What's New in LandView® IV?

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What's New in LandView^® IV?
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There are a number of new features and improvements in LandView IV. Below are some of the highlights.

32-bit LandView software interface supporting both MAC and Windows platforms. Identical look and feel on both platforms. Supports faster computer processors.

Internet interface that connects to sponsoring agency sites allowing the user to retrieve the most recent data as well as Help information.

Takes advantage of Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) technologies to provide entire U.S. on a single disc thereby allowing cross state analysis throughout the U.S.

Up-to-date detailed map information for roads and related features based upon TIGER/Line® 1998.

Addition of Barrios and Barrios-Pueblos to Puerto Rico under the Minor Civil Division (MCD) layer.

An expanded U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) database containing over 1.6 million records from the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).

Improved thematic mapping offering several color schemes and automated range scaling.

Redesigned radius calculation based upon 7 million 1990 census blocks.

MARPLOT� mapping program has several enhancements including WYSIWYG printing of maps and a shape file translator utility Shp2Mie that allows importing ESRI Shape Files into the MARPLOT User map.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Last Revised: Thursday, 26-Jan-2012 17:47:52 EST

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