New in Version 6.3
Functional Enhancements
Batch Point Database file processing.
New format selector for input and output unit formats.
Predefined text file schemes for CSV, TSV, and SEG file formats.
Setting to ignore errors in point database files.
CCG string support for Forward and Inverse Conversions.
Save Point Database as a ESRI Shapefile format.
FlexLM network licensing.
Additional Packed DMS degree formatting options.
Extended Coordinate System Support
Earth Geopotential Model of 1996 global geoid model support.
Support for OSTN02 and Molodensky-Badekas 10 parameter datum transformations.
World Geographic Reference System coordinate string support.
Support for the Van Der Grinten IV projection.
New in Version 6.2
Saves Excel files so that cells are set as the appropriate type (numbers are numbers and text is text), to make formatting and calculations in the saved Excel file easier.
Has the option to either use the first row as a header, not use it as a header, or ask when loading for Excel files. This property is set through Options -> Preferences under the Point Database tab.
Ability to cut and paste the values of a coordinate point from one side to the other for Interactive Conversions.
Ability to turn on or off if the Coordinate Conversion Parameter Database is read-only from Preferences under the General tab.
Cut and paste for coordinate systems now includes both the geodetic angular units and vertical reference information.
CSS files now include both the geodetic angular units and vertical reference information.
Swap button added to each conversion page to enable easy swapping of the coordinate systems.
Antipode calculation added to Interactive Conversions tab. To get the antipode simply right click on the coorinate point and select Get Antipode from the popup menu. The value will be a latitude-longitude value in degrees on the same datum as the coordinate system of the point.
Adjusts for different DPI settings besides windows standard 96 DPI.
New Transverse Mercator calculation used for increased accuracy.
Fixed issues with calculating height when working with a point database file.
Ability to select to use either Geodetic or Rhumb Line in preferences for forward and inverse calculations.
Calculates the orthometric height scale based on the vertical reference height.
Ability to resize the Geographic Calculator application.
Addition of the Geoid03 geoid.
AutoCAD (DWG, DXF) output for point databases.
JGD2000 Datum.
FD58 Datum (Final Datum 1958).
Japanese Grid 2000 coordinate system.
Maine Coordinate System 2000.
Iraq Zone.
Madagascar RSO Grid.
Laborde Map Projection.
Tools to create a local coordinate system "Best Fit" mapping that can be used in any GeoCalc enabled application.
Tools to display registration errors in the "Best Fit" system, including an SVG error graph which can be viewed in any SVG enabled web browser.
New additions to the geocalc.dat packaged with Geographic Calculator Version 5.2 are described below:
New coordinate systems:
Australian Coordinate Systems- Map Grid of Australia (based on GRS80) Zones 48 to 58
New Zealand TM Coordinate System- New Zealand Transverse Mercator Coordinate System
Florida Geographic Data Library (Florida FGDL) Coordinate Systems Versions 2 and 3 using NAD27 and NAD83 Florida HARN datum, respectively
Fargo Coordinate System for Fargo, North Dakota
New datums:
Australian Geodetic Datum 1966 (AGD66 to GDA94 using Ntv2)
Australian Geodetic Datum 1984 (AGD84 to GDA94 using NTv2)
Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (AGD94)
International Terrestrial Reference Frame 2000 (ITRF to NAD83 (CORS96) using Bursa-Wolfe transformatiom method)
NAD27- Alaska (nadcon)
NAD27- Canada using the NTV2 datum transformation method
NAD27- Hawaii (nadcon)
NAD27- St. Lawrence
NAD27- St. Paul
NAD83- Georgia HARN
NAD83- Hawaii HARN
NAD83- Kansas HARN
NAD83- Nevada HARN
NAD83- New York HARN
NAD83- North Dakota HARN
NAD83- Ohio HARN
NAD8- South Dakota HARN
NAD83- Utah HARN
NAD83- West Virginia HARN
New Zealand Geodetic Datum 1949 (NZGD49 to NZGD00)
New Zealand Geodetic Datum 2000
Updated help files
International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF94 datum)- the Y-shift value contained a typographical error. The erroneous value was -1.9453 and was changed to the correct value of -1.9353
Evaluation mode
Perform up to a dozen interactive conversions in new evaluation mode.
Updated help files
Complete with streamlined content and informative links.
Default precision values set to two decimal places
Unit display for grid coordinates, elevations, degrees, angles, and distances initially set to 2 decimal places.
New Projections
Belgium variant of Lambert Conformal Conic
Swiss Oblique Mercator
Maintenance Updates
In some instances the Z coordinate (Height) was not displayed in the specified units.
This error has been resolved.
An earlier code modification resulted in the erroneous placement of a decimal point in
the packed DMS string format. This oversight has been corrected.