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Cadcorp releases Book Plotter for Map Modeller users

Cadcorp, the developer of the popular Cadcorp SIS – Spatial Information System digital mapping and GIS software suite is pleased to announce Cadcorp SIS Book Plotter. This is a new, free application that works with Map Modeller V6.0 & V6.1. Going beyond the exceptional hard copy print capability of Cadcorp SIS, it enables you to format a large area of mapping onto multiple separate sheets or pages, each one sequentially numbered to form the pages of a book.

Special tools are provided to help you create suitable print templates. These include page numbers and page continuation references. An index keymap can be automatically created and inserted onto each page. An index page can be created, and a map gazetteer can be created to reference your data by page and map reference.

The Cadcorp SIS Book Plotter allows you to direct the output to a printer, save the pages as Saved Window Definitions (SWDs) or to create Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

A book of maps can be based on any rectangular area of mapping, or even an irregular area defined using the special User-Defined Grid tools. Print templates and user grids can be saved and utilised as a corporate resource for creating map books of corporate GIS mapping in identical format.

“The Book Plotter was very well received when we recently previewed it to a group of Cadcorp SIS users”, stated Mike Furby, Senior GIS Technical Specialist, Cadcorp. “It now joins our recently released suite of downloadable, free ‘Mini-Apps’ and is likely to be snapped up by our Map Modeller customers”, he added.

The key features of the Cadcorp SIS Book Plotter are:

Automatic creation of pages base on print template size
User-defined irregular page grids
User-definable 'page overlap'
User-definable overlap shading
Automatic page numbering
Automatic inclusion of page continuation references
Automatic inclusion of an index keymap on each page
Creation of an index page
Generation of a map feature gazetteer
Print template creation tools
Output to SWD, PDF or printer
Soft copy user documentation

Cadcorp SIS Book Plotter is available for download now from www.cadcorp.com/resources_digital_mapping/free_stuff.htm

About Cadcorp SIS

Cadcorp SIS - Spatial Information System - is a suite of Windows-based and Web-enabled end user and developer digital mapping and geographic information system (GIS) software products. The desktop suite comprises: Map Viewer, which provides support for over 100 graphic and data formats, thematic and hard copy; Map Manager, which provides the mainstream user the ability to view, explore, query, symbolise and print digital map and associated tabular data; Map Editor, which in addition to the facilities provided by Map Manager, provides the GIS data custodian with tools to view, manage and edit map and tabular data; and Map Modeller, which adds 3D modelling, terrain analysis and several thematic and analytic mapping tools.

ActiveX based developer toolkits and Viewer, Manager and Modeller based runtime licences are popular products for the development and implementation of bespoke applications by third parties that take advantage of Cadcorp's GIS expertise.

Cadcorp ASC (Active Server Component) extends the functionality of Cadcorp SIS for use over the Internet or a company-wide intranet. It is a dynamic, server-side Web-based GIS, not merely a map-publishing tool for pre-authored images. Cadcorp ASC provides a true, interactive Web-based solution for real time map creation and analysis.

Cadcorp SIS OS MasterMap Loader is supplied with Cadcorp SIS Map Modeller for the loading and management of Ordnance Survey MasterMap data in relational databases.

Cadcorp apSIS is programmable component software for the development of geospatial applications for the desktop and Pocket PC platforms.

Cadcorp mSIS is a data collection package that incorporates a desktop data capture management application and a Pocket PC based data collection tool.

About Cadcorp

Established in 1991, Cadcorp is a leading developer of digital mapping and geographic information systems (GIS) software. With offices in the UK , USA and Australia , Cadcorp's distribution and VAR network stretches worldwide. The company also plays a pivotal technical role in the Open GIS Consortium. Inc®. The Cadcorp SIS - Spatial Information System product range is fully integrated digital mapping and GIS software that uses OpenGIS® certified compliant interfaces. Cadcorp is an Ordnance Survey Licenced Partner and also has an S-CAT agreement for category 15, GIS Software.

Cadcorp SIS applications exist in local government, central government, emergency services, insurance, oil & natural gas, mapping and surveying, commerce, broadcasting and many other markets.

ENDS

For further information, contact: Chris Holcroft, Tel: (44) 1438 747996, e-mail: chrish@cadcorp.com

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