| Functionality | Explorer | Cartographer | Professional | Enterprise |
| Standard mapping functions | ||||
| Navigation: zoom, pan, locate |  | | | |
| Interrogation: query element, view attributes | | | | |
| Attributes: Modify database information | | | | |
| Locate: feature by key, feature with attribute | | | | |
| Selection: attribute, containment, proximity, optimal route | | | | |
| Printing: print preview, hardcopy output | | | | |
| Modify appearance: customize styles, displays | | | | |
| Save changes | | | | |
| Global Position System (GPS) interface | ||||
| Show current location on map (real-time) | | | | |
| Capture track / position (real-time) | | | | |
| Download waypoints, routes, tracks (Garmin) | | | | |
| Upload waypoints, routes (Garmin) | | | ||
| Exchange formats | ||||
| Import SHP, MIF, DXF, FEA | | | | |
| Import E00, DGN, SDL | | | ||
| Export SHP | | | | |
| Export MIF, DXF, FEA, SDL, KML | | | ||
| Raster formats | ||||
| Import JPEG, TIFF, GeoTIFF (convert to IJP) | | | | |
| Display IJP | | | | |
| Import ECW & MrSID images | | | | |
| Display ECW & MrSID | | | | |
| Database connectivity | ||||
| dBase III, IV & Foxpro | | | | |
| Access & ODBC | | | | |
| MySQL, PostgreSQL, Firebird, SQLite | | | | |
| Oracle, SQL Server, Informix, Sybase, Interbase | | | ||
| Import/export geometry to database tables | | | ||
| Multi-user geometry synchronization through database tables | | |||
| Read SDE geodatabases | | |||
| Import Oracle spatial data | | |||
| Design mode | ||||
| View map structure, copy elements by drag-drop | | | | |
| Thematic mapping | ||||
| Select queries | | | | |
| Group queries | | | | |
| Range queries | | | | |
| Pie/bar graphs | | | | |
| Feature manipulation tools | ||||
| Capture / delete features | | | | |
| Move / delete / insert coordinates of existing features | | | | |
| Copy / move features to other classes (layers) | | | | |
| Join features | | | | |
| Clip, union, divide, subtract, create buffer | | | ||
| Translate, flip, rotate, transform | | | ||
| Batch manipulation tools | ||||
| Change / renumber keys | | | ||
| Assign keys from text, closest features | | | ||
| Generalize points, lines | | | ||
| Snap coordinates to nodes / coordinates | | | ||
| Explode coordinates / parts | | | ||
| Generate splines | | | ||
| Break / unbreak parts | | | ||
| Close polygons / generate islands | | | ||
| Generate nodes at intersections / endpoints | | | ||
| Generate centroids | | | ||
| Create bounding rectangles / grid | | | ||
| Create TIN | | | ||
| Generate Thiessen polygons | | | ||
| Generate relief / contours | | | ||
| Calculate lengths / perimeters / areas / heights to database | | | ||
| Delete duplicate features / parts / slivers | | | ||
| Generate topology information to database: proximity, similarity, network, polygon, overlay | | | ||
| Map book | ||||
| Generate & renumber map book pages | | | ||
| Batch print map book pages | | | | |
| Reporting | ||||
| View & print reports | | | | |
| Create reports | | | ||
| Pricing | ||||
| Single user | free | R690 | R2950 | R4950 |
| Three user | - | R1990 | R6950 | R9950 |
| Five user | - | R2990 | R9750 | R12950 |
| Ten user | - | R6990 | R16000 | R17000 |
| Additional ten users | - | R7000 | R7500 | R7500 |
| Software updates (single user) | - | R200/year | R750/year | R1250/year |
| Software updates (additional users) | - | 25%/year | 25%/year | 25%/year |
| Technical support (single user) | - | R1500/year | R2500/year | R3500/year |
| Technical support (3 users) | - | R2250/year | R3500/year | R4500/year |
| Technical support (10 users) | - | R4000/year | R7000/year | R8000/year |
| Explorer | Cartographer | Professional | Enterprise |
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