pin
location on the map.
MapViewer Boundary and Data Files
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The following is a list of boundary and data
files included with MapViewer. 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. MapViewer can import
boundary files in several different formats so you can also use files
created in other applications.
The MapViewer CD-ROM contains GS’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 GS Data
[.DAT] format.
DLG
The DLG directory contains USGS 1:2,000,000
scale DLG files converted to the GS 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
Importing Boundaries from Other Applications
MapViewer can import boundary information in
several different vector and bitmap formats. These include:
- GS GSM,
GSB, BLN, PLT, GSI
- Atlas BNA
- USGS DDF (SDTS), DLG, LGO, LGS
- AutoCAD DXF
- Windows Metafile EMF, WMF, CLP
- Bitmap formats include TIF, BMP, TGA, PCX,
GIF, DCX, JPG, PCT, WPG, PNG
- ESRI SHP, E00
- MapInfo MIF
Also, you can read coordinates from worksheet
data files to place point locations on the map. Data files containing any
type of coordinates can be used to indicate points.
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Worksheet
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.
Additional
Features
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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!
System
Requirements
- Operating System: Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0
SP 3, 2000, or higher
- 30 MB of free hard disk space
- 800 X 600 minimum monitor resolution
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