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Map Your Own Data
TransCAD is compatible
with other database, GIS, and CAD systems
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.
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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 software 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 Google Earth. 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.
| Map, GIS, and CAD formats
supported in TransCAD |
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 |
.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 |
.LIN;.PTS |
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| ETAK MapBase format 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 |
.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 (and newer
versions)
Oracle Spatial databases |
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
supported in TransCAD |
Open/Import |
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
supported in TransCAD |
Open/Import |
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
supported in TransCAD |
Open/Import |
Export |
| 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 TransCAD |
Open/Import |
Export |
| Google Earth satellite images |
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| TerraServer-USA |
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Open
Import
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