Maptitude allows you to plot your
locations based on any populated place in the world (village, town, city),
or to view your data by country or province. Maptitude comes packed with data,
including extensive world geography such as:
- Country boundaries
- Cities and capitals
- Populated places and built-up areas
- Place gazetteer
- Airports, highways, and railroads
- Landmarks
- Elevation points and contours
- 5-minute Digital Elevation Model (DEM)
- Rivers, lakes, and glaciers
- Provinces for many countries
These international mapping software databases included with Maptitude allow you to
create effective maps of any region in the world (Figure 1). In
addition, the
Download Free Layers Add-In provides easy access to no-cost
web-based data sources. This tool downloads detailed data including many
roads, landmarks, natural features, and railways for Europe and postal
codes for numerous countries.

FIGURE 1:
Answer
a few simple questions and Create-a-Map Wizard makes a map at
any scale, from
all of the countries of the world to any location such as a
place or landmark.
(Click
a map to enlarge) |
In addition to the detailed data for the USA that comes with Maptitude, Caliper also offers competitively priced datasets that are available
for Australia,
Canada,
New Zealand, and the
United Kingdom (Figure 2). Please contact Caliper Sales at
617-527-4700 or
sales@caliper.com to check on the availability of street, postal code, and
other geographic files for additional countries.

FIGURE 2:
Caliper offers street level data for the United Kingdom and
Canada
(Click
a map to enlarge) |
You can further enhance your maps by using the
included tools for
accessing free imagery from the World Wide Web. With a single mouse
click you can download aerial imagery for anywhere in the world. (Figure 3)
FIGURE 3: With an internet connection, you can download
aerial imagery and topographic maps
with a single button click.
(Click
to enlarge) |
Maptitude also has GPS support, allowing you to track your location
anywhere in the world, perform field data collection, or create and edit
geographic files.
Click HERE for more information
on Maptitude.
Lisboa and Genova maps ©2008 Caliper Corporation, Licensed under
Creative Commons 3.0; Source:
OpenStreetMap,
GeoNames