XMap User Guide
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What's New in XMap 6
What's New in XMap 6.2
• Updated and enhanced ArcSDE 9.3 support improves the ability to import and
deploy GIS databases to the field—synchronize large GIS layers for the field
in record time!
• Shapefile support for XMap 6 Professional—import shapefiles into the GIS tab
and apply symbolization
Note This is already available in XMap GIS Enterprise and XMap GIS Editor
• Faster data cutting for Earthmate GPS PN-Series GPS devices
What's New in XMap 6.1
• GIS Options Dialog Box – customize your GIS default layer and query settings
• NetLink Map Library offers data download subscriptions
• Export XMap GIS files to Drawing Exchange (AutoCAD .dxf) format
• Enhanced MrSID import now includes aux.xml support
• Simplified XMap data export (draw layers, GIS layers, user raster data) for
the recently released Earthmate GPS PN-40 handheld
• Access downloadable feature enhancements and bug fixes (No re-installation
required)
What's New in XMap 6
• Works with the Windows Vista™ operating system
• DeLorme Docs folder is in a new location—for more information, see Migrating
Data to the New DeLorme Docs Location
• Improved multi-user permissions
• ArcSDE 9.2 support
• GIS layer append and replace features during import
• Improved GIS database synchronization (Enterprise only)
• GIS stationing support for field line assets with user-defined distance
measures (Editor and Enterprise only)
• Create map packages with draw and GIS data for use on Earthmate PN-Series
GPS devices; independently layer them over other datasets
• Download NOAA charts from NetLink for display in XMap and on Earthmate
PN-Series GPS devices
• API access to routing, GPS navigation, and map controls
• GPS NavMode—a new hands free full-screen view that you can view in 2-D or
3-D
• Improved terrain profiling for multi-channel data—show travel speed,
temperature, and other variables against the terrain
• GeoTagger, a new toolbar feature, provides updated image and data-tagging
features allows you to combine digital photos or data with GPS locations in a
completely new way
• New route references for Walking/Jogging, Cycilng, Off-Roading, Driving
