What's New?

What's new in SuperMap Deskpro 6 Service Pack 4

Data Conversion

● New support for compressing to SIT images with PNG encoding.
● New support for saving layers as CAD datasets.
● Improved on importing the V8 version of the DGN file and new support for the multiline object.
● Improved on getting the geographic coordinates and projection information of IMG files.
● New support for getting the geographic coordinates of the MrSID data.

Spatial Data Engine SDX+

● Improved on the efficiency of Oracle spatial data, especially on the displaying of unique value maps and label maps.
● Improved the data access of the DGN engine which enables to read a map by the layer, so that the overlap problem can be avoided.

Mapping and Displaying

● Antialias can be applied to layers.
● New support for displaying text with both of numerator and denominator.
● Better support for creating cache for map which has MrSID layers.
● Improved on the map caching with the GIF format, and solved the problem about the abnormal color areas on the transparent images.
● New support for the IMG file plug-in and the IMG pyramid file.
● Solved the problem about throwing an exception when output a map under the long-time, concurrence conditions.

Spatial Analyst

● Improved on the operability of create trace direction, new support for setting sources and sinks in batch.

Performance Improvement

● It’s easier to access the SuperMap Debug Window, which can be used to test the refresh time of each layer. Just click the Tools menu, click Options and check the Show Debug Information in the Save tab.
● The memory scheduling mechanism is reconstructed for the image data displaying, provide better support for loading large imagery.

Usability

● You can save your settings in a SQL Query as a XML file.

New support for multi-languages

● Butter support for multi-languages environment, especially Arabian.

Help

● Add a Supported DGN Types List.
● Add a Supported Geographic Coordinate System file and a Supported Projection Coordinate System file.

What's new in SuperMap Deskpro 6 Service Pack 3

Improvements on Vector Analysis

● Improvements on the line-region overlay.
● Improvements on the region-region overlay.

Improvements on Data Process

● Improvements on hypsometric tinting, including the color set for the no value area, color selection, and color inversion.
● Improvements on map registration, including the process for tiny regions and line objects.

Mapping

● A new support for Unique thematic mapping with data type fields.
● New support for WMS and SIT dynamic projection.
● Improvements on the display of intersection optimization.

Interface

● Optimization on the TSP interface.
● Optimization on the style table and object styles of exported datasets.

What's new in SuperMap Deskpro 6 Service Pack 2

Spatial Data Engine SDX+

● Improved support for Oracle Spatial engine, and new support for editing most types of data, including hole-polygon, 3D data.
● Improved support for Oracle engine. The system can output map normally even if the network disconnects and reconnects again. Improvements on concurrent operation to the same dataset by multiple users.

Map Projection

● Improved projected transformation. New support for importing & exporting projected transformation file when transforming points or datasets projections. Therefore, you can save the projected transformation parameters, and also you can use the existed projected transformation files to set the projected transformation.
● New support for Oblique Stereographic projection in the user-define projections.

Data Editing and Processing

● Improved the Accurate Split function.
● Improved dataset structure editing for dataset attribute table. You can delete the fields that you select by click Delete.
● New support for Select Common Field, making Append Rows to Dataset easy-to use.
● Improved Map Cache. Support for third-party software to read and display the map cache pictures.
● Improved map zooming functions on map registration. You can zoom in or out the map in terms of the center of the mouse point by scrolling the wheel.

Data Conversion

● New support for Export As DWG from point, line, region, text, network, CAD, 3D point, 3D line datasets.
● New support for exporting the dataset to DXF/DWG file, exporting attribute data to XRecord Data extended records; and new support for importing XRecord Data extended records when importing DXF/DWG file.
● New support for style comparison when importing DGN V8 file.
● New support for style comparison when importing & exporting DXF/DWG file.
● Improved exporting Telecom Build Vector.

Mapping

● Improved label thematic mapping, including fixed size, word truncated. And also new support for text expression, that is, superscript and subscript styles.

Layout

● New support for Raster Print, and optimize the print effectiveness of the raster data.
● New support for map overview, table, and grid.
● Improved text zooming, making text editing easier.
● Improved layout zooming through the scale, making the position on the layout simultaneously. You can find the position on the layout correctly.

Overlay Analysis

● Improvements on overlay analysis of line, region datasets.

Grid Analysis

● Improvements on grid conversion. Support converting specified values only when converting grid data to point dataset or line dataset.
● Improvements on abstracting isolines and isoregions.

Online Help

● Synchronized update for the online help.
● Enrich subject introductions on Map Projection, Grid Analysis.
● Enrich Application Topics which provides How to abstract river network density.

What's new in SuperMap Deskpro 6.0 SP1

Improvements on Spatial Database Engine SDX+

● Enhanced Oracle Spatial engine performance, full support for spatial object types of Oracle Spatial.
● Asynchronous editing enhancements.

Map Layout Enhancements

● New support for layout pagination and exporting a .tif format image at specified resolution according to layout size.

Map Cache Enhancements

● New support for creating map cache for defined geographical areas.

Improvements on Data Processing

● Selection Topology is applicable only to selected objects of editable line datasets.
● Color Picker allows picking the color of any point on the screen.
● New support for exporting raster symbol in symbol library.
● Map Clip is supportive of rectangle clip, circle clip, polygon clip and object clip of CAD data and keeps the style of CAD data.
● The blue-yellow-red gradient is added to default schemes in color scheme manager.

Improvements on Data Conversion

● New support for importing Microsoft Excel files.
● New support for importing and exporting Telecom Building Vector(*.txt) files.
● New support for importing National Standard DEM Format(*.dem) files.
● New support for exporting Standard Nautical Chart(*.000) files.
● New support for exporting to DXF files layer by layer according to datasets.
● New support for the generation of random point data in the polygon.

Improvements on Map Registration

● The new offset registration method needs only one control point to achieve offset registration.

Improved Mapping Capabilities

● New support for setting Full Fill Mode for vector region dataset.
● New support for angle setting of labels along lines during the production of label thematic maps.
● The improved Map Grid Tool allows automatic reading of the geographical scope according to the coordinate system of the map.

8. Improved Online Help Documentation

● The "Dynamic Segmentation" technical theme is added.
● Improved content of the documentation.

9. Improved License Management

● The hardware lock type could be designated before license verification.
● Adjusted license management interface.
● The user name and unit name in license files could be automatically read while configuring file permissions.

What's new in SuperMap Deskpro 6.0

In SuperMap Deskpro 6, substantial improvements have been made in its functionality, stability, and performance, as listed below:

Desktop Improvements

● Friendlier and easier to use interfaces, with newly added MS Office 2007 Blue, Aquatic Green, Black, and Silver theme styles and PNG transparent icons.
● Improved Edit Colorset tool, and new Manage Color Scheme and Manage Color Palette tools that allow you to customize, import and export color schemes and palettes.
● New ability to display the most appropriate field as the default selection for combo boxes. For example, when creating a new TIN dataset, fields with such names as "Z", "dZvalue" will be selected as the default elevation fields and displayed in bold.
● Richer contents in the Workspace Management Window.
● Sample data can be opened directly and navigated to immediately in the workspace wizard and file lookup window.
● Brand new installation package, supporting Win Server 2008.

Improvements on Data Engine

● New Informix engine to support the IBM Informix database.
● Improved Oracle Spatial engine to support field aliases for attribute tables of vector datasets and support raster data model GeoRaster.
● Improved support for OGC Web standards: the WEB engine supports WMS 1.0, 1.1, 1.1.1 and 1.3 versions, WFS 1.0 and 1.1 versions, and WCS 1.0 and 1.1 versions.
● New support for opening, register, and un-registering data in the external tables.
● New Output Datasource Info function for exporting information about the datasource to HTML files, including the basic information, projection information, and information about the datasets in the datasource.
● New Copy Structure function for copying the projection, dataset types, etc of an existing datasource to a new datasource with an option to decide whether to copy the data in the datasets.
● More advanced setting options for copying datasets, including options for encoding methods, projection transformations, and spatial indexes.
● New support for creating RAM Database datasource to enhance the efficiency by storing analysis results in RAM.

Enhanced Map Projection and Coordinate System Related Functionalities

● New support for China Geodetic Coordinate System 2000(CGCS 2000) and setting the CGCS 2000-based Gauss–Krüger coordinate system.
● New support for multiple projections and coordinate systems commonly used in Sweden.
● New options that allow you to set any coordinate system as the default, add new coordinate system to the system, and copy the XML files arbitrarily.
● New option to set the projection for an individual dataset which is not allowed in the previous versions.
● New support for Kertau RSO Malaya and Timbalai 1948 RSO Borneo in predefined coordinate system.

Better Data Editing Capabilities

● New support for adjustment by the method of junction point.
● New support for locking textboxes when drawing new objects by parameters.
● Improved polyline and polygon drawing operations that allow you to trace the drawing by pressing the R or T shortcut key to facilitate the drawing.
● New Drawing by Parameters mode for drawing arcs, circles, and orthogonal polygons. You can draw them by specifying the distance between two adjacent control points and the angle between the X axis and the line through the two control points.
● New drawing tool that allows you to create orthogonal polygons by drawing rectangles.
● New Auto Close function that automatically connects the start and end points of a multiline, curve, or freehand line to form an enclosed polygon.
● New Proceed with Drawing option that allows you to continue drawing a line from any of its two endpoints.
● Improved Join tool that connects the endpoints of the selected simple lines to form a single line object.
● New Delete Vertex and Delete Objects tools that support continuous deleting of vertices, points, lines, regions, etc.
● New and improved Split and Partial Update tools for object editing.
● Improved Move/Offset/Copy Objects tools that support moving/offsetting/copying objects by specifying parameters to improve precision.
● Improved Object Matrix tool that supports rotating and zooming object matrices and setting the border for the matrices.
● New route editing tools that allow you to add verticess, highlight route segments by M value, query M value by point, rectify M value, delete M value, etc.
● New Accurate Split tool to support split lines according to segments or interval.

Enhanced Data Processing Abilities

● New support for batch transformation of datasets and new tool to convert 3D line datasets to 2D line datasets.
● New support to annotate map grids with latitudes and longitudes, and also you can set the styles for the annotation.
● Improved Manage Spatial Index tool with newly added Tile index available to be used.
● New Update Fields tool that supports updating the field values of Dataset A with those of Dataset B by calculating their statistics and based on the spatial relationship of the two datasets. For example, you can use this tool to update the field values of a state dataset with those of a county dataset.
● Enhanced buffer interface which makes it is easy to work with.
● New support to operate on more than two objects in a CAD dataset in Reverse Difference tool.
● New support to set transparent background and compression for the outputted pictures in Map Cache and Export to Picture tools.
● New support to batch load and save map template files.
● New support to list the values of the selected field in SQL Query tool, for the convenience of further operation.
● New accurate clipping support in Map Clip tool, for users to choose whether to clip out the cells covered by the clipping region.

Improvements on Data Conversion

● New support for importing nautical maps of *.000 format.
● New support for importing Microsoft Excel files.
● New support for exporting image data to Erdas Image files.
● New support for importing Telecom Vector files and Telecom Raster files.
● New support for setting the precision of exporting data to ArcGIS E00 files.
● Improved support for importing polylines and blocks of AutoCAD DXF/DWG; new support for exporting multiple data files to a single DXF file with the option to select the version of the DXF file.
● New support for exporting data to Google Earth KML（KMZ）2.2 files.
● New support for importing and exporting to spatial data exchange formats VCT 1.0 and VCT 2.0.
● New support for cancelling the ongoing process of importing the current and the subsequent data.
● Enhanced importing DGN V8 format.

Enhanced Mapping Capabilities

● Improved Map Clip and Brightness/Contrast tools that support the clipping and brightness/contrast setting operations to be performed on individual layers of raster maps.
● The length, perimeter, area, and extent of geometric objects can be viewed on the Spatial Info tab in the Properties dialog box.
● New options in the Map Properties dialog box that support both Forward Select and Backward Select.
● Improved Layer Visible Scale function that utilizes different icons to mark whether the current display scale is within the Min/Max scale range.
● New options in the Layer Properties dialog box that allow you to filter objects by expression and by size.
● New Displaying Order Field option in the Layer Control dialog box that allows you to arrange the display order of objects based on the value of a selected field.
● New Same Style Text tool that supports applying a new style to all text with the same style.
● Improved snapping function that supports setting the global snapping parameters.
● New Avoid Overlap options for creating label maps that allow you to set the priority positions to place the labels.
● The user-defined color ramp will be recorded in creating a ranges map as long as you do not exit the software.
● New Flip Styles button for unique value map to flip the order of the styles, but not change the order of the values.

New Map Layout Functionalities

● New support for rotating map elements and new options to select whether to rotate labels and symbols as you rotate the map.
● New support for adding multiple scale bars and legends for a map.
● New Graph Map Legend tool to allow you add a graph map legend to your map layout.
● New support for dividing the contents of the map legend into multiple columns.
● New support to set the eagle-eye map andrelated map for a selected map.
● New support to set grids for a map.
● New support to set fonts for the text in a table.

Improved Attribute Related Functionalities

● New and improved options for the View Attributes and Objects Relatedly function that allow you to view the related objects in different modes.
● Improved Field Statistics tool with a new dialog box and options to select statistics types and to export the statistics to a TXT file or MS Excel file.

Enhanced Topology Related Functionality

● 7 new topology rules for topology checking, including No Identical, Point Not Contained by Polygon, Must Not Intersect with Area, Must Not Bend, Must Not Intersect With, Must Not Overlap On Boundary, and Must Not Self Intersect.
● Improved topology checking tool that gives you more options to select the datasets to be checked, select topology rules, and set the result datasets.
● New Create Network Dataset function that allows you to build a network using multiple point and line datasets.
● New support for creating region datasets from line datasets based on the topology.

Enhancements to Map Overlay

● New tolerance and topology preprocessing parameters provided.
● Great performance improvements on overlaying region datasets with large differences in extent, data volume.
● New and improved computing algorithms used to improve the accuracy and efficiency of the overlay analysis.

Increased Network Analysis Performance

● Redesigned Network Analysis tools and interfaces to provide a more tailored user experience.
● Improved Path Guide functionality to support different view mode of paths and to enable the animation of driving along the paths.
● Enhanced style settings for nodes, arcs and regions in network analysis.

Better Grid Analysis Functionalities

● New support for using Ordinary Kriging and Universal Kriging in raster data interpolation.
● New Histogram tool to explore the distribution of field values for a point dataset.
● New support for grid analysis in dynamic projection condition.
● New Stream Link and Stream to Line tools.

Better Documentation

● Complete and better documentation with newly added technical documents about data encoding, map optimization, topology, etc.
● New support for finding context sensitive help about menus, buttons, dialog boxes by pressing F1.