Release Notes Global Mapper 26.2

Fixed issue with the maximum Grid "No Data" Distance when gridding Lidar and using 3D area/line features as breaklines

Fixed issues performing Lidar best fit point cloud when cloud units aren't meters or are in different projections.

Fixed issues with odd tiling effects in Lidar height-above-ground display.

Pressing Escape to clear point selection no longer locks up the Manual Classification tool.

Fixed max likelihood noise classification for tiled classification.

Fixed Point Type selection for vegetation Auto Feature Extraction

Made Restore Defaults button on Config dialog also restore default Lidar class names and colors.

"Keep Classifying as Points are Selected" now turns off after closing the Manual Classification Toolset

Ensure the reported LIDAR_ELEV for each control point in the Lidar QC process is consistent regardless of the max search distance.

Added two new script parameters (LIDAR_VEG_SIMPLIFY and LIDAR_VEG_THRESHOLD) to better replicate the the vegetation extraction preformed in the GUI

Fixed script builder error when using Lidar Thin "mark thinned points deleted"

Fixed issues with Lidar QC not finding any nearby Lidar points if none of the points in the cloud are marked as a first, last, or unknown point.

The Manual Classification toolbar will not enable itself when the user licenses pro.

Added an "All Loaded Point Cloud Layers" option to the Manual Classification Dialog.

Added new "Unclassified" button to Path Profile toolbar

P2P Wizard will show a warning if the required memory estimate exceeds the available resources.

In GC Mode, update the P2P Wizard to require users to select an appropriate coordinate transformation if they have selected a new output projection that requires one. This coord transform will be displayed beneath the output projection on the dialog.

Update the P2P Wizard to set the default output projection based on the following: If the global projection has not been changed from default, or a default projection is not being used, and no data was previously loaded in the control center, then the wizard should initialize in UTM. Otherwise GM will use the current global as the output projection, unless the current global is geographic (lat, lon), in which case GM will also use the appropriate UTM. The Output Projection will always be displayed in the dialog.

Up to 4 separate layers will be created if the user requests Sparse PC in the "P2P Additional Outputs" options

Fixed an issue where the Crop to Selected Area Feature(s) option in the ILE inference tools Bounds dialog was incorrectly disabled. The option now activates as expected when an area feature is selected, allowing users to crop detections to their chosen area.

Fixed an issue where specifying bounds with ILE tools failed when the global projection was set to a geodetic CRS. The tools now handle geodetic CRS correctly, and the Bounds workflow behaves consistently with other coordinate systems.

Fixed lockup performing vehicle detection on some machines.

Suppressed unnecessary pop-up messages when no past experiments are available. Added a warning message when the AIToolLogs folder is not empty but contains no relevant past experiments.

Added the ability for users to delete custom models from the library of models.

Added the ability to import custom models previously exported from Global Mapper, automatically extracting all necessary files for use in the Custom Models inference process.

Added the ability to export custom models from Global Mapper, including all components needed for import on another machine.

Reorganized Training Data Generation window and added button to safely close

Fixed an issue where the Close button in the training dialog remains disabled after an expected error message pop-up, ensuring the dialog can now be closed directly.

Added a Bounds tab to the Insight and Learning Engine (ILE) inference tools, providing spatial restriction options consistent with those available in other tools.

Disabled the X button during inference to prevent crashes, re-enabling it after completion for all inference dialogs.

Change "flat" 3D features (those that have no defined elevation), which are both selected and feature info selected, to render as the latter.

The path profile tool will now correctly show lidar layers added after a path is created without the path having to be recreated

"Keep all original vertices" setting on the perpendicular path profile settings dialog now remembers its state

Added new "Unclassified" button to Path Profile toolbar

Updated path profile "Draw 3D Point Features in Path Corridor" option to create a corridor when one isn't present

Fixed issue where path profile spacing values saved to a workspace wasn't being imported back in correctly

Fixed a case in path profile tool where elevation values outside of the corridor bounds could be used when using "Keep Maximum Elevation along Perpendicular" option in raster layers with large pixel cells.

Fixed issue with Control Center title initially showing the wrong loaded layer count.

Fixed error in breakline generation when GeoCalc projection mode is enabled.

Fixed issue with the maximum Grid "No Data" Distance when gridding Lidar and using 3D area/line features as breaklines.

Fixed issue with the Image Painting tool not setting a single pixel on the right or bottom edge of an image.

Fixed crash error doing extremely large mesh-from-layer (over 1 billion samples) operation.

Fixed alignment issues when creating a mesh from some terrain surfaces.

Fixed issues saving GMW / GMP files with vector feature data over 4GB in size.

Fixed lockup performing vehicle detection on some machines.

Fixed issue with path profile where resampled lines wouldn't be the exact spacing selected with the sample spacing

Fixed errors performing cut-and-fill volume along exactly vertical or horizontal lines.

Fixed issues with dissolving features in Spatial Operations when the display projection was different than the layer projection.

Improved count of overlapping layers when online or large layers are involved to reduce memory usage and improve error reporting.

fixed case where 3D points in path profile view were reading relative elevation values as absolute elevation

Corrected an issue running object detection on cropped imagery

Improved generation of non-overlapping contouring areas

Ensure GENERATE_WATERSHED and GENERATE_RIDGE_LINES script commands use same bounding box logic as the same commands in the user interface.

Added message about how many features were updated when adding style attributes.

Made move of select point features to nearest line feature be an Undo-able operation.

Fixed creation of buffer areas when assigning to an existing layer with a different projection than the feature(s) being buffered.

Fixed whisker line creation when selected point layer projection is different than the display projection.

Fixed 'Create new point/text feature at specified bearing/distance' when display projection is different than projection of layer the selected point is in.

Fixed issue when creating parallel lines they would be created with the incorrect projection

Allow launching Quick Point Creator from menu even if Digitizer Tool is not active.

Fixed parallel line tool crash with the per-vertex elevations option

Ensure 'MOVE VTX' cursor shows when the Join Vertices option is active in the Digitizer Tool.

The advanced selection dropdown now shows its list on a single click

After undoing a vertex move, the vertex now remains selected and the Move Selected Vertices command remains active

The default height of the Digitizer Toolset is now tall enough to show all the sections

The parallel line tool now lets the user know how many lines couldn't be created

Fixed an issue where the dialog dividing resizer was visible in the Digitizer Toolset

The Move Selected Vertices button is now highlighted instead of the Move Selected Feature(s) button when it is in use

Improved the self intersecting line tool for some datasets with very small line segments

Improved parallel line creation for complex lines with sharp curves

Added the ability to undo modifications made by the line intersection tool

Improved the edge of buffers from very large areas/lines to maintain the Great Circle distance to the edges.

Made attribute operations undo-able from Attribute Editor.

Made Attribute Calculator operations be undo-able.

Fixed some descriptions for Attribute Calculator commands showing the wrong information

Fixed batch geocoding file not converting to the proper code page and added the ability for the user to set the code page of an incoming text file.

Fixed issue with incorrect degree symbol in coverage/bounds layer created when finding polygonal bounds.

The "Default Layer Attribute Label Format Options" have been added to Configuration > Vector Display > Labels. New Layers will take these options by default.

Fixed script builder crash caused by SHOW_3D_VIEW

Fixed issues with gaps in large generated elevation grids from streaming Lidar (Entwine) services.

Added two new script parameters (LIDAR_VEG_SIMPLIFY and LIDAR_VEG_THRESHOLD) to better replicate the the vegetation extraction preformed in the GUI

Fixed case were script editor new temporary tab wouldn't get a style applied

Fixed script builder error when using Lidar Thin "mark thinned points deleted"

Fixed issue were swapping tabs could start to drag the tab around instead of just selecting it

Added STYLE_ONLY option to xyz export for EXPORT_ATTRS

Updated the look of the script editor bookmark symbol to a blue arrow

Fixed spatial scripting stack trace when attempting to insert a layer when nothing is selected

Added missing tooltip on Favorite Script Manager

Closing a temp file in the script builder will no longer prompt you to save if its empty

IMPORT_ARCHIVE now checks all subdirectories for wildcard files

Ensure GENERATE_WATERSHED and GENERATE_RIDGE_LINES script commands use same bounding box logic as the same commands in the user interface.

Fixed issues downloading WFS data that requires a namespace in the URL.

Fixed crash error with Online Source Download when pressing Enter/Next with no source selected.

Updated FEMA Hazard online sources to new service

Fixed connection to online WMTS sources that were not displaying visibly

Fixed a bug on loading WMS sources with multiple layers

Restored French cache IGN online sources, now connecting to Géoplateforme source

Fixed issues retrieving layer list from some WMS and WFS sources that don't like an extra `ServiceName` parameter.

Fixed issues accessing ESRI Feature Services that required authorization.

Created a more appropriate dialog message for projection/transformation errors

Fixed initial size of Tools -> Coordinate Convertor dialog on high DPI monitors.

Updated using a coordinate transform to shift a layer to expect values in the current display projection, rather than the native layer projection.

Fixed flipped datum and GCS EPSG codes for PNG94 and RDN2008 datums.

Fix issue in GeoCalc mode so that Canadian NTV2 transforms will be available in the Transform Picker even if their grid files are not currently downloaded, so long as they pass a more broad Area of Use check.

In GC Mode, when choosing the Projection during a rectification, correctly update the global if the user chooses to do so.

In GC Mode, saved workspaces containing vertical coordinate systems and transforms should not force a re-select on load.

In GeoCalc Mode, when loading a workspace where the stored coordinate transformation relies on grid files that are no longer present, attempt to automatically download the files, if possible.

In GC Mode, update the P2P Wizard to require users to select an appropriate coordinate transformation if they have selected a new output projection that requires one. This coord transform will be displayed beneath the output projection on the dialog.

Updated multi-band export to only require that at least one of the bands being exported has a valid value, rather than requiring all of them to be valid.

Fixed typo in the Generic text import dialog.

Fixed issues with RMaps SQLite exports being incorrect.

Fixed scaling issue related to Import images as Picture Point option.

Fixed errors exporting layers with non-ASCII characters in description to DWG files.

Added an error message pop-up to deny exporting Cesium 3D tiles in geodetic coordinates

Enabled support for exporting bounds in Cesium 3D export format.

Added support for importing TFADS-O (Table Formatted Aeronautical Data Set - Obstacles) format files.

Fixed issues with the load of some files when the GeoCalc projection mode was enabled.

Corrected an issue with LandXML where the last column of a grid was not being created

Updated CXF text alignment to 'Right (Baseline)' rather than 'Top Right'.

Show warning when loading DNG format files that we will show the preview image if the main image uses CFA compression.

Fixed error exporting ESRI spatial databases with SHAPE attributes.

Fixed the rotation angle for symbols loaded from CXF files.

Ensure 'is axis flipped' prompt for GML is shown for all potentially unknown geodetic projections.

Fixed errors exporting a CADRG file from a map catalog.

Allow resizing the batch conversion type selector dialog.

Added STYLE_ONLY option to xyz export for EXPORT_ATTRS

Fixed issues loading terrain TIFF files where the min/max value in the header is incorrectly specified as a single value.

Fixed issue in 26.0-26.1.0 with VTerrain BT imports not being able to automatically determining the coordinate system.

Fixed issue in 26.1.0 with loading data from .zip files with additional .zip files embedded.

Added DWG/DXF import support for AcDbMPolygons

Added additional warning to USGS DEM exports when the export datum is not an exact match to one supported by the USGS DEM format.

The , , and are now selectable in the "Include Feature Attributes Before Coordinate Data" dialog and their exports are controlled by their selections

Added error handling for unexpected PLY formats

Fixed a failure at attempt to export large (> 4G pixels) texture files

Fixed an issue with exporting meshes as Cesium 3D tiles with colored vertices.

Improved handling of proxy data for DXF and DWG CAD files

Fixed a rare issue with loading some PLY binary files

Y-axis input is now disabled when aspect ratio is preserved in the 3D print export dialog

Added warning when FBX export may crash due to memory requirements.

Fixed extra filename prompt and empty filename when printing to a file and choosing Microsoft Print to PDF as printer.

Added "Replace Feature Descriptions with Attributes" check-box option to KML export dialog

Updated ECW read / write to latest version. Now multi-band and transparent ECW exports are supported.

Added support for loading OpenStreetMap PBF format data.

Fixed issues with Arrow Elements in the Map Layout Editor when the main map is rotated.

Fixed display of North Arrows on rotated maps when Grid North is used for bearings.

Fixed issue with the 2D view getting locked after adding map insets in the Map Layout Editor (affects 26.1.0 - 26.1.2).

Fixed issues loading .gm_mapTemplate files created before GM 26.0 with non-English text.

Fixed behavior of Pan mode in Map Layout Editor.

Fixed stack trace error when dragging group of map elements in Map Layout Editor inside another group of elements.

Fixed typo in built-in map layout templates

Fixed upside-down display of Path Profile elements created in the Map Layout Editor.

In GC Mode, when choosing the Projection during a rectification, correctly update the global if the user chooses to do so.

The Animation Toolbar has been removed as it was replaced by the Animation Toolset.

Added missing tooltip on Favorite Script Manager

Fixed intermittent stack trace when making a combined ortho-image from several large images.

Fixed issue with undo of deleting features not being available if the initial delete features tip was shown.

Improved coordinate conversions using the RSO East Malaysia projection system.

Renamed 'Only Display Layers in Selected Animation Set' and fixed issue where non-animated layers are no longer drawn after an animation is saved is fixed.

Updated address search to use Azure Maps Geocoding by default as Bing Maps Geocoding has been discontinued.

Fixed issue in the Animate Layers Toolset Dialog related to the esc key.

Layer animations now display in the workspace.

The animated layer names in the Control Center now only flash when appropriate.

Fixed an issue related to the Digitizer and Manual Classification dialogs being docked in the Control Center together.

Enable tracking multiple GPS vessel locations at once via $GPWGT NMEA sentences.

.zip files are treated as files instead of folders in the File Browser

Files without extensions shown in the file browser can be opened in the File Browser.

The File Browser pane opens in the saved spot after subsequent runs, after sharing a docking frame

The drop down now expands smoothly while the pane width increases, and it is shrinkable to its original width

Files that don't have extensions are now visible in the browser in the "All Files" selection

The cursor now appears when the user drags over the main view in the File Browser

Subfolders are considered in the File Browser's ‘Hide Unsupported Files’ logic

Fixes an issue caused by undocking the File Broswer window.

Fixed errors adding 2D view and Path Profile map insets to Map Layout Editor.

Fixed the display of degree symbols in ASCII text file on the Text File Import dialog.

Update GC Mode import of LAS/LAZ files to handle WKT2 CRS information.

Ensure EPSG code at top of projection dialog reflects the current custom projection parameters.

Fixed issue in 26.1.0 with loading data from .zip files with additional .zip files embedded.

The auto back up file name logic is now based on existing auto backup files for each workspace using numbers from 1 to the user specified maximum number of auto backup files value.

Fixed and issue where the workspace backups were not automatically saving properly

Added parentheses in the "Column headers in first row of file (points/WKT only" labels for the checkboxes in the CSV and XLSX import dialogs.

The toolset dialogs' sizes can now be changed while in their default locations

Added new entry to command search for managing favorite scripts

The last placed / docked locations of the Digitizer Toolset and Manual Classification Dialogs is now remembered when the workspace is saved.

Double-clicking the workspace name once again opens the Projection config

Made feature delete and edit from Attribute Editor be undo-able.

New vector layers are created with the active codepage

Fixed script editor tollbar tooltip text