Download Free Layers Add-In

The Download Free Layers Add-In provides easy access to no-cost web-based data-sources. This tool downloads detailed data, including streets, for areas in Europe as well as postal code points for many countries internationally. These data are converted to the compact Caliper geographic format (.cdf) and added to default maps. Attractive and compelling styles are automatically applied, allowing you to quickly create presentation quality maps of your area of interest. Also, by using the Locate-by-Value tool in Maptitude/TransCAD you can plot your points using the postal code locations.

 

Dublin, Ireland street map and Cape Town, South Africa postal code map created with Maptitude using the Download Free Layers Add-In.
Images are ©2008 Caliper Corporation, Licensed under Creative Commons 3.0; Source: OpenStreetMap, GeoNames

To install:*

1. Download the file GISDK_FreeDataDownloader.zip and extract the files to a folder on your computer.
2. Open the file SETUP.EXE or choose the Run command from the Start menu, and browse to the SETUP.EXE file in the folder where you extracted the files.
3. Click OK and follow the step-by-step instructions to install the add-in to the appropriate program folder  (e.g. C:\Program Files\Maptitude\)

To use the Download Free Layers Add-In

1. Choose Tools-Add-Ins and highlight Download Free Layers to display the Download Free Layers dialog box
2. Choose the layers to download from the drop-down lists
3. Click OK. (You MUST have an internet connection.)
4. Follow the step-by-step instructions to download your chosen layers

Maptitude/TransCAD downloads the layers, saves them to new geographic files, and displays them in a map.

 

*NOTE: The Download Free Layers add-in works only with Maptitude and TransCAD version 5.0 or higher.