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Global Mapper: This Help Guide Will Show You How To
Global Mapper: This Help Guide Will Show You How To
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Global Mapper
GlobalMapperisaviewercapableofdisplayingthemostpopularGISraster,
eleva on,andvectordatasets,allowinguserstoeasilyview,editandexporttheir
datainmul pleformats.
This help guide will show you how to:
LoadaDigitalEleva onModel(DEM) Figure1:theopeningwindowofGlobalMapper
ViewtheDEMin3D
Createaneleva onprofilegraph
ExporttheDEMtoa3DmeshforuseinAutoCAD
GeneratecontoursfromtheDEM
Exportthecontoursto.DWGor.SHPformats
Control Zoom
Pan Measure Iden fy Figure3:TheMainToolsontheToolbar
Centre in/out
3DEleva onProfile Show3Dview
GlobalMappersupportsviewingofmanypopulardataformats,including:DEM,DGN,DXF,ECW,MrSID, Page1
ESRIShapefiles,E00,MapInfoMIF/MID,MapInfoTAB/MAP,SRTM,JPG,PNG,BIL,BSQ,BIPetc.
GlobalMapper
Viewing the DEM in 3D
Whenviewingfileswithaneleva oncomponent,suchas
DEMsorLiDAR,youcanclickontheShow3DView
bu on(seeFigure3onpreviouspage).Thiswillopenan3D
Viewwindowwhereyoucanpan,zoom,androtatethe
viewusingthebyclickingonthetooliconsshownhere:
Figure8(le ):theDXFMeshExport
Op ons(General)window.
Figure9(right):theDXFMesh
ExportOp ons(ExportBounds)
window.
Onceyourmeshisdone
expor ng,openitinAutoCAD
Map3D.
Whenitfirstopens,youwill
onlyseeblackoragreygrid.
Clickonthe3Dbu onto
viewthemeshproperlyin3D,
asseeninFigure10.
Figure10(le ):
The3Dmesh
surfaceshownin
Clickonthe3Dbu ontoini atethisview. AutoCADMap3D
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GlobalMapper Generating Contours
ContourscanbegeneratedeasilyinGlobalMapperbyclickingonFile,thenGenerate
Contours...ThiswillopentheContourGenera onOp onswindow,asshowninFigure
11.ThemainthingyouhavetofilloutistheContourInterval;however,youcancus
tomizesomeoftheotherop onsasyouseefit.Thesmallerthecontourintervals,the
longeritwilltaketogenerate.
Similarly,ifyouclickontheSimplifica ontab,youwillseeaslider(Figure12).Tothe
le createssmoothercontours(i.e.lessangular),buttakesabitmore me.
Toselecttheareayouwishtogeneratethecontoursfor,clickontheContourBounds
tabandselecttheDrawaBoxbu on.PressOKonceyouaredonetostartthecontour
genera on.
Figure13:thenewly
createdcontours.
Toexporttheses
contoursasvectorsin
SHPorDWGformats,
selectfromthemenu
FilethenExportVector
Format
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