Global Mapper v13.2 is Now Available!

Blue Marble Geographics is pleased to announce the availability of the official Global Mapper v13.2 release for download at http://www.globalmapper.com/downloads/global_mapper_setup.exe. If you need the 64-bit version you can download and install that from http://www.globalmapper.com/downloads/global_mapper_setup_64bit.exe.

Numerous significant enhancements and new features have been made to Global Mapper since v12. The most significant changes are described below:

• Updated DigitalGlobe premium imagery with access to new DigitalGlobe servers with faster access to more up-to-date and higher resolution imagery in most locations
• Added support for specifying custom paper sizes for geospatial PDF export.
• Added MapQuest OpenAerial Worldwide Imagery as built-in source
• Load many geospatial PDF files at higher resolution
• Added built-in access to Geologic Map datasets for most of the world using the Download Online Imagery/Data menu
• Many enhancements to the Digitizer tool
• New format support for LogASCII, Norwegian SOSI export, PCI Geomatix PIX, NDVI in HDF5 format, EasyGPS .loc, and several others
• Added new network licensing option with borrow feature and concurrent seat access.
• New Geospatial PDF functionality like import/export to 64-bit versions, ability to select which layer to load and ability to load multi-page PDfs with geo-positioning.
• Significantly sped up depression filling step when generating watersheds/drainage areas.
• Added built-in access to land cover datasets and generation of grids from layers.
• Many new enhancements to the Digitizer tool.
• Added support for LAS 1.4 and LASzip (compressed Lidar) files.
• Added support for JeoJSON and Digital Bathymetric Database Variable Resolution (DBDB-V).
• Added support for loading ESRI File Geodatabase (GDB) data sets.
• Added support for generating density grids from point features in a loaded layer. This density grid can be based on either just a count of the point features or any numeric attribute value associated with the points.
• Added support for joining a file with attributes to the attribute table of an existing loaded spatial layer against a common attribute.
• Added support for calculating/copying new attribute values made by copying an existing attribute or performing mathematical operations either between two attribute values or an attribute value and some number.
• Added option under View menu to zoom to the same location in Google Earth.
• Added new Image Swipe Tool to allow easily swiping away a raster layer to see other layers in an interactive manner.
• Added option to transform layer coordinates either by a manually specified coordinate transformation or with a control point file when shifting coordinates for selected layers from the Control Center in addition to just shifting a fixed distance.
• Added option to easily draw rotated area and line rectangles using the Digitizer Tool through the 3-point draw method.
• Added support for loading SegY format files.

Many other enhancements and bug fixes were made as well. See the What's New page at http://www.bluemarblegeo.com/global-mapper/ for a complete list of changes.

As always, upgrades and new licenses can be purchased from the Purchase page at http://www.bluemarblegeo.com/global-mapper/product/download.php.