Comparison table: Map Maker Pro and Map Maker Gratis
Feature
Good looking maps
Unlimited number of layers, raster and vector.
Colour, mono, and grey-scale bitmap backgrounds.
Large range of fill, line, and symbol styles
Gratis
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Virtually limitless range of user-definable fill styles, including symbol
fills and multi-coloured hatching.
User-definable symbols.
Translucent and semi-translucent fills.
Curved, stretched, and outline text.
Arrows and dimension lines
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Grids.
Easy to create scale bars, north points, legends, text panels, inset
images etc.
Include text and charts from MS Word.
Point-and-click to pop-up images, documents and internet links.
Printing
Print accurately scaled maps on any true Windows compatible
printer.
User-defined page templates for high-quality prints.
Variety of grids, and co-ordinate numbering.
Multi-sheet printing of large maps.
Map creation and editing
Create from new or import and edit.
Vector drawing and editing.
Intuitive cutting and joining of polygons.
Simple editing of common boundaries.
Numerous “snap-to” options.
Drag, stretch, rotate, duplicate groups of objects.
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Single-click flood-fill vector polygon creation.
Raster and vector rubber sheeting.
Create buffer zones around an object.
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Create buffer zones around collections of objects
Trim raster and vector to polygons.
“Spaghetti processing”, - lines to polygons.
Intersections and unions from overlapping polygons.
Powerful data tidying routines.
Calibrate raster images.
Raster to vector.
Rubber sheeting of vector and raster data
Many more vector and raster actions….
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Using data with maps
Generate legends.
Thematic maps from DBF data
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Thematic maps from Access and Excel data
Data charts
Link data queries to Microsoft Access forms.
Simple on-screen measurement of areas and lengths
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Numerous spatial queries such as “contained in polygon”, “within x
distance of line” etc.
Inherit data from one layer to another.
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Edit found data set.
GPS
Live data capture (NMEA and Garmin)
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Import GPS data file (NMEA and Garmin)
Download waypoints.
Tracking of moving points.
Rectify aerial photos using GPS control points.
Latitude & Longitude
225 pre-defined datums, limitless user definable datums and
ellipsoids.
UTM, OS Grid, Lambert’s Conic, and user-defined Transverse
Mercator and Conic projections.
Support for correction matrices to compensate for local irregularities,
i.e. 5cm accuracy for the UK.
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Compatibility
Import vector data including ArcView SHP, MapInfo MIF, AutoCAD
DXF.
Import a wide range of additional vector data types including Idrisi
VXP, USGS DRG, Ordnance Survey NTF etc.
Export SHP, MIF, DXF Idrisi VXP, etc.
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View BMP, TIF, JPG raster data.
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View Geo-Tiff, Idrisi RST, USGS DOQ, and ECW raster data.
Export BMP, JPG, TIF.
Export attribute data to DBF
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Export data to Microsoft Access and Excel
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Distribution
Distribute your maps with Map Maker Gratis.
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