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| "GlobalMapper is just fantastic, I had
begun to take it for granted until I had to go back to using pure ArcGIS
briefly. Believe me that was no fun at all. Opening up ArcCatalog just to
change a coordinate system is a pain in the butt, with Global Mapper it
takes only seconds. I use it all the time for quick overlays, viewing data,
or projection conversions. It even does lightweight gridding, it seems to
do just about everything and is indispensable. Here's something I whipped up using Global Mapper, merging DEMs, ETM 3-2-1, panchromatic orthos and vector, with only some post-processing & text added in Photoshop." Brian Russo |
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| "I publish a blog site that gets 100+ page views a day. My site is about
my work on island mapping. I love working with quality software, and GM
is definitely in that category. I don't spend money easily, but the GM
product was well worth my initial investment and the 3 additional major
updates since my first purchase. I love the GM product's ability to
load and manipulate very large raster files. It really makes my work
easy.
Now for my take on Mike. I have dealt with my share of crappy customer service folks and a poor encounter can ruin my trust in a product. If the software firm won't put quality people on the front-lines to answer questions about their product, they don't get my money. Mike is in a class all by himself. Not only does he consider and respond to each and every question, he will adjust his mapping program to accomodate his customers. That is really cool! The day will come where the GM product will be used by too many customers forcing Mike to hire others to service his customer base. If he instills in each of these additional employees the same attitude he displays, his business will remain sound far into the future. I have published a post at http://www.evs-islands.com/2007/10/thoughts-global-mapper-mike-and.html that talks about my use of GM and about Mike. Keep up the good work, Mike. Your product and your service are without parallel in the industry." Peter MintonEVS Islands San Diego CA |
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| "I just want to congratulate you for the superb software that
Global Mapper is!!!! I use it for almost two years now. It does exactly
what it claims: saves a tremendous amount of time and resources, runs on
lower-end computers as well as it runs on the high-end ones, and in many
tasks outperforms easily in speed and in the amount of
data that it can load at one time, other "noble" software
like ArcView !!!! I was never able to load more than 2-3 DEM files (for quads at 50k scale) in LDD. However I was able to load the whole coverage of Mexico (!!!!!) without even 'inflate" the files, then generate contours, export them in *.shp format and all in 20'. This is the time, if not more, that LDD would use just to generate a TIN from two DEM files! Also the module for ortho-rectifying the raster files is a little piece of jewelry. Excellent!" Sergiu Sopterian, P. Eng. |
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| "Just wanted to say global mapper is absolutely brilliant. Just today I had a job where
I had to generate contours from an ascii text file. There were about 50 files all around 20 megabites each.
Originally was going to do this in terramodel but after waiting almost 5 minutes for the first file to load
I gave up then realised I could do the same in Global mapper. Within 10 minutes I had all the files I
needed opened into a workspace and had exported my contour file as a DWG and TAB file. Truly amazingly
powerful software. One which won't be playing second fiddle to my other software any more."
Patrick Sorensen QLD Australia |
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| "I just returned from a marine survey during which Global Mapper
supplied all my needs - viewing charts, superimposing Geotiffs of the multibeam
sonar data, rectifying images, downloading and viewing Shuttle data, making
3-D views, viewing the ships tracks, etc. Who needs the hugely expensive
ARC products when Global Mapper can do all this. Great program!"
Dr. John Shaw (Marine Geologist) |
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| "I have to say, Global Mapper is the coolest GIS program I have
ever used. I am a Geologist at Illinois State University and have been using
your program for about a year. Recently I have applied it to the geologic
mapping our graduate students are doing in LaSalle County, Illinois.
Global Mapper became especially useful when you added the geo-referencing tool. We generate multi-layered work spaces using 7.5 minute digital elevation models and digital raster graphics. The DRGs are high resolution scanned images that we geo-rectify. The next overlay is the geology. This is generated using CANVAS, and is drawn as filled poygons over a DRG base map. The base map is removed and the polygons saved as a TIF file. We then geo-rectify the TIF image on top the maps already in Global Mapper. Making this layer semitransparent we can see the underlaying geology with respect to geographic locations such as rivers and towns. In addition, by using the texture mapping feature we add a three dimensional appearance to the map. We have also, on occasion, added a transparent DOQ over the work space. This gives the map user a good reference to the vegetative cover in relation to certain rock formations. This technique allows me to check the position of students geologic formation contacts. For instance, on a two dimensional map river lain sediments cover only flat lying areas. Texture mapping allow me to see if these formation project to far up a hill side. Once this part of the mapping is complete, the students generate a profile path across regions of interest. These cross sections are exported from Global Mapper and imported into CANVAS where the subsurface geology is added. Manually, this task would take days. Now it can be completed in hours. The geologic maps and cross sections we made at Illinois State University are funded through an educational grant provided to us by the Illinois State Geological Survey and the finished products are available to the public. These maps will be of great use to local and County planning commissions for addressing environmental and resource issues. My hat is off to you for creating a powerful yet easy to use program. Bill Shields |
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| "Thanks for this exceptional software, over the past two weeks
I've been blown away by the power, ease and flexibility of this software...I'm
an old hand at computer software so it takes a lot to delight me and I'm
finding this software such fun... I'm using Global Mapper to do large scale urban planning in SE Asia and its ability to quickly provide us with analysis overlays results in a much higher quality of design than would otherwise not be possible in the typically short timeframes this work is usually considered in. As a result, your company is directly contributing to the quality of urban design in developing nations." Gary Sharp |
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| "Awesome program you have there! I have been so frustrated with
ArcView with its unwieldyness at times that your program lets me do things
that would take HOURS in ArcView in just seconds in Global Mapper. This
is the best $129 ever for a GIS program!" Tom Rinella |
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| I am extremely impressed with your software. This is the most powerful
/ user friendly software I've seen for the money. The continual updates
released over the past few months tell me that you are working hard to make
this the best product on the market -- GREAT JOB!! Eric J. Redeker |
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| You foks are fantastic! I’ve been doing GIS for 17 years and
this is the most valuable and much-needed program I’ve used in years.
Believe me, I’ve lived through the years of frustration over not being
able to do this with conventional tools... THANK YOU !! GIS Consultant |
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| "Here I am wasting an entire luch break (without eating lunch)
playing around with the latest version of Global Mapper and can't believe
the results I am able to come up with. The tools that you have and the ease
of use have made it one of my "Can't live without..." programs."
After downloading DEMs and DRGs from GISDataDepot.com I was able to create
the following image in about 15 minutes. Unbelievable!"
Jesse Hires |
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| "Now, I am finally able to realize the sheer power of your software
(I probably haven't even scratched the surface yet). The things I can do
in five minutes (using Global Mapper of course!) literally brought tears
to my eyes! Believe me, over the past 1 1/2 years of doing research for
my planned project, I have not tested a software product that even comes
close to what you have developed - it blows everything else away!"
John J. Haag, EIT |
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| "I'm totally impressed! I'm so amazed that your product is not
more well known. It automates so many day to day tedious and time consuming
tasks that my productivity has been increased substantially."
Ron Radzieta |
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| "I work for a small engineering firm and operate as a one man
GIS department. Your product is completely changing the way that I create
maps. Before I didn't have the flexibility to modify many of the datasets
that we use. Thank you for a well designed product." Andrew
Stroud |
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| "GlobalMapper is super easy to use with so many great features
for $129! I’m not a GIS expert but frequently need to work with topo
maps, DEMs, and ortho-images and I kept running into problems with other
software packages. GlobalMapper does everything I ever need to do and even
supports Golden Software’s GRD format. Keep up the excellent work."
Mark Kuhl |
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| "Amazing! I own a lot of software and have produced software
in the past, but I have never come across anyone who upgrades as often as
you do. Well done!!!! This is like the wonderful early days of personal
computers, before the marketing men got a choke-hold on the industry. I
love your software and I respect your passion to make it the best reader
around." Ken Butti |
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