Update History : Version 4.3
New Features : Data Management
WMS Support
Orbit GIS 4.3 comes with full support of OGC WMS Services, cross-platform.
WMS Support includes support for ALL Coordinate Reference Systems specified by the OGC.
Added WMS server selection in Resource Browser
Added WMS loading progress bar for each WMS resource in the dataset list, including interrupt button.
Units and Projections
Orbit GIS 4.3 comes with full support for ALL Coordinate Reference Systems specified by the OGC, including preferred CRS units or a custom unit for your map view.
Default CRS and Units can be specified as Preference.
CRS is automatically applied from WMS resources
CRS can be manually set for all other resources
KML, KMZ en GPX support
New Features : Image Processing
New extensions for Image Processing :
Note: These tools are new extensions to Orbit GIS and are not a part of the standard Orbit GIS product.
New Features : Graphics
Color Image appearance
Raster Data appearance
Representation of Symbols
Added option to render icon symbols on a 1:1 scale, i.e. same size as original icon or image file.
Added Shadow option for Point Symbols including GIF, JPG, PNG icons.
Perspective Shadowing
Added Real-Time Image rendering as Label
Legend Appearance in General
New Features : Extensions
Photo Locator update
Note: This is an extension to Orbit GIS and is not a part of the standard Orbit GIS product.
Microdrone support
Note: This is an extension to Orbit GIS and is not a part of the standard Orbit GIS product.
Cyclorama support
Note: This is a new extension to Orbit GIS and is not a part of the standard Orbit GIS product.
CRS Conversion Utility
Note: This is a new extension to Orbit GIS and is not a part of the standard Orbit GIS product.
Extension & Version Management
Scripting Extension
New scripting extension to Orbit GIS allows real time script execution using the complete Orbit GIS engine and
API's. Scripting suports the JSR-223 standards.
Note: This is a new extension to Orbit GIS and is not a part of the standard Orbit GIS product.
Improved Functions
Improved Mac OSX Support
Projections
OMI and OCR
Scale setting
Overview Window
Integrated “Edit Objects” toolbar - 'Show All option'
Improved Squaring functions
Improved Parallel calculation functions
Improved value-input fields behaviour
Object Selection improvement
License Management
Legend & Graphics Appearance
Various bug fixes
measure : fixed line-area bug
resource browser: reworked “recently used” (now updated and saved in real-time)
Toolbox revision for Split Dataset tool
Toolbox revision for Merge Dataset tool
revised Undo function
revised 'Move to Location' dialog
revised Desktop Layout storage
added 'Focus' option for each object point in the Object Inspector
revised FME support
revised Workspace Preferences management
Update History