XMap User Guide
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• Import and work with a variety of GIS file formats including, ESRI .shp and .e00;
MapInfo .mif and .tab; AutoCAD .dwg and .dxf; and more.
• Geocode your existing data in .mdb, .xls, and other formats to create GIS layers.
• Create and edit points, lines, and polygons with freehand draw tools or with precise
coordinate geometry input tools.
• Access advanced classification, annotation, buffer, and geospatial query tools.
• Create your own raster data layers with multi-point image registration.
XMap Professional
XMap Professional is ideally suited for field crews and mobile professionals. By offering
access to GIS data that has been processed using the GIS Editor or GIS Enterprise editions
of XMap, it provides an affordable alternative to a full-fledged GIS for use on the road and
in the field.
XMap Professional offers essential and fundamental mapping functions that include data
visualization, access to aerial and satellite imagery, address-to-address routing, annotation
tools, document linking, advanced printing, GPS support, and more. In addition, you can
view and print GIS maps created using XMap GIS Editor and XMap GIS Enterprise.
• Collect and edit data using forms synchronized from an XMap Enterprise database.
• Optimize response time with the latest in-vehicle, voice-controlled navigation tools.
• Perform country-wide searches of address locations and points of interest.
• Easily redline data corrections to Enterprise GIS data and efficiently share these edits
with your GIS administrator.
• View your data in stunning 3-D with the latest terrain modeling technology.
• Import ESRI shapefiles into the GIS tab and apply symbolization.
What's New in XMap
XMap continues to facilitate GPS data collection for mobile field workers across all industries
with tools that create and work with data collection forms.
• Now supports syncing to multiple databases. Use as many subscription files as
desired to sync with more than one database.
• One-step selection of GIS Layer for use on the PN. Right click on a layer in the
Handheld Export tab to automatically select all of the grids containing the layer.
