Data Access: TransCAD lets you create maps using your own data. Whether you store your data in Excel worksheets, Access tables, dBASE files, or any ODBC compliant data source such as Oracle, or SQL Server, TransCAD can work with your data. Create-a-Map Wizard gives you start-to-finish assistance for locating (geocoding), geographically analyzing, and mapping your data. In a few easy steps, you can locate your customers, color code ZIP Codes with your sales data, build bands around your stores, and much more. (Show me more)
TransCAD supports over 50 file types and more than 100 GIS and CAD
formats. You can map ESRI Shapefiles
(see a short demo),
MapInfo TAB files, and Oracle Spatial tables directly, or use the
built-in translators to import geographic data from a variety of other
software packages and public sources. This extensive library of
importers and exporters
(See
the table below)
is one of the largest in the industry and comes at no additional charge.
This makes TransCAD the perfect choice for a new GIS purchase because
you can work with your existing installation or easily migrate your data
from your current GIS products.
Geocoding: Another way to use your data with TransCAD is to locate your information on a map by locating a point feature for every record in your table. This pin mapping, or geocoding, allows you to see the distribution of your customers, facilities, or other resources. TransCAD has built-in, powerful and versatile geocoding tools, offering several different methods for locating your data on a map.
Raster Images: You can also use raster images such as satellite or aerial photographs directly in your maps. TransCAD includes toolboxes for quickly accessing on-line images from TerraServer-USA and GoogleEarth. These images can be used as a means of reference or in conjunction with the map editing tools to create or edit geographic files.
GPS: A built-in interface to Global Positioning System (GPS) devices lets you track and record your location, and build geographic databases as you work. With a GPS and a laptop, users in the field can create accurate geographic files of public utilities, corporate facilities, geographic features, and more.
| File formats supported in Maptitude 5.0 | |||
| Map, GIS, and CAD formats |
Open
( )
Import ( ) |
Export | |
| AutoCAD Drawing Exchange format files (version R14 and earlier) | .DXF |
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| Caliper Compact Data Format files | .CDF |
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| Caliper Standard Data Format files | .DBD |
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| Digital Elevation Model files (USGS, NOAA, DTED, ESRI Binary) | .DEM;.G03;.G98; .DT0;.DT1;.DT2; .FLT |
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| Digital Line Graph format files (USGS, NWI, NATSGO, STATSGO, SURGO) | .DLG;.OPT;.STD;
.LGO;.LGS;.GRF; .0AF; .0SF;.ATT; .SYM |
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| Digitizing tablets | Wintab compliant drivers |
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| ESRI ArcMap Document (requires ArcMap to be installed) | .MXD | - |
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| ESRI ArcView 3.x Project files and Legend Files | .APR; .AVL |
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| ESRI Export format files files | .E00 |
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| ESRI Personal Geodatabase files | .MDB |
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| ESRI Shapefiles | .SHP |
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| ESRI Ungenerate format files files | .LIN;.PTS |
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| ETAK MapBase format files files | .MBS |
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| Google Keyhole Markup Language Files | .KML;.KMZ | - |
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| GPS playback data files | .GPS |
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| GPS device serial port | NMEA 0183 |
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| Intergraph Design files (ISFF or V7) | .DGN |
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| Interim Terrain Data (ITD) | .SLF |
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| MapInfo Interchange Format files | .MIF |
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| MapInfo TAB Files files | .TAB |
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| Metadata (Federal Geographic Data Committee standard) | .MET |
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| National Transportation Atlas Dataset (NTAD) format files | .PNT;.LNK;.NOD; .GEO; |
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| ODBC database with coordinates for points files | ODBC (SQL etc.) |
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| Oracle Version 7 (Spatial Data Option) files | SDO |
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| Oracle Version 8i (Oracle Spatial) files | SDO |
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| Ordnance Survey NTF format files | .NTF |
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| Planning Interim Terrain Data (PITD) | .SLF |
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| Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) files | .DDF |
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| Strategic Mapping (Atlas) Boundary ASCII format files | .BNA |
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| TIGER/Line files (TIGER 1990-2006, TIGER Compressed) | .F41;.F51;.F61; .BW1;.RT1;.ZIP; .TX1 |
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| U.S. Geological Survey Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) files | .GIR |
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| Vector Product Format (VPF) files |
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| Image (raster) formats | Open | Export | |
| Bitmap (including True Color) | .BMP | - |
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| Enhanced Compressed Wavelet | .ECW |
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| Enhanced metafile | .EMF | - |
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| GeoTIFF | .TIF |
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| JPEG | .JPG;.JPEG |
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| JPEG2000 | .JP2 |
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| MrSID (Multiresolution Seamless Image Database) | .SID |
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| MrSID Generation 3 | .SID |
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| Portable Network Graphics | .PNG | - |
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| SPOT MetroView satellite images | .BIL;.TIF |
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| SPOTView satellite images | .BIL;.TIF |
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| TIFF | .TIF |
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| U.S.
Geological Survey digital rectified aerial photographs
(Digital Orthophotos, including Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quad image format |
DOQ;DOQQ |
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| Database/table/spreadsheet formats | Open | Export | |
| Caliper dataview | .DVW |
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| Caliper fixed-format binary | .BIN |
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| Comma-delimited text (read-only) | .CSV;.TXT |
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| dBASE/FoxPro/X-base | .DBF |
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| Fixed-format text | .ASC |
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| HTML table | .HTM | - |
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| Microsoft Access tables | .MDB;.ACCDB |
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| Microsoft Excel (Worksheet, XML, Binary, Macros) (read-only) | .XLS;.XLSX; .XLSB;.XLSM |
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| ODBC SQL Query (ODBCQ) | ODBCQ |
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| ODBC table (ODBC) | ODBC (SQL,etc.) |
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| Oracle tables | .NTF |
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| Multimedia formats | |||
| Windows Media Video | .WMV |
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Caliper Slideshows (Can include .WAV; .AVI; .MOV; .MPG;
.MPEG; .MP2; .MP3; .MPE; .ASF; .ASX; .WM; .WMA; .WMP; .WMX; .WMV; .WVX; .QT; .SND; .AU; .AIF) |
.SLI |
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| Image Servers supported by Maptitude 5.0 | |||
| Google Earth satellite images | |||
| TerraServer-USA | |||
