What’s new in Field-Map Version X8

• New graphics in the user interface (icons, fonts, colors, control features, logo, …)
• Progressive button icons magnification (depending on the size of the buttons)
• BDE support has been discontinued
• FMLT support has been discontinued

• Button and Font Expansion (100 up to 250%)
• Scroll Bar Expansion (100 up to 250%)
• Adjustable (size) virtual numeric keyboard
• Customizable Field-Map project title
• Hide mapping buttons for map layers without mapping
• The ability to hide mapping buttons for locked layers
• Zooming slider – Smooth zoom to the center of the map, redraw while moving zooming slider
• Color highlighting of layers set “Stay colored”
• Possibility to set the min. size of the zoom window when zooming automatically (e.g. using navigator) and switching between attribute page and map

Mapping

• Support of GNSS in a tree layer (for positioning)

Device support

• Support of electronic caliper Codimex E1

Transect

• Black color (rgb 0,0,0) is interpreted as transparent

Poly-shape

• New function -> Export Centroids of Empty Polygons
• New function -> Export Unassigned Centroids

Internal camera support

• New attribute type –> Photo Shot
• On Windows 10 supports built in app Camera with full camera resolution
• On older Windows Field-Map Simple camera driver with VGA (640×480 px) resolution
• Images are binary stored in the database and are fully supported in server synchronization
• Support importing or copying pictures from clipboard
• Option photo size limitation (database overload protection)
• Show Photo thumbnails and photo export in layer context menu and DQT
• Add timestamp, attributes and text to the photo before export

Synchronization

• Photo shot synchronization support
• Support of synchronization in scripting

Polygonal mask

• Create a color mask around selected polygon(s)

ECW format

• Support of ECW files in map composition
• Build image catalogue from ECW files
• Set scale limit for ECW file in map composition

• Over 200 scripting functions, procedures and properties added to Field-Map
• New attribute type – Script
• New button on the map screen – User Click To Map
• Several new event types (to react to stem profile measurement, communication between projects, …)
• Updated documentation with new examples

Script Organizer

• Can trigger any OnDemand or OnChange script
• Scripts can be organized into groups and subgroups
• Useful in connection with the “script” type attribute

User Click To Map – Event Layer.OnClickToMap

• Event triggered by the user function button on map screen
• Must be enabled in Project Manager – Adjust Data Collector Options
• This is a layer script – each layer can have different script
• Coordinates of the clicked location can be accessed in the script

Layer and Attribute Appearance

• Align attribute (both in overview table and in layer form)
• Align overview table headers
• Change titles in the overview table
• Show layer form in separate window

Map Appearance

• Change the visibility of a GIS layer

Creating Excel Outputs and Previewing Excel Files
Miscellaneous User Interface Functions

• Open web page in an internal web browser
• BlinkingMessage – new type of message dialog with extended options

Communication Between Projects

• Multiple Field-Map projects can be opened at once
• Scripting functions can be used to control this functionality
• Data can be exchanged between running projects

Working With Files and Registry

• Functions to read and write values from the registry
• Additional functions to work with files

Mathematical and statistics functions

• Parameterize multi-regression model

Basic GIS Functions

• Calculation of polar coordinates
• Calculate distance of two points
• Find intersect of two lines

Mapping

• Set current position by scripting function
• Add a reference point
• Create a new circular polygon