We are happy to announce the release of version 3.0.4 of PlanetGIS, now available for download. This update features dozens of improvements and also some cool new features requested by our users:
- Transparent fills. You can now fill polygons and specify how much of underlying features should remain visible. We have chosen to do this in a way that is consistent with how transparency is simulated by printer drivers, so the hard-copy quality is superb;
- Automatic redraw. Need to track your vehicles in real-time on that big screen?
- User definable hot-spots for symbols;
- Much improved import/export of coordinates from databases;
- Control over the output resolution of PNG and other image formats;
- Batch orientation of points and text to nearby lines and polygon facets;
- Change label capitalization. Ever wanted all your streets, etc labelled in Title Case instead of UPPER CASE?
- Partial containment selects: you can now specify a percentage overlap across boundaries;
- Improved support for Oracle Spatial;
- You can now export labels with KML (Google Earth) files; and
- A new selection hatch for optimal visibility of selected polygons;
Please log in to your user account to download the latest update: www.planetgis.co.za/login.php and let me know if you need any assistance.
Other news is that we are a sponsor at the FOSS4G conference in Cape Town at the end of September. The Free and Open Source Software for GIS conference incorporates GISSA 2008 and is the most important GIS event in Africa this year. We will have a spot at Open Spatial’s stand where attendees can try out PlanetGIS. If you’re interested in attending, please click here.
Map downloads from our website just passed the 50 gigabyte mark for September to date. I added a small file which improves the appearance of some layers, puts the provinces together (if you want) and integrates the contour maps (if you have them). Did you get what you needed?