Autodesk MapGuide V 5.0.Autodesk MapGuide delivers interactive designs, maps, and related data to a company's intranet or the Internet, allowing anyone, anywhere with a Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. to access and interact with real-time, dynamic information. The software also serves as the backbone for Autodesk OnSite, the latest mobile map, design, and location- based technology that helps users access their enterprise data in the field. New features of Autodesk MapGuide Release 5 include the following: * Mobile and Wireless Support for solutions built with Autodesk's mobile and wireless technology, Autodesk OnSite, which enables users of mobile and handheld devices (Palm OS, Windows CE (Windows Consumer Electronics) Microsoft's version of Windows for handheld devices and embedded systems that use x86, ARM, MIPS and SHx CPUs. Windows CE .NET superseded Windows CE 3.0. ) to access interactive maps and other data stored in a central database. * No Plug-in Required with a new, additional viewing option that serves pure raster The horizontal lines (scan lines) displayed on a TV or computer monitor. This is the origin of the term "raster graphics," which is the major category that all bitmapped images and video frames fall into (GIF, JPEG, MPEG, etc.). maps dynamically to users with any Web browser, without needing to install a plug-in viewer. This capability vastly broadens the number of potential users who can view an organization's maps and designs, especially across the Internet. In addition to viewing, users can dynamically pan, zoom, and identify features and objects in the intelligent maps and designs. * Direct Data Support for new Autodesk MapGuide Data Extensions with support for native data formats including OracieSi Spatial and Autodesk VISION. Direct support for DWG (filename extension) dwg - The filename extension for Autodesk drawing files. http://faqs.org/faqs/graphics/fileformats-faq/part3/. and SHP will be available for purchase later this Fall. In addition to these data formats, Autodesk MapGuide Release 5 is fully compatible with AutoCAD Map 2000i and many more industry-standard data formats (see www.autodesk.com/mapguide for details). * Redlining/Intelligent Markup via a new Viewer API (application programming interface) facilitates rapid development to offer Viewer users the ability to digitize features or to create redline notations on a new spatial data Data that is represented as 2D or 3D images. A geographic information system (GIS) is one of the primary applications of spatial data (land maps). See spatial analysis, spatial resolution and GIS glossary. layer. This capability extends the end-user and workgroup functionality and significantly reduces the effort required to build an advanced, mission-specific redlining Identifying text that has been changed in a word processing document by displaying it in a special color, for example. It allows the original author of the text or other users to see ongoing revisions. The term comes from manual editing where a red pen is used to mark up the pages. application. Autodesk MapGuide Release 5 costs [pound]4,795 for a 10 user intranet suite. The Autodesk MapGuide Server Release 5 software will only be offered in International English International English is the concept of the English language as a global means of communication in numerous dialects, and also the movement towards an international standard for the language. It is also referred to as Global English, World English, Common English, General English. . |
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