Geographic Transformer Version Notes

In previous versions of the software there were the following separate components: Geographic Calculator, Geographic Transformer and Spatial Connect. These are all now referred to as Geographic Calculator. Please see New in this Version for more information.

New in Version 6.4

  • Raster transformations now support for Big GeoTiff files greater than 2 gigabytes.
  • Output from Raster Transform and Raster Mosaic jobs can now be directly loaded into other raster jobs without any pre-processing.

New in Version 6.3

  • Updated DEM support, including the addition of SRTM height format
  • Optimized viewer and drawing functionality for faster loading and viewing of data
  • Improved performance of batch processing for large jobs and projects

New in Version 6.2

  • Digital Elevation Model support for the following formats:
    • ASCII Grid (*.asc)
    • Arc/Info Binary Grid (*.adf)
    • DTED Military Elevation (*.dt0, *.dt1, *.dt2, *.dt3, *.dt4, *.dt5)
    • USGS SDTS DEM (*.ddf)
    • USGS ASCII DEM (*.dem)
  • True vertical conversions of 3D raster datasets
  • Colorize and hillshade DEM datasets using customizable schemes
  • Updated raster processing for more streamlined batch data conversions

New in Version 6.1

New Features

  • Added new projection recovery tool for raster datasets

New in Version 6.0

New Features

  • Expanded free evaluation version – time out based with much more functionality available for evaluation.
  • New Tiling tools for easier and more powerful tile set creation
  • Hardware Dongle license option

Extended reference and raster image support

  • Enhanced Jpeg2000, ECW, MrSID, and GeoTIFF handling
  • Enhanced Mosaic functions including, input image cropping, output mosaic cropping, and preview tools
  • Improved Georeferencer tool, with reference models up to 5th order polynomial

Functional Enhancements

  • Improved Batch Transformation job creation makes running batches easier than ever
  • Improved memory handling

New in Version 5.2

New Features

  • Add Read-Only Checkbox under geocalc.dat path in preferences
  • Datasource is no longer removed on uninstall
  • MrSID write capability

Extended reference and raster image support

  • Update ECW read
  • Update MrSID read
  • World file registration issue
  • GeoTIFF registration tag issue
  • JP2, GeoTIFF, JPG, MrSID to BMP transform flips image vertically

General Enhancements

  • Update Mosaicking
  • Rows per Section Preference feature
  • Change Reference Tab 'Source' fields to numeric
  • Change Reference Tab 'Reference' fields to numeric
  • Delete button on Reference Tab allows user to delete table headings
  • Replace button on Reference Tab allows user to change table headings
  • Multiple image add in Results viewer
  • User set default image reference type
  • Add 'reference file types' option to Files of Type drop down in Open dialog box

New in Version 5.1

New Features

  • Alt-N shortcut key added for window switching

  • Reading and writing of ERS georeferencing file

  • Extended reference and raster image support

  • Enhanced JPG2000 read and write

  • Full ECW read/write/registration to Transformation and Mosaicking

  • Added J2W (JPG2000 worldfile) support

  • Added EWW (ECW worldfile) support

Extended coordinate system support

  • ECW coordinate system definitions added to coordinate system database

  • JGD2000 Datum

  • FD58 Datum (Final Datum 1958)

  • Japanese Grid 2000 coordinate system

  • Maine Coordinate System 2000

  • Iraq Zone

  • Madagascar RSO Grid

  • Laborde Map Projection

  • Krovak Map Projection

General Enhancements

  • Increased mosaicking file limit from 4 to 128

  • Enhanced batch file format to accept internally referenced files

  • Enhanced mosaic file adds