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Language Kit for Greek 2008:74

8 May 2008

The language interface package for Greek has been posted for 2008:74. The TNT products can be used with 29 international languages.

All language packages are included in the full TNT products distribution, and the most recent updates are available for free download.

TNT Products Application: Urban Planning

8 May 2008

A new product application page surveys the use of the TNT products in Urban Planning. Urban Planners need to integrate data from multiple sources and produce electronic and paper maps when making decisions about how cities grow and develop. TNTmips provides powerful tools for producing maps that require attributes, special symbology, and integrated analysis and presentation tools. With GIS, image processing, 2D/3D visualization and geospatial analysis tools, TNTmips helps planners create, modify, and analyze spatial data to identify problems, forecast future needs, prepare urban plans and monitor their implementation.

TNTmips also supports participatory planning for greater citizen involvement in spatial decision-making by providing a variety of data publishing methods such as creating electronic atlases, Google Earth overlays, and 3D simulations.

Urban Planning (2-sided)

Updated Reseller Booklet

7 May 2008

The directory of MicroImages Authorized Resellers and Geospatial Consultants has been updated.

MicroImages is seeking Resellers for the TNT products.

MicroImages Authorized Resellers and Geospatial Consultants

Sample Tool Script: StrikeDipTool73.sml

5 May 2008

A revised Strike/Dip sample Tool Script computes geological strike/dip values for strata from an accurate DEM and overlaid aerial or satellite image. The tool allows you to place three non-collinear points on each planar feature, creates vector points with attached strike and dip values, and styles the points using an embedded CartoScript that is automatically saved with the vector object for later use. The script can automatically adjust for DEMs georeferenced to different coordinate reference systems, including geographic (latitude/longitude) coordinates.

StrikeDipTool73.sml
(for version 2007:73)

Cartoscripts: Fold Lines and Fault Lines for Geologic Maps

2 May 2008

Two new sets of sample CartoScripts have been posted. CartoScripts give you the ability to design custom map symbols for lines and points in vector and CAD objects.

MicroImages has created several sets of free scripts designed to render the specialized line and point symbols for geologic and geotectonic maps. The new folds2 set includes Asymmetric, Plunging, and Doubly-plunging styles for both anticline and syncline features. The new faults2 set includes left- and right-lateral high angle styles, left- and right-lateral transpressional styles, and left- and right-lateral transtensional styles.

Geologic Map Cartoscrpts

Spatial Editor: Using Web Layers as Reference Layers

1 May 2008

A new Technical Guide for 2008:74 illustrates how to use WMS and/or ArcIMS layers as reference layers while creating or editing local objects. You can add multiple web layers from one or more WMSs/ArcIMSs if desired. Each WMS layer can be one layer or a composite of layers from a single WMS.

Using Web Layers as Reference Layers

TNT Products Application: Geologic Mapping

30 April 2008

A new product application page surveys the seamless integration of GIS, image processing, and 3D visualization processes in TNTmips that make it a good choice for the challenge of geologic mapping and geologic map presentation.

A geologic map is very data-rich, conveying information on rock types, contacts, and outcrop and map-scale structures, each requiring attributes and special symbology.

Technical Articles Database Updated

25 April 2008

For many years MicroImages has systematically tracked the technical literature and culled over 2,000 reference articles of special interest for our software engineers.

An online database lets you search title, author(s), journal, and publication date.

Language Kits for French and German 2008:74

22 April 2008

The language interface packages for French and German have been updated for 2008:74. The TNT products can be used with 29 international languages.

All language packages are included in the full TNT products distribution, and the most recent updates are available for free download.

Spatial Display: Locating and Using WMS Layers

21 April 2008

A new Technical Guide for 2008:74 illustrates how to select Web Map Service (WMS) layers from the internet for viewing as display layers in the TNT products. The TNT display process includes features for using WMS catalogs, searching, using recent selections and saving favorites so you can dynamically include a wide variety of publicly available geodata with your other project materials.

Locating and Using WMS Layers (2-sided)