The Xmap Family Of Gis Products - DeLorme XMap 6 GIS Getting Started Manual

The XMap GIS Family of Products
XMap 6 GIS Enterprise, XMap 6 GIS Editor, and XMap 6 Professional provide a three-tiered
GIS solution for efficiently creating, importing, editing, classifying, querying, and sharing
your GIS data in an enterprise environment. XMap 6 is equally suited as a standalone GIS
software solution or as a supplement component to your existing GIS infrastructure.
In addition to GIS, these versions of XMap include powerful routing and in-vehicle
navigation tools; advanced GPS support for field tracking and navigation; interoperability
with Earthmate PN-Series GPS devices for field data collection and exchange of map
data, waypoints, and tracks; map viewing software for PDAs; 3-D terrain modeling with
simulated fly-over functionality; advanced printing tools; and much more.
XMap 6 GIS Enterprise
The upper tier of the XMap suite is designed to meet the specific needs of enterprise GIS
managers who need to efficiently manage and deploy GIS data throughout a company.
XMap 6 GIS Enterprise also includes all of the features in XMap 6 GIS Editor.
• Access your existing GIS databases with ArcSDE support
• Ensure data integrity with check-out/check-in tools
• Share data across the enterprise with database synchronization tools
• Create your own raster data layers with multi-point image registration
• Use the API Command Window to perform basic mapping functions from a third-party
application
XMap 6 GIS Enterprise in conjunction with multiple seats of XMap 6 Professional provides a
complete field force GIS data collection system.
XMap 6 GIS Editor
XMap 6 GIS Editor is a perfect choice for small GIS departments or for a company or
organization that is considering the development of a GIS to increase productivity. XMap 6
GIS Editor also includes all the features in XMap 6 Professional.
• Import and work with a variety of GIS file formats including, ESRI .shp and .e00;
MapInfo .mif and .tab; AutoCAD .dwg and .dxf; and more
• Geocode your existing data in .mdb, .xls, and other formats to create GIS layers
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