What's new in MapWindow v4.8 by Paul Meems

What's new in MapWindow v4.8

International Open Source GIS Conference 2012, Velp - The Netherlands 25-28 June 2012

Paul Meems● TopX Geo-ICT● Started in 2003● User → developer →

release manager

Welcome


History● 2000 - TMDL Toolkit

● 2001 - MapWindow 1.0



● 2004 - source code to the public domain

● 2005 - MapWindow 4.0 + BASSINS

● 2006 - 10,000 download mark

The history of MapWindow● 2007 - MapWindow 4.3

● 2008 - 200k downloads, MW 4.4 + 4.5

● 2009 - MapWindow 4.6 + 4.7

● 2010 - MapWindow 4.8RC1 + Orlando

● 2011 – 400k downloads, MW 4.8RC2 + San Diego

● 2012 – moved to CodePlex: 21k downloads, MW 4.8SR (v4.8.6), Velp

● 2013 – MapWindow v4.9 ??



● Modified GUI● Symbology● Geo-spatial processing● New table editor● Projections● Documentation● Sneak preview v4.9

The new features of MapWindow



Modified GUI



New user experience

Symbology



Theme colors

Fill styles

Symbology

Gradient Textures Hatching



Categories

Symbology



Labels

Symbology


Expression


Labels

Symbology

Font Frame



Labels

Symbology


Position Visibility


Labels

Symbology


Styles


Charts

Symbology



Charts

Symbology

Fields Size and style



Charts

Symbology

Values Position



Visibility expression

Symbology

Expression Query builder



Using expression

Symbology



Mode

Symbology



Label mover

Symbology

Default After moving



.mwsymb file

Symbology

● Saving symbology and labels● Manged by the symbology

manager● Easy switching between

different styles



Symbology manager

Symbology



Toolbox

Geo-spatial processing tools




Intersection Union

Symmetric difference Difference



Aggregate shapes (All or by field)




Buffer shapes




Dissolve by attribute




Explode shapes




Export selection




Merge shapefiles




Sort shapefile● Useful for labeling● Connecting to external data



Unsorted Sorted by population


Spatial query




● Improved internal OCX structure● Better memory handling● MapWinGIS enhancements● Multi-threading

General improvements



Print Layout

Updated plug-ins



Tiles

Updated plug-ins

OpenStreetMap ArcGIS Online



New Table editor

New plug-ins



Projection

New plug-ins



New plug-ins


Projection● Based on GDAL/Proj4● Using EPSG codes● Dialects● Favorites


http://www.mapwindow.org/documentation/mapwingis4.8/

Generated using Doxygen

Documentation


http://www.mapwindow.org/documentation/mapwingis4.8/


Documentation



● Redesign of the GUI

● More reusable blocks:

● MapWindow.Layers● MapWindow.Utils● MapWindow.Tools● MapWindow.Icons, etc.

● Geo-spatial databases (PostGIS, Oracle, etc.)

● WMS, WFS, TMS

● New Shapefile editor

● .NET v4

Peak in the future: MW 4.9



New tiling process




● In the OCX → Usable in custom applications● On the fly reprojection● Pre-fetching of tiles● SQLite data store● Geocoder● Custom providers (Dutch Georegister)● Super fast



New tiling process


Questions?



Websites for more info:


● www.mapwindow.org● www.mapwindow.nl● mapwindow4.codeplex.com● mapwingis.codeplex.com● www.topx-group.nl/gis

http://www.mapwindow.nl/

Technology

What's new in MapWindow v4.8 by Paul Meems