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Update History : Version 3.1
Maintenance release with improved functionality on many subjects such as :
- Improved Undo/Redo functionality
- Printing includes highlighting of selected objects
- Improved functioning of dataset structuring and rules settings
- New Object Editing tools added
- New Fence toolbar
- Automated Management of Extensions
- New Licensing system
- Improved co-ordinate display
- Improved Buffer function
Update History : Version 3.0
Improved Server support
Orbit GIS now offers improved support for the EOS Server system. This version requires EOS 3.0 or higher (check EOS compatibility for future releases).
Annotations and Redlining
A new feature is the capability of creating annotations and redlining. Your annotations can be saved separately and are georeferenced. You can easily email an annotation layer to a college who can view the annotations exactly the way you intended.
You can also include annotations in your printouts and when saving your map view as an image for embedding in documentation, reports, presentations or email messages.
Creation and Editing of Objects
Editing tools allow modification and creation of spatial objects, both the spatial component as the attribute component.
Creation and Design of Datasets
New Dataset Properties tools allow the creation of new datasets and the design of their structure, attributes, naming, rules and more.
Exact Metric Constructions
Construction Tools allow the calculation of exact positions, to be used in other processes such as the editing and correction of your spatial data.
Improved Dataset Properties
The presentation of Dataset properties has been re-engineered. You now get a much clearer view of the structure and contents of a dataset.
The Attribute Table View allows you now to view, sort, browse, select and export dataset attributes.
Improved Legend and symbols
The definition of a Legend using the Legend Editor is dramatically improved. It is now much easier to define a legend and make a classification, and add labels.
Improved Symbols support
Point and Line displays can now use symbols from easy-to-create symbol libraries : just drop some images is a zip file, rename the zip file to <MySymbols>.osl and drop the file under the symbols subfolder of your Orbit Explorer or Orbit GIS installation. Orbit will automatically recognize your symbol library at startup.
The Orbit Symbol Library can also contain vector symbols or text symbols (see formats descriptors elsewhere).
Extended Properties and Resource Description
You can now add descriptive dataset and attribute names to be used within Orbit GIS. The introduction of a Primary Attribute allows fast identification of objects using the Object Inspector.
Improved Object Inspector
The Object Inspector now allows more complete viewing of object details.
Additional Functions and tools
- Recent Workspace list : Orbit GIS now remembers your last 10 workspace files.
- Find Object window : search any object by typing a value that requires to match any attribute.
- Measure tool : Measure length and area of a freely defined form
- Table View : view attributes of complete dataset. You can sort, browse, select and export any value and highlight the according spatial object(s).
- Labeling : the legend has been extended with a fast and simple labeling tool, displaying any attribute on the map.
- Attribute Field statistics window.
- Improved Favorites management in Resource Browser
- Conditional Query window : search for objects that meet exact conditions
- Buffer procedure : calculate area's 'near' a source location
- Import and Geocode : easily create a new dataset from a table or text listing
- capability to dynamically link software extensions
Other Adjustments
- dramatic improvement of the Graphical User Interface
- improvement of dataset and legend display
- improvement of print support