XMap5.0 GIS Enterprise Software

DeLorme (MN, USA) has introduced its new XMap 5.0 GIS Enterprise suite of products, which includes a wide range of mapping, routing, navigation, GPS, and GIS file management features.

As with previous releases, XMap 5.0 GIS supports the most common GIS data formats, including AutoCAD (.dxf, .dwg), ESRI (.eoo, .shp, .prj), .gml, .gpx, MapInfo (.mif, .tab), MrSid files, and GeoTIFF .tfw. At its various levels, XMap 5.0 GIS offers a variety of indispensable features including geospatial querying, buffering tools, bulk geo-data import, coordinate geometry support, and command line bulk import tools for advanced GIS users.

All XMap 5.0 GIS solutions include DeLorme’s core mapping and GPS features. The three levels include:

• XMAP 5.0 GIS ENTERPRISE (new): Advanced GIS database management designed to meet the needs of enterprise GIS administrators; $1,499.95 per seat.
  
• XMAP 5.0 GIS EDITOR (upgrade from XMap/GIS Editor): Full-featured for administrative users, easy enough to use for entry level. Ideal as a stand-alone GIS, or as a cost-efficient supplement to existing GIS infrastructures; $749.95 per seat.
  
• XMAP 5.0 PROFESSIONAL (upgrade from XMap 4.5): Advanced GIS viewer for mobile professionals and field crews; $199.95 per seat.

Detailed base map and aerial imagery datasets are available separately from DeLorme including updated versions of USA/Canadian Street level Data, USA Topographic Data and Phone Data 2007.