What's New in Global Mapper v23

Significant New Features

Added Undo / Redo capabilities for most operations. The Edit menu contains new Undo / Redo / Manage Undo options to allow undo'ing and redo'ing one or more operations. The Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y hot keys also work for Undo and Redo.

Added support for 3D labels for any label in a label layer.

Added support for lines and areas in the Spatial Operations tool.

Added ability to classify vector features using Equal Interval, Equal Count and Natural Breaks (Jenks).

Significant New Features in Global Mapper Pro

Added support for embedded Python scripts. The scripts can be loaded or created using the Run Script dialog.

New script editor interface for editing scripts inside Global Mapper with syntax highlighting.

Added new Analysis menu command to allow automatically extracting breaklines from terrain.

Significantly improved the performance of building and vegetation classification using the segmentation method for mixed density point clouds, including terrestrial lidar.

New Tool for customizing segmentation of Point Clouds. Split the point cloud into unique segments using a variety of selected point attributes and calculated values. Combined with the Select Lidar Segments tool this can support semi-automated custom classification of point clouds.

Added new selection tools for points within segment groups to support selection and editing of all points within a segment.

New tool to extract vector features from raster data.

GPS now supports RTK capability. Global Mapper now has a built-in NTRIP client to forward location corrections from specified NTRIP caster to GPS receiver over serial or bluetooth.

Lidar Changes

Dramatically sped up operations that edit large amounts of Lidar data, especially on machines with a large number of cores. - GM-12439

Sped up sorting of large Lidar point clouds (on load or export to GMP) by a factor of 10 or more. - GM-12465

New Tool for customizing segmentation of Point Clouds. Split the point cloud into unique segments using a variety of selected point attributes and calculated values. Combined with the Select Lidar Segments tool this can support semi-automated custom classification of point clouds. - GM-12473 Pro

Added the ability to select all Lidar points in the same segment as one or more currently selected points. This option is available under the Advanced Selection submenu of the Digitizer Tool in the 2D and 3D views. - GM-12014 Pro

Added new selection tools for points within segment groups to support selection and editing of all points within a segment. - GM-12474 Pro

Added option to find and select Lidar points within (or further than) some distance from loaded terrain surfaces. This option is accessible via the 'Select Lidar by Distance' toolbar button. - GM-11178 Pro

New option for lidar styling to Color Lidar by Segment. - GM-11566 Pro

Fixed issue with unavailable Lidar draw modes being selected when loading a workspace in an instance without the Lidar module licensed. - GM-12082

Improved error reporting when auto-classifying very large Lidar data sets. - GM-12598

Updated color selection dialog 'Select from Map' function to get the color from colorized Lidar at the click location if no raster data exists there. - GM-12458

Fixed issue with spikes in 3D building models when the data collection was done close to the ground. - GM-9870 Pro

Fixed issues with slower performance handling Lidar data after it has been shifted in XY location. - GM-12610

Fixed issue selecting and editing Lidar when zoomed far out. - GM-12442

Pixels to Points Changes

Added several new built-in camera models, including DJI Zenmuse XT2 (Thermal and Visual) and Leica DMC3. - GM-9037

Fixed issue with blank Pixels-to-Points post-processing report being generated when the draw filter has unknown Lidar classes turned off for display. - GM-11997

Resolved issue with Pixels to Points report in Korean build of Global Mapper. - GM-11830

Fixed issue in 3D view when picture points are loaded with other data. - GM-11135

New Supported Formats

Added support for multibeam bathymetric data from Kongsberg Simrad in mb56 format. Data can be loaded as a point cloud or a raster image. - GM-2237

Added support for loading SAGA GIS .sdat grid files. - GM-12386

Added ability to export Lidar data to Autodesk ReCap RCS files. - GM-9297

3D Viewer Changes

Added support for 3D labels for any label in a label layer. - GM-2797

Improved performance of 3D viewer when there are many vector area features of different colors. - GM-11966

Fixed a problem to prevent the digitizer from enabling when changing the 3D skybox when Global Mapper had no data loaded. - GM-11948

Fixed issue with 3D measurement not persisting when the measurement is stopped. - GM-11739

Sped up the display of lidar by class in 3D. - GM-11747

Improved 3D refresh and bounds calculation for various types of data editing. - GM-11640

Fixed display of 3D measurement when measuring from vertex to vertex. - GM-10353

Fixed issue in 3D view when picture points are loaded with other data. - GM-11135

Fixed the notification message for the cursor location and last point coordinates when using the measure tool. - GM-12086

Fixed issue displaying and selecting lidar with scale/offset applied in 3D.
Fixed issues identifying and rendering clipped and selected 3D Lidar. - GM-11737

Improved navigation in 3D to be more responsive to repeated movement in fly or walk mode. - GM-11704

Path Profile / Line of Sight Function Changes

Added button to toggle Perpendicular Profile display on Path Profiles. - GM-11575

Allow intersecting features on Path Profile to be indicated using just a point, instead of a point with vertical lines. - GM-8533

Fixed performance issue when saving a profile to a PDF or other vector format when large map catalogs are loaded. - GM-12405

Restored option to export profiles to a PDF with a fixed scale. Also fixed issue with the profile geometry being duplicated in some cases on export of the rendered profile to any format. - GM-12282

On the perpendicular profile spacing setup, changed "Sample Elevations at Profile Vertices/ Endpoints Only" to "Sample Elevations at Profile Vertices and Endpoints Only".
- GM-12046

Analysis Function Changes

Added Analysis menu command to allow the creation of Curvature Grids from loaded terrain layers. Currently supported methods include Profile, Planform, Longitudinal, Cross-Sectional, and Standard/General curvature. - GM-1175 Pro

Added new Analysis menu command to allow automatically extracting breaklines from terrain. - GM-6714 Pro

The Contouring tool Implements non-overlapping mode for iso-elevation area generation. The functionality is available at both dialogs and scripting command. - GM-11399

Added support for lines and areas in the Spatial Operations tool. - GM-11798

New tool to extract vector features from raster data. - GM-6675 Pro

Made Contour Interval setting be remembered between invocations rather than always resetting to the default. There are different intervals stored for 10 different ranges so the behavior should be good for any data. - GM-12060

Added new Spatial Operations filters for selecting valid or invalid features from a feature collection - GM-12300

A text box to input color distance has been added. - GM-12577

Allow creation of a Grid rather than Image when gridding Lidar classification codes. - GM-11932

Added ability to limit Search and Replace function using a bounding rectangle - GM-10769

The Create Viewshed workflow allows to combine individual Viewshed layers into a single overlapping layer with all the individual feature attributes as a single collection. The TOWER_ID attribute is added to the collection to select attributes by tower points. - GM-8154

Added option to use selected features as Terrain Paint brush shapes. - GM-11466 Pro

Added option in terrain painting to define the brush size in linear units (m / ft) - GM-11496 Pro

Improved speed accuracy of peak finding when generating contours. Adding a scripting command in GENERATE_CONTOURS for MIN_PEAK_SLOPE which helps remove peaks incorrectly found in flat areas. - GM-12025

Dramatically sped up the 'Combine Line Features' operation and allowed users to cancel it. - GM-12611

Enabled and disabled axis and legend fields as appropriate on Graph Series tab. - GM-12184

Fixed issue where attribute histogram calculations were not respecting feature groups. - GM-12135

Changed the spatial operations dialogs from resizing. - GM-11930

Fixed issue with 'Crop to Selected Area' not working when doing an average Color grid from Lidar and filling gaps. - GM-12130

Made text used in the spatial operations tabs available to translation. - GM-11926

Fixed Calculation of Flattened Site Plans to area features with elevations when using the 'Area Heights Relative to Ground' option. - GM-12083

A change was made to the spatial operations language that made spatial transforms more consistent with the syntax used by spatial operations and spatial predicates. - GM-11885

Fixed slow performance creating a mesh (3D model) from some online terrain sources. - GM-12531

Fixed issue with Contour Generation 'Find Local Peaks and Depressions' options checking by default once used one time. - GM-12536

In Contour Generation, Find Local Peaks and Depressions is no longer on by default. - GM-11120

Corrected placement of terrain painted areas on DTED layers. - GM-12513

Clarified display of point elevation values that come from the point geometry instead of an elevation attribute. - GM-11947

Fixed problems with layer projections in spatial operations. The current rule is that if the input layers use the same projection, then the output layer uses that; if they differ, then the projection used for the output layer is that of the first input layer. - GM-11646

Fixed a problem where the spatial operations script parser could fail if the script was in Unicode. - GM-11939

Fixed problem generating view sheds in v22.1.0 when the start angle is 0 and the swept angle is 360. - GM-11976

Fixed issues using the 'Flatten to Area Heights' option to create a flattened site plan grid. - GM-11851

Fixed issue causing terrain paint across slope to slow. - GM-11972

Digitizer Tool Changes

Added Undo / Redo capabilities for most operations. The Edit menu contains new Undo / Redo / Manage Undo options to allow undo'ing and redo'ing one or more operations. The Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y hot keys also work for Undo and Redo. - GM-9707

Updated the creation of distance/bearing/COGO lines to add the list of call outs (distance/bearing values) as a Notation attribute to the created feature. - GM-12110

Fixed issue closing gaps in area features that are not closed. - GM-12031

Fixed crash when using the 'Adjust Elevations to a Single Slope' command with point features selected. - GM-12624

Can now create per-vertex timestamp based on speed. - GM-9549

Add option to create a 3D model from selected 3D area features. The option is in the Digitizer Tool menu under Advanced Feature Creation Options->Create 3D Model(s) from Selected 3D Area(s). - GM-11310

Updated distance/bearing/COGO line creation to support COGO strings with bearings specified like DD.MMSS and to have a drop-down for selecting whether bearings are relative to True North, Magnetic North, or Grid North. In addition, all distance/bearing/COGO lines will now calculate using an Orthographic projection with the origin at the start point to minimize distortion. - GM-12144

Added new Attribute Calculator function random(), used to populate attributes with random numbers. The numbers produced should form a uniform distribution over a closed interval between the upper and lower bounds. Integral results may be generated if desired. - GM-11485

Added option to control creation of lines in straight skeleton. - GM-8678

Dramatically sped up the closing of gaps between large numbers of adjacent features from the Digitizer Tool. - GM-11990

Fixed display of Notations on the Feature Info dialog. - GM-11999

Fixed issue selecting area features that cross the ATM when they are being reprojected. - GM-12518

Fixed behavior of default attribute lists when editing features with the Digitizer Tool. - GM-12339

Fixed issue with the proper layer not being selected the first time you edit more than one feature with the Digitizer Tool. - GM-12189

Fixed issue with "Adjust Elevations to Single Slope" calculations - GM-12169

Fixed issues using the 'Create Point Features Spacing Along Selected Features' option in the Digitizer Tool with the 'Sample Features at Single Fixed Distance' option. When sampling with distance units other than meters, the appended unit is now correct. In addition, the label applied to any points created from existing vertices (if the 'Keep All Original Vertices' option is checked) are now correct. - GM-11838

Fixed issue with mesh simplification have missing faces in the output in some cases. - GM-12187

Allow snapping to non-point features when using the 'Select from Map' option on a location specification dialog (like specifying the anchor point for grids). - GM-12049

Fixed issues closing gaps between adjacent line features. - GM-12097

- GM-11409

Fixed very minor discrepancy in the edge length of regular grid features when the current projection uses units other than meters. - GM-11638

Fixed the issue where GPS Elevation Offset was not used to calculate actual waypoint elevation - GM-12278

Improved mesh simplification when there are very tiny topology issues with the mesh being simplified. - GM-12604

Changed so that a group's point model is not changed in group feature editing unless it's explicitly done by the user, in which case it affects all currently selected points. - GM-6046

Fixed issue creating buffers around line and area features when the display projection is lat/lon (Geographic) and the bearing type is 'Grid North'. - GM-11168

Attributes / Query Changes

Added new right-click option to Feature Info dialog allowing the display of attribute values in a separate window. This allows easy viewing of multi-line and values. - GM-12004

Added option to use a comma as a decimal indicator when saving selected entries to a CSV file from the Attribute Editor. - GM-12362

Made the coordinate display on the Feature Vertices display obey the Precision Options from the Measure/Units tab of the Configuration dialog. - GM-12091

Added mode to only show selected features in the Attribute Editor. - GM-10258

Fixed the functionality of the Load Saved Query button. - GM-12138

Scripting Changes

Added support for embedded Python scripts. The scripts can be loaded or created using the Run Script dialog. - GM-12070 Pro

Added GENERATE_BREAKLINES script command for generating breaklines from loaded terrain layers. - GM-12480 Pro

Implemented python module to provide SDK API in "standalone" mode (outside the GlobalMapper application) - GM-12333 Pro

Added support for creating COG (cloud-optimized-GeoTiff) files using the EXPORT_RASTER script command with TYPE=COG. - GM-12007

Added new parameter to EDIT_VECTOR script command to allow points created via CREATE_POINTS_ALONG_FEATURES to be labelled sequentially instead of by distance. - GM-11268

Added SAMPLE_TYPE parameter to EXPORT_ELEVATION command to allow specifying the band type for elevation exports. This now allows 32-bit integer types for GeoTIFF exports. - GM-12151

Added new script command to export GeoPackage files - GM-6280

Added new script command to generate a density grid. - GM-1936

Added new script command to generate a Roughness Grid overlay from loaded data - GM-11919

Updating the COMBINE_TERRAIN count operation (COMBINE_OP=COUNT_VALID) to work with loaded raster data (i.e. imagery) in addition to terrain layers. - GM-7500

Added ability to shift data by distance and bearing to SHIFT_LAYER script command. - GM-11248

Updated scripts to set the default folder for files with no path to the script file folder. This can be overridden using a new DEFAULT_FOLDER parameter for the GLOBAL_MAPPER_SCRIPT command. - GM-11980

Add the parameters used when using the LIDAR_CLASSIFY script command to auto-classify ground points to the status window. - GM-12088

A change was made to the spatial operations language that made spatial transforms more consistent with the syntax used by spatial operations and spatial predicates. - GM-11885

Online Source Changes

Added ESA CCI 2015 Global Land Cover data - GM-9607

Added built-in online source link to ALOS PALSAR 12.5m DEM data for Alaska. - GM-12029

Fixed problem downloading FEMA Flood Map data (or data from other large data sets) - GM-11063

Fixed error doing large exports from non-tiled WMS sources. - GM-12662

Added CORINE 2012 and 2018 as built in online sources for Land Cover - GM-3079

Added built-in access to premium MetroMap (Australia) sources for users that subscribe to that service. - GM-11637

Fixed issue with WMTS sources using NZTM 2000 (New Zealand Transverse Mercator) not loading. - GM-12373

Improved error messages displayed when REST feature downloads run into problems. - GM-12119

Fixed lockup exporting large numbers of tiles from online sources. - GM-12498

Fixed issues loading some built-in tiled sources. - GM-12062

Fixed online sources for Hawaii - GM-7611

Fixed issues loading some WMTS sources that require a STYLE parameter in the URL (even if the only valid option is 'default'). - GM-12134

Updated New York state online sources. - GM-11546

Update link to purchase Intermap data - GM-12009

Projection / Datum Changes

Standardized naming for Italian datums and projections. - GM-12030

EPSG code now appears in the top corner of the projection page - GM-9327

Buffer, Range Ring, and Arc tool now have the uniform units options - GM-11621

Improved recognition of IG05/12 datums from WKT PRJ files. - GM-12269

Improved detection of Pseudo-Mercator (aka Web Mercator) projections from WKT PRJ files. - GM-12177

Made it clear that the EPSG search on the Projection dialog can also find SR-ORG: codes if a raw number is supplied rather than a fully qualified value (like EPSG:1234 or SR-ORG:1234). - GM-12222

Fixed datum transformation parameters for the VN-2000 datum. - GM-12230

Fixed issue with the false easting and northing being incorrectly interpreted for some MrSID files. - GM-12023

Fixed issue with the Zone selection on the Projection dialog not switching to an appropriate value for UTM if switching from another zoned projection (like MGA). - GM-12383

Fixed issue with displaced customer's image layers in saved KMZ files - GM-11531

Fixed issue with placement of raster images using OziExplorer .map files with British Grid zones. - GM-11441

Corrected load of EPSG code 3078 (Michigan Georef). - GM-12581

A unit conversion now gets applied on export to a DEM supported unit if the units are in US survey feet - GM-12131

Global Mapper will now look for the user settings for the GeoCalc Mode in its new location for the newest version of Geographic Calculator in addition to the old location. - GM-12102

Fixed intermittent issues when working with custom datums that have Bursa-Wolfe transformation parameters. - GM-11914

Format Specific Changes

Added ability to export TIN Face area features as 3D Faces in DWG and DXF files. - GM-4925

Added the ability to handle Region entities in a DWG file. - GM-8610

Corrected name of NGVD29 Vertical Coordinate System on Lidar LAS/LAZ export dialog (was incorrectly labeled as NAVD29). - GM-12460

Support for exporting CSV in MGRS coordinates - GM-3856

Greatly improved progress reporting on batch conversion detailed progress dialog. - GM-11943

Added support for automatically determining the projection from XML metadata from USGS that accompanies lidar files. - GM-11924

Sped up the export of some data to palette-based image format. - GM-12320

Added Map Layout Scale value to Screen Capture dialog. - GM-11670

Improved load speed of XTF mosaic. - GM-10517

Added a menu option to Export Web Format Files. - GM-9622

Added custom coordinate position options present in Ascii Import to Excel import - GM-11978

Added support for multibeam bathymetric data from Kongsberg Simrad in mb56 format. Data can be loaded as a point cloud or a raster image. - GM-2237

Added support for loading SAGA GIS .sdat grid files. - GM-12386

Added ability to export Lidar data to Autodesk ReCap RCS files. - GM-9297

Added the ability to read style information from GeoPackage files exported from QGIS. - GM-9819

Added the ability to read 3D Solids and other 3D models into GM as mesh features. - GM-1468

Improved image quality and load speed of XTF mosaic. - GM-11504

Added the ability to read and write coordinate system definitions in DWG and DXF files. - GM-11957

Improved prompt for GML files to load Ordnance Survey styling so it only prompts once when loading multiple files. - GM-11541

New option to group files in Control Center on load when loading many files at once, such as picture points. - GM-9532

Added "Make Background (Void) Pixels Transparent" checkbox to CADRG/CIB/RPF export dialog. The option is recommended to be set if export of vector data is requested. - GM-7597

Fixed issue when exporting elevation data to XYZ grid using 'bottom-to-top' or 'right-to-left' instead of the default order. - GM-11944

Fixed issue with the wrong units being assigned from a WKT PRJ definition if there was no UNIT designation for the PROJECTION definition. - GM-11741

Fixed issue where text file imports would treat columns as lidar information instead of attributes even when the data wasn't lidar data (based in column title) - GM-11550

Fixed issue with export to 3D-enabled formats of non-3D areas cropped to rectangles adding per-vertex elevations with a value of -999999 to the areas. - GM-12002

Improved color interpretation when loading IFC files - GM-11968

When loading vector data from a PDF, ensure that data is loaded before displaying the rectification dialog. - GM-11066

Fixed font/color inconsistent styling behavior in KML files - GM-7527

Added progress reporting when loading large 2DM format files. - GM-12035

Improved the handling of non-ASCII text when reading and writing DXF and DWG files. - GM-11954

Fixed lockup batch converting to the GeoTIFF format. - GM-12033

Fixed export of Hebrew and Arabic labels to PDF files if the text comes from a layer using a UTF-8 code page. - GM-12266

Fixed issue with black overviews for elevation tiff data - GM-12367

Fixed issue where setting for "Automatically fake location of unpositioned rasters" in Options >General >Raster Options was not being saved - GM-12305

Fixed occasional issues batch converting from GeoTIFF files with overview layers to other image formats. - GM-12261

Fixed lockup batch converting to DTED as well as prompt to select the type of file when first loading a DTED file. - GM-12260

Fixed errors exporting map catalog (.gmc files) to Global Mapper Package (.gmp) files. - GM-12252

Updated batch convert to GeoTIFF to maintain the tile size of the source data if it was also tiled. - GM-12221

Auto-generate FID values in exported GeoPackage files even if there is a FID attribute in the source data. - GM-12180

Fixed issue with black-and-white GeoTIFF files not exporting in v22.1. - GM-12190

Fixed an issue for excel import where data from a line wasn't being split correctly if there was a particular sequence of commas and quotes - GM-12162

Fixed issue where multiple copies of the data were being loaded from certain Esri TIN files. - GM-12096

Designate vector MBTiles data sets as "not selectable", but not raster MBTiles data sets. - GM-12148

Fixed issue with exporting TIFF overviews with JPEG compression. Properly set the JPEG quality for the export overviews. - GM-12040

Fixed issue batch converting from archive files (.zip, etc.). - GM-11983

Fixed batch conversion to GPX files. - GM-12075

Fixed error message displaying some TIFF files that have internal errors. - GM-12139

Fixed issue with displaced customer's image layers in saved KMZ files - GM-11531

Fixed issue loading archive files contained with an archive file. - GM-11929

Excel Import now supports additional date formats - GM-11721

Fixed position of GeoTIFF files with a Mercator projection that use non-standard tags for the false easting/northing. - GM-12209

Fixed issues with the 'Use Other Source Files as Filler' option during batch conversion. - GM-11897

Fixed issue with placement of raster images using OziExplorer .map files with British Grid zones. - GM-11441

Fixed issue where some labels were missing on raster exports that include vector data. - GM-11578

Fixed issue with BAG file layer alignment. - GM-12078

Removed prompt for 4th band interpretation when loading TIFF files as Picture Points. - GM-12272

Corrected ASRP QUV (up to dateness) metadata. - GM-11608

Fixed text import bug where elevation value wouldn't be set to 0 if left empty - GM-12018

Fixed styling applied when importing newer Ordinance Survey GML files - GM-9321

Added ability to import AutoCAD swept surface object as a collection of 3D areas. - GM-12146

Fixed occasional lockup doing tiled exports to raster (image) formats with the 'Save Vector Data' option checked. - GM-12299

Fixed display of UTF-8 characters in excel file preview. - GM-12396

Fixed issue with export GeoTIFF overviews with transparent background. - GM-12182

Fixed issues exporting layers over 4GB in size to GMP (Global Mapper Package) files. - GM-12463

Corrected bounds of HDF5 layers. - GM-10963

Fixed issue with multi-band exports with 4 or more data bands not properly creating an alpha channel when exporting to the MrSID format. - GM-12155

Fixed issue where areas with holes exported to DWG do not appear in AutoCAD. - GM-12487

Handled the case where a PostgreSQL user name contains a dot (".") character. - GM-12274

Dramatically sped up the addition of large numbers of files to map catalogs (especially GeoTIFF files). - GM-12047

Fixed issue when importing an Esri TIN data set. - GM-12094

Can now export a layer with a single point to GMP/GMMP. - GM-11677

Improved the consistency check for Geoslam files (databases). The error message is logged and a pop-up message is shown if the file does not contain required data. - GM-12010

Improved handling of block reference entities in DWG files. - GM-12517

Fixed issue where values for the 'name' attribute are missing in OSM exports - GM-12356

Fixed issue with OTF terrain grid generation. - GM-11982

Fixed issue with missing attribute data when loading IFC files - GM-11941

A new option to in settings->general->"vector formats" so the user won't be prompted to load s57 files into more than one layer
Users will no longer be prompted to load s57 files into more than 1 layer if loading from a map catalog - GM-12109

Added MapInfo Interchange Format to perpendicular path profile series export options. - GM-12319

Modified area feature count displayed in Control Center and layer metadata to match count displayed in other GIS software. - GM-11137

Added the ability to import some entities specific to AutoCAD Civil 3D from DWG and DXF files. - GM-11548

Fixed the issue occurring at the attempt to export to GeoTIFF with overviews in JPG compression - GM-12011

Fixed issue with export BigTIFF overviews - GM-12250

A unit conversion now gets applied on export to a DEM supported unit if the units are in US survey feet - GM-12131

The user can now mirror the UNITY export data Horizontally and Vertically as well as choose the byte-order. - GM-12191

Fixed error in loading USGS tif files (unsigned 8-bit integer) - GM-11992

Fixed issue in v22.0.1-v22.1.x saving some workspaces over 2GB in size. - GM-12205

Fixed problem reading certain RCS files - GM-12219

Import KML files that use non-standard delimiters in coordinate values. - GM-11961

Improved load of JPEG2000 files by making use of embedded GML for positioning. - GM-12006

Fixed handling of palette-based PNG files with transparency. The transparency was not being used. - GM-12057

Added option to use alternate, faster, renderer for PDF files when batch converting from PDF to another format. - GM-12379

Fixed issues exporting reprojected area features to GMP / GMMP files. - GM-12251

Map Layout Changes

Added ability to specify which layers to include on each layout page in the Map Layout Editor. - GM-4836

Improved automatic crop of collar boundaries from CanMatrix 50K Canadian Topographic maps. Now the associated metadata XML will be used to determine the appropriate crop boundary automatically. - GM-11915

User Interface

Added toolbar button to the Control Center for showing the Attribute Table for the selected layer(s). - GM-12317

New GPS Sky View dialog shows the satellite constellation for the connected GPS. - GM-12496 Pro

Misc. Changes

GPS now supports RTK capability. Global Mapper now has a built-in NTRIP client to forward location corrections from specified NTRIP caster to GPS receiver over serial or bluetooth. - GM-12231 Pro

Fixed problem where setting the group name to blank does not remove the layer from its group. - GM-12085

Updated the prompt to save a workspace for clarity - GM-12240

Added ability to use layer bounds to specify crop polygon in Raster Layer Options. - GM-7409

Fixed rare error on some video cards when moving features with the Digitizer Tool. - GM-11984

When replacing a mesh texture in the mesh texture viewer, if the texture load fails, the error message no longer contains stack trace and other debug information. - GM-12074

Fixed the issue when selected layers were "invisible" if background color and font were changed - GM-12026

Repaired incorrect error message text occurring when a workspace is saved with a tracklog is active. - GM-12273

Fixed issue when setting the default projection to use a custom projection or datum. - GM-12027

Fixed the issue where GPS Elevation Offset was not used to calculate actual waypoint elevation - GM-12278

Fixed issue where a failed upload to MangoMap was causing existing map layers to be deleted. - GM-12003

Fixed issue using the DEL key to close a vector layer that has an associated label layer. - GM-12188

Updated the description of feature types using unknown S52 symbols to indicate its for s57 files - GM-12095

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