 New
2008 release is the most powerful
ever for creating and managing precise spatial data.
AutoCAD® Map 3D software is the leading engineering GIS
platform for creating and managing spatial data. AutoCAD Map 3D bridges
CAD and GIS by providing direct access to data, regardless of how it
is stored, and by enabling the use of AutoCAD® tools for maintaining
a broad variety of geospatial information.
What’s new in AutoCAD Map 3D 2008?
In addition to the powerful AutoCAD Map 3D core functionality for creating
and maintaining precise geospatial information, the new features in
AutoCAD Map 3D 2008 help you work faster and more efficiently on the
tasks that you do every day:
- Performance – Access to data using FDO Data
Access Technology is up to 90% faster allowing you to start working
immediately.
- Ad-hoc Joins enable you to easily extend the properties of FDO
accessed data by linking to external tables. You can then use the joined
properties to analyze and visualize your data as never before.
- Buffers - Create buffer zones around points, lines,
or polygon features (accessed via FDO) based on a specified distance
and use the resultant buffer geometry for use in spatial queries to
determine which entities occur either within or outside the defined
buffer zone.
- Metadata – AutoCAD Map 3D 2008 enables you
to automatically generate metadata about your spatial information and
publish it in standard government formats (e.g., FDGC). This makes
it easy for you to share your data with other people in your organization
or publish externally for the world to consume.
- Import/Export – To enable easier moving
of vector data between DWG™ technology and FDO, AutoCAD Map 3D
2008 includes new functionality that enables DWG vectors to be exported
to SDF 3 file format and Oracle® and vice versa. During export
you can choose to map DWG layer names, Object Classification, AutoCAD
Map 3D Object Data Tables, or Link Templates to corresponding SDF and
Oracle feature classes. Once in SDF file format or Oracle you can use
Display Manager to stylize these features and easily move this data
to other data stores such as MySQL, Microsoft® SQL Server™
and ESRI® ArcSDE® managed databases.
- Third-party and open source FDO Providers - To
help make it easier for developers to extend capabilities of the FDO
Data Access Technology, Autodesk released FDO Data Access Technology
as an open source project under the Open Source Geospatial Foundation
(OSGeo). This initiative enables developers all over the world to tap
into powerful geospatial data access technology. By leveraging the
power of FDO on the desktop, AutoCAD Map 3D 2008 makes it easy for
you to connect to a world of data. AutoCAD Map 3D 2008 leverages the
open source world enabling you to extend data access with new third-party
and open source FDO Providers (e.g., OGR, GDAL) for data stores not
currently supported by Autodesk (e.g., ESRI Personal Geodatabase).
- Enhanced Autodesk interoperability includes the ability to bring
in AutoCAD® Civil 3D® software objects including surfaces into
AutoCAD Map 3D 2008, and instantaneously publish fully stylized maps
via Autodesk MapGuide software.
| AutoCAD® 2008 and AutoCAD®
Map 3D 2008 Product Comparison Checklist |
| Feature |
AutoCAD 2008 |
AutoCAD Map 3D
2008 |
DWG™ data organization using defined standards
|
X |
X |
| Insert imagery in common formats |
X |
X |
| Direct read and write of GIS data (e.g., Oracle®,
SDF, ESRI® ArcSDE®, and SHP) |
|
X |
| Import and export multiple data files (e.g., SDTS,
SDF, GML, MapInfo® TAB) |
|
X |
| Native creation and editing of Autodesk Spatial
Data Files (SDF) and ESRI SHP files |
|
X |
| Multi-user editing environment for drawing (DWG)
& database data. Automated data cleaning tools |
|
X |
| COGO (coordinate geometry) input and inquiry tools |
|
X |
Powerful data styling and cartography tools (e.g.,
thematic mapping, dynamic labeling, and transparency)
|
|
X |
| Geo-reference data using built-in coordinate system
libraries and rubbersheeting |
|
X |
| Use imagery in MrSID®/ECW/JPG2K and Digital
Elevation Models (DEM) |
|
X |
Seamless integration of AutoCAD®
Civil 3D® design data
Database management tools |
|
X |
| Core GIS analysis including buffer and ad-hoc joins
|
|
X |
| DWF™ files and DWF Map Books with data attributes
and geo-referencing |
|
X |
| Direct Web publishing of geospatial data, designs
and maps via Autodesk MapGuide® software |
|
X |
|
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