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What's new in MapWindow v4.8 by Paul Meems
1. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Welcome
Paul Meems
● TopX Geo-ICT
● Started in 2003
● User → developer →
release manager
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2. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
The history of MapWindow
History ● 2007 - MapWindow 4.3
● 2000 - TMDL Toolkit ● 2008 - 200k downloads, MW 4.4 + 4.5
● 2001 - MapWindow 1.0 ● 2009 - MapWindow 4.6 + 4.7
● 2002 - MapWindow 2.0 ● 2010 - MapWindow 4.8RC1 + Orlando
● 2003 - MapWindow 3.0 ● 2011 – 400k downloads, MW 4.8RC2 +
San Diego
● 2004 - source code to the public domain ● 2012 – moved to CodePlex: 21k downloads,
● 2005 - MapWindow 4.0 + BASSINS MW 4.8SR (v4.8.6), Velp
● 2006 - 10,000 download mark
● 2013 – MapWindow v4.9 ??
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3. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
The new features of MapWindow
● Modified GUI
● Symbology
● Geo-spatial processing
● New table editor
● Projections
● Documentation
● Sneak preview v4.9
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4. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Modified GUI
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5. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Symbology
New user experience
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6. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Symbology
Theme colors
Fill styles
Gradient Textures Hatching
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7. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Symbology
Categories
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8. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Symbology
Labels
Expression
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9. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Symbology
Labels
Font Frame
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10. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Symbology
Labels
Position Visibility
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11. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Symbology
Labels
Styles
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12. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Symbology
Charts
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13. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Symbology
Charts
Fields Size and style
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14. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Symbology
Charts
Values Position
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15. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Symbology
Visibility expression
Expression Query builder
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16. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Symbology
Using expression
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17. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Symbology
Mode
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18. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Symbology
Label mover
Default After moving
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19. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Symbology
.mwsymb file
● Saving symbology and labels
● Manged by the symbology
manager
● Easy switching between
different styles
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20. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Symbology
Symbology manager
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21. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Geo-spatial processing tools
Toolbox
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22. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Geo-spatial processing tools
Intersection Union
Symmetric difference Difference
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23. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Geo-spatial processing tools
Aggregate shapes (All or by field)
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24. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Geo-spatial processing tools
Buffer shapes
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25. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Geo-spatial processing tools
Dissolve by attribute
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26. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Geo-spatial processing tools
Explode shapes
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27. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Geo-spatial processing tools
Export selection
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28. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Geo-spatial processing tools
Merge shapefiles
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29. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Geo-spatial processing tools
Sort shapefile
● Useful for labeling
● Connecting to external data
Unsorted Sorted by population
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30. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Geo-spatial processing tools
Spatial query
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31. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
General improvements
● Improved internal OCX structure
● Better memory handling
● MapWinGIS enhancements
● Multi-threading
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32. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Updated plug-ins
Print Layout
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33. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Updated plug-ins
Tiles
OpenStreetMap ArcGIS Online
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34. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
New plug-ins
New Table editor
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35. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
New plug-ins
Projection
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36. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
New plug-ins
Projection
● Based on GDAL/Proj4
● Using EPSG codes
● Dialects
● Favorites
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37. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Documentation
http://www.mapwindow.org/documentation/mapwingis4.8/
Generated using Doxygen
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38. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Documentation
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39. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Peak in the future: MW 4.9
● Redesign of the GUI
● More reusable blocks:
● MapWindow.Layers
● MapWindow.Utils
● MapWindow.Tools
● MapWindow.Icons, etc.
● Geo-spatial databases (PostGIS, Oracle, etc.)
● WMS, WFS, TMS
● New Shapefile editor
● .NET v4
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40. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Peak in the future: MW 4.9
New tiling process
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41. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Peak in the future: MW 4.9
New tiling process
● In the OCX → Usable in custom applications
● On the fly reprojection
● Pre-fetching of tiles
● SQLite data store
● Geocoder
● Custom providers (Dutch Georegister)
● Super fast
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42. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Questions?
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43. What's new in MapWindow v4.8
Websites for more info:
● www.mapwindow.org
● www.mapwindow.nl
● mapwindow4.codeplex.com
● mapwingis.codeplex.com
● www.topx-group.nl/gis
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