KAS Software

MapView

MapView, or, more formally, KAS Software MapView (to distinguish amongst any others who've chosen to use this self-explanatory moniker), is an easy-to-use Windows multi-format map display program with 3-D and GPS interfacing capability.

MapView has the following features:

• MDI (multi document interface) and single-map display modes.
• Display of multiple digital raster map formats, such as: geotiff, qct and gdf format maps.
• 3-D map display, with the option of viewing a static model that can be rotated and zoomed, or a 'free-flying' mode. (The effectiveness of these is entirely dependent upon the capabilities of your graphics card.)
• Hill shading to emphasise topography.
• Full printed output capability.
• GPS connectivity - download and upload current position, routes, tracks and waypoints to/from a range of handheld GPS devices, over both serial and USB links.
• Creation, editing and saving of routes, tracks and waypoints.
• GPX support - full reading and writing capabilities using this standard for geographical information interchange (such as routes, tracks & waypoints).
• Shapefile support - read, display & write support.
• Fully integrated searchable gazetteer.

This software is free for download and subsequent use - indeed, there is currently no commercial version available. Please take the time to download our Windows map viewing program and any of our free maps or gazetteers you may wish to try out.

Additional maps are available for purchase; these are composites of freely available data from various sources, which are processed by us then saved in KAS Software's open gdf format. Have a look at our OS OpenData™ derived maps and also our USGS geotiff derived maps.

Hill Shading

The hill shading algorithm used is fairly rudimentary but really quite effective for small-scale maps - shading is applied to south and east facing slopes only, with darkness proportional to slope steepness.

Gazetteers

Gazetteer information is presented in a dialog box which allows searching by name - or part thereof - and by feature type. Matches can be sorted alphabetically, by distance or by regional/district location.

GPS Interfacing

MapView provides a comprehensive interface with a large range of Garmin® GPS receivers - including the etrex Summit, etrex VISTA C, foretrex 101, GPS 12, GPS 38 and the Edge 305 cycle computer - with many Magellan® GPS units - such as the 315 - and provides a rudimentary interface with other GPS devices that support the NMEA output protocol.