This Blue Marble Desktop download file contains both Geographic Transformer and Geographic Calculator. If you have already downloaded Blue Marble Desktop or the Desktop Edition of Geographic Calculator, you've already downloaded this file and simply need to install it to run Geographic Transformer 6.1.

This download file can be used for Single User, Dongle and Network license types.

The Geographic Transformer will run in an evaluation mode immediately after you install it. You will be able to evaluate the product with any ONE of your own images (or with any of the images included within the Getting Started Guide). You can purchase a single user, dongle, or network licenses for Version 6.1.

IMPORTANT NOTES:
Laptop users with a docking station must activate the software in the undocked state. All users with both wireless and fixed NICs should disable the wireless/NIC temporarily before activating the software and then activate using a wired connection.
If you are installing this version as an upgrade to previous version, please follow these directions:

Note: Calculator 7.0 workspaces are not compatible with 7.4 workspaces, however, latter version workspaces should be ok. To be safe you should make notes on your workspaces prior to installing 7.4.

1.) If you have created custom Coordinate Systems, please move your 'geocalc.dat' file (the parameter database) to a new location to avoid any custom coordinate systems being overwritten.
2.) If you had Calculator 7.0 installed and have created custom Coordinate Systems there, please backup your 'custom.xml' found in 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Blue Marble Geographics\Geographic Calculator\7, 0, 0, 0\DataSource'.
3.) Uninstall your previous version.
4.) Install Blue Marble Desktop. This will insure we install our latest version of the geocalc.xml data source.
5.) Once you have Blue Marble Desktop running, you can import your old geocalc.dat file by selecting 'Import GeoCalc DAT' from the Datasource menu.
6.) To use a previous custom.xml, it will need to be copied to the following directory for Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Blue Marble Geographics\Blue Marble Desktop\DataSource\
or for Windows Vista:
C:\ProgramData\Blue Marble Geographics\Blue Marble Desktop\Datasource
7.) Please see the Release Notes for more details of this process.

This step-by-step guide allows you to evaluate the functionality available in the Blue Marble Desktop, including the Geographic Transformer. Sample images and data files are provided for use with this Getting Started Guide, however you may also use your own images and data for the labs. You can obtain an authorization code after you purchase the product that fully enables all of the powerful features of the product. You can purchase single user, floating (portable), dongle, or network licenses for the Geographic Transformer.

Horizontal Grid Shift Files for both Canadian Transforformation method ( Canadian and New Zealand) and NADCON (including Hawaii, Alaska) Download and unzip them into the folder where you have installed the coordinate conversion database (geocalc.dat). You can then define the NADCON-based datums within the datum designer in our products.